The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-11-14

the d' moCracy i'll national convention
Will proclaim for free cunngr. II they
should. there would be no other Issue
of Significance in the next campaign.
The financial battle that we have FOUGHT
in Ohio will then be transferred To the
nation and contest ~uch rs we have
never seen will he the result. The
tariff will be prominent. but not he
vital point of the contest.
"Thcn the Mckinley bill is not the
only thing in Sight?"
"Not by any means. lis principles
i'll the main are correct. Protection is |
II relative term with many degrees.
w hat plcaScS ON" section or one inter !
est cNciIcS the ire OF another, and il is !
extremely difficult to frame Il measure
chat will be acceptable alike to the |
consumer, producer and manufacturer.
The best and most cquit; tariff bill |
that was ever framed was sent in tn
congress. by the cOmms Oh of which
Henry Giircr,of PIttsburg, was the pres |
inent, bnt the manufacturers Knocked
il To pieces by inserting into it all sorts
OF petty and chimerical protection for
pcnknivcs, pearl buttons and other
Yankee notions until, am free to say.
il was in many respects Il Yankee
notion bill, dealing with small matters
that needed no protection instead of
leaving protection 10 large Industries
that were entitled to il. For instance.
the tin plate question is one | AN in
favor of and there are other important
business enterprises that should be
| taken under our wing, but the eastern
manufacturers are constantly making
an effort to insert themselves in the
tariff question when they need no pro-
lection whatever. Let no man say
that | shIrk the controversy upon these
questions. but these are my views and
if YOU will remember when til" tariff
bill of the commission was up in the
senate | fought for its adoption as it
was presented, but the majority was
against me, and perhaps one of the
mistakes | have made in my public
career was when | voted for the bill
after it had been mutilatcd. The vote
You know was very close and perhaps
my voice. decided it. But. after all,
things will right themselves and the
contest over the tariff will bring such
changes as will be beneficial to the
country. But in the main the princi-
pies of the Mckinley bill are right and
have been sustained by the people this
year
.sWhat lessons does this campaign
teach?"
ssMany. In the first place the re-
publican party has ut times been run
ming off after too many issues, had too
many controversies inside the lines.
that have disturbed it. am not at all
disturbed as to the result in New York.
In my mind it simply indicates the
fact that Mr.. Platt's power lies in the
great city and that the country districts
are getting little tired of the intrigues
of the metropolis and wanted to make
that fact manifest this year, when
there was no great national issue on
hand. They took this year to do ii,
and Mr.. FasSctt, Mr.. Platt's friend.
was the target at which they shot.
don't think it will have any bcarin"
whatever upon the next presidential
contest. and it will be II warming to
many that at least more than one man
shall he consulted in party organize
ton.
.sIIow about Massachusetts? ?''
..There Is nothing significant in that
ballot. Governor Russell is practically
republican and very able and popu
lar man. He is only II democrat upon
the tariff question and this fact is borne
ont by the other fact that everything
is republican by the usual majority cX
ccpt the governor. | imagine, without
knowing the details, that so far as the
. heads of the two tickets were concern
ed it was Il sort of personal contest,
depending largely upon the popularity
:, of the candidates. make the predic
' tion that in the presidential election
Massachusetts will be as soundly re.
publican rs ever
"The result in Iowa is Il singular
one, isn't it?''
= "Not particularly so. | think by thu
returns that it is simply u controversy
;. over the temperance question. Cover
: nor Boies is republican PRACTICAL,
i and has not been elected in Squar
contest between the two great part,
y organizations. | think this election
: in Iowa teaches the republican party
. lesson that will make Iowa II decide'
- republican state in II presidential elec
ton. The leading elements of tn
republican party of that state hav
!. made ii prohibitory and the contest 70
=, ages has shown that the attempt t
u regulate the appetites of people ca
" not be successful. The sooner IN
community appreciates that fact th
" better, and no party can carry tina
- load on its shoulders and succeed Yer
" long. We have got to get away frOl
such nonsense. Ii has been tried fo
e =, many years and nothing but disaste
- to any party organization has eve
" come of it. That is all the result i
- Iowa means and it may serve Il goo
= purpose in other directions. In faC
y the result in Ohio and Pennsylvani
. state the republican case