Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-10-29
THREE GREAT SPEECHES.
Major Mckinley Delivers in This
County,
At GAINESVILLE, BELLAIRE, AND AETsAWLLE
Governor CampbeI's Calamity Howl An
swere6ITariff- Silver Democracy
in the Dumps.

tions and enthusiasm of these meetings
afford certain indication that protection
and the cause of an honest dollar will
still hold sway in Belmont county with
new vigor and hope begotten by largely
increased majority. TIE great apostle OF
protection could not have been more
warmly received by the immensely en-
thusiastic. cheering crowds, nor could
audiences more attentiyely listen to every
word from speakers lips than those
who heard our next Governor at Barnes
vile, Bellaire and 4Etnaville. Major
Mckinley uses not jokes to convince his
hearers, but arguments, logical and
pointed, and frequently punctured by
pertinent though simple and hOmely
illustrations. In speaking he gets down
to business at once and wastes no time
in making fun His language is simple
and his ideas so clearly expressed that all
readily grasp his meaning. His endeav-
or is to enlghten the people, to
clear up and not mystify. He appeals to
to the reason and the common sense of
the people and not to their visibility. He
possesses the faculty of holding a crowd
and he gives them what they want. a
statement of hard facts. His visit can
not fail of being productive of much
good and general strengthening all
along the line can be confidently expected.
At Barnesville on Thursday cold raw
.'nor-Wester" which cut to the bones,
whistled across the hills rendering expos
ure outdoors disagreeable. This was
further intensified in the forenoon by
copious showers sandwitched with falls
of sleet 1t had been intended to hold
the meeting outdoors as no hall large
enough to hold the people, could be
found. The weather made this imposSi-
BILE and the immense unfinished shop of
the Watt Mining Car Wheel Company
was secured and into this fully $500 peO-
pie collected and all eagerly listened to
the speech throughout Tremendous out
bursts of applause frequently interrupted
the speaker Capt. L. Danford was made
chairman of the meeting and in happy
way introduced the speaker.
Major Mckinley opened his remarks
with an earnest appeal to not forget
the Legislative ticket and to elect Re-
publican Representative without fail
He said he would rather have Repub-
lican Legislature than to be elected him
self His discussion was confined chiefly
to the silver and tariff questions. On the
question of wool being affected by the
tariff he said: "That great staple, wool,
is a shade lower this year than last. So
is cotton. Wool has tariff on it and
cotton hasn't. But why is it lower?
Because both are governed by the law
of supply and demand. Then where
does the protection come in? Suppose
the American manufacturer can pur-
chase Australian wool in London equal
to your best clip for IL cents pound.
He pays one cent freightage and it costs
in New York II cents. To get it in the
country he must pay d tariff of eleven
cents making the cost of the wool %
cents. Now that is equal to your best
clip and you must sell yours at 80 cents
or not sell it at ALL Do you know that
Suppose you take the tariff off, then wool
equal to your best clip can be brought
here at cost of IS cents. Then you
must sell your wool for IS cents or not
sell it at all. Do you know that? If you
had to take IS cents for your wool you
wOvld readily see where the protection
comes in.
Considerable time was devoted to the
silver question. He showed how under
free coinage only the silver mine owners
would be benefited and how gold would
be withdrawn from circulation and the
volume of the circulating medium
would be contracted and made less than
it now is His talk on the tariff was to
point out how the country in every way
had proSpered under protection and to
make comparison with the times of a
revenue tariff from "a to go. He ex-
planned how much commerce had been
increased under the new bill and incon-
trOvertibly proved that prices had de-
clined on nearly every commodity within
the last year.
At the conclusion of the speech Mr.
Mckinley took the train for Bellaire
where monster demonstration was held
that night. A large parade took place
amid profusion of red fire, shower of
rockets, and storm of Roman candles.
A notable feature of the parade was the
amount of tin ware made from Ameri-
can tin plate and the tin hats worn by
the marching club.
Major Mckinley spoke from the front
of the Windsor Hotel and the crowd that
listened to him for l y hours was not less
than 1000; this too in spite of the fact
that the night was cold and the wind
chilling. Cheer after cheer would go up
from the crowd as telling point was
made against the claims of the Dem oc
racy. His arguments were confined most
ly to straight tariff talk. Among other
things he said:
Governor Campbell said when he was
here that his election would be death
DlON W pIOUcCIlNc JdIll. ltJ uo do
sumo that this is correct, that his election
this year means all that he says it does
Then | want to know what answer yOr
will make to that challenge here in tht
Ohio Valley, where all its industries. from
East Liverpool to Bellaire, are sustained
by the protective tariff, and whose fire
would all be put out if the protective tar
iff laws were repealed. | want the peo
pie to think of that, and am willing t.
meet him on that challenge here and il
every part of the State. A Democrati
revenue tariff never started facotry
never opened mine, never built a rail
road, never lighted fire in glass house