Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-09-18
GOVERNOR CAMPBELL
o,,ns His Campaign at Sidney, Yes
terday, to a Large Crowd.
! MOST MASTERFUL EFFORT.
e. p-,sBs tbs Issues IN Logical and Dignifsd
u.,,,--Hs Scores Mckinley for his Sndd'n
r,,,ya Of Froat aud DissecS tho
hq1i@as Tarf Measure Bearing
BIS Name

r,rr,nrs. o., September 17.-Gov,
-.m,brli opened the campaign at Sid
,t,-lay. Thousands OF people par
seated I'm the demonstration. The
s..arr-r's speech was devoted chiefly
". ..re tariff and silver questions. be
l Mckinley had lodged the former
.r..-.en from the opening OF the cam
Nm aot had made the silver question
..-m5u.t. In part Governor CampOeli
e.aofthe most encouraging features
ok, rauding campaign is toe univer-
..,rrrhenSiOu exhibited by the he
.-.'.,r leaders with respect 20 the
r Their concerted efforts 20 ignore
,..rfs>ue, or 20 treat II as secondary
.-. u.importsnt, are exceedingly Sug-
,.,.,ya. Less than a year ago, when
...sr-bOr ot the most oppressive tarlu
-..r- history was defeated for re-elec-
..- ,he Republicans with an almost
...,tmops voice demanded his nOmina-
..r tar Governor. Before the con-
ys-ff9a met 10 was whispered that the
lection might be ieOpardized by the
,.r.,ra-iou Of one who was the incarna-
i'm of protection la its most aggravated
arm. Ia was not only too late, at that
.~s for q reconsideration, hut, un-
t,-5-.dlv. q large majority OF the dele
-.-as did not favor IL. They did not
-..r r-alizc the deep seated hatred OF
..s mamie for excessive aud unjust tax
,..l9. While they were somewhat stag
-arsl by the depression In wool, the
..ruo In iron, aud the Semi-panicky
.riIr.on which had prevailed in the
money market since the passage OF the
.r7 bin, they yet harbored the hope
..st the enormous crops here, and the
f..gre abroad would result In tempo
r.-v spurt OF prosperity for which, as
.,g.'. they could credit the tariff. SO
nomination, being in other respects
Objectionable, was duly made.
DoDGING THE ISSUE.
The nominee had, for many years,
t.-8 q conspicuous leader in the move
-snt for a prohibitive tariff. He had
,,aD. by long aud faithful services, TO
tstbe congressional commander OF the
--arection forces. He was the perSoni-
cation OF protection gone mad. tie
Va, deScrvedly, and pre-eminently, the
gampion Of a cause which gained its
,,eateSt triumph in law that bears his
name. However meTitOriOuS his many
U-sr services may have been deemed
.s-is party, 10 was for none OF them
.at LIE was selected as their
r3er; nor vet was 10 for any sup
-,ed credit due him as a lOng-Stand-
l- and consistent opponent OF the free
Ind unlimited coinage of silver, because,
81, will be shown here to-day, he had,
.-..l recently, been an ardent supporter
% such coinage. He was nominated
se0Hy, and solely, because, as Chair
nan Of the Committee on Ways and
Means I'm the Fifty-frst Congress, he
lad been the principal figure IN the en-
-c,ment OF the tariff His nomination
emphasized that issue as the supreme
Struggle Of the campaign. The DemOc-
ucy accepted this gage of battle; the
people of Ohio prepared for . contest
GeUn that issue; and the entire country
awaited the onset. The Republican
press % the State gieefully announced
.4at the candidate for Governor would
5e enabled 20 cOnfine himself entirely
" NE tariff, because, as they said,
Senator sherman would handle the sub
.ect OF coinage, aud Secretary Foster
defend the billion dollar Congress. The
last named gentleman joined the news
papers I'm Fluctuations upon this salts
factory arrangement. He said:
"With two such men as sherman and
Mckinley on the stump, Governor
Campbell. will be kept rather busy, l
think. Sherman will take care of the
financial eud OF that discussion, and the
gallant leader in that contest will S5e
.-at the subject Of protection is properly
handled
Citations without number could be
made from newspapers in other States
% the same purpOrt. One from the
View York Press, the especial organ Of
protection, will suffice here. IL says:
The paramount issue I'm Ohio, how
ever, is the tariff, and the Democrats
nay De sure there will be no Shirking
H no >.detracking, no letting down in
Is advocacy. Besides the
domination OF Major Mckinley stamped
i-e issue Of protection indelibly on the
J1l1 couteSt-SO indelibly that 10 can
--- oe removed by any agency what
ever"
Imagine the CONSERVATION of the pro-
ceuoliStS, and the amaZement OF sin
cefe republicans, when, upon the very
spot OF his birth, their candidate for
GOVERNOR, whom they had entrusted
With the gorgeous banner Of higher
~Xat0n, deliberately sent II 10 the rear
'll1 the baggage wagons and the camp
'Oaowers, while he opened the battle
upon the subject OF silver cOinage-an
s>.e Of which neither party has yet
spoken through it's national platform,
ana To regard 20 which Senator Sherman
tlt1tully said at Paulding that both
'-e Republican and Democratic parties
-re somewhat divided" After the
candidate had thrown this bone Of
Atpl0hcan contention TO the people, and
%emnly declared II 20 be the vital issue
~ .-e campaign, be proceeded 70 apoiO-
s'-e Tor his unpopular tariff. The en-
-'e press Of the country broke into
va 1u4iicuui4 CohAC1s VFSN -
Expected Shirking Of the conceded
sue oy the Republican leader, The
"nocratlc papers ieered, while the Re-
''ican papers lamely attempted TO
.-ceal their chragrin. Soon after this
senior Senator, wise and sagaciOuS
us day and generation, opened his
~ OF the Campaign Ia speech lasting
-'tral hours but his reference TO the
,~,..1-the dominating issue OF the cam
'~sn-dld nos occupy ten seconds.
THE M'KINLET BILL.
,NeIerring to the Mckinley bill Gov
'sof Campbell said:
seen began the struggle out Of which