McKinley Campaign Day Draws Record Patriotism in Canton
Canton Ohio on October 17 1896 saw record crowds with 500 cars carrying about 30000 people from across the states. Maj McKinley spoke to cheering delegations while touring his home city and the Maryland delegation paraded with five battalions. McKinley praised free speech and warned against free trade or free lawlessness in a day of substantial loyalty displays.
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Canton
William McTinley
Maj. McKinley
Union
McKinley
Party of Honest
Maryland
Maj. Melinley
Mas. McKixory
Menctan Travelers
We will manufacture with world pay if tariffs rise
A speaker touts protection for American labor and high tariffs to offset lower foreign wages. He urges voters to elect a Congress that shares their views on honest money and full wages, arguing for tariffs to preserve domestic industry and wages.
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United States
Gmd
American Congress
Voice of
Maryland
Farmers Declare Loyalty to Sound Money Policy
A Monroe County Michigan farming delegation backs McKinley praising protective tariffs and honest money. The speech argues for maintaining gold-backed currency, opposing free silver, and stressing labor, law, and order as core Republican goals.
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Monroe County
Mich
Maj. McSsinley
Michwan
Michigan
Republic
McKinley Addresses Delegations in Ohio Campaign
The speech lauds market guidance over theory and urges unity across parties. Maj. McKinley tells commercial travelers that business prosperity depends on buyers, not textbooks, and condemns partial free trade for economic instability.
Nation Embraces McKinley Honest Money Appeal
A Kentucky delegation and diverse crowds hail McKinley in a rally defending honest money and government by law. Speakers stress labor and capital unity, praise Tilden’s anti unstable currency stance, and urge turnout for the Republican ticket amid calls for public honor and economic restoration.
McKinley Address Praises Labor and Tariff Policy
The Ohio Workingmen from across the state greet Maj. McKinley who argues labor and capital share interests, defends protective tariffs, and rejects free trade and repudiation. He cites wage stability, nationwide industries, railroads, and the need for high tariff protection to sustain American labor and government finances.
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Ohio
Maj. McShinley
McKinley
United States
Jefferson
Jackson
Benton
Michigan
Tennessee
Republican Party
McKintey
McKinley appeals to railroad men on employment and money
Maj McKinley tells Railroad men that employment comes from strong industry and good policy. He argues for protective tariffs and sound currency to restore confidence, urging workers to back the Republican program for national prosperity and wage growth.
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Maj. McKinley
Michigan Central
Columbus
Pennsylvania
Erie
Cleveland
Republican loyalty to labor law order noted by Mas. McKissey
A quoted statement from Mas. McKissey praising the Republican party for prioritizing labor and then law and order as essential to mankind welfare and the Republic's prosperity and permanence. The attribution to MiciaiGgan Farmers appears in the fragment.
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Republican Party
Republic
Mas
McKissey Vo MiciaiGgan
Honest money not free silver, speaker urges restraint
The speaker denounces free silver as dishonor and warns against destroying business, property, or credit under that cry. He argues for honest money, urges restoring confidence, and restoring mills, farms, wages, and prices, with coins only as supply and demand require.
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United States
China
Mexico
Students and Teachers Pay Respects at White House
A large delegation of students and professors from Ohio Wesleyan University and Ohio Medical University visited the White House. Mrs McKinley voiced opposition to a dangerous doctrine that could pit class against class and region against region, while speakers from more than a dozen states spoke of unity amid labor and farm concerns.
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Ohio Wesleyan University
Ohio Medical University
Mas. McKinley
Nic
One Day's Record at Canton Honors McKinley
A Canton ceremony unites all creeds colors and classes to honor William McKinley with nationalities and all parties joining in the salute. The page proclaims unity and celebration across traditions in a broad public tribute.
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Canton
William McKinley
National Union Speech Advocates Tariff Unity and Growth
A political speech urges citizens to support a national policy for tariffs and American industry. The speaker appeals for unity beyond sectional lines, praising Henry Clay’s policy and the flag as symbols of national honor and legal integrity.
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United States
Henry Clay
McWhinley
South
MelSinley
West Virginia Voters Pack Large Audience in McKinley Speech
Crowds from Central Eastern and Western Virginia filled forty railway coaches with a massive deputation as Maj. McKinley spoke, representing colored voters in the extensive assembly.
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West Virginia
Maj. McKinley
Republican policy defends national industries and labor
The speaker asserts that if ore and steel industries stop, workers lose work from Ashtabula to Minne sota. He hails the Republican party as universal, protecting raw materials, labor at every step, and opposing cheaper foreign labor. Ohio is praised for leadership in Civil War and progress.
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Ashtabula Harbor
Perry County
Republican Party
Michigan
Minnesota
United States
Ohio
Michigan Pays Honors to McKinley Delegation
A large delegation of businessmen farmers and railway workers from Grand Rapids Kalamazoo and western Michigan gathered in Detroit to honor President McKinley. Ten coachloads attended as part of a party largely from Railroad Men's Sound Money clubs.
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Grand Rapids
Kalamazoo
Western Michigan
Mas. McKinley
McKinley
Michigan
Capital and labor as interdependent friends
Speakers argue against debasing money or destroying the nation’s capital to restore prosperity. They reject strikes on profits and say that capital and labor are interdependent. The crowd responds with cries of opposition and approval.
Massive Ohio and Pennsylvania工 Tin Plate and Steel Workers Delegation Addressed
An enormous delegation of workmen from tin plate, iron, and steel works in Ohio Pennsylvania and other states was addressed by Maj. Mc Ssinley. The event showcased labor unity across industrial sectors and regional factories.
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Tin Plate
Steel and Iron
Tin Plate and Iron and Steel Works
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Maj. McSsinley
Campaign Notes Mention Parachute Ropes and Election Feud
A dated political screed attacks Bryan and McKinley, railing against cruelty and panic while predicting votes and misers. It mocks Bryan as irritable and cites a New York center street police court straw poll showing 27 of 29 voters favoring Bryan if free.
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Bryan
William McKinley
Altgeld
Tillman
Center Street
New York City
Bil Bryan
Patriotism and Tariffs Highlight 1896 Message
A 1896 speech excerpt urges genuine Americanism and support for high tariffs to bridge the gap between foreign labor costs and U S wages. The speaker emphasizes protection of industrial interests and national prosperity.
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