Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1892-09-26
THE TARIFF KING TALKS
Thousands of Wilmingtonians
Hear the G. o. P. Leader.
MENTIONS CHEAP MONEY AND TIN.

The interior of the old Wilmington
Rink was a mass of humanity on Sat.
urday night when the clocks all over the
city rang out the hour of 8. The attrac.
ton was a Republican mass meeting at
which Governor William Mckinley OF
Ohio was TO be the orator A speaker
stand, which had been erected on the
east side of the rink, was decorated with
flags potted plants and colored electric
lights. The Young Mems Republican
club occupied the long gallery at the
north end of the rink and had its patent
shouts and yells well-rehearsed by the
time the Republican leaders arrived.
Candidate Willis, who had left his
Sussex home TO hear the great protection
advocate, was the first to appear upon
the stage. Then, when the yells had
ceased, a long file of Republicans appear.
ed led by Senator Higgins Colonel Du-
Pont, A. d. Warner Joseph Pyle, Gen
eral Wilson and others, who added as a
body guard TO Governor Mckinley.
General Wilson called the meeting to
order, making a request that those in
the rear preserve silence during the
Grafton. He introduced Joseph Pyle as
chairman for the evening. Mr.. Pyle
arose amid cheers and thanked the tenn
porary chairman, saying that it was the
largest assemblage he had ever presided
over. He was indeed glad to see such a
multitude of representative Republicans
as well as beautiful women of Delaware.
But the greatest honor, he said was to
introduce TO this assemblage one of the
greatest statesmen living and whom, he
trusted in God, would one day be presi-
dent Of the United States, Hon William
Mckinley, ir., governor of Ohio.
When the governor arose three rous.
ing cheers were given under the leader
ship Of Chairman Pyle. Mckinley said
in part;
Political parties in a country like ours
are necessary. We cannot get on with
out them they register the peoples will
and embody the majority Judgment of
the American people We will have
political parties as long as we have popu-
lar government. There is no party that
Is Just what we would like to have il,
or just what it ought TO be to represent
just what we would have engrafted
into public law. Under these circum-
stances there is but one thing for us to
do. That is to connect ourselves with
the party that represents the body of
our best thought and best wishes for our
country. II is TO try to help some of you
to decide this question of choosing your
political utilization that / am here
tonight Parties are not always to be
judged by their records, but largely by
the party platforms in which they de-
clare the issues of campaigns and tell
the people what they will do, or intend
to do, If they are successful at the ballot
box. II is fortunate that in this cam,
paign the purposes of the two great
political parties express these intent,
and purposes without amb guilty
Two things are plainly expressed in
the Democratic platform adopted at Chi
cago. First, that the Democratic party
pledges itself 10 repeal of the tax OF
the 10 per cent of the state banks of
issue, and the abolition of the present
banking system of the country. This tax
was laid during the war for the purpose
of displacing state bank circulation with
national money. II had the effect in.
tended. II was necessary TO the conduct
of the war and the preservation Of the
government. We had nation to save
and national agencies were required Tn,
state bank notes went out of circulation
and the national greenbacks and the ma
tional bank notes came into circulation
There can be but one purpose in the abo
lition of the tax upon state banks, anC
that purpose must be to restore them
Few, il any, of the notes of the bes
banks in the oldest and richest states
were ever at par, while the counterfeite
did as profitable business as the banker
) and all at the expense of the people
Scarcely citizen who lived in that tim
in any of the states but has suffered los
nnaIa 4
of the land today will be found the oil,
s bank bills Of broken stats banks, strik
ing protests against the unsoundness o
the system under which they were es
g tablished. y fear the people do not rea
s lie the full force Of the Democratic dec
r laration in favor of state banks of issue
4 A protective tariff is a tariff that no
only raises revenue for the government
I but so discriminates as to give prefer
. ence to Americans over every othe
country of the world IL lets in freel
e those products wherein there is no com
petition, and puts the tariff on product
n that come in competition with our ow
d products. In doing this, employment
= for American labor inevitably follows
A revenue tariff is for revenue only
excluding every other consideration an
taking no heed for anything else. Tha
0 is Democratic revenue tariff A DIT,
,, tective tariff does everything and MOI
= than revenue tariff
"a Democratic orators contend that DR.,
!, lection is unconstitutional. Why ]
n 1888 the first law ever made recognize
a protection in its fulness. The protel
T, tive laws are constitutional and Who'll,
n some. and they bring blessings an
~ benefits to the American people. Their
/ is not man in. Delaware who does IL
n know he is benefited by the protectiy
"a tariff. What he does not know is tn,
m he is burdened by the protective system
Ia New the Democrats want a tariff +,
~ revenue only. We had a taste Of thu
a. from 1916 70 1860, and during that fou
r teen years there were but two years this
~ the balance of trade was in our favo
or The remainder of that time we pt
N millions on top of millions of dollars I'M
N European Golfers. We became so DO.
n. under that revenue tariff that we had 1
y money to pay necessary and ordinary e.
penses Of the government. What WI
the resultg The government had
credit and congress asked the states
MI indorse its bonds so that money could |
cd borrowed Now the government can q
a.. money at premium ON a sinulo nam