The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-10-16
trouble. But since be has got to work he
n N has

trouble. But since he has got to work h
has been host within himself.
Speaking at the center Of the glass and pot
terry industries. and again In the mining an,
iron region, to great crowds of so.callet
"protected" workingmen, Gov. Campbell
asked them TO their faces how many had re
ce'ved an Increase of wages since the increase
OF from % to 80 per cent. 10 the tariff on tn,
products of their labor. The answer in eacl
case was: "Nary onew
| He boldly challenged Major Mckinley In
their joint debate at Ada last week to name {
single protected industry In the State Of Ohio
wherein the wages have been increased by
the operation of his tariff law.
Mckinley OF course couldn't do 1t. The gov.
ernor didn't have quite so good luck when he
asked II there were any farmers as we'll of
as In 1880 and lot replied yes, but he insist.
ed. As Is true, that this Is not the case with
one In 1000 Of the farmers. He said over 300
great manufacturing establishments had cut
down wages since the Mckinley bill was
passed and not one had raised wages. He
quoted from the American Economist to
show that the number Of people In the Unit.
ed States who owned their own homes had
fallen from hve.eighths to one-eighth In Is
years and he added:
We are rapidly reaching condition which
was predicted by Abraham Lincoln when he
said: the money power VIII endeavor to
ed In the hands of the few and the republic
IL lost" (Applause.) Dwelling on the grow
ing concentration Of capital In few hands
the speaker said the Progress of Boston says
that when Egypt went down two per cent.
Of her people owned 81 per cent. OF her
wealth and the people we're starved to death
when Persia went down one per cent. Of her
population owned all the land; when Rome
went down, 1900 men owned all the known
world.
Maj. McKinley's argument was Of course
able and adroit and made an effective use Of
of the silver question, where he had Camp
bell at q bad disadvantage, but on the great
issue for which Mckinley is the sponsor he
was well worsted. or new Industries start
ed, Campbell pointed out, there Is hardly one
that can be traced to the law. Much was to
be made out OF the new tfn-plate works, and
the Republicans early equipped themselves
with the tin badges, canes, belts, etc., for
campaign denomination. But the tin plate
works cannot be located, and the farce of
making lead-costcd iron sheets at Piqua, par.
ticlpated In one day by Mckinley himself,
has came near laughing the Issue out of the
canvass. The Major could say nothing As 10
this, though pressed 30 do 20. And per.
haps most damaging of all, the fall In the
price of Ohio wool since the high tariff was
enacted is pressed upon the farmers now IN
every one Of CampbelI's speeches.
Campbell ought to get some benefit from
dastardIy attack that has been made on him,
as bad as the ballot box forgery of two years
ago. An attempt has been made to get up
run" on him by representing him as bank
rupt and 1t has caused him much annoyance,
because be is engaged In large enterprises and
owes large amounts. But be has met the as
sault and paid 100 cents on the dollar. The |
attack eliminated In the publication Of a
,creed, from an imaginary person apparently, |
'harging him with dishonest business reia-
ions with the writer. 1t has been fully dis |
proved.
Accordingly Gov. Campbell has demanded |
Instant retractions all round upon pain of |
prosecutions. Maj. Mckinley, be
t said to his credit, had nothing to do with |
bis attack and protested against 1t.
factor of good deal Of doubt Is how the
farmers Alliance is going to cut. 1t has been
Cured ~ OF about equal damage to both
ides But one Of the Indications of Republi-
an nervousness Is that they are now charg.
ng that 1t has sold out to the Democrats.