The record-union., 1896-09-27

nAeul III the Iace OF the IaDOreT, "uOSS
only capital is his labor. Great cheer
lng) You cannot punish the one with
out Furnishing the other, and our policy
would not inf1ict the slightest injury
upon either. (Applause)
In such a case getting off together
does not do any good. Arraying labor
against capital is a public calamity, and
an 1rreparable injury to both. They
only calculate to separate those VINO
should be united, for our economic IN
terests are common and indiviSlble
Rather, my fellow-citizens, teach the
doctrine that it is the duty and privi-
lege of every man to rise; that with
honest industry he can advance himself
to the best place in the shop, the store,
the cOunting-house or in the learned
professions. This is the doctrine OF
equality and opportunity that is woven
in every fiber of our national being (great
applause), a doctrine which has enabled
the poorest boy with the humblest sur
rOundings to reach the best place In
our great industries and in the highest
trusts which can be bestowed by a gen.
erOuS people.
"Gentlemen, this / speak to my coun-
trymen everywhere, if you have not
nate, pray you think of your boys and
girls, and place no obstacles in their
pathway to the realization of every lofty
and honorable ambition which they may
have. Great applause.) pray God that
the burdens of class may never be I'M
POSED upon American manhood zap
plause) and American womanhood." "
(Renewed and continued applause)
The second delegation to reach the
Mckinley residence was one of 2.ooU
employees of the Jones & Laughln
Company of Pittsburg. They marched
up with four bands of music, and made
IN impressive showing on the streets.
The whole delegation passed into the
yard and made the most compact ana
densely massed crowd Major Mckinley
has addressed. A local glee club sang a
campaign song and then Major Mckln-
| ley stepped out on the porch. The lusty
! Workingmen broke into a storm OIL
| cheers.
| The spokesman, G. c. Briggs, said the
delegation contained large number OF
men who have hitherto been uncom-
promising Democrats. In response to
Major Mckinley said:
Il am highly honored by this call from
! the workingmen of the great Jones &
I.aughlin establishment of the city of
Pittsburg. (Great applause.) Mr.. Lin
| coin once said that the question of tariff
was a question of national housekeep-
| ing: that we must have tariff which
| would supply the meal tub of the Gov
ernment and not interfere with the meal
| tub of the people. The meal tub of the
F.! Government has been very low for the
| last three years and half and the meal
tub of the people has also been very ma
tcrially lessened. (Applause) Now
what we want in this country. whether
we be Democrats or Republicans, is
such a tariff policy that will secure to
/ the Federal treasury ample revenue to
sustain the Government and protect
the laborer from the cheaper labor OF
foreign lands. (Applause.)
There is no man in this audience,
care not what his nationality. / care not
what his past party affiliations, who
! does not know that this country has
enjoyed throughout it's history the high
est and largest prosperity when we We're
living under an American protective
system. Great applause) There never
was such great prosperity in this coun-
tiy as there was from $3.50 to lS92, and
we had then a protective tariff which
|
| lean markets from foreign competition
and we had at the same time none
tary system which gave to this country
| the best money known in the world
/ (Applause)
Il am proud of the State of Pennsyl-
vania, because that glorious State has
always led on this great doctrine of a
protective tariff for the American peo-
pie (Applause.) We must get back to
that plane of prosperity from which we
ran away in 1892.
my fellow citizens, I make no per-
sonal appeal for mere party's sake in
| this contest This is a Government OF
| the people Every man has an equal
right with every other man. but / appeal
! to YOU in the interest Of your own work
/ in the interest of your wages, in the in
| terest of your own families and your
cwn households, to cast your vote for
| that party and for those principles
which will best subserve those interests
| tremendous applause)
Not only do we want a protective
| policy in the United States, but we
want sound money. When labor is
| paid it must insist upon being paid in
dollars worth 100 cents every day and
everywhere. (Applause) Labor loses
more by a deprecated currency than
any other part Of our population (Cries
! of That's right.D The men who have
money keep their finger upon the finan-
! cial pulse They know what is the best
money, and they know what is the poor
est money, and they always put out
| the poorest that will pass current, and
| the history of mankind is that when we
! boy
lodges in the hands of the poor men OF
the country, and when the crash comes
they suffer the loss" Great applause
The third speech was listened to by
four political delegations. p. T. Dear
nit was spokesman for a large delega-
ton of Turtle Creek miners; E. j
Salt for the Crescent iron and steel
workers: j. w Williams for the Aetna
and Sharpsburg visitors, and Captain j
L. Chatfont for the employees of the
! Pittsburg Locomotive and Enginc
Works Replying to these addresses
Major Mckinley said:
My fellow-citizens of Pennsylvania
| for you seem to be all here to-day
daughter and applause), l bid you all
warm and hearty welcome. / am glad
! to meet the miners, the steel workers
| and all the rest of you who have honered
me with your presence to-day I am
very proud of the State of Pennsylva-
ria. proud of her workshops. proud of
her workingmen, of her farms
of her mines and her Republican
majorities. Applause) Now, / dc
not care what may be your occupations
you are not prosperous unless there is a
| demand for your labor; unless somebody
| wants what you have you will not be
prosperous. IApplause) Unless some