The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-06-19
THE OHIO CONVENTION.


The Republicans of Ohio did good
days work yesterday. Major Mckinley
was nominated for Governor by accla-
nation and the party in that state
stands more united than it has for
many years. The nomination of the
author of the new tariff measure has
double significance. 1t refutes the
claims of the opposition to the effect
that Mckinley has lost standing with
Ohio Republicans, and proclaims the
determination of Republicans every
where to stand by their colors. The
opening Of the Ohio campaign with
Mckinley at the head Of their ticket,
is, virtually, the beginning OF the Re
publican campaign of 1892, and the
party will accept defeat again, if need
be, for the sake Of the fundamental
principles Of American prosperity.
But all have confidence that the same
saving sense of the people of this Re
public that restored the Republican
party to power in 1888, will again ex-
ert itself, and the wisdom Of the Nc
Kinley tariff measure will be pro-
claimed at the ballot box. The party
in Ohio have a leader who is as fear
less as he is popular, and, in the words
OF Senator Sherman, Every Republic
can in Ohio loves him, and every
Democrat in Ohio fears him." To
show that Mckinley has not "backed
water in the least degree in his sterl
ingRepublicanisnl, an extract from his
acceptance speech is here given. He
said:
1--WE are confronted by real DAN
ger, which prudent men of all parties
shall seek to avert before it is too
late. The public credit and sound
finances must be preserved and every
scheme to destroy it must be met with
courage and intelligence, and repealed
by the mighty force of public opinion.
Better risk defeat which can only be
temporary, than capitulate with the
demogOgue or surrender to dishonesty.
The platform endorses protective
tariff. We have protected American
products and american labor. So
long as foreign products can be found
to tax, which compete with our own
IN our market, we propose to tax them
rather than tax our own. The Demo
cratic party prefers to tax the domeS-
tic product rather than the imported.
Their tariff legislation would benefit
every country but our own. We fol-
low in our tariff bill the teachings of
Washington and Hamilton and Clay
and Webster and Lincoln and Garfield.
They pursue the fallacies of Golden
andBright and Calhoun and the states
men Of the late Southern Confeder-
acy. They are pledged now to impede
II they can, the prosperity Of the coun-
try until after the next presidential
election. That is their mission this
year. Business disaster and reverses
are the ladder of their hope"
The platform epitomized is as fol
lows: They re-affirm allegiance to the
doctrines of protection and pledge
themselves to its support; favor all
legislation that will promote the best
interests of the agricultural and labor
ing classes; endorse the silver legisla
tion Of the last congress: demand free
and equal suffrage for all citizens; de-
mand the prohibition of the criminal
and vicious elements OF foreign coun-
tries from our shores: favor the reSer-
walton Of all public leads for actual
settlement by American citizens, and
ask that all unearned land grants be
restored to the public domain; favor
liberal pensions to soldiers and sail
ors, and ample protection to the wild
ows and orphans of deceased soldiers:
endorse President Harrison's admins
tration, and commend reciprocity.
The residue of the platform treats of
state matters. With Foraker, Fos-
ter, Sherman and Mckinley fighting
together for these principles, and the
rank and file of the party standing in
solid phalanX, Ohio Republicans will
sweep the state