Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-23
A Republican Demonstration
at Niles, Ohio.
Major Mckinley Fires His First
GubernatOrial Gun.
His Remarks Confined to the Silver
and Tariff Questions.
The Free Coinage Plank of the Demo
cratic Platform Venomously As
sauIted-Protection Upheld by
Time-worn Sophistries.
Associated Press Dispatches.


NILES, Ohio, August 22.-The Repub-
lican state campaign opened here today
with great demonstration, over 1000
people being in town. There was
great parade and industrial display this
afternoon, closing with an elaborate ad-
dress by Major Mckinley.
''rhe campaign formally opened in
Ohio today, on the part of the Republi-
can party" said Major Mckinley, twill
be unusually interesting, because of the
Importance to the state and the country
of the results in November. 1t is for
tunate that the issues are clearly de-
fined; that no misunderstanding or
evasion can arise. The Democratic plat
form declares for free and un-
limited coinage OF the silver of
the world; the Republican plat
form stands in opposition to any
thing short OF full and complete dol
lar, and approves the legislation OF the
late congress, which is mighty bull
wark for the protection of silver. The
free coinage demanded by the Demo
cratic platform means that all the silver
of the world can be brought to the
mints of the United States and coined
at the expense of the government; that
the United States mints must receive
4121a grains of silver, worth 80 cents the
world over, and coin therefor silver
dollar, which, by the fat of the govern
ment, is to circulate among the people
as full dollar.
1t does not take a very wise man to
bat th;o short dollar will hpcnDop n
time the exclusive circulating medium
of the country. Gold will be taken
from the circulation of the country and
boarded, and the effect will be that the
circulating medium will be reduced to
the extent of the gold now circulating,
and we will be compelled to do the
business of the country with the silver
dollar exclusively. We have not been
able to secure an international
ratio which all the nations of the world
would adopt, and with free coinage of
silver the United States would be still
further removed from any international
agreement. The nations which are on
a silver base alone are the poorest ma
tions of the world, and are in constant
financial disturbance and monetary dis
order"
This, he said, had been pointed out
by ex-PresidentC Cleveland, and Governor
Campbell, even, had declared that he
had doubts about the wisdom OF free
coinage.
Continuing, Mckinley said: eff there
is to be any benefit in the coinage Of
silver, it should go to the government,
as it has ever since the Bland act went
into effect. This new declaration would
give the profit to the silver producers,
and no class of people would suffer so
much from the 80cent dollar as the
wage Garner and agriculturist. l am
in favor of double standard, but not
of free and unlimited coinage, until the
nations of the world join us in guaran.
teeing tree silver the status which their
laws now accord to gold"
Speaking of the tariff, the major said
revenue tariff, such as the Democratic
party advocates, can benefit and encour-
age and build up no domestic industry.
He declared that it supplies work for
foreign labor and takes it from Amer-
can labor. 1t was we'll conceived to
benefit every other nation but this. He
said revenue tariff would fail to supply
the revenue wants of the government.
The failure of the government to secure
sufficient revenue would result in direct
taxation. Not alone would this result,
but the industries OF this coun-
try would be destroyed, and the
laborers be forced to farm and
become the farmers competitors. The
protective tariff which keeps the treas
ury full of money, builds up the indus
tries of this country, and furnishes en-
ployment for labor and at better wages
than can be secured anywhere else or
under any other system.
The speaker declared that under the
protective tariff, the public debt had
been reduced nearly two-thirds, and the
state debts had also been reduced. He
refuted the statement that the protec-
tive tariff increased mortgages. 1t had
nothing whatever to do with the ques-
ton.
More than this, the speaker declared,
the protective system preserves The
home market for the people at home.
Reciprocity, Major Mckinley said, is
provision which in no way encroaches
upon the protective principles, nor can
it in any way destroy or undermine the
protective tariff.
The speaker declared that the state
ment that the sugar bounty was more
burdensome than tax, is untrue. The
bounty will encourage the production OF
sugar here, instead of destroying the in
dustry.
The major said there was much criti-
cism about the duty on tin plate, and
fully as much misrepresentation as crit
icism.
In closing, Mckinley said: What
will the Democratic party do on the sill
yer question? The vast majority of the
party are in favor OF a debased dollar.
Will they register their will or that of
Cleveland? We must wait and see. In
the meantime let Ohio record her ver-
dict against the degradation OF Ameri-
can labor and the debasement OF the
American dollar"
HEARSTS YACHT.