The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-08-24


Upon Which He Stands and Expects
to win---He is Aggressive from Start
to Finish, and Does Not shirk a
Single Point ut Issue-.-He Touches
Up Governor oampbelrs Figures,
Explains tho New Tariff and Raps
the Weak Spot in the Democracy's
silver Position.--A Grand Meeting.
NILES, ONO, Aug. 23.-Sfaior McKin-
ley got q sub stantial boom here yester-
day that gladdened his heart and made
him feel that the people of his native
town had not forgotten their son. The
country at large may wipe out every
trace and vestige of McKinleyism as
exemplifed in his tariff bill. but the
friends of his boyhood will never desert
him.
The Republican campaign in Ohio
was inaugurated with q great speech
and a mighty outpouring Of people.
Fully q, 900 flocked into this place from
all the towns within a radius of fifty
miles. They came wearing Mckinley
badges, and some were, dressed IN IAN
tastic costumes that helped to enliyen
the occasion and break the monotony IN
the parade. The best OF 1t is that the
major portion of the crowd were voters
who will cast their ballots in November
for the apostle Of protection. The peo;,
pie of this Gibraltar of the tariff and
the Republican party have reputation
for intelligence and Calmness. They ale
WAYS vote the right way, but they are
| not in the habit of falling on the necks
OF public candidates.
It used to be said that Tom Corwin
was the only man that could make them
laugh or elicit cheer. The fiery Fora
ker when he first spoke in this section
felt that some Arctic blast had chilled
his blood. There was no applause, no
bowling, and his most telling sentences
did not even produce ripple.
Not SO with Mckinley yesterday. He
was one OF them, born among them, and
il he couldn't stir these distant, intel
lectual people, then surely tho times
wero out OF joint.
Like the mother who welcomes her
long lost SON the citizens were glad to
see him. Party lines were thrown to
the winds and the venerable DR.. Casper,
a simor-pure Democrat, set the example
of hospitality when he shook hands
with the major when the parade passed
his house. It was Mel cKinleys day, and
it was succession OF ovations. If the
result this fall depended on the vote OF
the Western Reserve, nofurtherspeeches
would be needed. Republican success
would be sure.
The speech is solid array Of facts
and figures, devoid of confusing frills
and useless verbiage, and stands as
complete exposition of the policy OF the
Republican party to-day. After reter-
ring to the importance OF the Ohio cam
paign, Major Mckinley spoke in part as
follows:
THE SPEECH IN PART.
The Democratic platform declares for
the free and unlimited coinage of silver
of the world, to be coined, as freely as
gold is now, upon the same terms and
under existing ratio. The platform Of
the Republican party stands in opposi.
ton to anything short of full and
complete dollar, and approves OF the
legalism of the last Congress, touching
silver, which legislation enjoins tho
monthly purchase OF silver up to 4, ,50O,-
| 600 ounces-an amount fully equal If
not in excess of the entire silver pro-
duct of the United States.
That legislation is mighty bulwark
for the protection OF silver. It has pre-
served and enlarged its monetary uses
upon n safe basis, and has provided that
the silver dollar shall be kept as good
as the best dollar Of our coinage, always
equal in legal-tender quality and debt
paying power.
The legislation of the last Congress is
the strongest evidence which can be
furnished OF the purpose Of the Repuh-
lican party to maintain silver US money,
and OF its resolution to keep 1t, and tho
whole OF it, in use as a part Of our cir
culatlng medium equal with gold. The
law which the Republican party put
upon the statute book declares tho
settled policy of the Government ITO
maintain the two metals upon parity
with each other upon the present legal
ratio, or such ratio as may be provided
| DY lHWs OuueE Ilt law pLIOA W Gllut
OF last year only 100000 silver dollars
were coined monthly and put into cir
culation, which sum absorbed less than
-one-half OF the silver product Of the
United States. Although $i,OOOOOO OF
silver coinage we're authorized by tho
laws OF Ctngress, neither the Republi-
can nor Democratic administrations ex-
ceeded 100000 OF coinage monthly.
The position of leading Republicans
upon this question is so well known
that need not pause to quote from
them. Let mo call your attention to
what tho leaders OF the Democratic
party, who are chief in Its counsels, say.
No one has spoken with greater ability
on the Democratic side than the ex-
President of the United States, Hon.
Grover Cleveland. His letter written
but u few months ago, taken in COM
nection with his former utterances up
on this subject, show that nothing
could be moro disastrous, in his judg-
ment, to the business interests Of the
country, and to the best welfare OF all
the people, than the free and unlimited
coinage OF silver.
HARrER CALLS IT SUICIDE.
Michael d. Harter, the new Demo-
cratic Congressman from the Mansfield
district, and representative man in
his party, is accredited with saying:
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