Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-15
WARNER MILLER ON HIGH LICENSE

Senator Warner Miller, the defeated
Republican candidate for governor OF
New York, in an interview at his home q
few days since said:
'.The tariff was the main question.
That is the one idea on which the Re-
publican party won, although the sol
der vote helped largely. But the tariff
was the main issue, and that is settled
for a long time to come. The vote indi-
Gates that the country is III favor of a
protective tariff. Business can now go
on with stability, and business men may
feel that things are not to be changed
every time the wind changes.
''NVill the party increase or reduce the
tariff. or leave it as it is :"
The Republican party has revised the
tariff from time to time, as necessity de-
manded, and will continue to do SO, but
on the basis of protection to American
labor and American Industries. 1t will
pass q tariff bill on the basis of protec-
ton to America, and not for protecting
foreign manufacturers and foreign la
borers."
"What will be the effect Of the change
in the administration to the business Of
the country"
1T will almost assuredly benefit it, It
will encourage and give heart to business
men and lead them to increase their in
vestments and to invest in new enter
prises. 1t will increase production and
make more of demand for labor, and
consequently the country will be more
prosperous.
When asked about the surplus, Mr..
Miller said:
The surplus now on hand will be used
in paying off the national debt, buying
bonds and cancelling them. That is
Just what the Republican party always
did with the surplus. What will be done
with the income is another question, and
depends on what the income is. If it is
found 10 be too large 1t can be reduced
by reducing the internal revenue and
reducing the tariff on articles we ca mot
produce in this country, or Of which
we can not produce enough, such as
sugar. 1t was not long since the debt of
the nation was so large that people Won
dered how 1t ever was to be paid, and
some foreign financiers thought it would
not be paid. So long as we have 81, 300,
000,000 of debt remaining there is plenty
CT room to apply the surplus on the
debt
do you regard the high license ques-
ton as settled or out of politics"
"Out of politics? Why it has only Just
come into politics in this state. 1t never
will be settled until it is settled right 1t
is in politics now far more than it ever
was. This is only the first skirmish.
battle has only just begun. l am salts
fed with the result, as | am sure I made
my canvas properly and on the right
basis. The high license sentiment was
growing very rapidly and if | had had
time enough to have visited all the towns
of this state the result would have
been otherwise. Since the Chicago
convention 1 have visited fifty conn
ties and made eighty speeches.
[ spoke in Rochester, which it
was said would go strongly against me
because there are so many Germans
there. 1t is true Harrison did have a
larger vote than | in Rochester. but this
] attribute TO the fact that Rochester is
largely interested in manufactures, and
General Harrison received the votes of
many protection Democrats. But | am
well pleased with the vote / received in
Rochester. The election showed the
power of the opposition TO high license,
and we need no longer be afraid of il. |
believe my canvass not only prevented
some Republicans. leaving the party, but
it brought back to the fold many Pro-
hibitionist. This fight has strengthened
the Republican party and put Ii or a
higher plane The Republican party has
done al for temperance reform and for
every other reform that ever was
done. High license is bound 70 succeed,
and that in short time. The people will
not sit still and refuse TO take the
benefit of reduction of taxation, and
the other restrictive benefit which high
license gives, simply because some of the
saloons fight it. Some OF our people
were afraid of the question and did not
talk on it, but there was no good reason
for this. If we had had few weeks
more TO lay the question before all the
people of the state we would have sue
ceeded. But the question is sure. TO be
settled right. The people of this state
are not going to allow $4,000 saloons to
rule without having something TO say
Tor themselves. An effort was made 10
array the Irish and German voters
against me, by giving them the idea
that high license would deprive them OF
their personal liberty. | am sure the
better class of both nationaIities is in
favor of high license when the question
Is fairly presented"