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0E THOUSAND CHICAGO BUSINESS
Ml S AT CANTON.
Mwtys Voted the Other Ticket,
hii Year VVI1I Cast Thefr Ballots
ll't the Rsputllcana for the
.',,nx of the St. LouU ,
Convention and Sound
Moey Delegation .
RireiyeJ with r , .1
Great , Demon
sti ation by
the Ohio ' ,
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Peopls.
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O nton, Ohio, Sept. 12,The Cbiu
',., ri'.i Democratic McKjnley Clnb-of.
Chicago arri ved at o'clock this inorn-
n T 1 1 e el n b cai ue by t he ;Bal timbre
at& Ohio Railroad 4 oris twojt special
:r,:us of ton ears each. The delegation
n r.rd. ered nearly 1,000, and was eotn
j; 1 (if hitherto . uncompromising
Democrats, who have never voted any
other than their, parry ticket... The
Canton people were keenly aware of
tlit- i-ignificarice of the call of a delega
tion of this description, and they gave
their wannest greeting to the Demo
crat ie adherents of their, fella w-towns-i:fTi.
In addition to the regular
:i'i:iitd escort, the Commercial Clab
.! Canton turned out to meet and wel
i nu the pilgrims from Chicago. The
Chicago men were accompanied by
H rooks.. Second ;- Regiment Band.
Th. hand gave a concert for the
p!-aurH of the people of Canton this
afternoon. The Chicago delegation
un-hl up to the residence of Major
MoKiuley at. .10 o'clock,
The streets about' the McKinley
h."itwere tilled with people, who
-! -red and- applauded vigorously.
nation of lifelong Republicans
u ... -r niQie demonstrative than
t 'Isieago Democratic Commercial
rv-ri ;r their greeting to Major Mc
K l!'py. . r '
Wh'Mi the candidate appeared on
t': ' orch he was greeted with an" out
lu'irt of cheering and applause which
v.ntinued several minutes. When the
applause had subsided Mr. Hoffstadt,"
the spokesman, turning to Major Mc
Ainley, said:
in behalf of the Commercial Demo
cratic Club of Chicago, comprised
ny ..of mei who have always voted
tlyTTnocrktlo ticket, and represent
ufXry branch of mercantile interest
inacftvrl extend to you our most
cordial greeting,aud pledge to you our
sn pport in this. campaign. The great
majority of 'our club still f,believe in
the vital principles of the real Demo
cratic Party as enunciated by Jefferson
Jackson, and Cleveland, and while we
may still differ with'you in a number
ot minor politics of government, those
priuciples which we have advocated,
t hough still dear tbjmaiiy of 'us, sink
into insignificance when our country
i threat enetl by the alleged ' Demo
cratic Party in its platform and candi
dates nominated at Chicago, advocat
ing rptidiatiftu and dishonor," which,
if Miccessful, we believe would create
wi.lepread disaster and ruin to the
buiiie interests of our country.
"We, the mejabers of tlie .Commer
cial Men's Democratic McKinley Club,
who have al ways '.yoted the Democratic
ticket, when our country is threatened
with AnachydSoeialism, and repudia
tion, will demonstrate to you in tills
crisis the tame as loyal Democnus did
in the crisis of lbClwhen their country
was threatened with rebellion, their
patriotism mid love for country: so
sshail we demonstrate, to you our
patriotism and love 'for our country,
its institutions, and flag by supporting
you, whom we have confidence, will
best subserve and maintain the honor
jid integrity of our country, and re
htore to our ieople confidence and
prosperity."
Major McKinley had to face another
t
storm of applause, when be stepped
forward to speak. He said:
I sometimes think, my fellow-citi-zens,that
possibly the dangerous men
ace of free silver and an irredeemable,
unlimited paper currency which now
confronts nsf was needed to convince
the whole world that the old sectional
line are obliterated and that the
"domination ofiparty is not tenacious
enouch to control against the country's
.welfare, Tremendous cheering: and
criesjof "Hurrah for McKinleyrj If
this shall be demonstrated, it will be
PROTECTION!
