The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-23
M'KlNLEY STARTS TIE FIGHT.
OPENING OF THE REPUDLICAN CIM-
p.iiGN IN ONO At NILES

| OPENING OF TIE REPUDLTCAN CHM
pilGN IN ONO At NILES.
The Candidate for Governor E.pounds
| Protection Ideas md His Anti-rree
! Co,nn9. Arguments TO q Rig Crowd.
NILES. Ohio. Aug. 22.Ths little CITY, one OF
tho bushes. iron towns in tho NJ ahoning Valley.
was to dny tho scene Of tho greatest tolltical
gathering In the history Of tho State. with tho
possible exception OF tho Grant Conkling
mooting Of 1850. at Warren, three miles west
Of here. Niles. which 10 on the southern
border Of tho Western deserve. wns tho birth.
plpce of Major McKi'ley. the Republican can
didato Tor Governor OF Ohio. and her citizens,
irrespective OF politics. joined In n movement
soon after tho nominating convention in Juno
| 10 have tho oroning meeting OF tho campaign
held here. Major Mckinley readily ac1uiesced
! In tho arrangement and for weeks the rrcpnra-
| lions have been going forward. Forty thou.
sand visitors wcre expected, and accommodate
tons for that number wero Prepared.
| The Committee OF Arrangements had not
| greatly overostmatcd the crowd, for between
$4,000 and 10000 woro in attendance Five
railroads enter Miles, AMI nil tue foro-
noon special trains came In loaded
| with enthusiastic Republicans. Delegations
came from Cleveland. Ashtabula. and panos-
Vile on tho lake; from Warren, Youngstown.
aud other places down the valley. and from
| Nassiilop. Canton, Alliance. and other places
in stark county. whore Major Mckinley lives.
there was an ou,pouring OF his political admir-
crs. Tho iron mills OF the valley wero closed
and the mincs which penetrate the enrth In
| all d rectious hereabouls. suspended opsrn-
| tions Tor the dny. giving tho brawny worklnen
an opportunity to attend the meeting. There
WINS also n good attendance Of farmers.
Major Mckinley arrived In Niles at ii o'clock.
| md ri OncN n VIVA formed. in whiSh
5000 men participated. aftor which he spoke
In Ms speech Mr.. Mckinley said. touching
1t docs not take very wise man to SEQ that
dolH, w%rt Hny 10 cents 1nfrnssaly
Of All debts. public and private. a legal lender
culatinR medium OF the country. Gold. which
will no, DO paid out in any trensaciion in this
country whom an SO.cent silver dollar VIII
ho N'f hs r as s rex
demntlan ID Tod We Shni' 40 our Gasnenf ,
| lul dollars. a. We are now doing.
Tho question Of silver IS business one II
which all the neople. whatevo, may 10 tneir
Inc lead nx nations Of lie world would adopt
metals and MI agree upon tho QUANTITY OF silver
Tash - h eons,itI,e G.a then siSsr
eIou!u pO NS tee anu IA I'D "iNAoSSo
Of onining MS 10 gold to-day.
:" Hnt that. We have not been able TO- secure;
silver S sdor rte I'm IN the a tnitsa iates a. tho
present rnto we would be still fur her re- moved
BE- ali. o eu sns
is"la,ed coinage Of silver.
iIee ana unlimited eo"axe i silver. am not
can imagine nothing which would he moro dis
turbnG to our credit and moro dernngtne TO
make this the dumping ground OF tho worlds
silver. Tho silver producer might 10 benefited.
I'll there ia to 10 any iron. In the coinage OF
silvor 1t should GO 10 the Government. l. has
hf Ts ns1 xo s
It from tho Government ana give tito tho silver
'!:"SSo oS. the people know tina, IL wo had two
yardsticks one :hree feet in length md tho
other two nnd a halt feet In length. the iuycr
~ tie shorer SICK n1 tha Tho onser sitR
would g" into pcrma a dsnse 4 is ssHe:ly
i !, legal tender BY tho flat OF tho uovoin'
On the tariff question Major Mex inlcr said:
revenue thrift. pure aud simple. such as
ss and , snd N Sad s icns
@ % &C aGsS not ns
dininishee the use OF domestic goods. 1t Is for
shSp: SUPPLIES roTk ID iareisn 90 lsSSr and
tnkestt from our own labor 1t would not
light single fire In an American furnace or
mill. but would oxtingnish those which now
burn unless our labor would work ut the samo
short It is vol conceived 10 Lene!.t eVery Other
nation but our own.
A revenue tariff Inns not In our experience
been srccrs-. even ms an agency for raising
IL. money renui, ell for ,ubIic pnrpose-. II
has moro than once fai! cd in our history 10
supply the revenue wants OF tho Government.
II has found our country PROSPEROUS and our
few years under lis operation has ieii The
Treasury bankrupt and the business OF tho
country 10 a depl0rablc condition.
AND this is ensily accounted fer md en-
prosperous under protection. the democrats
have enacted a revenue tariff and the peone |
Of the country. influenced b. supposed and
temporary proHt. buy io'eiGn goods In stead OF
time. but this evcntnates in tho destruction
OF our indnstrieR. for 10 inei Gases the use Of
lorelRn goods ana encourages TIE disuse OF
domestic goods. and with tho disuse Of do.
home anil loss cmoloyment ior home labor. |
and finnlly no employment Mt NIL md with that |
comes poverty 10 the peope, which limita their |
ennacity to 6uy abroad: n nd iollowins , that
ishel roycnues. nnd then deficient and de- |
And then there. inevitably follows direct !
taxa:i m. for II the Government cannot secure |
exran-cs It mnst resort to inter ma TAXATION.
In The mean ttnlo. our indns rios RrH DESTROYED.
and our laborera dismissed from tho factory |
md md mine AMI force! to TIC form 10 become
his rustnm:ra aud consnmris. and then there |
invariably fol lows rise IN the rrco OF loroi.n
goods to tho American consumer