Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-17
LEAVING OUT MklNLEY.

The Republican Conventions of Iowa and
Illinois Silent on the Mckinley Bill, But
Give q General Endorsement to ssProtec-
tion"-aA Reed Needed in Every State to
Back Up the Slowly Dying Cause. sc
The. Iowa Republican convention in
looking about for men and measures
upon which to bestow its Endorsement
convention Endorsed the Administration
and then recorded its allegiance TO the
general principle of protection" in the
following words: go
1--WE do specially declare our adherence to
the principle of protection to American in
odustry, applied wisely in view of the inter-
est of all conditions of our people and sd-
ministered in view of the equal interest OF
aiE our Industries We agree that dIscrim-
nations may be wisely made, but never in
behalf OF the strong against the weak, and
never against the masses
But why overlook the Mckinley bill?
Isit such an insignificant measure that
it was forgotten? Or is it not true.
rather that McKinley'so crazy bill will
not bear Endorsement in Iowa?
1t is beautiful to talk about s'the prin-
ciple of protection" but when Mck1n-
ley gives you your own medicine in
such violent doses why do you not ex-
press youroopinion about it? s.
But you do express your opinion about
McKinley's work, do you note You
say your protection must be applied
wisely" and that it must be ''never in
behalf of the strong againstothe weak,
and never against the masses" Does
not that mean Mckinley?
The factis that :'the7 principle of pro-
lection is growing so unpopular with
Iowa farmers, and they have come to
look upon the whole thing as being so
manifestly lin behalf Of the strong
against9the weak" that protectionist
convention must trim its sails with the
rarest skill in order to avoid being
dashed on the rocks.
The convention calls for kind of
protection which is never against the
masses" But there it demands an
impossible thing; for that particu-
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-
@ ton. 1t is no longer worth going to
Washington to plead for.
o Let the protectionist orators in Iowa
point out on the stump just what they
mean by their protection which is
9 never against the Masses" Will they
3 not have to confess that they have SIM
ply put into their platform an empty
form Of words to .'please the ground
lings?" 90
Eut 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 I'VE
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 50 that
not even protesting Butterworth will
dare to vote according to his own honest
convictions against the Mckinley, bill,
but the Gar of the House of Represen-
tatives can not compel the Endorsement
of State conven tons. The party evil
IDENTIFY needs Reed in every State: else
the hIgh-fying Tariff bill is going to be
not damned with faint praise"-but
damned with silence more eloquent
than any well-phrased resolution could
possibly be.
And that silence is eloquent as we'll
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 hera1ded 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 if it 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 o1d-time Republican
strongholds; and it may be hailed with
believe in the simple proposition, that
low taxation is best for the people.
That silence means that revolution in
public sentiment is near at hand, that
the idols are fallen down in the temple
of folly.
BLAINE'S REBELLION.