Los Angeles herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1890-1893, 1891-10-09
BATTLE OF GIANTS.
Campbell and Mckinley Try
Conclusions.
Each a Worthy Foeman of the
Others Steel.
The Governor, However, Scored the
Most Points.
An Immense Throng rendered the Two
Rival Statesme en- an OvatiOn-The
Affair Passed OFF Pleas asEa
antly.
Associated Press Dispatches.

ADA, O., Oct. 8.-For weeks the joint
debate between Governor Campbell and
Major Mckinley had been referred to as
an impending battle of giants, and
the discussion today fully demonstrated
that they are indeed peerless as ex-
ponents OF high and low tariffs, respec-
lively. The little town was smothered
in bunting and decorations. People
and marching clubs came from all
over the state, and while much enthu-
siasm was displayed, it was a friendly
rivalry. McKinley's American tin
badges were Offset by Campbell quot
ing American wool at "a cents, ION ac
count Of the Mckinley BILL"
The two candidates arrived at noon,
and were driven to the residence of Prof.
Lehr.
The union meeting was held in the
amphitheater at the fair grounds. Good
taste was displayed in the decorations.
The artillery was called into requisition,
and as the two distinguished leaders
appeared in sight, a governors salute
was fired.
1t was l As when the meeting was
called to order by Rev. Campbell,
Presbyterian minister, and at that time
fully 1000 people were on the grounds.
The clerical gentleman introduced the
two presiding officers of the meeting,
Messrs. Van Fleet for the Democrats,
and Howe for the Republicans.
Chairman Van Fleet, the Democratic
presiding officer, made a brief speech of
congratulation to everybody. and an
nounced that Governor Campbell had
gained the privilege of opening and clos
ing by casting lots. Van Fleet COM
mitted slight bull by alluding mad
vertently to Major Mckinley as ''Gov-
ernor Mckinley" and the Republicans
cheered Justify, while the chairman
blushed in confusion.
Governor Campbell, after being intro
duced as one of Ohio's great governors,
launched into the debate.
GOVERNOR CAMPBELL IS SPEECH.
Governor Campbell's speech was lis
tened to with great interest by both
parties. He regretted, he said, that he
had not time to properly present the
indictment of that ''over-grown mon
ster which, masquerading in the garb of
protection, subsists on the wage worker
and agriculturist. [Applause.l Yearly,
farming is growing more Improbable.
Our commerce is swept from the seas.
Under protection the splendid palaces of
the projected manufacturers are crown
ing the hills while imported Huns, Ital-
ians and Bohemians are displacing
American citizens. We are rapidly
approaching the condition predicted
by Abraham Lincoln when he
said: AS the result of the
war corporations have been enthroned
an era of high prices will follow. The
money power will endeavor to prolong
it's reign until all the wealth is aggre-
gated in the hands of few and the re-
public is lost"
Campbell cited the utterance of Re-
publican Congressman Butterworth who
said in congress, he could, upon the
fingers of his hands, count men who had
added more to their wealth in the last
ten years than had been added to the
wealth of all the agriculturists in any
state in the union. [Great applause
He quoted from an eastern paper the
statement that when Egypt went down,
2 per cent. of her people owned 81 per
cent. of her wealth when Persia went
down, per cent. of her population
owned all the land; when Rome went
down, eighteen hundred men owned
all the world. In 1850, in
this country, capitalists owned 371a
per cent. of her wealth. Today they
own more than twice that amount. Yet
he who goes before the people and points
to these facts, is sneered at as calam-
ity croaker.
He quoted gain OF II per cent. in
mercantile failures in the United States
for nine months of this year, compared
with the same period last year. This is
under the Mckinley bill. Where is that
boom Mckinley predicted if his bill was
passed? Were it not for abundant crops
failures would be a great deal worse
than they are.
The governor went on to analyze the
question of tariff being tax on the
consumer, presenting figures to show
that it was. "Now," said he, "when
genuine reciprocity comes in, we will have
not little one-sided reciprocity with
the little countries of South America,
but substantial free trade with Eng
land, France and the world" APP
plause. He cited various instances OF
the enormous duties which must be
visited upon the consumer. Last week
a Chicago firm received $1400 worth OF
pearl buttons from Australia, and the
duty on them was just $4,000, or trife
over 100 per cent. Did the foreign
manufacturer pay nearly $4,000 for the
privilege of sending these buttons here?
The Mckinley bill provides that SO per
cent. of the duties on some articles shall
be refunded, provided those articles are
exported. Last year the Standard Oil
company imported tin to this country,
upon which they paid more than a
million and quarter duty. Then the
United States put its hand in our pocket
and presented the Standard oil company
a million and a quarter of our money,
for this amount was refunded to the
Standard Oil company. There were
manufactured in this country last year
$500, 100000 worth of goods. If the
tariff on dutiable goods is 60 per cent,
1t Is fair to presume that taking the
protected and unprotected industries
together, that at least one-third of that
sum is paid in lieu OF duties to manufac-
turers at home upon American products.
1t is said all this is done for the upbuild-