The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-10-30

word In favor Of the bill AT Can
ton. The agricultural provisions
Of the tariff bill are To catch
the farmer vote. They say he came here
NJ the solicitation OF the President, but OF
this | know nothing, Ito makes three
points, lie says the contest 10 between
the protectl0nlata and free trhdora, Henry
Clay would not more think of voting for
the Mckinley bill, than he would 10 botray
the constitution,
Az one favorable to a modified protcc-
| tive tarlf, say there was never mofe
| deadly blow 10 the protective System than
the Mcklnleyblll. Whom the protective
| Industries paid money 20 elect n Republl-
can president and Republican congress,
they dictated this bill and drove com.
promise out Of sight. IN | had been op.
poaed 10 the protective system | would
have delighted In the Mckinley bill, aa II
was u form OF highway robbery,
Mr.. Blaine read portions OF u speech Of
| Mr., Schurz, complimcnting II, lie said
Mr.. Schutz correctly quoted him aa say
lng from 1916 10 1856, under low tariff,
thero were good times. llo explained this
statement by saying the good times were
due 10 the Mexican war, the famine In
Ireland, the revolutions In Europe aud
the discovery OF gold IN California, Why
cannot the same reason be applied 10
your tariff Of 1861. The great war stop.
ped ita industries, II this IN true and II
had something 10 do with the good limoa
Of lSi0 aud caused the panic OF 1867, why
cannot We say that the high tariff uf 1861
caused the panic ol 1879, WIN Mr., Blaine
explain why under u high tariff there
were 100000 trampa that had 10 bO fod
by the people OF the United States.
Mr.. Blaine anya reciprocity ~ the great
q Nj 4 a..
TO say that tonight ihoro are 1000 speak.
ora on the stump discussing the Mckinley
bill, not 20 Of them are talking about
Blalno'g reciprocity plank Why oven
Major Mckinley rarely refers 70 II, Mr.
Clarkaon, who IL at the head OF the
poatoillco department, anye reciprocity ~
very popular, because no ono understands
lust what II means. No one IN able 10 give
nm exact dcilnitlon OF the word. II IN ow.
Ing to the the nyatopy that much of the
interest IN manifested.
This really means that there ID nothing
In Il, Mr., Blaine says the South Amori
can people send thlcr hides and log wood
hero, They do not tnko our flour and
pork, but ought 10, Mr.. Blaine aAya, you
scoundrol, we take your sugar and hides
and you should buy our -four They may
say they raise thoir own wheat Mr.
Blaine says this makes no difference, we
buy your oolloe and YOU must take our
flour or we will tax our people 70 pcr
cent on your collCo, That is reciprocity,
lilo snys wo will not take your hides unless
you buy our manufactures
hope do no man an injustlc0, ! say
Mr. Blaine docs not believe In the Mckin-
Icy bill amy more than ! do. By his rect.
procity he was building himself u bridge
by which he could escape when ho found
the prlccs had been raised, Mr., Blaine
will then soy, why did you not give ua
moro reciprocity
Think Of the significance Of the state
ment OF the Senator from your own State,
He warned the boncfclnrles, the manu-.
facturera not 10 take any undue advantage
OF the bill, or II would bC repealed, He
looked with distrust on II and begged the
manufacturers not 20 he too cruel.
We cannot mako contract labor law
strong enough, 40 that II will not ho
brollcn every day, Whom this tariff bill
was taken 10 President Harrison 20 sign,
and Major Mckinley and several other
Republicans were standing around, he
was asked not 10 blot II, ~ the bill taxing
0b,0O0,0OO people was too precious, aud
the ink should be allowed 20 dry, This
bill tnxed each person about 500 Before
the ink was dry the silk industry OF NV
own state cut down the wages OF their
employees 20 pOr cent,
In lSS3 tho tariff was raised on plnso,
When the manufacturers got this advnn.
togc, the first thing they did was TO Gun
down wages and the next 10 import con-
tract laborors. When they got II on the
books, the question was how To keep II
there. Tho Republicans wcrc guilty Of
two bad acts, Tho first was to pack
the United States Senate, by admitting
rotton horoughs as StHtes, In the House
denounced the admission oi Idaho and
Wyoming. The two Senators from Idaho
can annul the votes OF the two Ohio Soma.
tors, rhoy refused admission 10 New
Mexico with population OF 10000, bu.
cause II was Democratic, wyoming,
woman suffrage and all WAS admitted,
but Speaker Reed Win his husinoss.lko
methods, refused to admit Arizona with
larger population,
MIR. McAdoO then denounced the Force
bill, and showed how IL was designed TO
rob fifty seats In the House, II also cared
for the negro only on election day, and
the balance of the time handed him over
20 tho same authorities that now control
him, Tho bill provides for 100000 hire
llnga nt 20 per day, and their pay is not to
bo provided FOR by appropriations, but
paid on treasury vouchers.
He explained how the pauper labor OF
Europe originated from the lack of land,
Our prosperity arose from the number OF
small freoholders, Abroad the nobility
owned all the land. He alluded 10 the
obstruction Of The Senate to all Efforts To
restore the millione OF acres given 10 rail-
roads, and TO how alien pronrietors held
much of American land, he 10 the author
OF the Anti-Alien Land law,
He exposed how mild Mr.. Blalnc's for-
eign performances were compared with
his anti.electlon iingoism. A gentleman
then asked for an explanation Of Mckin-
ley's 9ction on the service pesnion bill,
Mr.. McAdoo then detailed how Reed,