Evening journal., 1892-09-27
MCCLURE GOES FOR M'KINLEY.
The Colonel Makes a Characteristic Speech
TO Philadelphia Democrats.

The Colonel Makes a Characteristic Speech
to Philadelphia Democrats.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. ga larger crowd
than that which heard Governor Mckinley
speak at the Academy of Music last Friday
night was present at theAsame place last
night to hear the reply tlGreto of Hon. A
X. Mcclure, editor of the PHILADELPHIA
Times. Over 5000 people packed the audi
torium and over a thousand could not gain.
admission. William NJ. Ayres, prominent
local manufactures, presided. The audience
was enthusiastic and the speaker was fre-
quently interrupted by applause. After
stating that he would not deal in partisan
platitudes nor special pleading, but in plain,
incontrovertible facts, he said:
The so called Republican protection 20 labor,
as presented IN the Mckinley tariff, is mingled
robbery and fraud. IL has bastardizod the
honest protection Of our fathers by subtle hy-
pocrisy and insatiate greed, until it is today
simply the fostering maggots Of monopoly
prolonged applause These are strong words.
and fully appreciate the fact that if l fail to
justify them in answering Governor Mckinley
! must justly forfeit public respect.
The Clay protective tariff Of lSi2 levied a
lower rate OF protective taxes than the Mills
bin, that Mckinley now calls a free trade
measure, and in his defonse Of protection to
labor he never claimed the right to enact any
thing but q revenue tariff, with incidental pro
lection for very brief period, as he held
that continued taxation for the benefit Of any
class was unjustihable.
Colonel McClure's solution of the failure
of Governor Mckinley to meet him in a
public discussion was:
The Manufacturers club muzzled him en-
tirely against joint debate, and when he came
70 give US a solo performance he was muzzled
ffHa
ment OF vital illustration Of present tariff taxos
that could invite discussion. President Thomas
Dolan, OF the Manufacturers club planted
down $4,000 TO help Quay get an honest cleo
tion in New York in 1885 and he made his fel
low wooden manufacturers follow his example
He promptly appeared before Auditor McKin-
ley, when sitting for distribution Of the plum
der, and was awarded the increased taxes on
woolens he demanded The Mckinley tariff
was made chiefly jumbo Of contract taxes
upon the people for the benefit Of contributors
to political debauohery, and IL is not surprising
that the contractors muzzled their champion
when there was danger TO their cause.
Reciprocity is FREQ Trade.
Governor Mckinley knows that a revenue
tariff does not mean FREQ trade, aud why not
state the TRUTH He knows that we have had
revenue tariffs under all administrations from
Washington down 10 Lincoln, and no one ever
proposed free trade as feature OF our ma
tionnl policy until Mckinney first gave IL birth
in the av Sward reciprocity provisions in his
tariff. Reciprocity is simply plain, unadul-
terated free trade, with variations only for
equal trade, neither OF which can he protection
as he now teaches it.
The speaker then referred 70 the building
mp OF the American shoe industry by the
placing of hides ON the free list in 1873,
which industry now supplies the entire
American market Just as our woolen in
dustries would supply all woolens for
American markets If wool were free" Con-
tinuing, the speaker said;
In nearly every important product Of the
farm on which the Mckinley tariff levics in
creased taxes ostensitly Tor protection, the
farmer has no protection whatever, as he is
without foreign competition. ana has 20 seek
foreign markets FOR the surplus OF every inn
portant article that be prQdne.
Irepresent one Of the nonpfotecte. indus