The morning call., 1892-06-09
McKINLEYS SPEECH.
The Permanent Chairman ReW,ews the Work
of the PARTY

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MINNEAPOLIS, June 8.-MeKinley pro-
eeeded to deliver a brilliant and telling
speech, punctuated by enthusiastic applause
as point after point was made. Among
other things he said:
Republican conventions mean some
thing. They have always meant something.
Republican conventions say what they
mean and mean what they say. They de-
clare principles and policies and purposes,
and when intrusted with power, execute and
enforce them." He said: "The platform
of the first Republican convention in Phila-
delphia, So years ago, reads to-day more
like the Inspiration than the affirmation of
a political party; that every provision of
that great instrument is on the public stat
utes of our country to-day, which cannot be
said of the platform Of any other political
organization in this or any other country.
Whenever any thing is to BE- done in this
country. by this country and for this eOun-
try, the Republican party is called upon 10
do it, This party alone can look backward
without shame or humiliation. and forward
with cheer and exuItation. We arc here
to-day to make platform aud ticket that
will commend themselves to the conscience.
Intelligence and judgment of the American
people, and we will do it. Whatever is
done by this convention, either as to plat
form or ticket, it will receive the approval
of the American people in November. This
is a Republican year.
''RhOde Island has spoken. Only yeste T.
day Oregon spoke, electing two Republicans
to Congress. When We get through this con-
ventiOn its conclusions Will be the law for
Republican action and an assurance of Re
publican victory. We are for a protective
tariff and reciprocity"
The speaker continued: docs anybody
know what tariff reform is? ['No. no. and
laughter.l That is to be the platform of our
political opponents this year. What does it
mean? you say. Study President CleVe-
lands utteranCes from the first one lie
made in New York. when he said he did not
know any thing about the tariff, until his
last one in Rhode Island, and you come
away ignorant and uniformed as to what
tariff reform means. Since the war there
have been three great tarff-reform bills
proposed by the Democratic leaders, 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 rates Of duty, but all made by the
Democratic party upon the same principle
| to symbolic aud represent tariff reform.
"You may go to Mills; you may go to
! Springer. and you will find they differ to-
| t,lly; but you may go to theHouse of Repre-.
sentatives at Washington which was elected
| distinctiyely upon what they call the tariff
reform issue, with a two-thirds majority
in the House, and what do you fnd?
They have passed three bills, let me name
| them:
"First-Free tin plate leaving the sheet
steel. from which it is made, tarifed, that
is, the finished product free and the raw
material bearing duty.
''Second-Free wool to the manufacturer
| and tariffed cloth to the consumer
"ThiTd-Free cotton ties to the cotton
States, and tariffed hoop iron to all the rest
of the States; that is their idea of tariff re-
form. Gentlemen of the convention, how
do you like it?
This contest that we enter upon Is for
the maintenance of protection and reci-
procity [applausel, and l want to say here
there is not line ON that tariff bill that is
not American. There is not passage that
is not patriotic. There is not page that
does not represent true Americansm and