The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1893-12-02
SATURDAY, DECEMBER ,, 1898.
McKinley's Misrepresentation.

Gov. Mckinley, of Ohio, in an address
before the Home Market Club of Boston
last week, made this quotation from Pres
ident Clevelands message To Congress at
the recent extra session:
..It NAV be true that the embarrassment
from which this country is suffering arises ms
much from evils unprecedented rs rom 'hose
actually existing
Mr.. Cleveland was speaking solely OF the
embarrassment arising from the silver pur-
ehases under the Sherman law, passed by
a Congress Republican in both branches
and signed by Republican President. he
was speaking of the alarm among the peo-
nile which was as much imaginary as real.
There was no reference TO any other sub
iect. and Mr.. Mckinley knew it, but for
partisan effect he gave the President
words another meaning, and said
..rThis is true: Remove the apprehension
of Threatened tariff legislation, remove the
scare of II promised iree-trade bill. remove
The fear which has settled upon every busl'
mess interest. and confidence will return. IL
was this fear which found expression IN Tue
recent elections of the people, ana ihese'
however they may be regarded IN certain
quarters we're an impressive protest asa''s'
the party which created the iear ~
After misreprcseu,ing Mr.. Chad de-
the Ohio Governor misrepreser' He knew
liberatelv the Democratio-aed by the Dem
ocratic party, and he gave the negative to
his own assertion when he spoke ola 'free-
trade bill" To have free trade there
would not be any tariff bill at all, and Mr..
Mckinley believed that IA rev tariff bill
was intended, for he spoke of one.
Mr. Mckinley knew that the policy of
this government from its foundation to the
present time had been to raise the bulk OF
its revenue by means ofa tax on lmporta-
tons, and that the policy would never be
changed. lie knew that the Democratic
party propose to continue this policy, for
it is pledged to put the tariff on a revenue
basis, and the Democratic members OF the
Ways and Means Committee of the House
of Representatives had been working on u
new tariff bill for at least two months.
And further, he knew some OF the provI-
sions of the proposed bill, for certain
schedule, and an outline of the bill had
been given to the public.
Mr.. Mckinley not only knew that the
Democratic party intended to pass re-
vised tariff BILL but he knew that the gov
ernment requires nearly S50O,OOO 900
wear. and to raise this sum high taxation
is necessary rate so high that every
industry will be fully protected from foreign
competition A bill for revenue only,
which the Democratic party is pledged to
Give the country, will be necessarily pro-
teciive-but protection will not be an OBJ
ject. only an incident. The Mckinley
BILL to which the Governor Of Ohio was
the father, had protectio" for lis object as
well as revenue.
The Baltimore SIM, in speaking Of Gov
McKinley's address, says that he has evil
IDENTIFY learned nothing since 1890, and
continues
In that year he Mckinley passed II tariff
hill that sIrangled commerce in various aril
cles TO death and hobbied it greatly in others.
He also. as leader of the House. pissed the
Sherman silver bill. and later the wasteful
dependent pensions bill. Under the com
bined effect of these three h bills the coun-
try is now suffering. The bad times predict
ed by the opponents of these acts are now
upon us. They are felt everywhere. yet Mr..
Mckinley has the hnrdihood to tell us that
we suffer not from past, but from future leg
islalion-from an apprehension of coming
tariff reform and lower duties