Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-07-28

clared carried on a viva voce vote, tho
and nays. The Cincinnati men however
voted "No" in chorus and Missed the
announcement of the result of the vote.
Governor Campbell was then intro
duced to the convention and addressed 1t.
After devoting some time to state
issues Governor Campbell said,
'The electors of Ohio have other reasons for
voting with US this year besides such as solely
Affect this state. The battle before us is ma
tional one. Not only is this true because the
result must seriously affect next years federal
Ohio have unreservedly 1 idemtified themselves
with every phrase Of the iniquitOus legislation
accomplished or attempted by the fifty first
congress In their platform they have reaf-
Armed their adherence to the infamous force
btll-the republican lost cauSe-a measure so
obviously designed to des roy elections that
republican senators, unwilling to violate their
consciences and their oaths, refused to infict it
upon the country. The republican party OF
Ohio appears as the defender Of the arbitrary
disregard OF minority rights which disgraced the
fraudulent unseating of lawfully elected mem.
bers, the steal Of Montana by the senate and all
the other high-handed outrages by which that
party has sought to perpetrate it's power against
the wishes OF the people. 1t represents the
reckless extravaganza and as tonishing prOfiga
cy which have dis-ipated the splendid demo
cratic surplus, forced extension OF the national
bonds and compelled an Ohio secretary of the
treasury to resort to tricks Of bookkeeping and
subterfuges unworthy of his Office in order to
conceal a deficit and deceive the people.
"Pre-eminently also does the republican
leader in Ohio Whose high character and con-
spicuous carear but emphasizes his advocacy
Of bad egislation) stand for that pernicious tar
If measure which was rejected at the polls last
year by the people of the entire country;
measure identified with his name, saturated
with his ideas and wrought by his hands and
measure designed as has been well said, in the
interest Of monopoly for monopoly" ameasure
which is bringing about the worst OF all central
ization-the Capitalization of wealth with its
debauching and strnctive results; measure
which has already in many cases. made less
work and lower wages for protective labor; q
measure which has forced the farmer Of Ohio
to sell his wool in some cases as low as 30
cents a pound and that, too, in q market where
he pays more dearly for hundreds OF necessaries
which are but insufficiently sweetened with the
humbug OF bounty produced sugar; measure
900, OO0 each year of the benefit of the prospec
tive tin mines owned by capitalists who live In
England and prospective tin plate works to be
operated by. labor imported from Wales; a
measure which, as it came from the hands of its
author, did not, In the opinion OF an eminent re-
publican, open market for another pound of
beat or barrel OF pork; measure which could
not be forced down the throat OF reluctant
senate until sugar coated with the old demo
cratic doctrine of reciprocity-a doctrine finally
though feebly embodied in the bill in spite Of
OppOS1tlOn from tne BreaL OnlO pTOIectlOnlSCS
I'm his recent speech of acceptance this great
champion Of high protection sad; I'VE follow
the tariff teachings of Washington and Hamil-
ton, Of Clay and OF Webster, OF Lincoln and of
Garfield Let us see how wide of the mark
this statement is. The tariff to-day is at the
rate Of 57h per cent; the tariff Of Washington
was ~ per cent. The protection sought by
Clay was for the benefit Of infant industries;
the tariff Of to-day increases protection upon
industries which have been coddled for more
than ninety years; the protection Of Garfield
was. to quote hi> own words that kind Of pro-
lection which leads to ultimate free trade Let
the republicans of Ohio who have not gone mad
on protection come over this year and start with
us on the backward march toward the tariff OF
Washington, or better yet enroll themselves
under banner inscribed with those burning
words of Garfield Let the well meaning men
who train under the names of the farmers al
lance or people party and who seek to remedy
grievances brought about by republican legis.
lation, remember that no third party can sue
coed; but with ms and as part of us they can
help to swell the joyous hosanna that will peal
to heaven from the tax burdened people Of the
country when the glad tidings go forth next
November that we are yet in possession OF the
old r publican citadel, now the democratic
Buckeye:state.'