The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-10-09

GOVERNOR CAMPBELL
be the alien who comes here to displaee Ameri-
can workfngmen without the intention of be-
coming citizen. tGreat cheering.l
Colonel Howe, the Republican chairman, in
troduced Major Mckinley amid great cheering.
Inc major said he proposed to speak on the
question of silver and taxation. He said:
The Ohio Democratic platform has declared
for free and unlimited coinage of the silver of
the world, as freely as gold is now coined, and
upon the ratios now fixed. The Republican
party stands opposed to that, insisting that it
cannot be safely done until the great CONNER
cial nations shall have fixed a ratio between
gold and silver. The Republican party stands
ior dollar worth 100 cents, whether IL be gold
or silver or paper, and approves of the legisa-
ton of the last congress. The difference be-
tween what the government has paid for silver
ana the lace value of the silver dollars issued has
went to the benefit Of the people. Free and un-
limited coinage would give that profit to the
silver producers. You Can buy today 87lZ
grains OF pure silver, which constitutes silver
dollar, for rs cents. Free coinage would invite
tho producers of the world 10 bring their rs
cents worth to the minis of the United States to
be- ee coined into doi. the government BY Its
IL for 100 cents The Republican
party says that II there 10 to be any profit In this
O Ss . s9pd 60 70
,s general notion that If We had free and un-
limited coinage we would have more money.
Aibtthu, we WOuiu nave less, LOT every COllar
worth 100 cents would 20 out OF circulation at the
appearance oil silver dollar worth but rs cents.
Governor Campbell said In one of his speeches
that he had voted for free and unlimited coinage
OF silver. SO did In 1877. / voted to reinstate
the ancient silver dollar to its coinage. When
dld We had 5000 900 silver dollars in circulation.
silver was more valuable than today. We
now have 405,00),000 silver dollars, and
that's as much as We can maintain
at parity with the old price of
silver that prevails throughout the world.
fInx-o NV Caxa hall
and unlimited coinage OF silver. He is for il
now. He was then wrong, he 10 wrong now.
He voted in 1886 that the nations OF the world
by January. 1889, should by concurrent action
fix the ratio between gold and silver, while the
silver coinage of the country should be sus-
pended He and voted together then. Laugh.
teri lie was not willing then to "chauce it."
lLaughter.l He is willing to "chance it" now.
ReyertIng to the tariff the major said;
Governor Campbell does not like protection.
llAughter.l He mckinley remembered when
In former congress Morrison brought in a bill
which provided for about a 20 per cent reduce
ton of the tariff and asked even the poor
privilege OF having it considered, and made a
motion to that effect, demanded the ayes and
and, governor, you did not want to vote for the
Mills bill, did you? tGreat laughter and cheer
ing.l
A revenue tariff will raise revenue for the
revenue, viii aito stimulate the industries OF
the people, encourage the skill and genius of
American citizens, develop our resources and
secure to us, as IL has done In the past thirty
years, the first rank in mining, agriculture and
manufacturing: Governor Campbell says we
pay the tax. II we do. why is England making
crying out II we pay ii all7 tApplause1
Ifyou want to know who pays the tax, ask the
Canadian farmer, who brings his wheat to
Buffalo, Erie county, n. Y, and takes home 90
cents bushel with him. The Canadiai farmer
takes 30 cents, less 25 cents American tariff.
The duty on wire nails was ~ cents pound.
A ROD aOftf q anita ThAu~<a ~
at the place they are made for 2-l0 cents per
pound. whopays the tax? IGreat laughter1
The major cited cited number of other in.
stances, and said when Campbell voted for the
Mills bill he voted to make the duty on binder
twine IS per cent, equal to IL cents, and only
made 1t 7-l0 of cent The rebate principle
complained of by the governor was in every tar
III law since the second administration of
George Washington, and was in the Mills BILL
which Governor Campbell voted for. The COM
mittee on ways and means over which Morrison
presided, presented a report written by that able
Democrat, Abram S. Hewitt, recommending q
rebate of % per cent on imported raw material
after finished for export trade, in the interest of
labor, and this very proposition, which every
Democratic member of the ways and means
committee voted for, Is In the new tariff law,
and In the provision against which Governor
Campbell clamors so loudly.
Major Mckinley then read extracts from
speech made years ago by Senator Thomas Ew.
ing in defense of protection; statements nv
Horace Greeley, of the effects upon the country
OF the two tariff systems: extracts from Presi.
dent flilmore's message, on the condition of the
country under the tariff OF 1916, etc, and Presi.
dent Buchauans message of 1857, on the effects
OF low tariff on the country, in support of his
arguments. He also quoted President Jackson
and oid'time Democrats as for protection. lie
continued:
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leaving the sea. We have the greatest internal
uonal commerce in the world. The entire in
terusl commerce OF the United States is greater
than the whole commerce OF Great Britain
France, Germany, Russia, Holland Belgium
and Austria Hungary. Great Britain's foreign
commerce Is only one-sixth of our domestic
commerce.. single railroad company in the
United states, and IL passes through this viii
Iage, carries more traffic ana more tonnage than
all the merchant ships of Great Britain.
iGreat applause.l They talk about the protect.
i've tsrih breaking down our foreign markets
IL has built them Ut. From 1870 TO 1850 we
bought OF Europe, under low revenue tariff
Si66uN0,o0 more goods than We sold 20 them
from lSo IL ISL fourteen years under protect on
we sold To Europe s600. Q00,0n more goods than
we bought from Europe Fifty-six per cent OF
the value ot imports uudcr this new law during
the LAST eleven months, were absolutely free TO
the American people. The Mills bill, that
Governor Campbell voted tor. made a. per cent.
free. In the FIRST ten months of
the new law we bought more goods IN
Europe than in any ten lnonths since the
formation of the country, and largely because OF
the increased free list O, articles We could not
produce here, and. more, in those ten months
We sold more American products than ever in
any ten months aud Europe paid US So OOo 900
in gold ms the balance OF trade in our favor
l6reat applause.
The major answered Governor Campbell that
he was not only in favor of organized labor. but
In favor OF defending labor ~ home from pro-
duets made by the cheap labor of other coun.
tries. lApplsuse.l He answered the gov
eInors statements about farm values
by saying the board of equalization
reduces the tax values Of lands, but that
does not affect the real value of the farm, He
made caustic reference 10 the doctrine on eds
sster and despair" preached by leading Demo-
Gratis today, adding: Thank Cod the Renub-
lican party never taught such doctrine: ours 4,
doctrine OF hope. o; cheer"
At the conclusion OF Major MeKinley's speech
the adherauts of the great exponent OF high
tariff burst into prolonged applause, and it was
some time before Governor Campbell could OBJ
tain order 10 reply. His reply was brief. lie
said be had depicted the condition of
the farmer, and the majors answer was