The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 11, 1896, Page 1

" VOLUME LXXX.—NO. 133. SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 11, 1896—TWENTIY-EIGHT PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS. THOUSKNDS CHEER MAJCR MKINLEY, Supporters Journey From Many Sections to Canton. Commercial Men and Kentucki- ans Among the Most Con- spicuous. STRONG TRIBUTES OF LOYALTG Men of All Classes Eager for the Re- turn of Prosperity to the United States. CANTON, O=ro, Oct. 10.—The campaign here reached its highest pitch of excite- ment to-day. Delegations have been marching through the streets all day and it was after midnight when the last en- thusiastic potitical pilgrims left town. The visitors here to-day numbered more than ,000 and several thousand persons were not able to reach Canton for the reason that the railways did not have cars enough 10 transport them. Major McKinley made twenty speeches, a greater number than he had ever delivered in a single day. Nine States were represented by deleza- tions. Delegations began to arrive in Canton asearly as half-past 4 o’clock this morning. The echoing tread of the departing Con- federate veterans had hardly died away before the shouts of fresh arrivals were heard. The first comers before daybreak were from Labanon, Pa. They were fol- lowed a few hours later by large delega- tions from other towns in Pennsylvania, Kentuc New York and Indiana. 0 Major McKinley received the om Lebanon and Reading and also a large delegation from Lansing, Mich. On behalf of the Pennsylvania visitors, Gabriel Moyer of Lebanon made a stirring speech. D. A. Ainger, Deputy Auditor-General of Michigan, spoke for the delegation from that State. Both del- egations were uncommonly enthuslastic and cheered the candidate with vehemence when he appeared on the porch. Major McKinley addressed the three delegations se three delegations had scarcely left the yard before a delegation from Rock Island, Iil., numbering 200, and the Haid- ware Srund-money Clubof Reading, Pa., marched in. Major J. R. Kenney of Read- ing spoke for the hardware men, and his address was one of the most polished that has been heard from the spokesmen - for isiting delegations. E. D. Sweeney of Rock Island delivered a carefully considered speech for his dele- gatior and assured Major McKinley that s would give him more than 60,000 plurality. Major McKinley addressed the iwo delegations. It was a fine delegation from Louisville, that came swinging up the street behind an excellent band a$ 10:30 o’clock to call on Major McKinley. Each man d a cane, from the end of which de- twist of leaf tobacco ana a small own jug. This was the first delegation from Kentucky to visit Canton. It num- bered 500, and had to ride all night to get here. The whoie City Council of Louis- lle and 21l the municipal officers were with the delegation. It is the first timein the nistory of Kentucky that Louisville has had a Republican Council, and much was made of that fact in a pleasant way to-day. May or George D. Todd made an eloquent speech for the Louisville delegation, and Jobn Barnett spoke for the Fidelity Re- publican Club, which accompanied it. To the Louisyille delegation Major Me- Kinley said: I appreciate this call from the citizensofa nelghboring State. We sre only divided by the Ohig, but in sentiment, in purpose and in hope this year nothing can divide us. [Ap- plause.] With the great bridges between Cin- cinnati and Covington, instead of two cities we ndw have one, and, while they are under differesit management, they are both under the same flag—the glorious old stars and stripes. [Vociferous yelling.] We are the closest of neighbors and therefore ought to be the best of friends. I cannot refrain from congratulating the men bere assembled, Republicans and Demo- ats, on the signal victory they achieved last ear 1n the election of Governor Bradley to the cnief executive office of the State. [Ap- plause.] It was given to your State, and it has been given to & few commonwealths, to be the first to lead in the fight for honest money and the gold standard. Your campaign, as I recall it, was waged 10 a very great degree upon the lines of the present National campaign. Great prominence was given to the question whether the free and unlimited cainage of silver should receive the approval of the people of Ken- tucky, or whether the present monetary standard and financial system. of the United Statesshould be continued. Your distinguished Governor contributed much to illuminate the subject, and to help to'a rightful settlement of that question. He was aided by leading Dem- ocrats of the State, both in direction and in the final battle of the ballots, which ended so triumphantly for the cause for which hestood, and the cause for which all ‘of us stand as & National party this year. [Cheers.) To Kentfickians, therefore, the question would seem to be closed, for it can hardly be doubted that the verdict which she renderea in that memorasie campaign will be repeated this year with even greater and more signal force. [Loud cries of “You bet it will” and ap- plause.] You are to be congratulated that you have in the great office of the Secretary of the Treasury a distinguished c(itizen of your Btate, the Hon. John G. Carlisle, whose devo- tion to sound money has been demonstrated by high courage and whose siand for the credit and honor 6f the country commands ai- most universal praise. It is & singular fact, gentlemen, that the Chicago Democratic Con- vention