The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-09-05

IeHhlOnA OF ''IONt AVi wv WV
Mckinley Convicted Of FalSliylns the Record
NUMBER Two.l
Mckinley, in his Massillon speech,
says;
IN was left to,a Republican Senate 10 pro-
pose, and pass a ldlU, making gretnbdcks re-
ceiUdble for duties on imports, and recet0d6te
The same as coin in payment Of The A per cent
bonds nooy authorized By IaW 10 be isSaed," "
uvhich bill was defeated in Democrdt'c
House, mol tUO.thirdS Uoting for IT," " "
"The effect of this measure was to re-
move the only barrier in the way OF abb
solute equality of the paper and coin dol
lar. This would have removed all dls'
elimination against the greenback, and
forever fixed its equality as money with
coin, both in value and legal tender
power" II Il
"The charge 80 often made in Demo-
cratic platforms and in the Democratic
press, that the Republican party was dis
honoring the United States currency by
not receiving it in payment of custom
duties. must cease, and this party Will
have to bear the odium OF defeating 30
wise and Just measure. In view OF
these facts, which are of record and
therefore cannot be denied, what is left
of Democratic profession for the green
baCk?"
That man OF MCKinley's standing
could make such statement is simply
astounding. A member of Congress
make such statement 1t seems in.
credible, and all we have to say, that
any member of Congress that could make
such statement is either an unmtigat-
ed demagogue or a profound ass, and for
MCKinley's sake we hope it is the latter
We have now an avalanche of Repub-
liCan speeches, and no other Republican
has dared to make such a statement; not
one had sufficient audacity, and 80 little
regard for his reputation as to make
such a statement. Mckinley stands
alone, and has already won the reputa-
ton of being the most unsCrupulous par
tisan in his party.
Now, the facts are, and no one knows
it better than Mckinley, that the Dem
ocratiC portion of Congress were anxious,
and labored hard to pass law making
duties payable in greenbaCks, and were
thwarted in their efforts to accomplish
$50 wise and just measure" by the Re-
publicans in Congress, and Mckinley as
sisted them in so doing; and yet he dares
say that "this party must bear the obi
um of defeating 30 wise and just a meas
ure." 1t may be in accordance with the
Republican code of morals to tell a small
fraction Of the truth to the people in an
unfair way, and draw false inference
therefrom, whilst conCealing a mass of
facts which, if disclosed, would prove
such inference wholly false; but i'll the
eyes of honest men such a course is
equally as reprehensible and criminal as
downright lying. 1t is the truth, and
the 1OhOle truth, that the people want from
their servants, and the truth they shall
have in this article.
With all MCKinley's studied prepara-
ton, and it was great for the printer had
the manuscript before the speech was ut
tered; and with all his shrewdness, which
is only surpassed by his audacity and
political dishonesty, he was unequalt to his
task. The above quotation carries upon
lis face its own refutation, and moreover
it is in itself boomerang that recoils
upon him with fearful retribution. In
stead of Wanting, he should hang his
head in confusion and when he speaks
of this "just and wise measure as he
calls it, it should be as repenting sim
ner, humbly Confessing the great crime
of his party, in having refused for so
many years this wise and just measure
to the people. We have spoken of this
crime of the Republican party in the last
Democrat and shall not repeat our views.
But the words, ''1Ot toO0.ttjrdS vOting for |
IT," in the above quotation, are of them
selves crushing answer to MCKinley's |
assertion, and moreover prove conclu-
sively that large majority of Republi-
cans in the House opposed this lust and |
wise measure" If two.thirds of the |
Democrats voted for it, it would require |
only Al (less than one-third), Republi- |
cans to pass the bill. Here is audacity |
personifiedl A Republican complaining |
because two.thirds of the Democrats do |
not vote for measure, when less than |
one-third of the Republicans vote for it. |
The Republican majority in the Senate |
is very slight indeed, and 80 is the Dem.
OCratiC majority in the House. In fact,
this wise and just measure could have |
passed the Republican Senate if only |
three Republicans voted for it, and all |
the other Republicans voted against it. |
And on the other hand this measure, |
after it reached the Democratic House, |
could have been defeated by the Repub.
licans, with the assistance of twelve |
Democrats, thus making bare majority. |
Now, Mckinley is very fond Of citing |
the votes of the two parties in Congress, |
when it suits his purpose. He spent a |
great deal of time in his MassilloE speech |
in 80 doing, but he had not the fairness,
and dared not give the votes of the SEN |
ate and the House on this measure; and |
we now challenge him to give these
votes, and we assert that the measure |
was opposed by the bulk of the Repub- |
lican party. Come to the front, Major,
and give the votes, you have the record |
"It was left to Republican Senate to |
propose" this measure, says Mckinley, |
but he was very careful not to name the |
man who introduced it in the Senate,
though he was careful to give the name |
OF the Congressman who introduced |
measure Of which we will speak present |
ly. Come to the front, Major, and give
that name.
Mckinley intended to convey to his
hearers, as the last sentence in the above
quotation shows, that it was left to Re-
publican Senate to propose law making
greenbacks receivable for duties. Now
this is false, foully, UNANIMOUSLY false, and
no one knew it better than Mckinley,
we therefore brand him as an unmitiga-
ted perverter Of the truth. We ask the
readers of the Democrat to read again the
above quotation from McKinley's speech,
and keep it in mind as they read what
follows:
Long before this wise and just measure,
spoken of in the above quotation, was
introduced into the Senate, the Demo
cratic House had, in spite of the violent