Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-10-13
rKINLEY AT ErNAvILLE.

was courteous aud did not interrupt
him, but il was largely composed Of
iron and steel workers, aud though the
eloquent Major assembled as high up the
ladder Of oratory as he is capable Of
going, it was the chillest political meet
ing ever held in this section. The
Majors highest and most imprisoned
flights Of oratory fell with dull, silent
thud upon his audience, which, by the
way, was large one.
His speech will be found fully re-
ported in our local columns. 1t is the
same speech he has been delivering
since the beginning of the campaign.
1t was a mass of platitudes which his
audience was evidently tired of hearing.
His arguments were few in number,
namely, first, thai the tariff is not a tax;
second, that the foreigner pays it all;
third, that the Democracy is in favor Of
free trade, and fourth, that if the Dem
ocratic party is successful we will go
/ back to wildcat currency.
Now. Gov. MCKINLEY knows that If
the tariff is not tax and tax on the
American consumer there is no "protec-
ton" so called, in the bill for which he
is the sponsor. If that law was not in
tended to raise the prices of American
manufactured goods, wherein is the
protection" against foreign competi-
tion? And il it was, does not
| the consumer pay, not only
the tax on the imported, but on
the domestic article? Almost in the
same breath speaking of foreign COM
petition Mr.. MCKINLEY acknowledged
that the tariff can be nothing but tax
on the consumer by stating that with
out charging higher prices American
manufacturers aud American labor
would shut up shop and 90 to the poor
house in body, thereby disprovIng his
own statement-that it is not tav
and does not raise prices,
His assertion hat the foreigner pays
the lax would be too absurd to consider
II so distinguished Republican had
not made it. Not a pound Of imported
goods is brought into the United States
that is not paid for at the regular
rates in the market in which it
was bought and the duty paid by
the importer before the goods were al
lowed to be delivered. If it were other
wise foreign manufacturers in numer-
Gus instances would have not only TO
give their wares TO the American pur-
chaser free but give to the custom
house officers the price Of the article
besides. The importer pays the duty,
and most certainly he adds it to the
price Of the article when he sells it to
the American consumer.
Mr.. MCKINLEY's argument that the
Democrats are in favor of free trade
needs no other answer than this brief
extract from Mr.. CLEvELAND's letter
Of acceptance:
WE WILL RELY UPON THE INTELLI-
/ GENCE OF OUR FELLOw-CoUNTRYNiEN
/ TO REJECT THE CHARGE THAT PARTY
/ COMPRISING A MAJORITY OF OUR PEo-
PIE Is PLANNING THE DESTRUCTION OR
/ INJURY OF AMERICAN INTERESTS; AND
WE KNOW THEY CANNOT BE BRIGHTEN
ED By THE SPECTER OF IMPOSSI-
BILE FREE TRADE.
Mr.. MCKINLEY's assertion that If Mr..
! CLEVELAND is elected we shall return
to wildcat currency aud so forth is
equally false and absurd, and as easily
disproven by Mr.. CLEVELAND, who
says:
| THE PEOPLE ARE ENTITLED TO SOUND
! AND HONEST MONEY, ABUNDANTLY SUI
FICIENr IN VOLUME TO SUPPLY THEIR
BUSINESS NEEDS. But, WHATEVER MAY
BE THE FORM OF THE PEOPLES CUR
RENCY, NATIONAL Or STATE-wHETHEE
GOLD, SILVER OK PAPER-IT SHOULD BE
so REGULATED AND GUARDED BY Gov
ERNArENTAL ACTION, Or BY WISE
AND CAREFUL LAWS, THAT NO ONE
CAN BE DELUDED AS TO THE GER
rAINFY AND STABILITY OF ITS VALUE.
Mr.. MCKINLEY could have been com
pletely Silenced with q few very sim
pie questions regarding protection to
American labor" His audience was
composed Of workingmen aud their
families mainly and most Of them
empl0lied IN The iron and stcet lpOrks
trl.Ose fires lCerc before AcKmleys eyes,
hare had their lDdgeS reduced since the
passage OF the Mckinley blu.
FORCE BILL METaODs IN ALABAMA.
Boss CHRIS MAGE, Of Pittsbnrg, is
down in Alabama trying to swing that
State iron Democracy over TO the
Third Party, He went there d.
rectly after consultation at
Washington with HARRISON, Attorney
General MILLER and Secretary FOSTER,
at which he was given complete control
of the Federal machine in that State,
A dispatch from Washington on the
subject saSs:
The first results of the plan settled upon
BY Foster and Magee. and no doubt APP
proved by til President and Attorney
aeaersl Mil here shown in last night 8