makes the chief assault, not against the Republican party, but against theirown administration [great laughter and ap- }nus”] and the high public officials who are dfccuting its great offices. They make no as- it against the Republican doctrine of pro- tection, which Henry Clay so long and so ably supported, and in none of*their speeches do they suggest how they will raise the neces- sary revenue to run the Government. They assail the administration for issuing bonds to preserve the country’s credit. They declare unalterably against issuing any more bonds and give no sign of how, with the defi- - | o GENERAL BUTTERWORTH as He Appéared When Launching Boldly Upon His Subject in the Pavilion Last Night. A AL F"‘-s«o 7 27 cient revenues now existing, they will pro- vide the necessary money to pay the expenses of the Government. As they will not borrow any money it will be interesting to the elec- tors of this country to know how they intend to getit. {Laughter and applause.] Whether by increasing the subjects of internal taxa- tion, whether by a dircct tax upon the people or by an advance of duties upon foreign goods into the United States; it would seem that the people ought to be enlightened upon this subject. They sny they will not question, much less discuss it, until what they denomi- nate the supreme issue of the iree and inde- pendent coinage of the silver of the world shali be settled. They must appreciate, if they have given the subject any study, that the reduction of the dollar to 52 cents or less would diminish the value of the money received from duties on imports and internal taxes in the same ratio that they reduce the dollar. In suchan event, more revenue will be required. How will they raise it? Surely no revenue can come from the mints—no matter how much silver we might coin, for its coinage must be free. [Laughter and applause.] They must surely know that to coin silver on account of the Government will require the Government to buy silver—and where will they get the money to buy it? [Great laughter and ap- plause.] The old-fashioned way taught us by the fathers was (o raise money by taxation, but they have abandoned that doctrine and propose to resort to the mints of the United Stetes, but they can’t put gold or silver into the mints of the United States for coinage for the Government without buying it, and where will they get the money to buy it? [Laughter snd cheering.] After criticizing the Democratic plat- form Mr. McKinley asked: *“What will the verdict of Kentucky be as between the Chicago Democratic platform andjthe St. Louis Republican platform? [A voice: ‘Forty thousand for McKinley,’ and loud applause.] We take you at your word, men of Kentucky. We will be quite sat- isfied here in Ohio with 40,000 in Ken- tucky. [Laughter and a voice: ‘You will get it all right.”] I do not believe, my fellow-citizens, that you will reverse that splendid verdict for good money and Na- tional honor that you rendered a year ago, which embraced every part of our common country. [Great applause.] When Major McKinley finished speaking the Louisville people moved forward to shake hands with him, and at the same instant some one with a clear, strong voice suruck up “The Old Kentucky Home.” Immediaiely the whole delegation joined in and swelled the volume of sweet sound and song. There were a score of ladies present, and their voices mingled with the deeper ones of the men. It was one of the prettiest incidents ot the campaign, and it was entirely spontaneous, Major McKinley made his fourth speech to forty bishops of the African M. E. church of Zion. The bishops selected one of their number, Bishop C. W. Clinton of Charlotte, N. C., as spokesman. His aa- dress to Major McKinley was listened to with much interest. A big delegation of commercial travelers were the next callers. There were 1500 from Mansfieid, Oblo, 250 from Indianapo- lis ana 200 from Rochester, N. Y. Major McKinley addressed them from the stand in front of the lawn. With the Mansfield aelegation were Colonel Cappeler and other well-known politicians. Thespokes. . man for the Mansfield commercial travei- ers was L. R. Dromberger; for the Roch- ester contingent J. W. Taylor and for the Indianapolis travelers J. L. Griffiths. In addressing the traveling men from three States Major McKinley said: Itgivesme vary great pleasure to welcome the commercial trayeiers to my city and home. I don’t know where there could be found any- where & more representative body of American citizens than among the commercial travelers of the United States. Their business, possibly better than any other, registers the depression or prosperity of the country. Nobedy knows sooner than the commercial traveler whether times are good or bad [applause]; no classof men so register the waves of business as the men who stand before me here to-day. You are interested in your occupations and in hav- ing prosperity extend from one end of'the country to the other. You are interested-in having all of our workshops running, all our mines in operation, all our wheels in motion and all our workingmen constantly and profit- ably employed. [Cries of “Good, good,” and “That's right.”] You are therefore this year, possibly more than ever before, Interested in the triumph of the political principles which envelop the weil-being and highest pros- perity of the American people. You want to stop unsold .goods and un- paid bills. [Great laughter and ap- plause.] You know better than anybody else that you cannot sell goods to your