The morning call., 1891-08-23
CLEARLY DEFINED.
hcKinley'S Remarks on the Issues Of the
Chic Campaign.

NILES (Ohi0), Aug. 22-The Republican
State campaign opened here to-day with a
great demonstration, over 10000 people be-
Ing in town. There was great parade and
an Industrial display this afternoon, closing
with an elaborate address by Major McKin-
ley.
'The campaign formally opened In Ohio
to-day on the part of the Republican party"
said Major Mckinley, will be unusually
interesting because of the importance to
the State and to the country OF the results
in November. 1t is fortunate that the issues
are clearly defined, that no misunderstand-
Ing or evasion can arise. The Democratic
platform declares for free and unlimited
coinage of the silver of the world. The Re-
publican platform stands in opposition to
anything short of full and complete dol
lar, and approves the legislation of the last
Congress, which is mighty bulwark for
the protection of silver. The free coinage
demanded by the Democratic platform
means that all tine silver Of the world can
be brought to the mints Of the UniteS
States and coined at the expense of
the Government; that the United States
mints must receive 412k grains of sill
yer, worth so cents the world over, and
coin therefore silver dollar, which, by
the fiat of the Government, is TO circulate
tup pcUplc DIS u lull uDlldE. II uOeS
not take very wise man to see that this
short dollar will become in time the eXclu-
slve circulating medium of the country
Gold will be taken from the circulation of
the country and boarded and the effect will
be that the circulating medium will be re-
duced to the extent of the gold now circu-
lating, and we will be compelled to do the
business of the country with the silver dol
lar exclusively. We lave not been able to
secure an international ratio, which all the
nations OF the world would adopt, and with
the free coinage of silver the Unite& States
would be still further removed from any
international agreement. The nations which
are on silver basis alone are the poorest
nations OF the world and are in constant
financial disturbance and monetary dis
order This has been pointed out by eX-
President Cleveland, and Governor Camp
bell even has declared he had doubts about
the wisdom of free coinage. Under the
present condition the country cannot afford
to chance it. If there is to be any ploft in
the coinage Of silver 1t should go to the Gov
ernment, as it has ever since the Bland
Allison act. This new declaration would
give profit to silver producers, and no
class of people would suffer so much from
the S0-cent dollar as the wage-earner and
the agriculturiSt. am in favor OF double
standard, but not of free and unlimited
coinage until the nations of the wOr d join
US In guaranteeing free silver status which
their laws now accord to gold"
Speaking of the tariff, the Major said, "a
revenue tariff, such as the Democratic
party advocates, can benefit and encourage
and build up no domestic industry" He
declared that it did not encourage labor,
save in foreign countries; that it supplies
work for foreign labor and takes it from
American labor. 1t was well conceived to
benefit every nation but this. A revenue
tariff would prove a failure to supply the
revenue wants Of the Government, and the
failure of the Government to secure suffi-
cient revenue would result in direct taxa
tion. Not alone would this result" the
speaker declared, ''but the industries of the
country would be destroyed and laborers
forced to farm and become farmers COM
petitors. A protective tariff which keeps
the treasury full of money builds up the
industries of this country aud furnishes en-
ployment for labor and at better wages than
can be secured anywhere else or under any
other system"
The speaker declared that under pro-
tective tariff the public debt had been re-
dueed nearly two-thirds, and the State
debts had also been reduced. He refuted
creased mortgages. 1t had nothing what
ever to do with the question. More than
this, the speaker declared, the protective
system preserves home market for the
people at homer Reciprocity was a pro-
vision which in no way encroaches upon the
protective principle, nore2n in any way de-
strOy or undermine protective tariff.
The speaker declared that the statement
that the sugar bounty was more burdensome
than tax was untrue. 1.-The bounty will
encourage the production of sugar here in
stead of destroying the industry"
The tin-plate tax was defended. The
Major said there was much criticism about
the duty on tin plate, and fully as much
as criticism.
In closing, Mckinley said: "What will
the Democratic party do on the silver Ques-
tion? The vast majority of the party are in
favor Of debased dollar. Will they register
their will, or that of Cleveland? We must
wait. Meantime, let Ohio record her verdict
against the degradation Of American lab or
and the debasement Of the American
dollar"