The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-10-23
MeKINLnY. .JugTLr ngrIMATnp.
Excellent Reading for all Patriotic oiti-
zens, who Want Light on Shining
Subject.
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generalshlp, aA II partioally commands
whole floor Of the Houaei by turning
part way around 10 the left he la able
10 reach at short range burrows, Hop
klna, Bayne, Lodge, Adams, MoComas
and Dingley, who are all gathered In a
little knot, while AT his right he has
Gear, Payne, Cannon, Boutelle, Hem
deraon Of Iowa, Perkins, and Dalzell
within easy Whispering distance.
Next 10 Chairman Mckinley has sat,
for the greater part of the debate, Mai
John M Carson, the veteran CORES
pondent OF the Philadelphia Ledger,
admitted 30 the floor under the rules,
aa clerk Of the Committee Of Ways and
Means, while the Committee has busl,
ness before the House for consideration
Mai, Carson IN there 10 play the part of
prompter TO his chief Heknows more
now about the intrloaolea Of the prOtec.
tive tarll'and the history Of the prOteo.
tlOn Idea, from Henry Clay's time 10
the present, than Mr. Mckinley will
know about them for theneXt ton years
For Mckinley ia--aa was fully realized
by those who had watched his career
without prejudice before the present
session, and IN now painfully evident
10 hia party and thecountry-a 'atates-
mani Of only mediocre ability and In
different equipment In every respect,
He has shrunk peroeptlbly under the
powerful glare Of q celebrity acquired
by being named 90 John Sherman'apO.
litloal legatee. II was the great Nc.
Kinleyp who figured In the Republican
prospectus OF the present session II In
Little Mao''-aa one OF HIS lrreyerent
retalners was heard 10 call him tho
other day who will pass into history
along with the tariff struggle of 1880.
He has been tried as aleadorand found
wanting. Though chairman Of the
Ways and Means by virtue Of an un-
written law for the division ofcommlt-
tee spolls between the unsuccessful
contestants for the Speakorahlp, he was
unable 10 devise, or even 10 takegener
nj charge Of the construction, Of q
tariff bill II Ia 10 Nelson Dlngley, Jr.,
Of Maine that the people owe their
thanks B--or blame for the lnChOate In
strumentwhlch maBqueradea under tho
Ohio Mans namo. With all the adj
vantagea Of code Of rules the like Of
which for etrlotness have never been
known TO the House before, and loyal
ly backed by q Speaker who stands,
whip In hand, ready 10 enforce tho
bill Of the party at any cost, Mr.. Nc.
Kinley has been unable 10 keep some
Of the best men on the Republican side
of the chamber steadfast In support of
his adopted bill. Mr.. Butterworth has
gone of nj one tangent; Mr., Coleman
u bright new louialanlan who has al.
ready made his mark-at another. Mr..
Henderson has shown signs ofbolting,
and Mr.. MoKonna has been restrained
only by the severest considerations Of
partisan dutyj whllo Adams and Can.
non and Burrows, though keeping
within cautious bounds, have been
manifostly restless at times and done
some mighty plain talking behind the
screen. Even aa defender ofhis puta-
tive offspring Mr., Mckinley has shown
himself lacking In both strength and
courage. When II Is attacked no some
vital point, the chances are ten TO one
that II Is not he who plunges into the
fight TO shield II, but upon Bayne, or
Perkins, or Payne, or Burrows ihlls the
brunt Of the perllous work; while 10
the audience II is explained by his ad.
mirrors that Mr.. Mckinley Ia "aaving
himself for' some great effort which
never follows.
A year ago no man took higher rank
among the Republican "prosldonlial
possibilitiosp Of 1892 than Mr.. MoKin.
ley 10 was not because any great &C.
oomplishment on his part could be
pointed 10 as evidence OF his capacity.
He had formulated no policies he had
shown no special aptitude for carrying
into effect the policies formulated by
others. His claims, silted 10 the bot
tom, were found TO rest on no better
basis than n clever knack for selfad-
vertlsing In the party press, an air Of
solemn dignity In dress, and gait and
manner; an expression of iAco which
limited at intellectual wonders hidden
behind that broad expanse Of oorru-
gated brow; and discreet practice Of
holding his tongue when speaking
would have betrayed an unbecomlng
poverty of thought. With these traits,
and Complementary to them for the
purposes of u well rounded "boom,p
was n reputation for solfsoorlhce In
the interest Of fidelity TO trust, derived
from the circumstance that at the Re.
publican National Convention Of 1883
ho remained faithful 10 his bargain
with sherman, In spite Of the wanton
dallianoe into which Foraker tried TO
lure him.
But Il is safe TO say, from the true
measure of the man, which the expert.
enoes of the last six months have given
10 his party and the people, that we
shall hear less of the Mckinley boom
henceforward. The bad deeds Of
others, committed In the name of Ohio's
favorite younger son and charged a
gaingt him on the docket Of public
opinion, may not have ruinedit utterly,
but they have unquestionably put q
blight upon II from which II will re-
cover with difficulty, fatal The Adj
ministrativo bill, envolved by little
Treasury clique and fatherod by Nc
Kinley, has aroused antagonism IN
powerful quarters which cannot be sup
pressed by the application Of the party
lash; while the Tariff Bill, owing lts
parentage TO ex-Gov, Diugley and only
It's name TO its ostensible author, has
provoked as much contempt by its i'm
potonoe Of conclusion as disgust by It's
hypoorisls Of pretence. The Republi-
can bosses In Ohio, II recent advioes
received here are correct, are already
beginning 10 cast their eyes around the
narrowing circle Of availobles, and ask,
WWho nayL9i1