The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-01
ONE MORE DAY of DOMINIQUE. ON
THE FAMOUS CANTON
LAWA,
ORIGINAL MKIHLEY MEN.
FIRST PENNSYLVANIA COUNTY TO
INSTRUCT FOR HIM SENT A
PARTY.
TABERNACLE CALLED INTO usl
Protec ton, and Incidentally the
Free Silver Problem, Discussed
by the Nominee.


/ set in during the reception of the last
delegation Saturday and. with slight in
terruptions, has continued ever since,
showed no signs of abatement this
morning. The first delegation to see
Maj. Mckinley arrived in a special of
nine coaches at s o'clock, with rain
pouring down in torrents The party
was taken to the Tabernacle where,
shortly after 9 o'clock, MAJ Mckinley
went to receive the greetings delivered
by w. E. Gray, chairman Of the Center
county. Pennsylvania, Republican CEN
trail committee. The party organized
at Bellefonte, and represented the first
Pennsylvania county to instruct dele
gates for Mckinley. In reply to their
greetings Mr.. Mckinley said:
1t gives me very great pleasure to meet
and greet at my home my fellow citizens Of
Center county, Pa. Center county has been
one of the counties of Pennsylvania from
has recruited a considerable portion of It's
population. ! am glad to address the citizens
of the county in Pennsylvania that has fur
lie service Il was my honor t to be person.
! ally acquainted with the old war governor,
Andrew G. Curtin (applause). with whom l
served for time in the national house Of
| representatives. It has been my privilege
| to know for years Gov. Beaver (applause). as
! well as Gov. Hastings. Renewed applause.)
Both of them have spoken from this platform
| many times, and no speaker ever came to
| this city who has been more welcome or who
! has been honored with larger audiences than
these distinguished citizens Of your county.
am glad to meet the Republicans of the
| great Republican state Of the American union.
! Applause.) Whatever other states may have
done in the past your glorious old common
wealth has always been true to the doctrines
| of the Republican party, and in every ma
tional contest has been true to the Republican
! cause.
| visit from Pennsylvania is always enjoyed
| by me. (Applause.) like that old state. My
ancestors came from 1t, and l have for you
feeling of kinship. know your great re-
and it's splendid citizenship and am glad
| to be assured by Pennsylvania that in this
great struggle for public honor for public
and private honesty, for the supremacy Of
law and order, for good government. good
politics and good morals, your great state
will lead in the triumphal march Of Repub-
lican principles. Great applause.)
have often wondered if Pennsylvania
] powerful influence for stability, conservatism
and prosperity in the union, and its great
strength and self-supporting capacity as a
commonwea lth in that union, were properly
appreciated. Her agriculture commerce and
manufactures. while independent, in one
] sense, have always been mutually interested,
| dependent, beneficial and helpful. The whole
| community has profited by each and all of
! them. This has been the case ever since its
settlement in pioneer days and under its wise
! fostered by the creed of visionaries but of
plain, sensible. practical men. 1t Is more
| apparent today than ever. By the census Of
1880, I have noted as doubtless you have not
ed. that you have farm values in Pennsvl-
vania, IN your twenty million acres, of 1915 :
100000, or an average of valuation of more
than s4s per acre to the whole state: in your
products more than $129, eco 600, an average
yield in prosperous times, when prices were
| good of Sc per acre, while your manufacture
1 ers which benefit and enrich the farmer
have an annual pay roll or reward Of labor
Of s134, 000 which would mean that your
farmers would have from them. II they fur
nished all the breadstuffs and other farm
| products that laborers consume nearly Sc SO
! per acre each. No other similar reward to
husbandry Is presented anywhere and
make no apology my fellow citizens. for
/ urging a like policy everywhere, or for hav-
! ing always endeavored to the extent of my
best efforts, to continue this wise system
under which you had such splendid results
/ IN the stete of Pennsylvania.
i Call 1t the s.4
| PENNSYLVANIA SYSTEM"
II you Whit only does honor to Pennsyl-
fits all our laborers and farmers in all parts
| of the American union. Why should we not
/ do all our work and spend all our own wages
! at home, giving to boz farmers and work
/ ingmen the richest rewards for their labor
OF any country under the sun? Answer that
my fellow citizens. (Anpiause and cries OF
| Give us proteotion.') My greatest concern,
my chief object in this, as in every cam
paign. is to drive from bur shores distress
and want and misery, and lift up those who
are bowed down, and bring to those who are
in want work and prosperity. And I will
never view with tolerance any system which
has different object towards any American
| great republic. Is a
The other question involved in this cam
paign Is the reactionary. policy Of free sill
yer, which need hardly mention to Penn
svlvania audience. to the people OF honest
| Quaker descent who love honesty and prac-
tice It, One Of the Injurious effects from the
mere advocacy OF free silver, and which is
| too little noted. is that 1t makes 1t harder to
/ induce many who would otherwise invest to
enter into legitimate public and private en-
ternrises. There is a waiting. There is dis
trust on every hand. Men do not know what
/ the future has In store for them This is
! particularly observable IN cities which are
endeavoring to sell their bonds to make pub
! TIC improvements. The very threat of free
| silver is stopDing the sale of city bonds in
every part of the country. This loss falls
with peculiar force upon laborers everywhere.
Cities can ordinarily make improvements If
| they can borrow money; II they cannot Dor
row money they cannot make improvements
| II they do not make improvements hundreds
ana thousands of laboring men who depend on
this class OF work for their daily bread are
deprived OF employment. During the hard
tiTes OF the past three years many of cur
cities have taken care of our UNEMPLOYED
bv engaging in such public improvements. but
| this Is now brought to sudden stop and Is
entailing further loss TO lahnrers and adding
distress to their homes. Then, again. men
engaged IN great productive enterprises find
| it difficult, II not quite imnossib1e. in times
| Ike ~ the present, to secure enough money
20 conouct their business Men will not part
| win their money unless thew have reason
able assurance OF it's safe return.
One OF the troubles is that disfrust is ev-
erywhere prevalent. Confidence has been re-
placed by fear and apDrehension. The whole
business world Is awaiting the settlement OF
the public and private honesty. When that
is rightly settled on fhe side of conscience
and good morals. confidence will come again.
ana with It money will; circulate and bust
ness activity will appear. Let It be once es-
ta6lished that our monetary system is not to
De changed, that we are not to be nut upon
silver basis, not to adopt the Mexican sys-
ZEN ZEN OF finance, but are to continue the pres
emf basis. with gold. silver and paper all
equal, credit. which Is more than half OF the
canital of this or any other country. will be
reinsfated. we VIII once more, In my juds-
n fnn,. enter upon better era OF prosperity
MY Fellow citizens. thank you for this
coming this morning. L appreciate more
than can tell you this visit on such an in
and others to testify their devoff6n n ths
Republican cause, and their assurances Of
support to me IN the present canvass This
year, as in every crisis ins the history Of the
gether. Men who have been Democrats. n,en
VINO have belonged to other political parties
IN the past, lovines their country and its
honor more than they love party are with
standing toeether /. am quite sure that an
the 90 day OF November the verdict will teach
the whole world that the American people
love honesty. and that the government viii
tGreat applause.)
BUFFALO, N. Y, Sept so-The wind ragged
nere at velocity of So miles an hour. DO
ing considerable damage to overhead wires,
roofs. chtmneys and outbuildings High water
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