The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-10-21

his ignorance of the question he was pretending
TO discuss by quoting an analysis of the
Piqua tin-plates as being made OF tfn iron and
carbon. He then said IL was not steel at all but
only iron, when. had he turned TO his diction-
airy, he would have found that steel is only iron
Tho Governor did not know this. and IL is we'll
for him that he had no one to reply to his fool
fsh utterances.
1t was bad enough and the Democrats were
disappointed at the weakness Of his closing 1t
did not require a second charge from Mckinley
TO shatter his speech he had nothing to shat
ter. 1t was simply clownish performance.
MAJOR NJ KINLEY's SPEECH.
Col. Howe Republican. chairman OF the meet
ing introduced Major Mckinley as An ideal,
typical American One known not only at home
Major Mckinley greeted with prolonged
applause as he stepped To the front. When
quiet hal been restored he began
1t gives me pleasure TO greet this great audi
ence and II special pleasure to speak from the
same platform and TO the same audience with
Governor Campbell, that we may present the
cause that respectively represent he is-
bet~ cen us and between the parties for
which the moment we stand were hxod not by
ourselves but by the platforms of our respective
parties. There is one or two of them which
propose to present. One Of them Is the ques-
lion of silver and the other the question of taxa
ton. 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 met hods OF taxation by which we shall
raise revenues for public purposes
Upon this question OF silver the Democratic
plato IN has declared for free and unlimi; ed
coinage of the silver OF the world as freely as
gold is now coined and upon the ratios now
fixed. The Republ can party stands opposed TO
that insisting that 1t can not be safely done
until the great commercial nations shall have
liked the ratio between gold and silver.
The Republican party stands, therefore, for
dollar worth one hundred cents, whether IL bc
gold or silver or paper. and approves of the leg
fslation OF the last Congress which requires the
Government TO buy 4.50O,0)0 ounces of silver
every month ut its market value. That is a lit
tie more than the entire silver product of the
United States, and for every dollars worth OF
silver thus purchased the Government issues
it's Treasury note, which shall be legal tender
for all debts public and private and redeemable
in coin at the will OF the holder. The Treasury
note thus issued has behind it n dollars worth
of silver purchased at it's market value The
cost of the silver in the silver do lar averaged
TO the Government 50 to 81 cents, the Govern
mont putting its stamp on it and making it q
legal tender for loo cents, and the difference be-
tween what the Government paid for the silver
and the face value Of the silver dollar amounted
in twelve years to S67, 10000, which went to the
benefit of the 63, 100000 Of people
Free and unlimii ed coinage would give that
profit to tho silver producers of the world. You
can buy to-day the BIZ gains of pure silver
which constitutes the silver dollar for 76 cents.
Free and unlimited coinage would invite the
silver producers of the world to bring their 76
cents worth of silver TO the minis OF the United
States to be coined into n silver dollar the
Government compelling the people to take 1t
for los cents. The Republican party says that
if there is TO be any profit in this matter of
money making it should 60 to the Government.
When we sell our labor or our crops want TO
GET for them a money that is good as the
thirg we gave for that money, and we want the
thing get TO be unvarying in value and not
only go to-day, but good every day of every
week Of ever year and good wherever trade goes.
We want no short dollar.
There is n general notion that IL we had free
and Unlimited coinage we would have more
money. Instead of having more we would have
less, for every dollar worth 100 cents would go
out of circulation at the appearance of a silver
dollar worth rs cents. lOC-ceut dollar will not
keep company with 76-cent dollar. lApplGuse.l
Governor Campbell said in one of his speeches.
that had voted for free and unlimited coinage
Of silver. So did in 1877. L voted to reinstate
the ancient silver dollar TO it's coinage. Silver
had been stricken from our coinage in 1873 by
both polite parties. In 1878 being in favor OF
both gold and silver as money TO be kept at
parity, one with the other, voted for Il restora-
tion of tho silver dollar. lApplause.l When 1
did IL we had eight million silver dollars in cir
culation and silver was more valuable than IL is
to-day. We have four hundred and five millions
OF silver dollars to-day and that is rs much as
we can maintain at parity with gold with tho
price of silver that prevails throughout the
world
Governor Campbell and voted together once.
LCheers and laughter. We have voted together
more than once Renewed cheers In 1856 he
voted against free and unlimited coinage OF
silver Applausel He Is for it now. [Great
cheering he right then, he is wrong now.
Much laughter and cheers He voted in 1886
that unless the nations of the world by jan
uary, 1888 should by concurrent action fix the
ratio betw, en- gold and silver, the whole silver
coinage Of the country should be suspended
He and voted together then. Laughter. He
was not willing ito chance it," Laughter He
Is willing to chance 1t now. daughter and
cheers
/ have twice voted and 1 not know but
oftener against the free and unlim. ted coinage
of silver. / am opposed to free and unlimited
coinage now because 1t means that we would be
put upon II silver basis and do business with
silver instead of gold and silver and paper, each
tbs equal OF the other.
want TO tell the workmen and farmers here
thai II takes just as many blows of the ham,
mer, as many strokes of the y ok, as much dig
ging IA much sowing and as much reaping to
get short dollar as 1t does to get full dollar.
The other issue between the Democratic and
the Republican pntforms-the one relating to
the tariff Governor Campbell does not like
protection now. Laughter remember when,
In n former Congress Mr. Morrison brought in
bill which provided for only about 20 per cent.
reduction of the tariff, and asked even the poor
privilege OF having 1t considered, and made Il
motion to that effect. demanded the yeas and
nays and Governor Campbell voted with me
then. Laughter and cheers
Governor addressing Governor CampbelD, you
were right then. lCheer,.l And Governor, you
did not want TO vote for the Mills bill either did
you? Great laughter and cheers
have an interview OF tho Governors which
shall not use until have passed IL to him and
inquire whether IL IL correct handing Governor
Campbell II newspaper clipping.
And now my fellow citizens II Is not a ques-
ton of what Governor Campbell believes, ii is
not question OF what the Governor did in the
past, or what have done in the past IL is II
question OF the present and the future. We
fight living issues. [Great applause.
Gov Campbell has right TO change his
mind it ia poor man who sacrifices right for
consistency. [Applause.l
Gov. Campbell here handed back to Major
Mckinley the newspaper clipping containing
the interview spoken Of by him denying its
accuracy. Major Mckinley, turning to the
audience said
My fellow citizens, l do not use this inter
view at all. Gov. Campbell has said to me it
was not in his interview, and that is the end of
it. My fellow citizens there only two ways
TO test any great question OF public policy, one
by reason and argument, the other by ex-
perience and history. The Governors platform
commits him to tariff for revenue only that
is, tarif upon foreign products, levied with no
| other object in view but revenue, unmindful OF
! every other consideration but revenue, not car
ing for the industries and occupations of the
| people. A tariff that will produce the most
revenue Il the tariff which the revenue tariff
] policy maint aims to-day. revenue tariff will
raise revenue for the Government; a protective
tariff, besides raising revenue, will also stimu-
late the industries OF the people encourage the