HICKORY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY,
worth taxational spirit, to patriotism
Htiu trie National honor all that this
campaign shall . have cost of anxious
fear and apprehension. Applause.
You have said. Mr. President, that
you are still Democrats. Laughter.
I cannot expect you to be otherV.se;
but now, as in the days of the Avar,
men of all parties are united under the
fitandcrrd borne by the immortal Lin
coln, great cheering, who stood for
the National Union and the flag of
our fathers. This year mo veil by the
same sentiment of patriotism, .you
unite with. the Republican Party be
cause it carries the glorious banner on
which is inscribed American honor
and American properity. Tremend
ous cheering, and cries of "Hurrah for
McKinley!" ' " '
, "I am profoundly impressed by thit
call, and, while differing frpin me, as
you have stated, in minor politics of
government, yet I welcome you, every
one of you,, as patriotic associates hi
this great contest for the, triumph of
law and order, applause for National
honor, public .and private honesty.
Renewed applause and cries of 'Good
good." Our free institutions will
never perish so long as people are
guided by the spirit of patriotism
which you have " exhibited in tem
porarily turning away from your party
because you , believe' its success en
dangers public" and' private credit, and
is a menace to publiel and private
credit, and is a menace to public and
private morals. E nth usiastic cheering
and cries of "That's "right." It is' a
noble cause which eng'agesand inspires
this large body, of commercial men.
Cries of "Right, right." Standing by
Constitutional authority and law is
the highest obligation of American
citizenship. Renewed cries of "Right
right' Standing by the public faith
is a call of supreme duty. Great ap
plause. Preserving the public credit
untainted and the currency UDCor
rupted, and both above challenge any
where in the world is the command of
simple honesty and good morals.
Cheers and cries of 'Good, good."
"One. of the phases of the political
struggle this year-, my fellow-citizens,
is whether-we shall have good money
or whether we shall have poor money.
Cries of "We want good money."
The mere statement of the contention
ought to bring the answer,' as it has,
without argument or elaboration. Ev
erybody ought to want good money.
A voice, "We do." Honest money is
the only kind for honest people, great
cheering and the United States
Government will have no other. Re
newed cheering aud cries of "Hurrah
for McKinley.!' There are .-good peo
ple, doubtless who believe -that free
coinage of silver at 16 to 1 will keep
every dollar as good as it is now and
result in giving us more money. But
will it? Cries of "No, no, never.' All
authority in our country' and through
out the world is against it. k It is
reasonable that the ttamp of the
Government can make 52 cents worth
of silver worth a dollar? Cries of "No
no." Such a proposition is N opposed
by reason and experience.' If it can
make 52 cents' worth of silver equal to
.100 cents, then ' the same power cap
make anything which it may see fit to
call a dollar equal to 100 cents. Great
applause and. cries of Thats so."
Then why have any real value in. our
incney at all! Cries of "Good, good.'
It the Government's stamp onld an-
svror the same purpose and. besides,
would be the cheapest and most con
venient. Great choiring and cries of
'You'ro right." x:
' v "Mr. Jefferson favored the use of
both gold and silver, and yet, while he
was President of the United States, on
his own motion, and without the
authority of Congress, ordered the
- '
mint to discontinue the coinage of
silver dollars. Why did he do it? Be
he believed that he could keep
gold in the country and make it circu
late at a ratio of 15 to 1 by suspend
ing the coinage of the dollar. He
thought that if no silver was coined
the gold, although more valuable,
would flow into the channels of trade.
The fact was that gold did not, not
withstanding the suspension of the
coinage of the silver dollar. There
were no silver dollars coined in the
United States from ISOG tolSU. Then
Congress changed the ratio between
the two metals from fifteen ounces of
silver to one ounce of gold to sixteen
ounces of silver to one of gold, and
ourVhole history has demonstrated
INDUSTRY ! ENTERPRISE
that whenever, under any ratio, the
one metal was more valuable than the
other, the more valuable went4 out of
circulation and the less valuable re
mained in. Cries of That's right."
