Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-23
M'KINLEY AT DETROIT,
Defends His Tariff Act in a Vigorous Speech
General Alger Master Of Ceremonies
Blaine Sends a Letter Full of Good Re-
publican Cheer.

! -General Alger Master OF Ceremonies
Blaine Sends a Letter Full of Good Re.
! publican Cheer.
j DETROIT, Feb. 22.-Washington's Birth
day, the presence of three or four Presiden-
! tai possibilities, Republican and Demo-
cratic, aside from its own Presidential possi-
bility, General r. A. Alger, and the annual
banquet of the crack Republican organiza-
tion, the Michigan Club, were almost too
much for the southeastern corner of this
State.
There were ex-President Cleveland, ex-
Governor Campbell, of Ohio. on the one
hand, with Governor Mckinley and ex-
Governor Alger on the other, all in the city
at once, not to mention others of national
fame.
The event which brought together the
leading Republican politicians from all
parts of the State and many from other
States was the annual Washington's Birth
day banquet tonight of the Michigan Club.
1t was stated that it was not given for the
purpose of forwarding the interests Of any
Presidential candidate, particularly was it
denied that there was any intention to boom
General Alger.
The Michiganiz'ng to Be Reversed.
1t was nearly o'clock when the banquet
began, and it was more than an hour later
when General Alger introduced Congress
man Burrows to deliver the address of well
come. In doing so, General Alger referred
to the Michiganizing of the State by the
Democrats and declared that in November
next Michigan would elect Legislature
that would not only restore the Legislative
districts to their proper sphere, but would
elect a Republican successor to United
States Senator Stockbridge.
Tremendous outbursts of applause greeted
every mention of the name of James G.
Blaine bv such well-known statesmen pres
ent as Congressman Burrows, Senator Per-
kins, of Kansas; Senator Dolph, of Oregon;
J. Sloat Fassett, of New York, and others
Mr.. Blaine sent the following letter of re-
gret:
General Ager, Detroit:
MY DEAR SRI regret that 1 cannot be
present a. your club meeting on the 22d.
Official engagements forbid. But cannot
refrain from sending word of good cheer
on the prospects of the Republican party on
all leading measures relating to the
industrial and financial interests of the
people. We are strong and growing strong
er. On the contrary, our opponents are
weak and growing weaker. They are
is our own fault. We will be justly censura-
BILE If, with such great measures involved
every Republican does not feel that he is
appealed to personally and that victory in
the election depends on him. Very sincerely
yours, JAMES G. BLAINE.
Mckinley Defends the Tariff
General Alger introduced Governor
Mckinley as the Architect, the Builder"
and storm of applause, repeated again and
again, greeted the brilliant Ohioan. He
began by saying:
Whenever anything is to be done in and
for the country the Republican party
years. beginning with Abraham Lincoln.
When the ma tion wanted the tariff revised
on protection lines in 1855 it called the Re-
publican party into power to do it, AMI that
party did it to stay. Not one page OF it can
be repealed in 10 years. At the present ia te
the present Congress cannot repeal it in %
years.
They have started in to repeal it item by
item, and there are 1000 items in it, Nor
rison tried it and disappeared from Con-
gress: Mills tried it and lost the Speakership:
Cleveland started out to shear that sheep
and came back shorn, and now Springer is
trying it. You cannot make wool free on
the sleeps back and tax it OH our backs.
Protection must be for all or none. No man
or woman in Michigan knows of the tariff as
burden, but everyone of them knows it as
a blessing.
Protection is the national policy because
when free trade and protection were the
issues before the people, protection always
won. 1t might be true that without pro-
lection some things would be cheaper for a
time, but in the end it would be a. the price
OF human degradation, and nothing is
cheap at that cost.
We Can't Compete on Europe's Terms
We can compete with the world on equal
terms, but we give the Nations notice to-
night that we do not propose to bring the
conditions down to theirs. They tell us
they want free raw material; we never had
anything except raw materials under DEM
ocratic rule.
There has never been line of manufac-
ture established in tins country which the
Democratic party has not said could not be
manufactured. They said we could not
make pearl buttons. | visited a pearl but
ton factory in this city to-day, employing
200 hands, receiving SIG per week, against 81
per week for the same work in Europe.
They told us we could not make tinplate; at
least they did before the election. We have
heard nothing of it since.
The ONLY way to win is to be courageous |
We lost 1890 by listening to the campaign |
prophet, but now the campaign prophet is
out of a job. They told us the last tariff was |
months and we have never before had as |
extensive trade.
The Democrats do not know what they |
want. Cleveland doesn'tand Hill doesn't, but |
they may as the outcome of what has taken |
place to-day. 1t may help Cleveland when |
he returns here to show him a pearl button |
factory where we manufacture buttons as |
cheaply as we got them before the tariff was |
placed on them. 4 Democratic Congress is |
trying to repeal the pearl button tariff.