The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1891-08-27
THE OHIO CAMPAIGN.
MAI. Mckinley Fires the First Gun OF the
Republican Campaign In Ohio at Niles.

Republican Campaign In Ohio at Niles
NILES, o., Aug. 23.s.The republican
state campaign opened here with a
great demonstration, 10000 strangers
being in town. Maj. Mckinley delivered
pn address Of which the following is q
synopsis
The campaign In Ohio. formally opened
on the part OF the republican party, will be
/ unusually interesting because of the i'm
! pOrtance to the state and the country of its
result In November. II Is fortunate that the
Issues are of that character which will ex-'
cite no bitterness, but invite calm and dis
] passionate judgment, Il is fortunate, too.
that the Issues are so well defined and clear
/ iy marked that no understanding or eva
| sion can arise.
The platforms Of the two parties. which
constitute thet ofiielal declarations, are
s,ngularly free from ambiguity and oonfu-
The democratic platform declares for tho
l free and unlimited coinage of the silver OF
the world, to be coined as freely as gold Is
now, upon the same terms aud UNDER exist
Ing ratio. The platform N the republican
4-paftY atands in. opposltionto to anything short
OF afuN and oompietg = r-S ,t--,-fr -
auf tho lanlalntlon " lie last earr eas toocli-
/ fnG silver which iegisiatlon enloins tue
mohthly purchase of silver up 70 900
ounces an amount fully equal, II not in ex.
cess, of the entire silver product Of the
United States.
Maj Mckinley then quoted the letter
of ex-President Cleveland, in which
he presents the dangers of unlimited
silver coinage. Continuing he said;---
lam IN favor Of the double standard, but
nm not@in favoriof tho frte aud unlimited
I coinage Of silver in the United States, uatil
thc- nations aef cbe,-edrid' ,hliali ioin uzsini
! guaranteeing ~ silvor status whith thoir
iawsuuw HuuUr oto gold The double standard
implies equality at ratio, and that equality
can only be established by the concurrent
/ laws ofsthe nations 1t was the concurrent
/ laws OF the nations that made the double
Standard It Will require the concurrent
/ laws Of nations to rcnstate and sustain lt.
Even then for us to decree the free and un-
limited coinage OF the worlds silver would
ordnln that our silver dollars would soon
depreciate aud gold go to Premium
On the subject OF tho tariff the issue Is
| equally well dehned, The democratic plat
form declares for purely revenue tariff,
and VIII not consent that sbau perform
any other service. But II Is tar with "A
view TO rovenue, and upon these foreign
! products which Will yield the greatest rev
onuc, and which Will not, incidentally or
otherwise, favor domestic industry and do
nestle labor. Its one mission and one mis-
sion only Is that Of raising revenue.
As a means Of raising revenue rev.
enue tariff Is not as certain and reliable
I as n protective tariff The latter has
4-Rsxar failed in time of peace no matter how
great were our expenditures, to supply tue
| revenue required, and has never failed but
three times, and thenln war. to provide the
enormous revenue required FOR the pubic
service. protective. tariff is not only
more sure agent for raising revenue than
revenue tariff, but IL builds up our own In
dustries and Increases Industrial activity in
I our-own. midst 1t furnishes employment
for labor and at better wages than can be
secured anywhere else, or under any other
system. revenue tariff breaks down and
destroys at homo and builds up and encour-
ages abroad,
Now II protection is a burden upon tho
people, we.should find some manifestation
of Il somewhere. We have been living un-
der 1t for thirty years. Where dUes the bur
den rest5 The great mans OF the people of
our country were never well off as they
+, are to-day. They are better of than the rest
OF mankind. There never were so many
men In this country who owned their own
homes as there are to-day. There never
were so many workmen who had aceumula-
lations In the savings banks OF the coun-
try as there are to-day, There never
were so many comforts or rehnementS
and educated men and women as there are
In this country to-day. No nation in the
world can present such picture of prog
ress, prosperity and plenty.
The speaker then reviewed the tariff
Legislation of the United States from the
foundation of the government down to
! the present time, and continued
The tar II law went into effect Octo-
bor 6, 1890. II has been In operation, there
fore, few days short Of nine months on the
, | sOth Of June last The last oficiHl re-
, port we have of the statement OF
foreign commerce, issued by the bureau
of statistics of the treasury department,
shows the value OF Imports df merchandise
during those nine months was $3.50 ,2Od, 900
During the corresponding period Of 1870 tn"
, total value OF imports of merchandise was
S59s, ,7Gg 80. Therefore, the imports during
the nine months of IS 1, under the new tariff
I law, were Sn, ,i36.lOO more than in the corre-
l spending period OF 1890, under the operation
Of the old Iaw.-As showing the effect OF tho
operation of the-new law, 1t is Important to
know what proportion Of these Imports wcro
1 free and what proportion were dutiaDle,
both under the old and the new laws.
During the nine months ending June 80,
1891, the foreign goods admitted free of duty
, were valued at S29I, ,g13, ,G6j. During the nina
a months ending June 10, 1880. the value OF
: free Imports was 500, s53, an increase of
: free lmportutons In favor of the new law OF
ss6,s597g2.
Concerning reciprocity Maj. McKin-
4 ley spoke as follows:
= y There is contained in the new law a rect.
1 proclty provision by which the admlnistra-
= tlon has already made valuable treaties
0 with Brazil, San Domingo and Spain, 1t lis a
Z provision which In no way enr0nehe'
, upon the protective principle, nor can It Ia
: any way destroy undermine our defen'
. sive or protective policy. Reciprocity Il
I based upon our free list, and practically mp
q on non competing products. 1t provides
. that the United States having made sugar
molassos, tea, coffee and hides free, II the
: country producing these articles and send
n ing them the United States shall impose
q duties or other exactions upon agricultural
=, |. or other products of the United states re-
I ciprocally unequal and unreasonable
u the president has the power to sus'
pend by proclamation the proVisc
e relating to the irne introduotion ~ such ar
/. ticles, sugar, molasses, tea. coffee, hides
ETC., and against such countries imposing
> duties ana eNaotions, the original dutlel
+ shall be imposed.
Q In conclusion he said
> The republican party will not pause In III
!, march and achievements until the nag. tn
i, nag Of the stars. shall be the unquestione'
], symbol of sovereignty at homo and Of Amer
- lean rights abroad; until American labo
u shall be securely shielded from tn
e degrading Competition OF the old world, an
4 our entire citizenship from the vicious ani
!, criminal class who are'erowding our shores
. mover while the advocates OF debased dol
r. Tar threaten the. eountryl with -ita nnancia
n heresles, and never until the free right 4
: vote in every corner OF the country shall b.
a protected under the law and for the law
and the American ballot box be held a
sacred as the American home.
: seven Tramps Charged with Robbery.
n JERsEY CITY, N. j., Aug. ss.-sevei
n tramps were arraigned in the seconi
a police court yesterday morning oharge'
4 with having held up and robbed Fran
: Mulligan, a brakeman on the Erie rail
road, Friday night, taking from hin