Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1893-10-21
THE MEANING OF IT.
xrae Significance of the Candidaturs Of
Mr. Mckinley.

MIR. Mckinley.
The c%andidature of William McKin,
ley for reelection as governor of Ohio is
not of itself particularly important. II
carries with it no element of special in,
terest to the people who reside out OF
Ohio, nor is it particularly thrilling to
the people Of the Buckeye state itself.
Ohio is a republican state, or at least
has been since before the civil war; and
were it not that its people have a lucid
interval about once in six years, the
outside world would not concern itself
about Ohio politics at all.
Gov. Mckinley, in the course of the
long and rather dull speech with which
he opened his canvass, quoted from his
opponent the statement that "the voice
of Ohio will be held, with universal ac-
claim, the voice of the nation" and said
that he accepted the issue thus ten
dered. As usual, Gov. Mckinley was
unfair. The voice of Ohio in favor of
tariff reform, which was what Mr..
Neal was speaking of, might well
be accepted us the voice of the
nation, because Ohio has so long
been a steadfast and bigoted advo-
cate of spoliation by means of pro-
tective duties, Her pronouncement in
favor of an honest tariff for revenue
might well be accepted as the voice of
the nation. To reverse the case, if the
protectionists would come over into
Kentucky and get a verdict in favor OF
the robber baron, they might well call
it the voice Of the nation, but they have
never been willing to accept our devo-
ton to the star-eyed goddess as repre-
senting anybody but ourselves. Mr..
Neal may well say that Ohio's declara-
ton for tariff reform would be equiva-
lent to the voice of the nation, since il
she reverses herself on thatissue, every
other protection state might be ex-
to do likewise. On the other
hand her adherence to the heresy of a
tariff for spoilation would mean moth
ing more than a repetition of the old
lesson that ''Ephraim is Joined to his
idols: let him alone" Gov. Mckinley
should know that we long ago
made our arrangements to reform
tariff without the aid of Ohio.
should she, however, decide that
wishes to have a share in
.he great and glorious work without
he hope OF fee or reward, her assis-
'ancc will not be rejected. Her re-
'entance will have come too late, but
who shall set bounds to saving grace?
Nevertheless, there is something pic
.uresque in the candidature of Gov.
Mckinley. The serenity with which
he bobs up with the most delightful I'M
Consciousness of the fact that he has /,
his party is without a parallel
n history or fiction. Perhaps the young
Gentleman mentioned in Great Expec-
atoms" who fought Pip in Mrs. Haver- i,
hams back garden, without the faint.
suspicion that he was o~utclassed, in
pite of a dozen %knockouts, may afford
omething like a suggestion of Mai.
lcklnley's state of mind; but that
%youngster involved nobody
ut himself in defeat, while Mckinley
allied down the displeasure of the
nation on earth, not only on
lmself, but on his party also. That
e dares again to raise his head high
nough to be shot at shows u curious
CONSCIOUSNESS of the mischief he has
ono, or else a wonderful confidence in
lie ignorance of the Ohio electorate.
erhaps both these reasons cooperate
make possible the candidature of the
ltative author of the most foolish and
oominable tariff law that ever encum-
red the statute book of any enlight-
led nation.-Louisville Courier-Jour-
IL