The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-08-28
MAIoa MsHINLnY,A arnaoH.

Major KcIkinley at Maaaillon was ALB
normally fiat, Ileia capable OF a strong
OF effort, We do him tho further JUS
tiee 10 agree that tho occasion was not
such as 10 demand a striking address
Hence tho struggle OF HIS fetish wor'
ahlppes 10 catalogue II among tho
worlds great oratorieal specimens, TO
eulogizs il az either instructive or do
struotiye 10 silly adulation, II was q
dreary apology for the legislation OF the
House, for which the orator Ia raHpons-
ibls.
Ills opening assault upon the ao'styl-
cd gerrymander ID harmleas lightning
His endorsement Of Che Force bill was
wrung from him ny the necessity OF do
Tending himself, Hut In the light of
Senate procedure alluaion 10 that meas
ure ia exclusively funereal, His audit
os should have toasted that defunet
measure by rising In silence, The
country 10 against the Force bill, call
the ill'fayored bantling what you may,
and II was the protest OF commercial
peace which sealed ita doom,
Upon the tariff, generallties were
alone 10 be expected, When the can
yaas grows older and anxiety corrugatea
the Majors brow, no win be forced to
defend, In It's obnoxious, rapacioua do
tails, the offspring OF his protection
mad brain. Then no glitterlng rhetoric
about American industries will suffice,
no appeal 10 International preludlces'
The minute effects, aa we'll as the gen
eral purylew Of his capitallatic scheme,
must stand forth for searching test,
When the reciprocity idea, which 10
now spreading like a prairie lire, and 10
which the Major made no allusion, 10
forced into tho Senate remnant OF his
bill, the Major viii lind little force In
mentioning the foreign opposition to
the trade restrictions his measure i'm
poses, under false pretenses OF benefits
10 our people, The ultimate Issue H.,
what Americans themselves think Of
his bill, and the case cannot be petit
logged by melting antipathlea TO for
elgn countries,
The paucity Of language employed
respecting pensions furnishes manifest
proof of the tenderness Of the Majors
cutIcle on this point, But he cannot
Ignore aud escape tho record, lie has
dened the wishes Of his soldier
constituency, lie knows II. He be-
trays his selfoOnsclousness, Like
the CALLED Jade, he winces.
There was little else In the speech. The
index Of passed bills went on. He
touched lightly on silver matters, and
until the present imitation OF prices
discovers its real Influences II would
have been wiser TO have omitted all
paeans Of praise,
The Major says the House has passed
the Compound Lard bill. Beg pardon,
II has not,
In recording the Antitrust bill no
forgot 70 ro'e that q federal court had
already 4 c.kreit unconstitutional nor
did he nO,r that senator Plumb is still
ignorant vfhow tho tariff bill prevents
the syndlcate stoppage Of competition.
While asserting that eight millions
acres of uneRrned land grants had been
declared forfeited by the House, he
omitted 10 contrast that paltry number
with the grand achievements under
Mr.. Cleveland wrung from an unwill'
ing Senate. Aud Furthermore these
House forfeiture bills Of which Mr.
Mckinley speaks, are yet dry docked In
the Senate,
In sketching the Treasury operations
aud debt reductions, he deseryedly
earns cenaure. His rs a jugglery Of llg'
ures, for which lenlency could only be
granted because II is 80 patent, There
Is no mention Of the inevitable deacit,
proclaimed by Mr., Edmunds, which
viii stop the bond purchases There is
no confession Of where the obstacle lay
that prevented Mr.. Cleyeland's bond
purchases before 1887 But there ls q
utilization Of the whole debt reduction
for three years. There is u confession
Of the increase Of expenditures by this
Congress,
A striking feature OF this address Is
the chronic iuslnpation, the ever lurk-
ing chorge, that tbe Senate Is the rene
gade Republican body, II Is the scape'
goat. The mutilOtiou Of the tAiff bill,
the strangIng OF the Forgo DILL, all are
Senate sins. lho House whlrled on In
a carnival Of high.handed reckless, sec.
tlonal legislation. The Senate is paus'
ing before the indignant protests of the
land.
But later the Major will sweat In the
agony of direct attack upon the tariff
iniqultles, and grandiloquence will dis
solve into piteous pleading.