The cheaper metal, drove the bet
ter metal out. Cries of "That's right
too." That U the irreversible law of
trade. ' That is the unvarying law of
both; and it is an indisputable fact
that where you have two snendards,
the on les. valuable than the other,
the more valuable goe out; and if ,ve
had free coinage at 10 to 1, while the
commercial value of silver in. its rela
tion tj gold is 32 to 1, gold would go
out and silver. 'would be the only
money with which we would do our
btisiness,for a hundred-cent dollar will
not keen eomna'nv with a. fiftvt wo-jcent
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dollar; tremendous cheering and cries
of "Hurrah for McKinley': and in-,
stead of our having ; more money. ,wq
would have les monejywith which to
transact the businesj of V.tbe i country.
Great applause and cries J. of .."That's
right.' ' So that we would secure by
this Mexican : system Great applause
and cries of "That's right. V That wo
do hot want, and that we do not mean
to have. Renewed' applause - and
cries of "We won't hayeit.,i; In ';1S73;
when the free ooinagi? otsilver wai
stoppetl-,- we were not using either
gold or silver a money, We were
using paper. We did not use a , dollar
of silver then. We no w have $550,000,
000, of which .$413,000,000 are full legal
tender standard silver dollars', and b
hind every one of them is . the' Gov
ernment of the United States. Great
cheering. The lack , of silver - surely
could not have depreciated prices
since 1873, for. we have sixty times
more of it now than we had then. The
depression in the price of wheat, about
which much is now said, must be ac
counted for in some other way. The
chief of the United States Bureau of
Statistics states that the consumption
of wheat per capita in 1805 was 25 per
cent, less than Jn -'193. Do you not
think that this might be a more
reasonable account for some of the de
preciation in the price of wheat than
to charge it to the monetary legislation
of twenty-three years ago? Cries of
"Yes, yes!' It was the decrease of
consumption and the increase of com
petitionnot the "r suspension of the
free coinage of silver that accounts in
part for the low price of wheat to-day.
We cannot make prices, but can pro
vide that all prices shall be paid in full
dollars, worth 100 cents. - Cries of
L."That's right!" and great cheering.
We cannot reverse the laws of trade
and we will not reverse the laws
of' common honesty. Great applause
and cries of "Good!"
McKinley to Steel Worker.
Cantox, Ohio, Sept. 12. A delega
tion of 2,500 brawney workiugmen ar
rived from Homestead, Penn., about
1 o'clock today on three special trains
and made an imposing appearance as
it marched tip the streets with milita
ry precision behind its own squad of
Homestead policeman. Tvventytive
hundred laboring men in a single dele
gation is a very large number, and the
people of Canton paid a willing trib
ute of cheers to the , steel workers as
they swung up the street and surroun
ded Major McKinley's house.. Before
Major McKinley made his apptsarunce
the Homestead Glee Club sang lustily
and tunefully several campaign songs.
J. M. Molathney, superintendent of
the transportation department at
Homestead, was the speaker.. He said:
"We are of the Homestead Steel Works
which employs over 5,000 , men and
turns out 00,000 tons of finished mate
rial per month and under' the McKin
ley law double that. It is top bad to
see such men and such a plant lie idle
ail caused by a lot of theorifts. They
surely do not expect to get something
for nothing, or cliange the law of sup
ply and demand; nor yet do they ex
pect thai Coxey "and his hoboes shall
ever be made rich by an act of Con
gress. We are perfectly satisfied with
the Republican platform and with you
as onr leader, and when yon are elect
ed, which you will be as surely as the
sun shines, enact a tariff law that will
give us protection from the pauper la
bor of Europe and pass a law declaring
gold the standard money of the coun
try, and the women and children who
ar now living on black coffee and
bread will say: Hod bless yon Mc
Kinley, and long may you live to bless
mankind.
