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


Gov. Mckinley, of Ohio, in an address
before the Home Market Club OF Boston
last week, made this quotation from Pres
ident Cleveland's message to Congress at
the recent extra session
At may be true that the embarrassment
from which this country is suffering arises as
much from evils unprecedented as from 'n"Se
actually existing.
Mr.. Cleveland was speaking solely Of the
embarrassment arising from the silver pur-
chases under the Sherman law, passed by
a Congress Republican in both branches
and signed by a Republican President. lie
was speaking of the alarm among the peo-
ple. which was as much imaginary as real.
There was no reference 10 any other SUD-
iect. and Mr.. Mckinley knew 1t. but Tor
partisan effect he gave the President
words another meaning, and said
This is true: Remove the apprehension
of threntened tariff legislation, remove the
scare of "A PROMISED iree-trade bill, remove
The f;.ur which has settled upon every busl'
ness interest and confidence will return. II
was this fear which found expression IN The
recent elections of the people, and these
however they may be regarded in certain
quarters, were an impressive protest against
the party which created the fear.
After misrepresenling Mr.. Gl4"u ue-
the Ohio Governor misrepreses lie knew
liberatelv, the Democrat;"ned by the Dem
ocraiic party, and he gave the negative to
his own assertion when he spoke OLA Gree
trade bill TO have free trade there
would not be any tariff bill at all, and Mr.
Mckinley believed that 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 Of "A tax on importa-
tions, and that the policy would never be
changed He 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 a
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-
yised tariff bill. but he knew that the gov
ernment requires nearly S50O,0O0,00o a
year, and t Aise 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
iect. only an incident The Mckinley
bill, to which the Governor OF Ohio was
the father, had protection 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 tnriiF
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 b 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 MIR.
Mckinley has the hnrdhood to tell us that
we suffer not from past, but from future leg
isiaiion-from an apprehension of coming
tariff reform and lower duties.