custom- ers unless your customers can sell goods to the people: [Cries of “That’s right” and great applause.] Youknow that the.peonle cannot buy goods unless they have something to do with which to earn money that they can buy them. [Cries of “That's right” and great cheering.] That’s what is the matter with the couniry. That is the diagnosis of our condi- tion at this hour—business has been stopped, the wheels of industry are not running, idle men are on the streets. [A voice “Thousands of them.”] Many of the manufacturing estab- lishments are closedand you are not doing as well as you' were in 1892. [Cries of *“No, sir; we are uot.”] And the best thing I can wish for each and every one of youis a returnto the splendid prosperity of four vears ago. The money of the country happily is all right. N i The Republican party made it all right, and Grover Cleveland’s administration has kept it g0od. [Cries-of “That’s right.”’] ‘We propose, my fellow-citizens, to continue that good, sound, unquestioned, undepreci- ated money with which to do the business of this great country. [Continuous cheering.] What a pation we are. Why, in 1860, when Abraham Lincoln, of blessed memory—the im- mortal hero of emanicipation and of the war— when be took control ot this Government, the entire wealth was sixteen bilifons of dollars. When Benjemin Harrison went out of office it was sixty-three billions of dollars, and more than ‘wo-thirds of the great war debt had been wiped out. Since that time we have been do- ing little but making debts for the Govern- ment and debts for the people. [Laughter.] I know the value of the commercial traveler. When he is against you look out. [Great laughter,] There is no such recruiting-officer LOGIC RECEIVED WITH CHEERS Eloquent and Foreible Speech of Hon. Ben Butterworth. 'ENTERTAINED A CROWDED AUDITORIUM. . Lucid Explanation of the Manner by Which the Value of Money Is 'Fixed. DEBT-PAYING AND PURCHASING POWER CONTRASTED. Ringing Speeches By Hon. F. X. Sechoonmaker of New Jersey and by Ex-Senator Charles . N. Felton. : The old pavilion in what waas once ‘Woodward’s Gardens last night resumed the festal gayety of bygone times, Ben- jamin Butterworth and Francis X. Schoon- maker being the magnets which attracted to the historic edifice a cultured and en- thusiastic audience, numbering at the lowest estimate 3000. Both speakers are statesmen of well- earned renown, each having s Brilliant record in Congress, where Mr. Butter- worth represented Ohio and Mr. Schoeon- maker New Jersey. Portraits of McKinley and Hobart, framed. in garlands of fragrant bloom, graced the walls. The cornice was ont- lined with row upon row of fairy globes in red, white and blue, while pillars and gallery railings were festooned with hang- ings of bunting caught up by golden stars and eagles. The combined voices of the Knicker- bocker and California male quartets blended most harmoniously in the patriotic four-part song, “Freedom, Home and Native Land,” with which the meet- ing opened. As an encore, in response to a prolonged and enthusiastic recall, the singers gave “The Fellow I'd Like to Meet,” a campaign song abounding in home thrusts at the *‘other fellows’” which called forth much applause. Charles L. Felton, the chairman, was received with & round of cheers and spoke as follows: Fellow-citizens: The time draws near when we as a people are not only to select the chief magistrate ol the Nation, but what is quite of more importance to decide upon the principles by which we shall be governed for the next Continued on Second Page. four years. We have met to-night to discuss tDeg;to,Ahmdannty,thhWiflBeDediutedbytfieGrmdLodpomend the political issues of the day and decide in onr own minds upon the policy which we shall pursue. In my opinion, fellow-citizens, never but on two great historic occasions, so memorable as not to need naming, has this country ever been confronted by more serious or alarming conditions, Not only the peace and prosperity of the Nation, but the stability of this great Governs ment is at stake. Never before in the history of this great country have we ever witnessed such an intense depression of our mercantile interests: never before in the history of this ¢ountry have we been in that peculiar finan< cial condition which is creating unrest throughout the length and breadth of the land as at this time. The result is that some millious—approache ing 2,000,000—of citizens are threwn into en= forced idleness. They x;altt);er cm‘l’iehwle“m nor 6a y Consume e result bein lo‘z m.fli.lflon; and never can we look fore ward to win that degree of prosperity which we ance enjoyed until something’ is'done to setatrest this fear which disturbs the entire community and put the idle laborers at work. Fellow-citizens, the times are serious, in deed ; so serious as to require the calm and set. tled thought of the best and the honest minds; 100 serious to indulge In prejudice or passion; too serious to inscribe upon the banner of any party dishonesty and repudiation, becanse no litical authority can exempt us from follow- the old motto which we learned at the fire« S that honesty is the best policy. It now becomes my pleasing duty to intro- duce to you the Hon. Beujamin Butterworth of Ohio. As his jame has preceded him, it 18 sufficient only to mention his name inorder to introduce him. The Hon. Benjamin Butterworth, on being introduced, was greeted with a suce cession of cheers and bursts of lgpll\l!a. 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