Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1891-09-04
OPENING THE OHIO CAMPAIGN

formally Openeu III Hndll Ol the
Republicans by Major Mckinley,
the Republican candidate for
governor and from now until
election day the contest will be
kept up without cessation. A
large part of his speech was de-
voted to the free coinage ques-
ton. He did not fail to take full
advantage of the indefensible
Democratic position on this issue,
He pointed out with his accus-
toned clearness how the adop-
ton of a free coinage law would
coincide with an thrush offoreign
silver and an outflow ofAmerican
gold, which would continue till
every grain of the latter metal
had left the country. The green
backs would be presented for re-
demption and the Treasury
would be stripped of all it's gold
holdings.
Then the United States would
drop down to the deprecated
silver standard, abandoning the
measure of values of the COM
mercial world, and taking up
with that of the Chinese, the
Hindoos, and the South Ameri-
cans. Maj. Mckinley did not
fail to state the damaging effect
which this change of standards
would have on the wage-earner
and the farmer, and especially on
the former, whose wages, paid in
deprecated silver, never would in
crease as fast as the price of the
accessories of life was advanced
on him. His rent, food, cloth
ing, and groceries would go up at
once, while his pay would drag
slowly after, The attention of
the old soldiers was also called to
the fact that the purchasing
power of their pension money
would be lessened a quarter for
the sums paid them would re-
main unchanged, while the price
of everything they bought would
be raised till it was adjusted to
the new standard. Maj. Nc
kinley said that while his Demo
cratic opponent was willing to
take the chance of these things
happening he was not. Surely a
majority of the Ohio voters will
feel as he does and will repudiate
the party which is seeking to
cheat creditors out of quarter
OF their dues.
In discussing the tariff ques-
ton he drew a forcible contrast
between the position of the
Democrats in 1888, when they,
Gov. Campbell included, protest
ed vehemently against the re-
duction of the duties on wool,
and their attitude today, when
they are insisting on tariff for
revenue only" and no duties to be
levied except on foreign articles
which are not produced in this
country at all, like coffee, or, in
absolutely insufficient quantities,
like sugar. Nor did he fail to call
attention to the destructive con.
sequences of the adoption of the
present program of his oppo.
nents. He touched upon the re-
ciprocity question, but only incl
dentally, reserving, probably, for
another occasion a detailed
statement of the great benefits
which the farmers and manufac-
tarers of his State will derive
from Mr., Blaine's great ideas.
The Importance of the subject
and the immense advantages
which this country will gain by
taking possession of the vast
South and Central American
trade and paying for what it buys
from Latin-America with natu.
raj and manufactured products
instead of with gold chiefly
make it worthy Of thorough dis,
cussion. Free coinage and reel.
procity are the two points where
the Republicans enthusiastically
have the Democrats on the hip,
and Major Mckinley will make
the most of them.