The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-10-05

me, stand with Washington" II have
little patience with free tradersn' he con.
tlnued, land nothing but contempt fol
those who will deliberately misrepresent
history and facts In an attempt to check
the patriotism and wisdom that has ere.
ated the protective tariff system, p
Leader.
Some folks, Democrats, of course, are
saying that Hon. Michael Daniel Harter
will be reelected to congress from this,
the Fourteenth Congressional district, at
the coming November election. AS the
dog days are not yet far in the past, this
wild manifestation of dog-day hallucina-
tion may be easily excused by political
igurers who have given the political con-
dltion of this district two serious thoughts.
A republican legislature made the dis
trict as 1t should be, republican by about
sixteen hundred majority, and today one
of the largest republican demonstrations
ever known in northern Ohio was made
by the sturdy upholders of the American
protective tariff policy of Wellington.
Governor William Mckinley, Jr., the
idol of Ohio republicans and the hero and
champion Of repnblicanism, the supporter
of all that is best in American politics
made speech for his friend, Captain
johnson, that was clear, concise, and
wholesome, 1t was one of the cheering
sort which the governor of Ohio is in the
habit of making. Michael D. Harter's
free trade and wildcat currency views and
beliefs were brought forth, and held up
to the gaze of an intelligent audience in
all their fair aspects, and then they were
dissected until only the bare skeleton of
British possession of American markets
and pauper wages for American work
ingmen stood forth in bold relief
Governor Mckinley. not only said a
word for his friend, Captain johnson, but
he formally opened the campaign for
Harrison and Reid. 1t was a meeting
which would have done great good to the
democrats referred TO. The hallucination
about Harters strength would have heen
dispelled, and their disappointment in
November would not have been so sharp
had they only attended this gathering of
republicans. All republicans can rejoice
In the views promulgated by the governor
and subscribe to the truthfulness and
and accuracy Of all the facts he stated.
Governor Mckinley said;
"The issues OF this year are nearly the
same as year ago, with the addition of
change In the position of the democratic
party on the monetary question. We
waged war on them year ago and won
glorious victory. [Applausel. A year
ago the democratic party was in favor of
the unlimited and free coinage of the
silver of The world. There was no sharp |
issue on that point because Grover Cleve-
land, the recognized leader of the party, |
was against free coinage. This year the
party has new plank on the money ques-
ticn which is a greater menace to our
large financial interests than any previous
stand on that question. The party stands
for the repeal Of the federal tax Of ten per |
cent on the circulation Of banks of issue. |
This platform virtually means the return
OF the old state banks Of issue, which we
had before the war. The tax of len per
was imposed as q war measure aud intend. |
ed 10 drive out OF existence the state |
banks. You old residents Of Wellington |
remember what kind Of money you had |
before the establishment Of the national |
banking system. One day you might
have a bill in your pocket worth what ii
represented to be, and the next day Il
would be worthless by reason of the bank
becoming insolvent. There was absolutely
no guarantee that note was worth any
thing, They were so easily counterleited
that there was as great danger Of getting
counterfeit bill as a genuine one.
These notes were all in circulation
among the people, and had been received
by them for their products, Now II is
proposed by the democratic platform of
1892 To make this condition possible, aye,
to invite II. Against It every working
man, every mechanic, every farmer and
producer, every business man should
enter an emphatic protest and make that
protest emphatic by voting against the
party which proposed 1t. [ApplauseI
I'VE have today the best currency In
the world. Our gold, our silver, and our
paper money is at par each the equal OF
the other in debt paying and in legal
tender power. They are good In every part
OF the nation and in every corner Of the
commercial world, whether the notes are
issued In Texas or Maine. There Is one
thing which this country can not afford to
tuae with and that Ia It's money-the
money which passes among the people In
return for their labor and their products,
and there is no contriyance so successful |
In cheating labor and the poor people Of
the country as an unstable, worthless, or
easily counterfeited currency. The prop
osition 10 20 back to the state bank clrcu.
latiou is the worst manifestation bf finan. |
cial unsoundness which has ever emanatsd |
from the democratic party. Il Is more
dangerous than their widest propositions
during the imitation era through which the |