The people of 'Canton have beared
A no sscn cbeers as oum ircia inn
PROSPERITY !
SEPTEMBER 17, 1896.
throats of the steel workers when MaJ.
McKinley mouuted a chair to address
them. After the tumultous -outburst
which greeted htm had subs.ded, the
Major said:
- "The Republican party hai always
believed in 'Homesteads.' Laughter
and applaui
Whether it be the
homestead upon the;' public domain in
t he far West or whet her It hi home
steads in the busy center of 'Ki'onufac
turing mdatri-. "
"Mr.; Lincoln signed- the firt home
stead law that was ever pa-d, open
ing up the. great public territory to
the free homes of American citizens
andfrom that hour untjl the present,
time the Republican - jsarty'' has" been
engaged inv-advocatirisr a .b-ic.y that
would give a homestead to f vt?ry mati
who works. A voice; 'We are 'looki
ing for a second Lincoln in voii," Ma;
jor." "' ' - - -V -
4The very frequent statemeut fs
made that the gold standard has In
jured the country,5 diminished the pri
ces of agricultural products," ajpTecia
ted the price of i;old; and wrought
ruin and disaster to the country. This
is; of course, a mere assumption and
is based upon the 'fluctuations of ' the
market prices of commodities, which
in many iustances have ' diminished fn
the last twenty-five years,' and because
of this decrease in "prices it is asserted
that gold has appreciated. The fall in
prices every man 'in this audience
knows is easily and readily accounted
for upon a moment's reflection. vThe
decrease in the prices of commodities
has been going on every since skill and
genius and invention have been at
work, and the cheapening process has
been marked and conspicuous for a
third of a century, aided by a protec
tive tariff arid the rich rewards thftt
our prosperity has offered. Whatever
agricultural products have fallen in
price it is discoverable that there has
been an increased production, and
that the increased consumption has
not kept pace with' the increased pro
duction. As great areas of land- have
been opened to the ""raising of farm
( products, the qnantity oj such pro
duction has increased and the demand
not increasing in the same proportion,
prices have logically and inevitably
fallen. It dees not require a great ef
fort of the mind to comprehenU that if
you increase the quantity of wheat
in - a single year enormously, with
about the same number of consumers
as before that the prices will go down.
With a given number of consnmers
and an increased .production, with
more competitors and no more consu
mers, the cheaper will be the products.
What increases the price of any pro
duct is that many people want it, and
can only ge it by paying a better
price than any one else is willing to
give. The more people want an arti
cle, the better price it will command.
The more people want your labor, the
better wages you will receive..
"If them is one day's labor for six
teen workiugmen, you would not get
as good wages as though there were
sixteen days' work for one working
mau. Laughter and continued ap
plause. And that is the sort of 1 to
1 weVant in the United States. Ap
plause. .
"The changes in the prices yf agri
cultural products or any other com
modities which have been cheapened
in their production by improved ma
chinery and more competitive fields,
with greater production, does not
prove that gold lias advanced in value,
but simply that such products'' have
fallen in price. A bushel of wheat,
even at the present low price, will buy
more American commodities than the
same quantity would have bought
thirty or forty year ao. Are not the
wages paid labor, rather than the
ever changing market price of com
ruoditits, the bet and most logical
test? Js not the labor of man rather,
than the thing which his labor creates
the real test? Have wages paid to
labor since 1ST3, as measured by gold,
decreased? Applause. That is the
crucial question.
We resumed specie payments on
a gold basis Jan. 1. 1ST9. Since that
time wages end salaries have not de
clined, but have risen. I n ISSO the
number of employes In the manufact
nricg establishments of the United
States, men and y out tit, was 2, 722,000,
aggregating in irages $317,37000. or
an average o! 21 per capita. In ISOO,
ten years after resumption, the num
ber of wage earners was I,7J2,C22, and
their aggregate earning! was f 2,2:3,-
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or f J$$ per
capita.-
showing would clearly indicate that
the gold basis has not injured labor.
