St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-09-13
suggested by Kendallville Robbery

means committee, and would pre-
pare the people to some extent
! for what may be expected from the
present administration. He quoted
| further from Mr.. Wilson's article to the
effect that the Republican senate had
stood in the way of tariff reform by the
last congress, though the bills passed
by the last house and pigeonholrd by
the senate finance committee were
great and substantial contribution to
| tariff reform and showed the Fidelity
of Democratic house to its pledges,
although powerless to carry its meas
ures into laws because of Republican
senate and executive"
Gov. Mckinley said: THAT embar-
raSsment, unfortunately for the
country, will no longer stand in the
way of the Democratic party and its
chairman of the committee on the ways
and means. Both the senate and the
executive. as we'll as the house, are in
the hands of the Democratic party,
every restraint is removed, and we may,
therefore. he sure, i'll the language of
the chairman of the committee, that a
general revision will take place in the
line OF these six bills to which he has re-
ferred; and, as he puts it. more bills of
like character" will now not only be
proposed iii the house, but will pass the
senate and be approved by the eXecu-
tive. With this record and these de-
clared purposes before it, the business
world would be singulafly blind if it
had not shown its alarm.
I $50 the two economic systems are
| again on trial in OHIO this year.
THEREPUBLIC4N PATTY. s
has renewed its adherence to the system
of protective tariff. and the Democratic
party has, through its platform, de-
ciared its adherence to free trade, or
tariff for revenue only, and has put in
nomination gentleman who has been
conSpicuOusly identified with the free
trade wing of the Democratic party, and
is the representative of the most radical
views upon the subject. What the Re-
publican party means by protection it
has Interpreted in its legislation Of the
last thirty-three years, and its most re-
cent expression upon that subject is
found in the tariff law of $780, So
the people know what the Republican
party means by a protective tariff,
and would be glad to know what the
Democratic party mean in detail and
particularly by tariff for revenue only.
1t is fortunate that we have one so
distinguished and able-the very author
OF the tariff plank OF the last Demo-
cratic national platform ltseIf-to ad-
wise the country exactly what the party
now in power will do with the tariff. 1t
has occurred to me, therefore, to ask my
distinguished competitor what his tariff
would do with the law of 1890 in detail"
The governor then went through the
various schedules of the tariff law. ask
ing what Mr.. Neal>would do with this
and that, calling particular attention to
products of Ohio manufacture and es-
adjustments that employ thousands of
men at protection wages. and the prod
ucts of Ohio farms, including wool. He
said the employees in protected facto-
rles, the wool growers, the farmers and
the tobacco growers of Ohio would
anXiously
AWAIT HIS REPL Y.
MIR. Neal" he said, "can do the
cause which he represents no greater
good than 10 give the people informa-
ton upon this subject, taking up the
tariff law of 1890, and following it to its
conclusion, indicating the duties he
would impose under the system which
he SO ably advocated. When he has
done that, every citizen of the state can
determine in practical business way
which schedule OF duties he prefers,
those of Mr.. Neal or of the Republican
law OF 1890. Then he should 90 farther
and advise US what revenue he will Sc
SulO lIOlu HIS ldIlIl IGlOrlU law. VIII
he also inform the people what new
subjects be will draft for federal taxa
tion. if any? 1t would be proper in this
connection to have from him a full
statement of how he would raise the
money to carry Oh the government;
to pay its pensions and other
obligations" The governor contended
that the Mckinley duty on tin plate had
built up an inc tustry which is now CIV
ing employment to thousands of men,
and he assumed from the votes OF the
Democrats in the last house that the in
dustry was to be destroyed. He closed
with discussion of the pension Ques-
ton, declaring that the present admin
istration had been very unjust to the
old soldiers. He denounced the suspen-
sion order of the commissioner of pen
sions in the most emphatic way, and
gave as his sentiments On the subject,
the motto sketched across the front of
the capitol at the grand review in 1865,
"The only debt this country can never
pay is the debt 1t owes to the brave men
who saved the nation"