The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-10-09
Opens the Republican Campaign
in the Sixteenth District.
vThey Call Nc a iieh ProteetlonlSti
Sol Am"
He pwella on the Threadbare
Theory That tho Foreigner
Pays tho Tariii.
A Large Crowd in Attendanoe-.,AddEesa
Of Mr.. George II. baldwin short Notes
That win bs OF Interest 10 All

Briefly stated they expect 70 win ny
making the voters believe that tho foreign
manufacturer pays all OF lhe larln anu
that this money goea 70 lhe AllpllVah
workmen, That The Democrats have no
interest in tho welfare Of the unleu
States, In her prosperity, on IN hef glory
aud acknowledge no allegiance 70 lhe nag
OF their country. L,...-
Shortly after ,3O o'clock last night the
Dueber.llampden Mckinley Club ana a
number OF other cti1ena formed ~ llhe
and headed by the Grand Army Band
marched 10 the residence on SCUM Market
1 By actual count there we're exactly 800
men la line, OF this number lh2 are ell'
pioyed al either the Dueher or hampden
works, The balance are employed Ia the
Postofilee and other places about town,
OF the is2 from the Dueber llampden
works, Il 10 known that some ot them are
Democrats, and Joined the club Tor pru'
dontlal reasons,
This 800 by no means represents the
people that attended the aere'
made, The crowd was large and the
Republicans were of course enthusiastic,
The Grand Army Band played selection
after arriving at the house and was liber'
ally applauded.
Major Mckinley, George u. Baldwin,
Henry Wise, John q. Dueber James II,
Republican lights came out OF the house
and took positions ON the steps ....--
,MR, nALpwIN's ADDRESS. E-1C--l
Mr.. George z. Baldwin then stepped
Forward and In prepared speech, which
In pronounced the greatest effort OF his
life, welcomed Mailer Mckinley home
He referred 10 the time whom Major Me-
Kinloy first came 10 Canton and embark.
..I La la. AZ HnnlH
hia public career, and Of his voice always
being In favor OF the people, "fou have
stood as the most conspicuous figure
Ia American politcaN said Mr., Baldwin
He then said tho Republicans
expected 10 send him back to
Congress In spite OF the gerry
mnnder and 10 place him on guard IN
che national capitol
WITH AoLuDIN ms HANDS,
as II were, TO see that no successful ~.
aault IN ever made by the common enemy
upon yourself. lie then referred 10 Can.
TOMS public building, which IL 20 be erect
cd and stand as monument 20 the great
era Of things Major Mckinley has accom-
plished.
"You stand tonight IN tho midst Of
city Of 2sOO0 people, who come here ire
Won - y" " They come down 10.
gother, stepping TO the time Of the music,
to jon their voices together and extend 20
you thoir hearty congratulations said
Mr.. Baldwin.
This caused little excitement In the
crowd. Tho 5000 population has been
by thc Repository. A gentleman In
tie crowd remarked, "ihat IL 1000
TOO high, but II ia az near aa you ever
come 70 the truth, ana viii be
MORE THAN M'KiNLEY WILL COME
90 being elected, This brought down
those who heard Il and Republican
managed 90 replyi "Hou ought TO be IN
Nowburg,n
MAJOR MRiNLEY's SPEECH,
Congressman William Mckinley step
ped ON dry goods box and was lbornlly
applAudod. He spent considerable time
and rhetoric In thanking the aorenOdcra
for the welcome extended TO him.
lie then spoke ns follows; "Ihis hearty
welcome that you have given me, here at
any homo, after ten monthA' OF absence IN
especially gratifying to me, gratifying TO
me because there perhaps has not been
another one man In the country In the
last ten months, that has had hCapod upon
him so much Of bitterness and abuse na
your Representative,
True, most Of II has come from the
other SIDE, VINO nave
NO INTEREST IN THE WELFARE
OF the United States, In her prosperity, or
IN her glory. That opposition aud bitter.
moss, and that criticism has como from
those that acknowledge no allegiance 70
your nup-the flag OF the stars that moves
aud lives In all this grand American ma
tlon.n
After sayinQ that nt some future time
H.. .aN Int Nftl ltaaEtuatnp a
the issues, he continued; In all the works
which have been engaged, and chiefly
engaged In tho last tw0lvo months, and In
that work have kept constantly In Wow
not the interests OF other nations, not the
interests OF Germany, nor OF France, nor
OF England, but | have kept stoadiy In |
view the interests Of American. citi2on. |
ship and the integrity Of the people, And
1HAyE 40 APOLOGIES
10 make TO my fellow citizens here, whom |
I find 80 dear 10 me me, for my public |
acts touching this great economic quos-
ton.
Why, they say, my friends, that
this tariff bill means restriction. |
Not restrictions upon American manhood,
not burden upon American ondoavor, |
not milestone about the aspiration OF |
the young mon Of the United Statos; N II
ls n restriction, II is q restriction In favor /
OF our own and as against everybody else.
Great applnuse.) | want 10 say that that |
bill which took us ten months 10 pass, Ia
a bill that embodies every subject Of logis-
lation, touching the revenues,
bill covering over four thousand
EVERY PAGE or m Is AMERICAN,
and every paragraph protection to our
own good.
GIVES TO THIS PEOPLE FREER TRADE,
and weigh my words, gves 10 this peo-
pie freer trade than any tariff legislation
that has been put upon our statute books
In more than century OF our existence.
Why, for the first thirty years OF tho his
tory OF this governments, every article |
that came from other countries was made
dutlablo. In 1890 only per cent.
of imported goods were free, In 1888 ,
only . per cent. OF imported goods were
tree, In lSi2 only l8 per cent. OF foreign
itnportations were free, In 1873 down 10
1893 only % per cent. OF our foreign im-
portatlons were free. Before the passage
of this bill 39per cent. only of foreign Inn
portations were free 10 American people. !
This bill makes free within fraction OF
30 per cent, OF oil the goods imported into
the United States last year. II makes
nearly one half OF thom absolutely free TO ,
tho American people. J
Why, the Mills Bill, that famous Demo !
cratic bill, only allowed about 40 per cent. /,
OF tho imports 10 como from the custom !
houses without taxation. How have we (,
done itI How have we made on half Of n
our importations free2 We lave done Il :
by relieving the necessities Of the Amerl.
can people, which wo could not produce
In tho United States In sufficient uuanti.
ties for our wants. The Republican party S
has made the breakfast table free; K 4
made coffee free more than tb Z
years agoi II made tea free more than a
those two great acts by making sugar free n
In 1890. (Applause) h
We put our dutiea, we levy our tnrllfa. 3