"Here was an increase from 1SS0 to
ISZfQ of nearly 50 per cent. This in
crease in the wages of labor i? further
sustained by the report of the coni
mitte of the Unit J States Senate,
made by Senators of both iolitk .d
parties, which in lVTJi iuveitlgabxl the -subject
of wages and prices. The
cxunmittee reported that ia '.twenty
one selected industries waes - were. In
money, 40 per cmnt. higher in 1S0
than hi lCOand SO per cent, higher in
V&'J than In lsCO, and the iric. of
staple Artlcles'had fallen letwetn lSO
and 18.M) in some instances t one-third.
In other wonla, tThere never, ; had
lieeti i time in our history when -work
was so abundant or when wages were
so high, whether measured by tha cur
rency in which thoy were paid or, by"
their iower to supply . ? the., necessaries
and' comforts of s llfe r Applaav
That's what you left in V Is the re
a wor ki ngman hi t he . United , Sta t c s
who does not want that condition
back again?" - Continued applause.
R&i!rtaJ Mn Cheer the .Mm .
T Castos,- Ohio, Sept. 12. Just atter
Mr. McKinley finished speaking to the
delegation from Homestead, the musio
of advancing bands announced the ap
proach of a thousand, -employes 'from,
the offices of the Pennsylvania Rail -way;
iu Pittsburgi About tlio same
time the skies darkened, the sun dis
appeared, and great masses of black
clouds rolled across the sky. March
ing jn&t behind the railway men was a
column of 700 wdrkingmeu from Mc
Keesport, Penn. The two delega
tions filed Ino the yard together,' and
before either spokesman had said a
word the rain began to 'fall, thunder
crashed, and flushes of lightning shot
across the black sky. Instantly a
thousand umbrellas were raised. W.
C. Cronemeyer, spokesman for the
McKeesport people, tried to m.ike
himself beard, but saiti only a few
words. Then there was a lull, and
Samuel IL Church, vthe sjokesman for
the railway men, sprang on a .chair
and asked the people if they would
like to go to the tabernacle. The rain
was still falling, but instantly a thous
and voices answered back "No." He
commenced his speech, -but the storm
grew more intense, and a fast and fu
rious Summer rain fell upon the un
protected people, Mr. Church said;
"If this mad and cruel scheme of
silver inflation should be inflicted
upon the people" of the land, what
would be its effect upou railroad in
terests? The very fear of it has caused
an industrial enaction that is unpar
alleled and a general shrinkage of rail
way earnings of about 20 ier etnL
Independent free coinage would soon
increase the annual interest charges
on railroad hoods from 250,000,000 to
500f(XJ,0C0, thus doubling the fixed
charges of every railroad in the coun
try. The raihoads cannot advance
the charge for transportation, and
they will be forced to hold their pres
ent business with a greatly reduced
force of men, and every man who can -possibly
be spared from his position,
including those who have been crip
pled nd are retained on the rolls be
cause of humane regard for their con
dition, must be discharged. ;
The rain was so hemvy by this time,
and the wind w strong, that not peak
er con!d be heard, and It w . det r
mined to go the tabernacle. Th
crowd inarchetl down hi good order
and jn'riect good humor. Major Mc
Kinley was driven to the hall. When
he appeared on the ta the audience
tood tip and cheered for several min
ute. Major McKinley said: .
I regret very much that the rain
has divided this great delegation from
the State of Pennsylvania, but I am
quite sure that" rain will not divide
you on the third day of November.
Great applaue and cries of "Not no;
yoa bet it woa'tr) There are repre
sented in the delegations this after
noon men in the employ of the great
Pennsylvania Railroad and working
men and citizens from the city of Uc
Keesport. Cheers. I remember
with especial pleasure the visit I made
to that city two years ago to-day, at
the celebration of its one hundredth
annlTersary. Applause I did not
find everybody so well employed then
kas they had been daring, the previous
two years, but I found great Imias-
t trie giving employment to ihoujaiidj
of workiugmen which had been built
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