The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-09-22
THE LEADING ISSUE OF THE TINES.

Major MCKINLEY is the candidate of the
Republicans of his state, and of the Repub
licans of the whole country, for governor
of Ohio, for no other reason than that he is
the putstive father of the present prohibi-
tive tariff. He is a candidate in defiance
of the overwhelming condemnation given
to that measure by the American people
last November. "You, the people," say
the monopolists, "hsve repudiated both the
tariff and its author, and now we, to show
YOU how little we care for your rebuke,
will make you swallow MCKINLEY, and
will claim his victory as a verdict against
you"
Possibly-we do not say probably-the
monopolists may be able to carry out their
threat. The best speakers in the party are
being scattered over all parts of Ohio to
hoodwink and deceive the voters. The
issues are being tangled with old war cries,
the pension legislation, and every mislead-
ing thing that can be thought of to divert
mems minds from the tariff. Money is
flowing into the state from the eastern
financial centres, and from the purse-proud
manufacturers to drown the popular voice,
and to crush out the independent, rebel
lious spirit that made itself known sc
startlingly last year. The citizens are net
only taxed beyond endurance, but they
must be made to declare they like it.
Not only is there tyranny in the opera
ton of the MCKINLEY tariff, but from its
very inception to the time it was signed by
the President its progress through Con-
gress was a constant and conspicuous exhi
bition Of despotism. Even previous to its
introduction the rules of the house, which
had prevailed from time immemorial, were
arbitrarily changed at the behest of party
caucus, SO as to stifle the expected oDposi-
ton. No increase of the tariff had beer
demanded; the Republican party had, in It's
national platform, promised relief from the
burdens already bearing the country down
the outgoing administration had left mag
njficent surplus in the treasury; but weel
after week the MCKINLEY committee sa
taking advice from delegation and delega
ton Of monopolists how to squeeze the mos
out of the pockets of their victims. Whel
at last 1t was thought the object had beer
accomplished in committee, after numbe
of Republicans had been put in Democratic
the House without consultation wit
the minority members. The freedom O
debate, the privilege of amendment. tn
oommonest representative rights of cor
stituencies were ruthlessly trampled unde
foot and professors ridiculed and laughe
at The car of the House assumed t
count quorum in order to give tn
semblsnce of legality to his autocratl
rulings. And in this manner was the SC
with $50 printed pages not even reaC
finally declared passed by that body.
Whilst these high handed proceeding
were going on in the popular branch c
Congress, the staid and respectable Senat
had caught the infection, and the tradition
of century were violated to complete th
work. New states were admitted, tn
southern section of the country threatene
with force and bloodshed, every measur
before Congress made subsidiary to tn
one deed OF oppression, Senators bein
coaxed or dragooned by statements
party exigencies; and thus the bill WE
transferred to the hands of a. conferenC
committee of half dozen members, b
whom at last this measure, affecting nearl
sixty-three millions of people, was adopte,
reported back and passed.
These are not new facts. They hay
been told over and over again. But the
are truths that the people do not desil
shall be forgotten. They are part of tt
history Of the latter day Republican part
In connection with a policy and legislatic
that the Democracy have always oppose
They present to-day the leading polite
issue of the times.