The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1893-09-28
Governor McKinley's Speech at
Somerset, Ohio,

Chlet Magistrate 0I Inc State from
all the people. His speech, to he
understood by the average voter,
though the ahIest ever delivered
by any man of his pariv,was de-
fense of McKinleyism, its iarlff,its
currency, its favored classes.
The disasters which have follow
ed IT, eliminating in strikes, result
ing in bank failures, in suspension
of business, and finally in the cry
of hunger produced bv idieness,
and of poverty tina, shames The
fair face Of the Republic, are
charged to the election of Cleve
land and therefore, to com mand Of
The nation by large ma jOrity Of
its white voters and most patriotic
people 'Io reform The tariff" 'tO
reform the currency, and 10 re-
store confidence in finance and the
stability of The Union.
IT'S TRANSLATION BY voX PoPULl,
Ladies Gentlemen and Fellow
citizens: there are two parties;
both are not right: one Is wrong.
the ether right; one is the party of
privilege TO which l belong and
whose attorney l am and have
been;the other Is the party OF pre-
rosaiive TO which my distinguish
ed competor for The Governorship
belongs. MY party dispenses ia
vors Of high protection, vnlgarly
called taXaiiOn,to favored class,
called manufacturers; monopoly TO
another class called bankers, to
whom is delegated The power of
congress to regulated money and
make it plenty or scarce; pensl ons
TO another class, regarded b" me
as hired by the month to vote the
Republican ticket, TO maintain
seclion-animosilies. to denounce
Democrats as rebels and 10 claim
for the Republican Africanized
party all the honor Of saving the
union, endangered only by Repub-
llcan success and Republican pol
icy in high places.
Tins party is sectional. but the
union is strong, and can endure
even the strong attacks upon IL
made by sectionalism. Mckinley
ism and his pensioned adherentS.
The r publican party is brave
and generous. II dIspenses to fa-
vored, protected interests three
times the sum required 10 support
the government and so slvly at
that AS not 10 be detected by any
but the students who sit at The
feet of my distinguished competl-
tor and learn how to 1Dmask the
tariff jugglerv.
My Republican party adds to the
million a day which it has secured
TO The noble tariff barons, over
million per day TO the finance
baronS S.and thisis done so smooth
lv and experliy that half the voters
lave never suspected il, while the
banks are playing into the hands
tf the Republican party by failures
suspensions and pretense and Thus
earning the privileges granted TO
them by the party whose candidate
am for governor of OHIO. Put
for these noble Republican tariff
b rons, even a suspicion could no;
be raised IN the mind Of the most
ignorant voter that the election
last fall. and not the Republican
party, caused the panic and hand
times.
To these favored classes we have
added a pension class TO which
Republican add rulings dispenses
half million daily, and in return
for which the recipient is expected
to help me in sustaining the other
two classes.
Ii IS strange therefore, that when
he banks and bar0ns cOnspired to
create a panic and toss the waves
of disaster upon the high seas Of
business, that even l and Charley
/; Foster went over board, and that
the banks and the barrons came 10
) nv rescue. Ii 1.-The spared monu-
ment of their mercy, were not now
true to them, and willing TO tax
t the masses five dollars for protec-
I,ion of the barrons. to get one dol
| lar into the treasury tor pensions,
i'll were even tardy in Willingness
= to betray the power of Congress
over the currency into The hands
of private cOrpOratlons.you would
have a right to call me an migrate
and traitor TO the noble conspira-
i, tors whom | serve.
There is even honor among horse
, thieves. Why should there moi
be honor in me and those conspir-
ing with me to continue our
games of gohbling in TO private
pockels, two millions and a halt
: daily coined from the sweat of toll?
This is a big sum TO rob from la
Dor every day OF the year, but 1t
, takes smart men to do il and eX-
, pert jugglers TO fasten low wages,
starving want, and the effects Of
thirty wears of such wrong doing
on Cleyeiand's election, which was
notice served on us that such tax
alton. such favors and such rob
berry must surrender their grip on
the helm of affairs.
The last grand struggle for the
lie of the tariff harons, The bank
bare ms, and McKinleviSm, IS nov
going on in OHIO, the last ditch
where monopoly Is to triumph aud
exclusive privileges are TO gam
ground enough to carry on war of
self defence.
The stakes are immense. The
, nnbrdIed Democratic party.led by
its boldAst and most daring com-
mander in Ohio. is bearing down
upou us, flaas flying. drums beat
ing, and lis bugle has sounded a
ballot charge on onrlnlrenchments
We, the great Republicn party
of pro, ec,ion, privilege and plnnv
der,a,e i'm danger of being routed
hor>e. foot and dragonn.
Our lines were broken last fall