New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-03
BIG CROWDS HEAR MAJOR MCKINLEY.
HE DELIVERS STRONG ADDRESSES AT PoMERoY
AND MDDLEPoRT, OHIO

HE DELIVERS STRONG ADDEESSEo Al AO-
AND MDDLEPoRT, OHIO
Columbus. Ohio sept. CSpeciaD.-Malor Mckinney
rdurned tonight from Pomeroy and Ml0dlepolt vi ''
Ohio River where he addressed the hePuoi'aii' WI
tho tariff and silver issues. While the meeuhg at
Nddenort last uight was big one and people came al
from all the surrounding country as wei rs lo "es'
Virginia the one at Pomeroy this afternoon was Uie
largest held there for years, eclpsing in poV oi 'i
est and exceeding in numbers the IhStonodl N''''e
held in the Grant campaign Of 1865
Major Mckinley IS somewhat fatgned by the "lu''ouo
work of Yesterday and to-day to say notihs VI ,'
labor of travelling 900 miles by rail- In his speech tS
afternoon Major Mckinley showed that the oe'n9netf
cation of silver not the work OF the hepupiiean
Marty any more than OF the Democratic party, but was
acaulesoed in by both sides without DIVISION ta1 up
10, the time of the demonetlzadon there I"n
been issued only 100000 silver dolIarS uia'
from Washington to Lincoln less thah f'ooo'-
900 Of silver dollars. and from Lincoln
to tho time of passing the act of Recommendation tefo
had been issued the same AMOUNT that accoruihg 10
the Director of the Mint the number OF standard silver
dollars coined by the minis in each decade since their
establishment has been as follows From l103 TO loOo
1,430,517 from 1905 to 1886 none from 1850 10
1880. 1900; from 1910 to 1s45. 1OO5,973; from 1901
70 1859 O40 $50; from 1s60 to 1873. 4,624OOo from
1873 10 1877. nOnei since 1877. 4O5'doO'2o9'
He explained that since the reconciliation Of silver
Government had iS5iieQ uuueF tlc lSi'"N4N''''
act over foun hundred millions Of doLars Inc eisl-
forage or gain arising therefrom, which repreSehed
the difference between the market value Of the silver
and the face vaine Of the dollar coined, went 70 the
credit of the Treasury. becoming part OF the leVe
MUGS of the Government, but under tRe iee
or unlimited uUufdse OF silver propoSed w tio
Democratic patty. this segnorage OF gam
would 60 to the producer. Under the law
of July. $780, which required the Government 10
purchase four and one-hah million ounces OF silver a
month the Treasury note issued represents not AZ L.
Grain, of silver but the market value OF the silver
At the time of the purchase, which is 100 cents. lie
showed that the silver dollar, under free and uh-
limited coinage, would be worth only 70 cents, and
being legal tender for all purposes would drive out
Of circulation gold and paper money based on CON- lor
the 1O0cent dollar would not associate with INC
76-cent one.
In discussing the tariff question, Major Mckinney
pdnted with pride to the cotton tie factory az
pomerov employing 800 hands as product OF the
new tariff and said that for fifteen years we nave
Lepn unable 10 manufacture cotton ues, because OF
the low tariff on the product The new law raised inc
tariff and as q result we are DIanniacturinG an INC
lies required to bale the cotton raised III the CnU'u
states and the price Of cotton Is no higher thah
before the enactment of the law lie SAID tiat they
were making in FOmeroy ties for oneseVenth Oh inc
entire cotton crop Of the country.