The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-28
THE CAMPAIGN IN OHIO
HANNA in ONE PART OF THE STATE
AND BRYAN IN ANOTHER.
The Senator Talks to Men Who Have
Benefited by the Tariff and the "BOy
Orator" Discusses Silver.

BELLAIRE, o., Oct. Ex-senator Hanna
put in busy day campaigning in the in
dustrial towns of southeastern Ohio. He
made five separate speeches, concluding
with an address at the Elysian Theater
here this evening. The first meeting was
at the Laughln tin-plate mills, where, the
senator was told, the employees have re-
ceived an advance in wages ranging from
$4.6O to $24 month since the passage of
the Dingley law, and which is being en-
larged so as to furnish employment to $50
additional hands. Senator Hanna was re-
ceived at the works by a salute from all
the whistles. He was greeted with applause
by the wOrkmen, and made a speech, in
which he appealed for support for the ad-
ministration and urged the necessity of con-
trolling the General Assembly to the end
that the gerrymandering of the congress
sional districts by the Democrats might be
prevented and Ohio might continue to be
represented by two Republican senator's
The second meeting was at the Aetna
Standard works. The two thousand en-
ployes gave him an enthusiastic greeting,
and there was a large crowd of persons not
employed in the mills also present Sena-
tor Hanna made a lengthy speech, in which,
in addition to referring to the issues of
b-io SdHlpdlSu, he LOOK occasion TO deny the
charge that he is a labor crusher, which
has been made against him by the Demo-
cratic press. The speech was received with
applause
In the afternoon Mr.. Hanna spoke to an
audience which filled the Bridgeport Opera
House, and in the evening he addressed an
other large meeting at the Martins Ferry
Opera House.
Of ti,,,e II
speech he boarded train for this place,
reaching the Elysian Theater at o'clock.
In beginning his speech Mr. Hanna said:
II am delighted to stand before so many
| working people of your city. You all know
| that have the reputation of being a labor
| crusher. Under protective system we are
! again receiving the benefits of prosperity
! from wise tariff legislation We told the
Worklngmen We would go farther for their
interests and also protect them against the
| pauper labor of Europe. We want protec-
ton against those people who are tillins
| their pockets at the expense OF Americas
laborers. am told that the great free-silver
| prophet is coming to Ohio the last few days
| that they did not know what they were
| talking about last year. Bryan said wheat
ana SILVER always went hand in hand. Soon
after sept J. 1886, they parted company and
knocked Mr.. Bryans argument into a
! cooked hat Then he set up the cry of class
legislation, and attempted TO array the poor
! against the rich. L say to you that any
man who makes statements tending to In
| cite the people against their fellow men
| ought to be in the penitentiary.'
| Somebody in the audience asked How
| about the Union Pacific deal?
We'll, my friend said the senator 81
| will tell you all l know about that deal.
| While Cleveland was in Office a syndicate
| or New Workers arranged with the head OF
] the government for the purchase of the
| Union Pacific Railway, which was purely
| an executive act, and was entirely proper
l knew nothing about it particularly until
| l was in the Senate, when a resolution was
| offered by Senator Harris, of Kansas To
| postpone the closing of the contract until
| after the new administration took hold and
| place the responsibility of closing the deal
| on President Mckinley l want the United
| States to get out of the Union Pacific all
| they cam"
| The senator closed with an appeal to the
| voters to stand by the ticket