All four candidates urged a variety of additional spending on schools, day care and job training.
The Democratic candidate also urged increased use of the antitrust laws, and alleged that McKinley had been lax in their enforcement.
One candidate urged the military-dominated Government to resign.
Having heard the speech, the candidate urged Lincoln to continue giving speeches.
The decision was criticized, and various candidates and newspapers urged the commission to hold a debate in New Orleans.
"I need your help - we need to mobilize our vote," the Democratic candidate urged them on Friday, after a lunch of tamales, beans and rice.
Four former presidential candidates who have become opposition leaders have urged Haitians to stay off the streets tomorrow until after the inaugural ceremonies are over.
At another stop, the candidate urged high school students to swear off drugs and alcohol, but later declined to say if he supported voluntary abstinence for everyone.
Almost every candidate running wanted to be an outsider and was urging voters to "take your government back" and put "new blood and fresh thinking" in the Capitol.
Both candidates urged their campaign workers to get out the vote.