The Red Cloud chief., 1892-11-04
LIVING ISSUES.

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N.a'fr LIVING ISSUES.
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Gov. Mckinley Talks to Illinois Repub-
licnns.
| In the co,,ysC of his campa;op tour
a. Ns.C;uI.- - nj. 80. =.
" o 1890
Danviiie, ILL, ~. where ne
was given nm enthusiastic greeting by
IN. remepdous crowd of aduirers and
en-. an,,,,..u. a. -. r.. 80.
~ oP"o''e"" W ""'""o SPo:e
ian glowlng t0rms upon the principle Is
sues of the campaign. He said:
II am here to-day 10 discuss with you the
past or To relate 70 you the glories OF the rcpub-
! iican party. am not here TO speak to you OF
the democratic marty OF the past. I an hero 70
address You upon living present issues that nj.
feet every mans calling and occupation, and
every mans wages, mud every mans invest.
ments. The past In behind us, ana whatever Of
good has been accomplished either by the re-
publican party or the democratic party, Ia 80
| cure to the American people, and to oil the
| American people. The republican PARTY il the
| only national party In this country to-day. II
| knows no sections, IL knows no geographical di.
| visions. IL knows no north and south, and en-.
braces all the interests OF every section, and In
all OF its legislation. no matter whether any
section voted against the party or for Il, the re-
| publican national marty took care OF nll the In.
49,, "a q :, p.ops ~ ~ ''na p@,,s
party. The great body Of the democratic party
is in the south. The courage, the brains, the
craftsmanship OF the vast majority that gives
c,oc,or,i xo,ss nv. All ,u ,hs sou,h onS w., ,hs
democratic leaders Of the north render ine,ioi.
| BILE to high places ON the national ticket any
man who lives in the south. They are good
| enough To vote the democratic ticket, they are
good enough to help achieve victories in the
elections, but when II comes TO entering the
sanctum sanctorum. they are not permitted to
enter. because twenty-five or thirty years ago
they were engaged in IN effort TO destroy the
union. AM its the leaders OF the democratic
party that perpctuate the memories OF tho war
aud make those memories render ineligible tho
great leaders OF the democratic party Of the
south for either the once Of president or vicc
president OF the United States. For twenty
ave years they have not been able TO get q place
on the national ticket Mark my prediction that
for twenty years TO come they will be denied
full fellowship with the little remnant Of the
democratic party Of the north, which 10 only q
party In name, and but for its southern allies
would not be designated o national party.
The democratic platform makes another dec.
~laratton for British free trade No party was
ever 10 brave 'beforo. Mr.. Democrat, do YOU
shy You ere not for free trader Then you are
not a democrat this year. You say you IRE for
a tarin for revenue only. That is the way Eng.
ANhe isiot hhoSsbDotVNV NNChy tWSlNC AuOnkuh.
THE speaker illustrated the difference between
n protective tariff and q tariff for revenue only
by taking . pitcher from the table There is
81 per cent tariff on that pitcher. know, for l
helped TO put 1t there. and I make no apology to
anybody At home or abroad for doing t. Every
dollars worth OF those goods coming from
Europe puts s. cents In Uncle Sans treasury.
Every sIoo worth sss: every 1900 worth ESQ.
but II Is levied not alone for the revenue. II IL
to encourage our own homo factories. To-day
used here, and the consumer gets the pitcher
for less than ever before. II We levy II for rev.
enuc clone, 55 per cent is too high, because that
discouragcs foreign importation. Mr.. Stevenson
said In his Bloomington speech that ~ per cent
is suficient for revenue Yes, for revenue only.
But put IL at that and shipload after shipload
comes over. We raise more revenue ut ~ per
cent than 10 per cent, but with the result that
you put more money In the treasury, but you
put out the furnace fires In the country.
II wish you could oil study the tariff act Of
isao, which put out the fires the whig tarin
OF lS4: had lighted. l wish you could read Web
SfaI'a GVaA.h On II ,.sl hail hat. taxa u,sa.