The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-06-09
PRESIDENTIAL TALK.
IS SENATOR HILL A PRoTEcTloNlsT7

Mr. Krichbaum Replies TO "A. moaregor-
Extract From HIPS Canton Speech
which Talks That way-Is Hill For or
Against Free Coinage,
EpIroR NEWS DEMOCRAT Amy gross
error or Misrepresentation | may nave
made in my recent communication to the
NEWS DEMOCRAT ought to be corrected.
heartily agree that we should be truthful
and fair TO our Distinguished men, and
such / have endeavored to be, even to
David d, Hill. ! said Mr.. Hill is an
avowed protectionist. My respected
friend, Mr.. McGregor, asks "when and
where did Mr.. Hill ever avow himself q
protect onist; why not give us an extract,"
That is fair, and here IL is from Mr.. Hill g
Canton speech of October 2lst, lS9O:-"We
believe that there should be tariH for
revenue and we are willing to say and do
Say most heartily that in the adjustment
of the tariff, we have the right TO make
determinations proper and just. deny
that the Democratic party ID a free trade
party, but do say that ii stands stronger
than any party in the history OF our
government for the protection of labor.
In determining what amount OF tariff
should be placed upon au acticle, We have
right, in raising the amount OF money
within those limits, to recognize the de-
mands Of labor. The necessary reduction
In taxation can and must be without
depriving American labor of the ability to
compete successfully with foreign labor,
and they must not lower the rates of duty
more than will be ample 10 cover increased
cost of production which may exist in
onsequence of the high rate OF wages
prevailing in this country"
Can the doctrine of pro.
lection be more succinctly and
more artfully stated? Does not Major
Mckinley state his position in almost this
exact language in nearly every speech he
makes? with exception of course of the
denial that the Democratic party is a
free trade party.) My friend will certain.
Iy not claim that the author of these words
does not advocate tariff for revenue with
incidental protection. A tariff for rev
enue with incidental protection Is not a
tariff for revenue only, and an advocate
of tariff for revenue with incidental pro-
lection is a protectionist aud an avowed
protectonist. Major Mckinley himself
advocates the doctrine of tariff for rev.
enue with incidental protection, and this
is the loop-hole out of which our Repub-
lican friends creep when they come to
pass upon the constitutionality of a pro-
tective tariff. ! certainly had thought ii
would not be denied that Governor Hill
had gentle leaning in the direction of
protectionism, inasmuch as some of his
most loyal supporters in the city OF Can
ton support him because of his middle
ground on the tariff question, and because
he is not so radical as Grover Cleveland.
1t is this spirit OF concilation and conces-
sion that protection is a wise and humane
policy, by David b. Hill, that / contend
uDtits him to lead the people in crusade
against principle that is fundamentally
false and unconstitutional, and so de-
clared by the Supreme Court of the
United States. beg to call the attention
of the readers of the News DEMOCRAT to
che fact that the speech | quote is two
years later than the one quoted by my
friend. Mr., McGreRor, and 50 contains the
EnyigEl npinippa Of tho GRANT F,raailantipI
aspirant. | am glad 70 say that while l
may be better read in Hamlet and the
Bible than / am in David B. Hill, am
well read in the revised edition of David
b. Hill, In this same speech Of October
2lst, 1890, which by the way, | heard, and
have since carefully read, Mr.. Hill said,
"We (surely not the Democratic party,
but David B. HilD believe as far as pos
sible, there should be little governmental
power or influence exeerted IN behalf of
any mans business" "As far as
possible!n Little governmental pow
eror influence! Gentle reader, oblige me
by thinking about that for moment.
What 4 concession! Is that not an adj
mission that protective tariff is consti.
tutional? Why had he not the courage
to preach sound Democratic doctrine and
say, mo governmental interferenca-notI
even little governmental power or influ.
ence; no special favor TO any men or
class of men?" 1t is just such sops and
Ehluhs vi DTOltCllou lSdVtil, uEODDPu DY
Democratic leaders, that has kept the Dem. |
ocratic party straddling the tariff issue,
up TO that mOmentous event when Grover
Cleveland had the courage to publish q |
message and soy, (because it was right to
say), that this principle of protection is |
false and uncous Itutloaal and must 90,
though fall a ~ rtyr With it. But Gov
ernor Hill, after ying at Albany in 1888, !
"permit lne 20 suggest that there must be
no pack track takeu on this ,
came into tie Mecca of Protec. |
f60nism, wher" we have been open
ly assailing the protective tariff as wrong |
in principle, aU' maus this astounding
confession, that "Protectiyn is sound in !
principle" intima,inR lhGt there may be /
a little governmental power or influence
axerted in behalf OF a mans private busi- /
ness. IL certainly does seem as though 1
Mr.. Hill did take back rack on the tariff l
question, thus nuliitylng the famous /
declaration he made in 1890, which leaves /
the extract cited by Mr.. McGregor of no |
force whatever. | am frank to confess |
tkat Senator Hill may have intended to i
leave the Democratic voter some what in 1
the shade as TO his real meaning on this 4
question, because the author of this |
cloudy concession 10 protectionism made /
that unique siivery speech at Emira, |
which is a declaration, both for and |
against the free coinage of silver, just as 1
the reader may ds3ire. May / not ask,
for the Information OF the readers of the i
News DEMOCRAT, whether David b. |
Hill is or is not "bliud follower |
of the blind millionaire worship of the /
golden calf set up by John Sherman q |
Co., aud whether he Is or is not "full |
devotee in this golden PARTICULAR and |
where can his utterAnce be found. Was |
il not, too, this same artful dodger who, |
on the Goth day Of May, 1892, in the United |
States Senate, bOlted the vote on Senator /
Stewards motion for the consideration 4
of his bill for the free and unlimited coin |
Plain Dealer Of May 27'h, 1892, first page, |
from the Washington dispatch of May |
26th-"Before the clerk had reached the !
G's, he (HiD realized the situation and |
boIted. The Senator had no time TO shove |
his voluminous correspondence into his i
desk he grabbed up bis open letters and /
rushed towards the main entrance. As /
he opened the swinging doors, he came \
into violent collision with Mr.. Lodge OF 1
Massachusetts,, who was coming in, and |
Wellniph knocked the paper chaser
Btatesman off his feet.n All was done 10
the great amusement of the specta. |
eors in the gallery. What a
spectacle Was that the act OF brave
man deserving the leadership Of greai
party? Would Grover Cleveland or Allen |
G. Thurman or Samuel j. Tllden or
Andrew jackson or Gen. Hancock, or a |
thousand and one other Democrats whom
could name have sneaked out OF such ]
dilemma? Is 1t not too bad that he should
desert his friends and devotees in that
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