Evening journal., 1897-03-02
H'KlNLEY'S INAUGURAL.
Forecast of the Speech Of the
Next President.
he BIDS eooDBY TO CANTON,


men aud Neishhers rpon the Departure
of tho Special Train Bearinr the Major
TO the National Capital.
CA>gay. o.. March s.--whlc President
Elect Mckinley has practically completed
his Inaugural address il win be held
open unul NE last moiaeut, that any
new phase of Inc Cuban sitnat.on may Be
pgcrerly nterpolated. But on an other
topics "a rutl!c policy rhe address IS com
r.ete.
Il has been read hy some OF Major Nc
kinlcY personal friends and confidential
advisers. While il is q carefully written
doc.ment there VIII re nothing sensation
al a ont IL.
lie is conservative man who observes
the amenities. and thore will be no rancor
no acusa ~ Cleveland administration,
no reseci 81 on Bryan aud the Dcmocra-
cy. William Mckinley ms always avoided
harsh criticism, and his courtesy toward
Cleveland, who viii sit behind him, viii
be a matter of remark.
In view OF the coming tariff session Of
cons ress. President Mckinley will talk tar
III as only be can talk and feel g. He viii
adv cate the protective tariff principles
laid down by the last Republican conven-
tiun Ic W II observe In strong sentences
that prosperity can only be accomplished
by reiecmng the pledges made during tho
recent campaign He will not condemn
Cleveland S administration, but he will
mildly re rot on The Wilson bin as a men,
ace 10 prosperity and blow at American
labor
Mckinley attack on Democratic tariff
ideas viii he i'm conservative language bat
moro ;ae less emphatic Ia meaning. Nor
viii he draw happy picture OF business
conditions. Re will say that our foreign
trada has ho p diminished and our dnmes-
&c trade has suffered incaloulable loss.
/ C0niidcnce.in home enterprises has almost
/ wholly disappeared Our shops arc closed
or ruaninw on hali timo Our men at
home are idle. and whilo they nra idle
! men abroad are occupied i'm supl lying us
With oods our uer.valcd home market
! sor the iurmrr. he u Insist, has also
-rcesv suffered because those WHO consti-
tuto it TIC great army Of American wage
saneis. are without the work and wages
raeg formerly hnd
, he Joss of cam nG power alone In this
country in the past three years. he will
assert. is sufficient TO have produced our
uni1rNna;o business sisgaiion. u our ln-
Dor was we'll employed, and employed at
ms remunrr tive wares as in 1899, in a
few months every farmer IN the land
would feel the glad change in tho incrcas'
ell demand for bis prodn,ts and in the bet
ter pac-s which ho woulg receive.
Not Nation Of Glasses.
III this is in line with the speeches
madc IN Canton last summer ho Ameri-
can rcopls will De urged to ro ect the ton
ID fsf fs ..I...
and distinctions.
McNiniev believes that the money qrc-
zion will adjust itscif if "a t.otective tariff
brings about prosperity Yet in his Ia
augurnl address he will give plenty o
= space to the money issue Of the late cam
paign Silver will be given very friendll
assurances Free coinage VIII not be ap
proved, but "a demand for double stand
ard, with international concurrence. will b'
earnestly made
Civil service reform win be approved. Il
Will ha declared the position of the party
for ~ years past, and Mckinley VIII ad
wise that 10 be thoroughly and honestl,
enforced quoting the Republican plat
form The merchant marine and navy
must be upbuilded, according to Mckin
ley's remarks lie will, with patriotic fer
vor, Il % upon immediate support to tn,
merchant marine 70 bring back the com
nercial prestige of the nation on the seas
The inaugural will touch lightly on thu
immigration question, declaring that n'
foreigners should come in who do no
mean to become citizens or who belong e
the dobasod and criminal CLASSES of othe'
lands Against all who make war on on
institutions the gates must he closed a
fcrycnt appeal for liberal roasions will b
made.
Nor will there be lack Of patriotism IL
every paragraph of Mckinley first utter
nnco as president of the United states. li
will declare unstintodly for governmen
by law Unselfsh and lofty patriotism
must extinguish tho spirit of lawlcssnoss
There must be- according to Mckinley
creed, not even suggestion oC debt repu
diation nor hint of attack upon the pub
lic faith.
President Mckinley will congratulate
the country that sectional lines no longe
,,ist Iic will insist that the era of recon
iliatiou, so long and earnestly desired b,
General Grant and many other great lead
,rs north and south, has happily com
and tine feeling of distrust aud hostilit
between the sections IS everywhere vanish
ing, never to return.