Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-08-23
THE OHIO CAMPAIGN.
Mckinley Makes the Opening Address
for the Republicans
AT NILES, OHIO, YESTERDAY.
Be Defines the Issue from His StandpOint-Hs
Dwslls at Length on the Silver Question,
and Declares Against Free Coinage
Tariff and Tin Plate.

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with great demonstration, over
10000 strangers being in town. Ex-
President Hayes arrived this morning
and Col. A. L. Conger came in from
Akron. The city was handsomely dec
GRATED. There was great parade and
industrial display this afternoon closing
with an elaborate address by Major
Mckinley, his first speech in the cam
paign.
"The campaign formally opened in
Ohio to-day on the part of the Repub-
lican party" said Major Mckinley, will
be unusually interesting because OF the
Importance to the State and country OF
It's results in November. 1t is forum
ate that the issues are so clearly defined
that no misunderstanding or evasion
| can arise. Both platforms speak OF
their respective parties in the State
upon those public questions which are
the exclusive subjects Of Federal juris-
diction and Federal legislation. The
Democratic platform declares for the
free and unlimited coinage OF the silver
OF the world. The Republican plat
form stands in opposition to anything
short of full and complete dollar, and
approves of the legislation of the last
Congress, which is n mighty bulwark
for the protection of silver. The free
coinage demanded by the Democratic
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 4l2l2
grains of silver, worth eighty cents
the world over, and coin, there for a
silver dollar, which by the fat of the
| government Is to circulate among the
| people as full dollar. 1t does not
take very wise man to see that this
short dollar will become In time the
exclusive circulating medium OF the
country. The gold dollar will be hoard
ed, and the effect will be that the cir
culating medium will BE reduced TO the
extent OF gold now circulating, and we
will be compelled TO do the business of
the country with q silver dollar exclu-
sively. The volume OF our currency
will be contracted.
We have not been able to secure an
international ratio which all the nations
of the world would adopt, and with free
| coinage the United States would be still
| further removed from any international
agreement. The danger Of free coinage
! has been pointed out over and over
again by the leading statesmen OF both
politicai parties, and no one has spoken
with greater ability on the Democratic
side than ex-President Cleveland.
Governor Campbell declared that
while he had his doubts about 1t be was
willing to chance free coinage. Under
uresent conditions the country cannot
afford to chance IT, If there Is to be
any profit In the coinage OF silver IL
should 90 to the government as 1t has
ever since the Bland-Allison act.
This new declaration would take 1t
from the government and give IL to the
silver people. No class Of people would
snffer so much from the eighty cent
| dollar as the wage Garner and agrlcul-
tnrist. am in favor Of the double
standard. but am not In favor OF free
and unlimited coinage until the nations
of the world join us In guaranteeing 10
silver a status which their laws now
accord to gold. Ohio had never In the
past given her vote for debased cur
rencv and she will not do so in the fu-
/ ture."
Major Mckinley then turned his at
tentlon to the tariff, such as the Demo
cratic party of Ohio advocates, Is well
! conceived to benefit every other nation
but our own. 1t has more than once In
our history failed to supply the revenue
wants of the government. II has fonnd
our country prosperous and our Treas
ury we'll supplied, and few years
under its operation has left the Treas
ury bankrupt, and the business OF the
country in a deplorable condition. The
nrotectiye tariff has never failed In time
of peace. no matter how great were our
expenditures, to supply the revenue re-
ouired. and has never failed but three
times. and then in war, TO provide the
enormous revenues needed for the pub
lie service. A re venue tariff breaks
down and destroys at home, and builds
up and encourages abroad. II protec-
tjon is a burden we should find some
manifestation OF IL somewhere. We
have been living under it for thirty
wears The great mass OF the people OF
our country were never so we'll of as
thew are to-day. There were never so
many men In this country who own
their own homes as there are to-day.
Yon may try this system OF protec-
tion by whatever test you will care
not what it is-and IL meets every emer-
rency and answers every demand. More
than that. il has never been against
this country either in peace or war. Ii
believes in America for Americans, na-
tive and uaturalized. II legislates for
them and nobody else. 1t has never
sustained any flag in the United States
bnt the American flag, and that cannot
he said of the revenue tariff, for IL was
the ally OF our enemies In war.
Gov. Campbell, in his Cleveland
sneech. said much about the low price
Of wool. and the inference would be
that the increased duty on wool is the
cause of depressed prices. II prices be
So the tariff IS not tax, but this was
not Democratic doctrine In 1883 and
1884. when they declared great out
rage had been committed on the wool
grower by the IL per cent reduction 10
dutv. The wrong Of this was riRhted
N the very first moment the Republican
marty secured control Of Congress and
was not righted in all the years the
Democrats were ia control.
Speaking Of sugar, Major MeKial ~
said the Democrats are now claiming
that free trade In sugar is In the direct
line OF their economic theory and prin-
cIple. They would have the country
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