The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-29
HE HADA TREM0R
Major McKinIey's Voice Qua
vered as He Spoke.
His Address was to His Fellow
T0Wnsmen.
NOT FOR DISHONOR.
Believes They Are Against Re-
pudiation and Shame.
The Crowd Gave Cheers for
Protection.
NOT FOR DISHONOB.

him last night when he approached the
tariff question at the conclusion OF one
Of his addresses.
Three cheers for protection" inter
rupted him before he reached the eli
max. There was a tremor tn Major
Mchtnley's voice when. after repeated
attempts. he responded to the home
greetings OF bands Of his ne1ghbors and
fellow citizens. His dooryara and
those Of his neighbors were not large
enough for the crowd. For blocks TIA
every direction. street cars. wagons and
carriages blocked the streets. An inn
provised platform at the pavement edge
was used. This Sras an arch Of cleo
trio lights respiendent with national
col0rs. Business had been almost uni
veraa1ly suspended at 4.30 o'clock to
allow all mercantile people and en-
ployes OF their houses to participate.
a score Of bands and drum corps ia
the city Volun teerd their services and
we're distributed in the parade which
marched to the Mckinley home. This
demonstration was the conclusion of an
eventful day. "a car load Of West Vir-
ginians came with Lieutenant Governor
Richards Of SteubenyilIe O. Theirs
was a. social visit, without formal
speechmaking. They called at the Nc
Einley home and he shook hands with
them and conyersed with them in a SO
ciaI way.
Major Mckinley. in his address to
the Canton business men and citizens.
said in part.
1T would be hard heart. indeed.
that would be unmoved by this mag
nlncent demonstration OF my n@15hbors
and fellow townsmens " no have assem-
hied here tonight, without regard to
party nationality or creed, TO give ex
preston 70 their good VIII for the great
cause for which have been designated
to stand
Great issues are involved In the
pending struggle. The people are
aroused as never before and + believe
that the election next Tuesday Will
show a much larger vote than was ever
p0lied in the history Of our country
before. We polled az. coo. 600 votes fou
years ago. and i viii be surprised If
the vote on the 3rd day OF N0ven Der
does not far exceed that. In every
state county. city and voting precinct
every American electQr feels this year
that he has a grave duty resting upon
him. and I don't believe that anyone
viii willingly absent himself from the
polls.
They are going to vote right. lit is
not question OF candidates nor con
teution fer office. lit is a contention for
country not inspired by sectional con
siderati0n. but Of devotion to the duty
which affects and inspires the great
heart of the American people. Not
since the first shot went crashing
against the walls OF Sumter, rudely
awakening the startled nation to a re-
n1tzatton that civil war had commenced
have the masses OF our fellow country
men ever been aroused as now. With
what shall always seem TO me an I'M
accountable Tashness, it is proposed at
the end of a hundred and twenty years
of glorious national life-proposed for
the first time in our history-to cast a
reproaeh upon the honor Of the ma
t'The people are asked to ratify a
proposition that means national dis
honor and population. do not be
Ueve they viii ever do it. The issue
may be observed as ii Will brilliant
orators or talented writer's may weave
the most alluring sOphistrless but the
plain bald proposition cannot be hid
den The voters OF the United States
are asked to say by their ballots that
they are willing that our national OBJ
legations shall be redeemed by the gov
eminent by money worth only half as
much as the government received and
that the pensioners of this government.
who were willing to give the best they
had, the best that any man possessed,
their own Ife's blood, shall have their
pensions cut in two.
THE proposition Ia unworthy Of
American citizenship and is an insult
to the integrity, the good faith and the
inspiring history Of our great republic
It should receive, and believe il Will
receive, fitting rebuke from the ballots
of fifteen millions OF freemen.
why, if it prevailed, how can the
American name escape dishonor2 That
use to boast of the glOries of the past
if we discredit them all in the living
PRESENT. Shall we proceed by reason
of them to cast reprOach upon the hon
ored names OF the past by actual dis
honesty noW2 NO nation can by the
fiction OF the law Justly absolve itself
from any honorable obligation No ma
tton can by the exercise of power con
travene the eternal principles Of the
truth and justice and not escape de-
served and fearful retribution. The
American people VIII never take such
a wicked step as to invalidate or inn
pair the value Of their own government I
obligations. They viii never consent I
by popular vote or otherwise to repud-
iation Of one farthing Of their nation
al debt. They viii never brook the
thought OF not looking the whole world
Ia the face and challenging any nation
TO point to a more honorable or credita-
bic record than ours.
There can be no danger Of American
citizens having to SO bowed with sham
ed faces either at home or abroad. My
fellow citizens, the arguments have beer
made SO the case is ready to 60 to the
jury and the jury IS waiting impatient
iy to announce its verdict and as RE
publicans, we confidently submit cur
contention 90 the great tribunal OF the
American psople-the highest and best
hope ia the world. They will, I am
sure. give the most emphatic endorse
nent of the great principles of our
government and demand the continu-
ance Of our glorious Institutions, un-
impaired and untfreatened which, fo7
more than century past, have mad
this the most highly houored as wei
$ the most prosperous nation eft til
world.
They viii be true to the time horror
e. traits Of a mighty people. They viii
teach The vtofelG lltS scar That EElas
respect law and order and that they
believe ia public peace and tranquility
and not in disorder and chaos. They
viii teach the world that they vii
support the constituted authorities
they VIII show their reverence for til
courts of justice their devotion to thu