Sharp County record., 1890-08-28
IEAvING OUT MKlNLET'

LES
The Republican Conventions - AIN. but
IIIiuoIs silent on the Mchlh'ey
Gi.a General Endorsement to "fro'eo
,in,,n, reed Needed in Every sta'e "
pyck In the slowly Dying Cause +.
The Iowa Republican convention Ia
looking about for men and measures
unon which to bestow its indorsemeh' 1rl
overlooked the Mckinley Dill. ihe
Convention indorsed the Administrator
and then recorded its allegiance 10 tne
general principle Of protection IN 'n'
following words: os 70
oyo IL, srecially declare our adherence w
The principle of proSction 10 Aiheile -.
dustry. a1plied wisely in view OF tne M. "a
ast Of ali conditions of cur people anu az
,oinistared in view of the equal interest VI
al our industries. We agree that di'cr'in' ~
inatlons may be wisely made, put nes0i nd ID
bchalf of the strong against the "e"N'
never against the masses ,u,o
But why overlook the Mckinney ptii.
sit such an insignificant measure tha0 M
It was forgotten? Or is it NOT true
rather that McKinley's crazy Dill Will
not bear Endorsement in iowa?
d II beautiful to talk about the Prih'
ciple of protection, but when Mchin-
lev gives you your own medicine III
sucb violent doses why do you not eA'
press your opinion about it?
But YOU do express your opinion aoouO
McKinley's work, do you not' lou
say your protection must be appiieu
wisely" and that it must be 'never IN
behalf of the strong against the weak
and never against the masses" Does
not that mean Mckinley?
The fact is that "the principle OF pro-
lection" is growing so unpopular win
iowa farmers, and they have come 10
look upon the whole thing as being SO
manifestly sin behalf OF the strong
AGAINST the weak, that protectlonlst
convention must trim its sails with tne
rarest skill in order to avoid Delng
dashed on the rocks.
The convention calls for a kind OF
protection which is never against tne
masses" But there it demands an
impossible thing; for that partlcu-
lar kind of protection never was
on sea or land" Never has the
manufacturer of any article been
protected except at the expense
of those who buy and use that
article. There is no other way pos
sible-and this way is always
against the masses" 1t can never be
otherwise; for when protection ceases
to favor the manufacturer as against
! the masses" which consume his goods,
at that moment it ceases to be protec'
/ tion. 1t is no longer worth going to
! Washington to plead for.
Let the protectionist orators in Iowa
point out on the stump just what they
! mean by their protection which is
never against the Masses" Will they
not have to confess that they have sim
! ply put into their platform an empty
J form of words to please the ground
! lings?"
But the Iowa convention is not the
only one that gives Mckinley the cold
/ shoulder. The Republicans of Illinois
treat him in the same way. The Re-
! publican convention of that State put
| these words into their platform: "We
; believe in the long-tried and successful
| protective policy of the Republican
! party"
Here again protection is indorsed-
but not one word have we about Nc
Kinley. Is his light hid under bushel?
Does it threaten disaster in Illinois to
mention his name above whisper?
Speaker Reed can hold his Congress-
| men together with firm hand, so that
| not even a protesting Butterworth will
! dare to vote according to his own honest
convictions against the Mckinley bill,
but the Car of the House of Represen-
tatives can not compel the Endorsement
of State conventions. The party evil
dently needs Reed in every State; else
! the hgh-fying Tariff bill is going to be
not damned with faint praise"-but
damned with a silence more eloquent
than any well-phrased resolution could
possibly be-
And that silence is eloquent as well
as significant. The Mckinley bill has
, been discussed throughout the length
and breadth Of the land to an extent
that has attended no other bill in Con-
gress for many years. 1t was furnished
by the party press with many fair words
! about tariff revision not tariff reform;"
and the coming of it was heralded as a
measure that would settle the tariff
question for twenty years.
But already two great States pass it
over without so much as mentioning it,
as il 1t were an ill-born thing not to be
named under the family roof. This
silence of Iowa and Illinois marks the
progress which the low tariff cause has
made in these old-time Republican
strongholds; and 1t may be hailed with
the utmost satisfaction by all mon who
believe In the simple proposition, that
low taxation is best for the people.
That silence means tina revolution in
public sentiment is near at hand, that
the idols are fallen down in the temple
of folly,
BLAINE'S REBELLION.
ITe Makes n Violent Onslaught IJnon tb.