The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-01

Now the Major IL Working Things In III
Own State.

Own State.
Were il not that the chief interest Of
the nation Is centered In the vital ques-
ton which congress Is expected to dis
pose Of in special session. he campaign
which Gov. Mckinley Is carrying on In
Ohio with the ape Of securing his re-
election would receive almost universal
attention. The governor Is making his
campaign upon national issues For
this there are at least three very pal
pable reasons 1t would be unsafe for
him to deal To any extent with matters
Of exclusive interest to the state for
the reason that his administration has
been dismal failure, attended with
disgraceful scandals, marked by un-
prccedented corruption and responsible
for one Of the most grievous burdens OF
taxation ever placed upon the people OF
Ohio. In the second place the major
fully appreciates that the masses are
disposed to blame the ills that they en-
dure upon the administration and he Is
without conscientious scruples against
encouraging this tendency. He recalls
that it defeated Van Burcn's efforts for
a second term, that IL gave the house
to the republicans in 1857 and to the
democrats Immediately following the
crisis of 1873. As third reason, and
by no means the least, 1t affords the
governor a chance to use his tariff
speech, without which his campaign
material would be painfully limited In
character az well as quantity.
Mckinley takes the financial ques-
ton as his daily text, because it is the
one in which the people are most deep
ly interested. and then undertakes to
show that the stringency of the times
is the direct result Of general appre-
hension that the tariff laws are to be
changed in accordance with the policy
SO long advocated by the democratic
party. What has come as the newt
able result of the nefarious system for
which he Is so largely responsible the
major attributes TO an underlined fear
of what may follow upon the overthrow
Of that system. What has been the
curse to our commercial and industrial
interests he upholds as the one means
to their speedy restoration The sys-
tenn that has brought financial disaster
to the entire country he recommends
as cure for the evil What the peo-
pie have pronounced against in num-
bers never before approached in pass
ing upon a national issue, ne clings to
as the one sure dependence in the pres
ent crisis.
In 1890 the country emphatically de-
clared against q high protective tariff
when selecting its representatives TO
congress The Reputation of the sys-
tenn was emphasized two years later
when Cleveland was elected and the
government turned over to those who
were pledged to its overthrow. This
action was the result of years of ex-
pcrience and study. The people acted
with their eyes open and with full APP
probation Of the results which were to
follow upon their action. Theirs vas
distinct declaration that the laws
made In the interest Of the favored
classes that prompted them should give
way to legislation beneficial TO the en-.
tire country and to all its material in
terests They declared against the ac-
emulation of the nations wealth in
the hands Of the few at the expense Of
the many hampercd by unfavorable
legislation. Gov. Mckinley may win
his state election by the agitation of q
national issue, for Ohio has long been
dominated by the vast wealth of its
protected interests, but he cannot do
fer the action that will restore the gen.
eral prosperity lost through republican
folly or keep from the masses the
rights which they rose in their might
| to demand. Detroit Free Press