The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-07-25


ne Rspubllcaa Cosventlons ~ lowe asd
Illinois silent On the Mckinley nslls nus
diive : General Isdorssmsnt 70 ssrrotse-
ion"-A tscd Nssdsd In Every staes %
Bses Up the slowly Dying Gauss.
Tho Iowa Republican convention In
looking about for men and measures
upon which 70 bestow its Endorsement
overlooked the Mckinley bill. The
convention Endorsed the Administration
and then recorded its allegiance % the
general principle Of protection" in the
following words:
w do specially declaro our adherence to
che principle Of prooction TO American H.
dustry. applied wisely IN view Of the inter.
est Of all conditions Of our people and ad-
ministercd In view Of the equal Interest OF
al our Industries We agree that discrim-
nations may be wisely made, but never Ia
behalf Of the strong against the weak, and
never against the Nausea"
But why overlook the Mckinley bill?
Is IL such an magnificent measure that
II was forgotten? Or Is IL not true
rather that McKinley's crazy bill will
not bear Endorsement in Iowa?
II is beautiful to talk about 'the prin-
ciple Of protection" but when Mckin-
ley gives you your own medicine in
such violent doses why do you not ex-
press your opinion about IL?
But you do express your opinion about
McKinley's work, do you not? You
say your protection must be applied
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 with
iowa farmers, and they havo come to
look upon the whole thing as being 50
manifestly ''in behalf OF the strong
against the weak" that a protectionist
convention must trim its sails with the
rarest skill in order I o avoid being
dashed on the rocks
The onventi calls for . kind OF
protection which Is never against the
masses" But there 1t demands an
impossible thing; for that particu-
lar kind Of protection never was
on sea or land" Never has the
man facturer OF any article been
protected except at the xpens
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 1t 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 hat they have sim
ply put into their platform an empty
form Of words to please the ground
lings?"
But the Iowa convention is not the
only one that gives Mckinley tho 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: 1--WE
believe in the long-tried and successful
protective policy Of the Republican
party"
Here again protection Is indorsed-
bu. not one word have we about Nc
Kinlcy. Is his light hid under q bushel?
Does IL threaten disaster in Illinois to
mention his name above a whisper?
Speaker Reed can hold his Congress-
men together with a 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 Gar of the House of Rep-esen-
tatives can not compel the Endorsement
Of Stat 20 conventions The party evil
IDENTIFY needs a Reed in every State: else
the high-fying Tariff bill is going to be
mot damned with faint praise--but
damned with a silence more eloquent
than any well-phrased resolution could
possibly 90.
And that silence 10 eloquent as we'll
IS 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-
grcss for many years 1t was furnished
by the party press with many fair words
about tariff revision not tariff REFORM
and the coming Of 1t was heralded as a
measure that would settle the tariff
question for twenty years.
But already two great States pass II
over without 50 much as mentioning 1t,
Is III 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 il may be hailed with
the tmo satisfaction by all men who
believe in the simple proposition. that
low taxation is best for the people.
That silence means tina : revolution in
public sentiment Is near az hand. that