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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1896
Page
5
Canton Ohio hosts a massive McKinley celebration with 560 cars bringing about 30,000 people from many states. McKinley greets throngs at his residence and delivers patriotic speeches as Democrats and Republicans share honors in a lively October 17, 1896 event.
A diverse crowd gathers at the candidate’s home on a single day to celebrate national equality. Speakers praise university students joining the Republican banner and affirm government by law, with applause for public honor and moral standards.
Thousands of supporters gather in Canton with chants backing the Republican ticket. Speakers tout protection, sound money, public morals, and national honor as key planks and claim West Virginia's electoral vote will go Republican. The crowd portrays a unified pledge across races and professions.
A Republican speaker extols party achievements and the nation’s growth while opposing free silver and free trade. He urges protectionist tariffs, sound currency, and national unity, calling for work, confidence, and loyalty to American interests. The address emphasizes labor harmony and the superiority of domestic industry.
The Maryland delegation of five battalions totaling 5000 men attracted early notice. Major McNinley told them time and honesty in the campaign matter most, praising their pledge to the party of honest money and protection.
Incomplete text discusses freedom themes and national virtues. The fragment mentions free speech, free press, and freedom while referencing scattered names and dates.
A political rally speech urges voters to elect a Congress that protects workers and limits foreign competition. It emphasizes giving labor unions and potters, mill workers, and factory laborers a full year of work and fair wages, calling for national tariffs and production in the United States.
Historic speech from Monroe county farmers endorsing honest money and protection of tariffs. The speaker attacks free silver, defends gold and urges restoring production, wages, and stable coinage to boost industry, agriculture, and the national economy.
Ohio and nearby states send large delegations to greet Mag. McKinley. He tells commercial travelers that market insight and practical experience guide prosperity over textbooks. He praises cross party unity among business leaders and argues Republican policy centers labor, law, and order for national welfare.
A large delegation of students and professors from Ohio Wesleyan and Ohio Medical universities joined William McKinley to urge national unity. He argued for tariffs to fund government and protect American labor while rejecting sectionalism and backing the federal judiciary as a safeguard.
Kentucky Republicans and sound money Democrats rally in support of McKinley. He cites Kentucky’s past stance on honest money and public honor, invoking Samuel J. Tilden’s warning about unstable currency and its harm to farmers.
In remarks dated October 17 1996 Mas McKinley argues there should be no enmity between labor and capital. He says the best friend of labor is the one who provides work and sustains contentment, not merely words that breed discontent.
A massive West Virginia audience fills forty railway coaches in five train sections across Central, Eastern, and Western counties. Maj. McKinley addresses the crowd with remarks reflecting the mobilization of diverse voters represented in the vast deputation.
Maj. Medley speaks to a crowd of railroad dock farmers and miners from Ohio arguing that labor and capital share mutual interests. He contrasts protectionist wages with free trade, praises American wages from 1860 to 1890, and stresses interdependent prosperity of manufacturers, miners, railroads, and ore handlers. The audience cheers for McKinley’s policy.
The text proclaims protection honest money public morals reciprocity and national honor as core Republican values. It notes rallying across parties races and classes including white and black citizens wage earners employers professionals and businesspeople. A dated quote from Mrs McKinney to Cotorneo Vorens dated October 17 1898 emphasizes broad support.
The speaker declares the Republican party protects all workers from coal to ore and port handling, defending against cheaper foreign labor. He praises Ohio for leadership in Civil War and progress, expressing confidence in an unprecedented victory this year.
A large party of ten coachloads of Grand Rapids Kalamazoo and Western Michigan businessmen farmers and railway workers attended an address by Mrs McKinley. The group included Railroad Men's Sound Money clubs members alongside professionals and citizens. She spoke on Michigan resources.
Maj. McKinley speaks to railroad workers from multiple lines urging support for a prosperous economy. He argues that steady employment comes from busy industries and good pay, not idle wages, and stresses the need for railroads to have business to keep workers on the payroll.
A quote from Mas. McKintey dated October 17, 1596 argues that class division harms the country and that citizens should align with government over party, promoting sturdy American citizenship and warning that a friend of party is an enemy of the public good.
The speaker rejects debasing currency or attacking national capital as paths to prosperity. Campaigning voices propose harming profits or the capital base to create jobs, but the speaker asserts capital and labor depend on each other and should be friends, not foes.
A large delegation of laborers from tin plate plants and iron and steel works in Ohio and Pennsylvania and surrounding states heard Maj. McKinley speak. The address highlighted labor issues and industrial goals.
A sea of campaign taunts targets William Jennings Bryan. The piece hints at Altgeld Tillman influence, parlor notes on public fear, and a straw poll from Center Street police court showing Bryan support, while McKinley is framed against tax relief and workingmen.
In a statement from October 17 1896 Mas McKinney urges a tariff high enough to offset cheaper foreign labor and protect American industries and labor.
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