The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1891-11-06
The 9eillarrat.
TIN PLAT. FRAUD.

Mrs Helen NJ Cougar, Of Indiana, Is =
leading light In The prohlsitisn army OF
the west For some time she has been
speeches for the prohibition ticket
In Ohio. She recently visi,ed the alleged
tin plate works at Piqua, o., and at pro-
hibitlonist rally In Boston the other even
Ing she gave the following account Of her
experience. After describing the much
heralded tln-making trip OF Mr. Mckinley,
when, In the presence of hurrahlng work
men, he dipped piece Of steel, rolled In
the same mill, In pot OF TIN wash and
then held ittriumphantly up as an example
Of the triumph Of protection, she said:
III was taken to the tin-plase mills OF
Piqua and said to the manager. by whom
l was kindly received In his office, Il have
come TO settle for myself the question
whether tin-plate IL made In the city Of
Piqua or not. want to know II these
pesky democrats are telling awful false =.
hoods about this tin-plate mill. want To
see for myself VIII you kindly let me
see the produc, of this milli
"Stsndlng In his Office and by his Jesk,
he picked up piece OF tin about Isxa4
inches, held |, up aud said, Madam, this is
our product
al asked; rs that your produe,r tGrea,
laughter and spplause.)
"'well,' he said. ':nadam, h's all We have
on hand just now--(more 'laughter)--
would , ou not like to write your autograph
on hs Here's Mr. MeKinleys autograph
and the names OF some friends OF hls.
81 said: oh, no. want you to allow
me to make piece OF tin plate here To-
day, 90 hat can aend Il to my husband
As memenio, because Mr. Mckinley y made
a piece and sent Il to his wife laughter)-
aud | want to have the same privilege
added; you must have had great many
orders to have your stock 40 exhausted
Great merrIment)
"He said: Yes, We have had q large
number of orders, so Vur stock is exhausted.'
"'iiow many boxes can you produce In
a dsyp"
"rhiuAIng for moment he said: You
know ,hIs factory is quite y"ung-only
abou, thirty days old
ayes, I said, established since the
campaign begaa In Ohio. Great laughter
Ind spplause.) Exists mostly on paper,
does Il not, Mr. Manager
'with a slight twinkle In his eye and a
smile he said: Il think We could produce
twenty boIes In Jay. We hoped to do
that much
every well.' sAid !, won't You please
take me and let me see the size OF the
boxesP
"well,' said he, we have no boxes on
hand just no~.' loud laugh.er)
"'won't you let me go and see where
the boxes are made and the measuremen,
from.whieh you make the boxesr
'''well,' he said, we have no boxes In
process of construction
"'Whair said /, "A business tina: 10 so
rushed that you have had your stock ex-
hau'tsd and Jour Loxes gone and You are
ne, having sny more nade' Why I
said, the advertising this establishment, Is
receiving has certainly giren you a won
derfui boom In business. | should think
1t would be good policy to keep II up. But
II cannot see the boxes, won't you take
80 Ill L..
stood and let me stand there, tool ] want
TO be honored, and think Il would be an
honor to the prohibition party to let N c
stand in the tracks Of Mr. Mckinley. Aud
won't you bring me those tongs, fer
want to grasp them As Mr. Mckinley cid.
$50 he took me through the room where
they are In the habit OF washing corruga-
ted iron to give is the tia process. lie
there showed me furnace. II consists OF
an old.faShioned soap kettle sci In brick
casing. Kettle and furnace. all told. were
not over three feet across and eighteen
inches high; and this was the boiling
cAidron over which Mr. Mckinley bent hIs
manly form. Loud and prolonged laugh
ter.
"And when the tongs were brought to
me by the manager, with broad smile
ripping over his face. I asked him IL I
might not buy them and frame. More
laughter) lie could not part with them,
but he said he should frame the piece Of
tin which Mr. Mckinley had made.
~ said, Please let me make 4 piece of
tin.
"The kettle seemed TO be covered with
ashes from coal bin. and saw In Il what
looked like melted lead. and when asked
to Clip piece Of steel In II they assured me
that the fires were out and II was not In q
molten condition. So was deprived Of
the honor Of presenting tonight piece OF
tin made In the United States.
81 stand here tonight to say that the po-
litieal party which Is reduced 10 such
methods of deception and tn bringing up
such an issue as that--that when = man
will resort to such barefaeed fraud as
that whole affair was, telegraphed oil over
this country and written up In column af-
ter column, especially In the republican
papers--that when the republican party Is
reduced to .uch straits as that for an issue,
II ought to be hurled from power by q
self respecting constituency. (Great ap-
plause.
II pronounce It the most outrageous
fake ard fraud that was ever perpetrated
upona reading pubic. The whole tIn-pIate
mill tf Piqua, that has made what is the
Issue today In the Ohio campaign, and
what Is supposed to be the is.ue In ISo7 for
the republican party, never cost $s5 all
told outside of the price of the kettle
Qaughter-and 1t only shows the dishon-
est methods that are.practised today while
the party whip Is wiel1ed over the should
ers Of an idoIatrous people,"
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