The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-10-10


.nss'n % the Chicago Platform
Inc 81 Louis Globe Democrat III
81 Paul Pioneer Press the Chicao
tribune. the Omaha Bee, the Atchiso,
! Champion and many other paper
throughout the West which have n
Ways been loyal soldiers in the higi
sarin army, have. OF late. been verv
FESTIVE under the leadership OF Mr. Nc.
hiniey and those who think with him.
senators Plumb, Ingalls, Paddock. Man.
eerson and even Senators Dawes ana
Diair' and few Of the Represe tstivea
notably Congressman Butterworth while
insisting that they are protec tionista
nave made more or less vigorous pro
tests against the Mckinley bill These
papers and statesmen profess the ne
most loyalty 70 their party and 20 ! Ma.
tonal protective system IS we'll. Thev
have no sympathy with the Democrats
party; and yet McKinleyism docs not
please them.
mat gentleman has been silent for
some time. Tho leading papers Of his
own party have abused him without
STINT and have discussed his measure
IN the most savage terms And n 20
ooing they have assaulted his political
orthodoxy. II Is interesting. therefore
20 hear what he has to say for himself |
~ course no claims that he belongs "a |
1ne regular school, and be quotes the |
ehicago platform, OF which he Is thu
sePuted author. in support OF his claim
"hat does that document say? What
was the issue upon which the partv II
fought the last campaign? What Ma
.1o urinary citizen. who understood
pain English, right to expect from
me party which asked him to vote for
Mr. Harrison?
Aarln revision. to be sure. but ~
What kind? Many people insist that
'ney thought that revision meant ~
'ucnon' and some OF them 20 50 Tar N Z
9 say that had II been generally sur- .
,oseo that II meant any thing else Nj. {
iarrison would never have reached tho .
mite House. Yet the words OF this a
aatiorm are quite plain, and Mr.. Nc Il
Ainiey appeals to them in his own d. @
ense The promise was to revise the v
arin IN such way as to cheek fmDorfo- n
On& '"'pv''" =
That Is the party's latest utterance p
pom the subject Of the tariff. Il 4 n
ound by it-that IS, II party platforms .,
'er bind any one. 1t was entrusted ei
I'm power that IL might scheck inn 70
'rtatlonA" Millions Of dollars were th
Inscribed to its campaign fund on the hs
rength Of that pledge. Protection for WI
otection's sake was the theme Of tia
ators and the organs The revenue co
FORMERS were denounced a. free trad. In
because they proposed 70 do almost DO
,at the Western ''kickers" are asking th,
have done now. Of
ne victory was won with the help Of ste
vmana bee. the Chicago Tribune. 1ss
: 81 Paul Pioneer Press and Messra (
amn' Butterworth and the rsst q fac
sm. Then Mr. Mckinley ct about est
Work o. translating the platform oru
Q iegislation- The result q the M. in
niey Dill which has provoked ! hovl Bri
along the line. "And what hs 49, che
the howl about? Have No NOT dore q
. we could to check importa tions,s q .
customs Administration bill. Which dur
ow the law Of tho land, q denounced pro,
ne free traders because Il does ipst Il y
thing The Mckinley Tariff Bill q s
ca the Senate will pass when Il oats the
". will contribute 70 tha .ccs stea
nmens OF the same result. The does
Y y carrying out its pledges You. or o
r'umD' and you, too, Mr.. Blaine emo,
Owed those pledges when they were d. s.
e Shall we stand By them or notS amo
!. Is the sole question. say - fact,
stand BY them And say further woul
whatever may have been the casa than
re lsss In that year our partv was or 81
nitted to the cause OF protection a lied
'died IN the Mckinley bill. The Blu
Tor protest has gone By. The rec Dor
"aue up The party must abide nent,
A7sst until the next National ton
,ntion meets g. 50;
= - MT Mckinley's plea And n III,
N confessed that II has plausi- first
ounu The man who makes Il IL uA
'o'eu'y honestly and earnestly de- again
70 DAD cause, while the men In
re lighting him usually give the cost D
just . effective support when 1t 3
time comes though they know Il that .
. bad cause. neces,
'ner Kansas paper eviden tlv and II
with Mr. McKin ey's view Of the in Ii,
ION. lt says that those protec- One o,
= who are clamoring for lower same
ana an increased free list have no maxim
- 70 Be doing II on party erounds as an
~ sympathixing itself with this which
y declares that these demanda an ad,
very demands that the tari6 -. Here 1,
: made IN ISIS and are MAKING Ameri,
~ thinks that the dissstisfled WriRh
men VIII have to admit that thev SOS an,
ranged their base: that thew - this =
cupying the tariff reform posi- make h
" .na. ~ their talk In 1858 about whom &
IN not being : tax, etc. 49, = Il a.
humbug. It certainly looks that under !
10 put 0
41sllcI = pretty one. but Mr.. Ing mei
s1ems 70 nave the best Of IL - they
one other thing which Sells n ness OF
= ne fiumbs and Mander. The
= -, protesting newspapers employs
Variably come round all rieht q employ,
timc. So Il IL not specialize by the 4
vs. 70 offend them. But IL Il dan. and the
% offend the protected manu-. 20 mari
who kindly allow the sYat y I 81 On,
out o. them" for tho purpose Of deed, u
ing the protection machine. verv mn
must be taken verv with his
I. They invested their "boodls tectIon !
terosta rnuaf ~ ~~a