Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-09-02
MCKINLEY.
His BrattlebOrO Speech.
1000 People Welcome Him
In Spite of the Sudden Disarrangement
of His Plans.

Gov. Mckinley had received an imperative
summons to return at once to Columbus,
the Ohio capital, important state business
demanding his presence there, and com
polling him to cancel all remaining New
England engagements.
In answer to an urgent public demand
the time of his Brattleboro address had
been changed from Thursday evening, as
announced in The Phoenix last week, to
Thursday afternoon, and a stand had been
erected on the common to give as many
people as possible a chance to hear and see
the Ohio statesman. Gov. McKinley's
first thought was that he could not speak in
Brattleboro at all, but he cheerfully con-
scented to give an address in the morning
when it was found that he could do so be-
fore the departure of the 1925 train.
Word was promptly sent by telephone and
telegraph to the surrounding towns, reach
ing all the people possible with the news
of the change.
On Thursday morning Gov. Mckinley
drove from Oak Ridge farm to Brattleboro
with Police Commissioner Osborne and his
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A large crowd had gathered, which stead
lily increased in size. The First Regiment
band was in attendance, and prominent
people, both men and women, occupied
the platform. Promptly at O'Clock Hon.
j. L. Martin, president of the BrattebOro
Republican club, arose and called the as
semblage to order by saying in one brief
sentence that the fiat had gone forth that
no one should occupy a moment of the
time but the distinguished speaker whom
they had come to hear, Gov. Mckinley of
Ohio Thus happily introduced Gov, Nc
Kinley arose and said:
Mr.. President, Ladies' and Gentlemen:
| regret very much to have occasioned
any disappointment to the people of Brat
tleboro and vicinity, and only for the
urgency of the call would not have failed
to have been present this afternoon to
address you at the time and place arranged
for this meeting. | do the best | could by
meeting you this morning to address you
on some of the political questions which
present themselves to the American people
this year. We are fortunate, very fortu-
nate indeed, that in this political contest
the chief question is of such a nature that
it can be treated directly, free from any
passion or prejudice and free from any
party bias. The great question is the
tariff. In a recent speech Mr.. Adlai
Stevenson, the Democratic candidate for
vice president, said that the tariff is the
all-important issue in the campaign We
probably would not have any tariff in this
country, neither Republican or a Demo-
cratic tariff, if it was not for the necessities
of the government. We must resort to
some sort of taxation, because every gov
eminent must have revenue or income
with which to conduct its business. George
Washington stated in his inaugural address
that we could not have revenue unless we
had taxation, and that any form of taxa
ton, no matter what, must of necessity be
more or less inconvenient to the people,
The only question for the people to
determine is what system will raise rev.
enue and raise it in way to rest most
lightly on the people. We require in this
country little more than 800, 100000 per
year for the expenses of the government,
one million dollars every twenty-fOur hours
From the rising of the sun this morning
to the rising of the sun tomorrow morning
one million dollars must fall into the public
treasury from some source. The question
therefore is how shall this money be raised?
The government has no money. The gov
eminent has no assets. The government
cannot make something out of nothing
and the only means it has of raising
money is by some means of taxation You
are to determine in this contest what
system we shall have for raising this tax.
/ assume, for the sake of argument,
that the majority of the people are in
favor of direct taxation. We have tried it
iuna IL hos hnpn a
failure. Many of the older people present
will recall the direct taxation during the
war. At that time every business and
occupation was taxed in some way. You
could not even give a title to property
without putting government stamp on
the deed. Little by little the whole system
of direct taxation was done away with
until now only the taxes on spirituous
liauors and tobacco are left, and | do not
know of any considerable party in the
United States that believes in direct taxa
ton. The choice, then, must be between
the Republican policy of tariff for protec,
ton, and the Democratic theory OF a tariff
for revenue only.
Now let me show you the difference be
tween the two systems, and | will try t.
make it so plain that the youngest person
here can comprehend it. Take that pitch
is a Republican protective tariff. 1t wa
not put there for revenue alone, but to EN-
courage the manufacture of this kind o
ware in the United States, and 1t has dom
il. We have some of the best potteries il
this country that can be found in the world
Now if it is revenue that you wish you mus
have the rate of tariff less than 80 per cent
for if you would have large importation
So per cent is too high, and we would hav
to make it say 20 per cent. Put 20 pc
cent on that kind of ware and what woul'
happen? 1t would produce revenue becaus
It would increase importation. You woul'
paw more money into the federal treasur
with tariff of 20 per cent on this war
than you would with So per cent tariff
but YOU would do it at your expense, an
the expense of your industries; for ever
cargo of this kind of ware that comes froI
Europe takes place of just that quantit
produced in the United States. But Will
YOU are putting more money into the trea'
ury with a revenue tariff of 2Oper cent, yo
will be putting out the fires OF your tactt
ries and sending your workingmen out
tramp the land begging for bread or TO 81
gage in other industries. Every cargo
that kind of ware that comes from Eurol
not only displaces that quantity OF pro-
ucts in America, but dispaces that amour
of labor required to produce that quantl
of ware in America. 1t gives work an
wages to foreign workingmen but takes en-
ployment and wages from the America
WOrkinpmen.