The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-04-02

Rhode Island, Gov. Mckinley, not - .
representative of the State OF Ohio, but AZ
= representative Of protective principles.
On the side OF the Democra. , there have
bean no real attempts to discuss openly
campaign. Tho intelligent citizens of this
State do not need to be instructed In this
matter. ! am not going TO take mp your
time, but will gladly give way to b gen.
t1euau who il TO address you this evening
on TIE vttat question IN b campaign,
Gov. Mckinley was received with loud
and continued applause, and spoke ~ fol-
Political parties arc essential because
our government 10 . government OF the
people. They are the organs OF popular
the great divisions existing between the
two great pssgties. There are but two, the
question OF the currency and the question
Of the tariff. In New England h Demo
cratic party II In favor Of sound currency,
but che great majority are IL svo Of free
the late fight. On the other hand the
Hepubldca1 party stands for u sound cur.
xepcy and an honest dollar. whether OF
sold, silver or paper. So the Democrats
a Rhode Island, who believe in this. are
left 70 march under the banner Of the Re-
var. when tSs Democrats who wished to
Join the Union men were obliged TO
Join the Republican party. Four hun
dred and twelve and . half grains
ef &lver can Do bought for about 50
csnts; ystit - the proposition Of the DEM
sssss'f 81 e sS a's' % sS s Suy silver s Sw 5is m aG0
ket valus, ard every dollars worth Of sill
vef We buy the government issues = paper
certificate, and one dollars worth Of sill
yer bullion To- laid up against Il. Free
coinage gives the profit to the silver pro-
Queer instead Of TO the people In general.
mlntrs Is to 50 per cent. more profit than
any othsr producer gets. On the question
81 The tari6 the two parties are ~ sharply
divided - on the silver question. No
Democrat y to-day afraid to Say he IL q
free trader. He believes everything
Tor 1evenue only.
'sTo secure the most tariff from foreign
products. you must put the tariff
uDon those articles which do no
conpets- with ours. The Repub-
lican theory II we must put the
With ours, and thus make IL serv 70 u double
purpose. We have enough direct taxa
ZION during the war. You submitted to
- patriottcally, but at the end Of the var
thero Mala CRY from one end of the conn
try % thO other TO abolish direct taxation.
4x4S0cx euAuk oOOut u OCWOCEAtlC V8Ilu
q HAT 1t 10 always paid by the consumer.
The taxo on foreign products that do not
oompete with ours Is paid by the con-
sumer.
There il not one article Of American
production that Is not ~cheapened by the
the protective tariff. What would the
Democrats do with the tariff il they had
the handling Of It? There is not a man
who could come to Rhode Island and tell
what tertn reform means. What part Of
the tariff bill has yet been attacked by the
tho present congressf Not one. They
have got three items on the list now, and
thore are $500 items on the bill. AT the
present rate they will complete the tear
Ing up OF tho bill In about 500 years.
Whose interest Is IL to tear up this
bfIlf There Is not q w~orkingman who
would not Be injured by the overthrow of
that bill, In the United States. Europe
would b benefited, but we are not legis-
graph of that bill that IL not dedicated to
che American w~orkingman. There is a
vast difference between q tariff law four
weeks old, and one eighteen months old.
The nrst Is too young 10 speak for itself:
The lAttar has been thoroughly tried, and
Somebody has said a lie Is as good as the
truth. The Democrats said this tariff
wos going 70 send everything up. A good
many people lost money by believing
They say a protective tariff is q bur-
den 70 the people. Not q man In Rhode
lsland knows there is q protective tariff
law from the burden he feels; not a man
IN Rhode Islaud hut who feels the benefits
q ~ protective tari6. Come say the pro-
teceIye tan6 has not Increased wages.
Eo1e claimed Il would Il WAS intro
d. = maintain the standard Of wages.
v~1x!nGnon ere - well o6 90 IN Ameri-
11cu who have ~ opo dollar invested