The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-10-21

In the memory Of the people that they began to
laugh when the Governor thought they should
be most serious over his lessons in book
keeping. When he turned TO his chart and saw
the cause of the commotion he laughed too, and
asked them to keep Brice out of his book keep
Ing business. But it embarrassed the Governor
The one significant thing about Governor
Campbells speech was that he forgot to say
anything about silver. He forgot it in his open
ing and refused to be drawn into any discussion
of that question while on the platform, though
Major Mckinley attacked the Democratic plat
form vigorously and the crowd called to him
time and again to say something about silver.
He evidently realized how deeply he put his
foot in ii when ne did talk about silver. With
a helpless appeal for consideration for his m
barrassment he stood silent whenever he was
asked to say something about the troublesome
plank in his platform.
He spoke for one hour and five minutes and
devoted all this to the tariff. quoting figures
that neither enlightened nor interested his
hearers. His whole warfare was ON the Me-
Kinley bill. He insisted that this bill had
doubled taxation and then made the startling
assertion that more than 500, 100000 had been
lost TO the farmers of Ohio In the last ten years
by reason of the tariff. This was so great
loss that it startled the most enthuiastio Demo-
Gratis. They thought he must be mistaken, or
that he was counting like tho man who lost SO
much money by not betting on tho races and
betting the right way. But the Governor had
based bis assertion OH the report of the State
Board of Equalization that the appraisement
for taxation had been cut down $9S 0OO, 600 in
that time. When he asked III there were any
farmers present who were better off now than
they were ten years ago, great many OF them
called out that they were.
When the Governor had finished hia speech
and his admirers had cheered him, col. Howe
took charge of the meeting and introduced Mai
Mckinley Then the Republicans had their in
ming and they made IL appear that the whole
crowd were with them by the noise they made
They cheered for three or four minutes before
they would allow Maj. Mckinley to speak. He
waved his hand and quie ed them.
Then he began his reply TO Gov. Campbell ut
once. He first touched upon what the Governor
did not say about the silver question. He
knocked the Governors ree-silver platform
from under him while Campbell sat there biting
his lip. The Major not only indicted the Gov
ernor having been on both sdes OF the money
question, but he made the Governor admit IT,.
He explained that he and Campbell had voted
together against free silver. He turned to
Campbell as he said this with the remark
You were not willing then to chance free sill
yer, and i think You think you were right then
but wrong now.
A snd smile rested on the Governors face
while he was made to admit that he had not
been consistent, and then Mai Mckinley did n
gracious net by adding that he honored man
for preferring TO be right rather than consistent
and il was the Governor q privilege and his duty
to change ground OH the currency and on the
tariff IL he believed his former course wrong.
When he took up he tariff Mckinley silenced
the Democrats, kept the Republicans cheering,
and Campbell sat silent biting his mustache in
his nervousness lie had not only the argument
against the Governor. but the laugh on him.
He showed the difference between the master
and the amateur in tariff discussion.
Mckinley was the master of the situation.
He met the Governor ut every point and com
pletely annhilated his alleged argument. He
also put the Governor on the witness stand
against himself and Intercepted him about
things that the Governor declined TO talk about.
1t was in his closing that Campbell shovel
his weakness most. He had been stupid I'm his
opening but in his closing, where he naturally
had the advantage of the situation, he became
clownish He did not make n single argument
he did not mako serious statement he did not
courageously answer n single question that Me-
Kinley had asked him he even seemed TO be
sorry that he had 10 occupy that twenty min
utes in closing He had been beaten and now
be had 10 get up before the great audience and
show his hurts.
ming OF this pitiful exhibition, but Mai. Mckin-
lev promptly stepped to the front and asked
the people TO remain ami hear the Governor In
his reply
The people did stay, and many Of them began
TO ask Gov Campbell questions. They asked
him time and again TO state his views on the
silver question but he looked mt them appeal
ingy and held his tongue He would not say O
word about IL. They also asked him to answer
Major BcKinleys questions regarding the tariff
but re refused and lodged He preferred to play
the clown, and he took up the old lies about tin
plate repeating these when they have beer
proved false by afiidavits from honest men.
The Governor presented several anonymou:
letters against this proof, but he did not dare
give the names of his correspondence who said
there was no tin-plate made in this country
He would not even say for himself That he knew
the statement TO be true, but he left IL all &c
ANONYMOUS correspondents, He tries to poke
cheap wit at the tin-pate makers and at Major
Mckinley but the Majors smile OF assurance
disconnected him every time no turned TO looh
in that direction.
He made sport of the Pigua tin.plate bust
ness and az the came time Mai. Mckinley had
in hts possession an offer from the iqun peo
pie to contribute $1,000 20 the Democratic cam
paign fund II they would prove that tin-plat'
was not made I'm Piqua and made from American
sheet steel and American TIN, and another slO0
n the Democrats would prove that the plates
made at Piqua were not commercially known NJ
syariety OF tin-plate. Mckinley would not
present this, though he might have bluffct
ampbeil with better material than the Gov
srnor used
The Governor in this connection raso showeC