The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-09-17
ELKINSTO WESTyIRGINIANS
Tariff and the Bugbear Force Bill Dis
cussed by the Secretary of War.
Senator Stewart Comes 0ut Boldly for tie
Pe pies Party and Demagoeua Weaver
The Campo On in the Hoosier State.
ELKINs AT DAVIS.

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The Secretary of War Discusses Tariff and
Fair Elections i'm w. st irginis-
WHEELING, w. Va, Sept. I6-The Re.
publican campaign IN this state was !o'm-
ally opened tonight by Secretary of War
Stephen b. Elkins. at Davis. Davis has
Q population of three tborsapd people, and
10 one of the new towns that Eave recently
sprung I'D In the northern part of the
State. An Immense crowd greeted Mr..
ElkiDs when he rose Co speak. 1t was com
posed principally of miners, railroad en-,
ploye s and formers. The speaker receive /
an ovation, and was listened to
throughout with close attention. be-
ing frequently interrupted by applause.
Secretary Elkins's speech was devoted
princIpally to a discussion of the tariff, the
speaker claiming that the great prosperity
of the ountry is due to it. He said the
progress of the industrial development of
the co uutry in particular was due to the
Republican policy OF protection. On this
point he SAID:
OF industrial progress in this country shows the
only safe way to reduce the price Of manufac-
S faGes ,n 1Toarsss a rs by Tand pTS.ssTing ,rS oSr
ing to home competition to regu-
late prices and prevent monopolies.
1t also shows for the last thirty years that under
the operation of the protective system the price
OF manufactured goods in the United states has
constantly been reduced, while wages have
creased. The Republican party also claims
that IL VIZ are ever to have free trade
IL must be through protection. Whenever the
time comes that the United states, through I'M
proved machinery and other agencies, can man.
ufacture goods as cheap as they can he made
abroad, then the Republican party will
ha I'LL nGd IN ria
dom of admitting foreign goods free.
The open land avowed policy of Grover Cleve-
trade on the country If necessary through a re-
duction of wages. or without regard TO the fact
whether our industrial plants can maintain
themselves or not.
ence of another crisis; one TO be fought out, how
ever, on lines Of peace aud with peaceable meth
DDS. the results of which. In a certain sense, and
be more far-renching than the one fought with
arms, and il which everything was lost.
Mr.. Elkins discussed this phase of the
question at length, and took up in detail
the financial and -othrrsquestions at issue.
Of the force bill issue he said:
What ia commonly called the force bill is used
by Democrats to arouse prejudice against the
Republican party in order TO escape from the
a an%ressn. , OF Inc ne 'a rim m Iae atte eg ,sa TO o crea5e
There is no force in existence. What
WIS hnOMu aS luG lOLCC Jill wax utlCdtCu
In a Republican Senate. The Republican party.
In it's platform, declares that every citizen OF the
United States shall be allowed TO cast one free
and unrestricted ballot in all public elections,
and that such ballot shall be counted and re-
turned as cast. In lss0 the Democratic
platform used this language: The right 20
a free ballot Is the right preservative Of all, and
must and shall be maintained in every part of
the Union" In 1854 the Democratic party
again declared that 1--WE believe in a free Ballot
and a fair count There is substantially no
difference on this subject in the platforms
and;no honest man or good citizen will be found
in the United States in either party to deny the
principle that every citizen should lie allowed TO
cast his ballot as he desires and have IL counted.
and all will acknowledge that fair elections are
essential TO the preservation OF the liberty or the
government.
The South is beginning TO understand that
nothing pr0spers or survives that Is founded on
wrong against law and where there 10 arrayed
against 1t n moral and intelligent public opinion.
The young men OF. the south are also fast reaiiz-
ing that the methods and practices in places to
prevent fair elections are working against
the prosperity and best interests of the
South, against the influx of population and
against the development Of her resources. They
also realize the demoralizing effects on the peo-
pie themselves that must follow in the wake of
continued wrong-doing and violation OF
law. In Tennessee. Virginia. Ala
bama and North Carolina, and other
portions Of the South the effect OF public Opin-
ion and the moral agencies that are at work are
felt. and the beginning Of the end Is at hand
IL ~ believed that the time has come when the
people of the South can be trusted TO settle the
question of fair elections. and in a way that Will
be final and to the satisfaction OF the whole
country. Instead of denying TO the negro his
rights. the Democratic party IL already seeking
his vote, ana whenever this comes aoout there
will be no danger of a fair election.
The 'bugbear" OF negro domination does not
exist in West Virginia. The force-niii shost can
find no place to rest in the pure air Of the mount
ain State.