Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-10-17
The Great Apostle of Protection
Meets His Opponent In
Public Debate.
Governor Campbell f asily Downed
on Both the Tariff and
Silver Issues.
Ten Thousand People Enjoy the
Forensic Battle, and Cheer
the Glad1ators.

Thursdays oratorical battle at Ada,
Ohio. between the opposing candidates
for governor was notable victory for
Major Mckinley, the apostle ofrepublican-
ism. During the course Of the debate,
which was listened to by 10 600 people the
great advocate Of protection said;
''It gives me pleasure to greet this great
audience and a special pleasure to speak
from the same platform and to the same
audience with Gov. Campbell, that we may
present the cause that we spectlyely rep
resent
''The issues between us and between the
parties for which for the moment we stand,
are fixed not by ourselves, but by the plat
form of our respective parties There Is
one or two of theil which ! propose to
present. One of them is the question Of
the silver and the other the question Of
taxation. One relates to the standard
with which we shall measure our exchanges
with each other and the rest of the world,
and the other relates to the method of tax
alton by which we shall raise revenues for
public purposes.
'UpQn this question of silver the demo
cratic platform has declared for free aud
unlimited coinage of the silver OF the
world as freely as gold is now coined and
upoa the ratios now fixed. The republican
party stands opposed to that, insisting that
ii cannot be safely done until the great
commercial nations shall have fixed the
ratio between gold and silver. The repub-
Gcau party stands, therefore, for dollar
worth 100 cents. whether it be gold on sill
yer or paper, and approves OF the leglsla-
ton Of the last congress which requires
the government TO buy 500, 600 ounces OF
silver every month at its market value.
That is little more than the entire silver
product of the United States, and for
every dollars worth OF silver thus pur-
chased the government issues its treasury
note, which shall be legal tender for all
debts, public and private, and redeemable
in com at the will of the holder. The
treasury note thus issued has behind it
"A dollars worth Of silver purchaser at
its market value. The difference between
the commercial value of the silver in the
dollar and tine coin value of the silver dol.
lar went under the silver legislation of
1878 totbe treasury. The cost of silver In the
silver dollar averaged to the government
from so to 81 cents. the government cut
ting Its stamp on it and making It legal
tender tor 100 cents, and the difference
between what the government paid for
the silver and the face value of the silver
dollar amounted in twelve years to S67,-
100000 which went to the benefit of the
6309000O people
Free and unlimited coinage would give
that profit to the silver producers Of the
world You can buy to-day the 81 "A
grains Of pure silver which constitute the
silver dollar for rs cents. Free and I'M
limited coinage would invite the silver
producers of the world to bring their 10
cents worth of silver to the mint of the
United States to be coined into asilyer dol
lar, the government by its fear compelling
this people to take it for 100 cents. The
republican party says that if there Is to be
any profit In this matter of money-mak-
ing it should 90 to the government. When
we sell or labor our crops we want to get
for them the money that is az good as the
thing we gave for that money, and we
want the thing we get to be unvarying II
value, and not only good to-day, but good
for every day of every week of every year,
anu EbDu WutitAFI liddt Ept0s " 9 ant
no short dollar There Is a general no
ton that if we had free and unlimited
coinage we would have more money In
stead Of having more, we would have less,
for every dollar worth 100 cents would 90
ont Of circulation at the appearance of a
silver dollar worth I6 cents. A l0Ocent
dollar will not keep company with a 76.
cent dollar
Mai. Mckinley said that in 1877 he
voted for free coinage. He was IN favor
Of both gold aud silver as money, to be
kept in parity with the other, and voted
for a restoration Of the silver dollar. Con-
timing, he said.
Gov Campbell and | voted together
once We have voted together more than
once. In 1855 he voted against free and
unlimited coinage of silver. He L for it
now, He was right, then; he is wrong
now He voted in 1856 that unless the
nations cf the world. by January, 1889,
should by,c0ncurrent action fix the ratio
between gold and silver the whole silver
coinage Of the country should be suspend
cyl lie and ! voted together then. He
~as not willing then to chance it. He is
wiling to chance it now.
AtNE Twice AUlEN-duN ! uUA hADW
b9' 7tener, against the free and unlimited
coinage of silver. am opposed to free
anu unlimited coinage now, because il
mean. That we would be put upon a silver
basis and do business with silver instead
q gold and silver and paper, each the
equal Of the other / want to tell the
Earkmrn nd farmers here that it takes
laf a mary blows of the hammer, as
many r0kes Of the pick, as much dig.
-1ng as much swinging and as much
rssaIng 10 vet hort dollar as it does to
sa' dollar.
lh- other s.. ne between the democratic
aH4 republican platf0rms-tbe one relit-
lns ha tariff Gov Campbell does not
tEe protection now remember when In
z former congress Mr. Morrison brought
Il q bill which provided for only about a
g yer cent. reduction Of the tariff, and
a@d even the poor privilege Of having
{ considered, and made motion to that
s8aet demanded the ayes and noes,
aaa Gov Campbell voted with me then
Governor Iaddre. sing Gov. Campbell sou
we're right then. and, governor, you dIdn t
"alf p tote for the Mills bill, either, did
saar
Fellow citizens there are 0n'y two
ta test aHy great question Eft public
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