The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-09-18
He Opened His Campaign at Sid
ney Last Night.
TARIFF AND SILVER DISCUSSED.
He Charged Mckinley with DOdging
the TarIrIssue and Says the Rcpub-
licans are Divided on Silver as tho
Democrats archie Made the Same
Old Free Trade Speech to Very
Large crowd---As Usual, He Talked
Theory aud Not Facts.

CoLUMBus, OHIO, Sept. H.-Governor
Campbell opened the campaign at Sid
ney to-day. Thousands Of people par
ticipated in the demonstration. The
governors speech was devoted chiefly
to the tariff and silver questions. he
said Mckinley had lodged the former
question from the opening OF the cam
paign and had made the silver question
paramount. Ho charged the Republic
can leaders Of the State with having
made concentrated efforts to force
down the tariff issue in
the campaign. He then took up
the record Of Major Mckinley on the
SILVER question and charged him with
having voted for free coinage as far
back as 1877. The free silver men had
claimed Mckinley as champion about
the time OF the passage Of the silver
certificate act OF 1890. Concluding his
remarks on this subject Governor
Campbell said: "The truth is that in
Ohio notwithstanding the declaration
in their platform) and everywhere else
especially in the Central and Western
States-the Republican party is seri.
ously divided upon the free coinage OF
silver. In the United States Senate the
vote on that question stood sixteen Re
publicans for tree silver and twenty-six
against it.
ALL DIVIDED.
DOUBTLESS also the Democratic party
is equally as divided. There is an hon
est difference of opinion concerning
the time and manner in which silver
can be restored to the place in our coin
ago which it occupied prior to its
.stealthy demonetization in 1873; but
the entire Democracy desires to see this
done with honesty, and as speedily as
existing circumstances will permit. We
do not Intend that this subject shall go
undebated, neither do we intend that
our enemies shall divert us from
the decisive issue OF the tariff. The
Ohio Democracy propose to defend BIZ
metallism, which is the right Of both
metals to unlimited coinage, although
We may differ among ourselves as to the
means OF reaching such coinage.
On the tariff question Mr.. Campbell
said:
"The first Congress laid tariff COM
monty known as the Hamilton tariff,
with duties averaging 81 per cent. This
average is agreed by every authority
upon the subject. Wool and pig iron
was free. Cotton and woolen goods
paid . per cent; iron and steel goods
"a per cent, and unenumerated goods 5
per cent. This tariff was designed. for
revenue with incidental protection.
FREE TRADE cnEsTNuTs.
1.-THE effect of protection is conceded
by its friends to divert industry into
channels into which it would not natur-
ally flow.' Even the slight protection
to this tariff had such IN effect, and
these unnaturally stimulated industries
began very soon to clamor for further
protection. By the time Of Jetferson's
administration rates had already risen
as will be shown from the following ex-
tract from McKinley's speech at Niles:
In 1904 in the midst OF Jeherson's ad-
ministration the average rate was 2S.40,
not "a per cent, as Mr.. Campbellstated.'
The curious thing about this statement
is that in relation to myself. have
never before mentioned the tariff Of
Jefferson. The major should quote
more accurately. Tariff rates
grew slightly higher until the
war of 1872, when they took an upward
spurt owing to the necessity for war rev.
enue. The first decidedly protective
tariff was passed in 1916, and was not
wholly superseded until 1872, although
amended BY the Clay tariff in 1924, the
tariff of abomination in 1928, and the
compromise tariff in 1888. Then came
the tYhig tariff Of 1912, which was alb
rogated by tho low tariff, or Walker
tariffof lS46. The highest point reach
ed in all these years Of protection was
less than 80 per centupon totalimports.
The theory OF these tariffs was not that
Of eternal protection. The language OF
Henry Clay will best describe it. In
1910 he said: mo one, Mr.. President,
in the commencement Of the protective
policy ever supposed that it was to be
perpetual. We hopedand believed that
temporary protection extended to our
infant industries would bring them up
and enable them to withstand competi-
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