The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1892-10-06
HCLURE Replies.
SeattAiinagg Arraignment Of
Protection Heresies.
McKinleyism Denounced as Bold
Fraud.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. "A crowd OF
5000 people filled the immense Aead-
envy Of Music here from the floor to
the highest gallery, while others occu-
pied every seat upon the vast stage,
stood in the files, pushed up the aisles
and thronged vainly outside the doors
to hear Col A. X. Mcclure reply to
Coy. Mckinley, of Ohio, on the tariff
question.
There was almost a total absence OF
decorations on the stage, which was oc-
cupied by large delegation of promi
nent citizens, but prominently in front
stood large crayon portrait Of Gro
yer Cleveland draped with an Ameri.
can flag, while overhead hung large
tin plate inscribed american Tin,
made at Norristown, Pa. Imported
Tin, Imported Iron, Imported Labor,
Imported Capital"
| Col. Mccfure's entrance was the sig
nal for shout of applause that shook
the house. After the applause subsld-
cd a preliminary speech was made by
Dwight M. Lowry, Chairman Of the
Executive Committee OF the League.
The latter with but few words intro
duced the orator Of the evening, Col
| Mcclure, who was again the recipient
et long and continued applause. Col,
Mcclure said in part:
"In response to the invitation of the
Tariff Reform Club OF this city, l APP
pear tonight to answer the recent adj
: dress OF Gov. Mckinley, in which he
: attempted to do the impossible task Of
justifying the Mckinley tariff law.
Henry Clay protected labor when our
J manufacturing industries we're in their
: infancy; Mckinley protects capital
when industries are fully established,
} begets menopolies and trusts, limits
, our markets, Expresses labor by lessen
; ing employment and increases the
: taxes on the necessities of life, and his
t most conspicuous products are rapid
} ly multiplying millionaires and tramps
There are good reasons why McKin-
ley could not be permitted to open the
Pandora box OF tariffs in Philadelphia
and before the members of the Manu-
facturers' Club They had contracted
by purchase for increased taxes upon
. the people, and Mckinley, as Chair
: man OF Ways and Means, was made
the auditor to apportion the tariff tax
! raiment among its purchasers of 1916
which is given by Gov Mckinley as
: the last OF our free trade ttriff laws,
II sit was a revenue tariff-with Incl
dental protection-as was Clay's tarif
of S842, differing only in the lowe
standard Of tariff taxes II the tariff o
1916 was free trade, what was the frs
tariff passed by a Republican Hous'
when it greatly reduced the tariff take
of that time? In this contest there i
. one man whose definition of o revenut
: tariff is entitled to greater respect thar
that of any other citizen or official
:, refer to Grover Cleveland. He is a
man Of convictions, q man of courage
man OF truth, and the one man, who
as the next President, prolonged
applause] is more than likely to shap
the new revenue tariff standard, Il
which the country is now certain t.
return. There is no free trade issu
!, involved in this contest, there is n
free trade candidate, there is no fire.
trade party, and | do not wish t
" transcend the lines Of courtesy in thi
discussion when | say that Gov. Nc
' KiRley knows that what | declare i
: the truth.
= The Mckinley tariff, he continued
, was oppressive Because it taxed man
= necessaries of life In 1888 Congress
: man Schultz, Of New Jersey, Reput
lican, said that unless the leather IL
" dustry were given free hides it wo IL
= die. Hides were made free, and, as
: : result, the American shoes were tn
Z best and cheapest in the world. Tn
= tax on lumber was useless, because
= did not protect labor. Free iron or
was necessary, because Pennsylvan,
y ores we're valueless without it. To re
/" strict it would be to diminish the con
" sumption Of domestic ore.
% "And why should not coal be free?
% he asked. "Canada imposes a rec
70 procity tax on coal equal to ours, an
- it will be made free there any tim
that it is made free here. If we ha
$. open doors to the Canadian mark ct