The state capital., 1892-07-02
Gov. McKinley's Speech,

Upon taking the chair as the perma
nent presiding officer of the nationa
republican convention at Minneapolis
Gov. Mckinley spoke as follows:
1 thank you for the honor of presiding ove
the tenth national convention of the repu blicar
party. Republican conventions mean soma
wing They have always meant some thing
| Republican conventions say what they NEAR
and mean what they say. They declare princs
pies, and policies, and purposes and when in
trusted with power, execute and enforce them
The first national convention of the republic
\ an party was held thirty-six years ago in the
city OF Philadelphia. The platform of tha
great convention reads to-day more like ins pira-
| efon than the affirmation of political party.
every provision of that great instrument made
Dy the fathers of our party is on the public stat
| utes OF our country to-day. Everyone of them
has been embodied into public law and that
| cannot be said OF the platform Of any other DO
Htical organization In this or any other country
OF the world Whenever there is ANYTHING to
be done in this country, and by this country,
and for this country, the republican party is
called upon to do it.
There is one thing that can be said about our
organization that cannot be said about anv
other--it can look backward without shame O..
humlllatlon, and 1t can look forward with cheey
and exultation. That cannot be said OF any NJ
l1t1cal organization other than ours in the
United States.
Thus, gentlemen Of the convention. we are hare
to-day to make platform and ticket that will
commend themselves TO the conscience and in
telllgence and judgment OF the American people,
and We will do it. Whatever is done by this
convention, either as to platform or as to ticket
Will receive the approval Of the American peo-
pie in November Of this year.
We have already heard some of the notes of
victory, for this is republican year Rhode
Island has Sn1l<an O11v
spoke, electing three representatives three re-
publican representative to the congress of the
United States, and when we get through with
this convention its conclusions will be the law Of
republican action as they will be the assurance
Of republican victory
We are for protective tariff and for reci
proc1ty We propose to take no backward step
upon either one of these great republican prin-
clples We stand for protective tariff because
IL represents the American home, the American
hreside the American family, the American
girl, the American boy, and tho highest posi-
bilities of American citizenship We propose
10 raise our money to pay public expenses by
taxing the products of other nations rather
than by taxing the products of our own. The
democratic party believes in direct taxation,
that Is In taxing ourselves, but we do not be-
lieve In that principle so long as we can find
anybody else to tax
Our protective tariff not only does everything
needed revenues, but a protective tariff does
more. protective tariff encourages and stim-
ulateS American industries and gives the wild
est possibilitieSto American genius and Amer
lean effort =
Does anybody know what tariff reform is?
And that is TO be the platform Of our political
opponents this year. What does it mean?"
you ask. Study President Clevelan rs utter
ances from the first one he m sde in New York
when heisaid he did not know anything about
the tariff, until his last one in Rhode Island and
you come away ignorant and uninformed as to |
what tariff reform means.
Since the war there have been three grest /
tarin reform bills proposed by democratic lead |
erS, none OF them alike neither of them with |
The same free list, neither OF them with the |
same tariff list, neither Of them with the same |
'ates OF duty but all made by the .dnmocratIn I
'arty upon the same principle to syN1y/U, ery
epresent tariff reform You m9g5b |T//// sar
90 to Springer and sz.12AaE aE4ZI ja ;na
| A wh1te woman of North CarOlin
gave birth to Negro child and charge
three Negro men with being it's father
every one OF whom has since disap
| peared.
| Within one year 160 Negroes hav
been hung or shot without due pro
cess of law. Seven have been burned
one has been skinned alive, and on
has been disjointed alive,
| WILL SUE EW YORK STATE.
/ 1t is estimated that the relatives @
Lewis, the Afro American who wa
lynched by the Port Jervis mob shor
while ago, have retained Lawyer Ru
fus L. Perry. jr. who will bring sui
for $lO, 900 damages against the state O
New York for the criminal negligenc
of the authorities In permitting th
death Of their relative at the hands O
a mob
Why do not more young women VIII
have their own living to earn, learl
some speciality in cooking?.The special
ist in all professions are the ones VIII
make fortunes. A young woman in St
Louis made 81 300 last year furnishin,
bread for the WOmen's Exchange. Sh
learned bread-making while she wa
waiting for an opportunity to teacl
school and she has now large over
built in her house and is apparentl,
satisfied with her profession.-: x.