The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-11-02
MKINLEY.
HE CONES AND TALKS TO TWO AUDI
eNcES.

Il
About two Thousand people fllled the
Tabarnacle, Monday night, when Cover
nor Mckinley spoke. The audience was
par " composed of men ana boys, partly
| OF o d and young ladies, the latter's cur.-
osiiy probably leading them TO take q
last look ut his Napoleonic maj esty before
bis vacation of the RubernatorIal chair for
the Hon. L. Il. Neal. Many gray haired
and bearded men, presumably to learn II
Mckinley had detracted from or added
anything to his GRAFTON.
The stage was occupied by local Re-
| publicans and the oratorical lights of that
party. Mrs. Mckinley sat upon the stage
At the side Of Mrs. W. A. Lynch and Miss
Barber. Several pretty banners festooned
the ceiling aud sidewalks, and o printed
likeness of Mckinley hung on the east
wall. The general ornateness was made
/ up OF the Governor, who sat at the front
| of the stnRe clothed In deep black. Back
of him sat J. J. Grant, and Hon. George
Baldwin, chairman OF the evening. There
| was some applause during the meeting.
1 The Governor spoke about an hour aud
. half. Several times previous to, and
| during the speaking, there were rushes In
| the crowded galleries. of people who
imagined the thing was going to come
down. Although somewhat crushed no
| one was severely injured.
| J.J. Grant opened the meeting by few
Introductory remarks, but Jim's talk was
| not 80 interesting an the aong which T..
| M. Richards, of New Philadelphia, render
| ed, entitled, HE Will be Re>elected," to
the tune of "After the Ball." There was
much applause, but the effect was magic
ally ended, when Richards refused to re-
| spond to a possible encore explaining
"How the Thing In TO be Did.n Grant in
troduced the Hon. George Baldwin, who,
after q few eloquent remarks, introduced
the Governor.
About one bali of the audience was
| made up OF iAdies-real we'll dressed
ladies. Ladies' in jewels, fine linen, rich
laces and expensive wraps. These ladies
went early, some as early as half past six
and took front seAts. There were very
few of the wives and daughters OF labor'
ing men present, however, as they have
read the schedules, and do not regard the
Mckinley bill as aoything but an opprea-
sion on the poor mans wife and children.
For instance, the following list OF tariff
| taxes on articles consumed by the rich
and poor, ss provided in the Mckinley
bill, make the poor mans wife and
this feeling the shop girls, type writer's,
| stenographers and all that class who
work with hands and brain largely share.
Here, while the band Is playing
| and the pickpockets are getting in their
| work, we will enumerate number of
hTHCleb uheu Dy tue poor Ulhu duu ulh
family, Cotton corduroy, before the Nc
Kinley bill was tariff taxed 35 per cent,
Mckinley put up the rate to 20 per cent.
Imitation plush, worn by the Dueber girls,
was formerly taxed 30 per cent, McKin-
ley put 1t up ITO per cent. Woolens
| used by workingmen and women, before
the Mckinley bill were taxed 30 per cent.
went up to ITO per cent. In the Mckinley
bill. Cotton velvets, that were taxed 40
per cent, were put up to 80 per cent. Cot
| ton laces and handkerchief, from 40 per
| cent. to go per cent, sleeve Innings and
striped cotton goods, from 30 per cent. to
| 100 per cent. Cheap black alpaca, from
| go per cent. to ITO per cent.
But our rich wives and girls, who use
| finer goods Jared much better in the Nc.
| Kinley bill hence they have right to ap-
| pear and cheer, and wave rich lace hands
erchiefs and nod highly decorated bon
nets. when the robust form of the
| LeJ US show just how that is Take
| fine caBsimeren. The old rate of tariff
was 49 per cent, under the Mckinley bill
IL was increased to GO per cent; but seal
skin sscques that formerly paid 30 per
cen. we're we're reduced eS to 20 per cent. sn Fine Fine
was raised to go per cent. Silk velvet that
was taxed 30 per cent was allowed to
stand just the same in the Mckinley bill
Silk laces were raised 10 per cent; silk
sleeve trimmings were not changed
neither was plush silk. So you will sec
| that OF seven articles, used by farmers
wives, and those not able to be be-
jewelled, the tax was raised 43 IL per cent,
| Dy the Mckinley bill while seven articles
consumed exclusively by the rich the
tariff tax was only raised 3 per cent.
But Of course, the Major made no mem
tion OF these figures In his oration. He Ia
too smart for that.
We regret that two Of our high Protec-
ton Republicans, VINO believe that
the foreigner pays the duty, were
not protected at this meeting. On
the contrary they were robbed by pick
Housel and Geo. w. Lynch. Capt. House
lost $l2 In cash and very genial temper
and several trinkets and keep'sakes tc
remind him just how Protection fails tc
protect. Mr.. Lynch Lost his small change
and q note for $l98. Mr.. Lynch hal
always believed in Protection, but he los
When Gov. Mckinley was introduced
he was greeted with long continued ap'
plause. He acted az IL he was used to IL
he smiled serenely, just as IL his tariff
bill had not knocked the Republican,
silly in every State west Of Piqua.,
He said q great many things in the houl
and half that he occupied, that he hat
said many, many times before. Indeed
our reporter has compared hi
speech last night with his opening
speech at Akron and we find II In thl
same thing with the exception of few
local references. Hence we will not re
print what we have already given ou
patient readers.
AT soHAEFER's.
The following speakers were delegated
to address the overflow meeting At tn,
opera house: Judge VIM. r.. Day, AlleI
CArnes, Hon. Geo. e. Baldwin, Secretar.
of State Taylor, Candidate for State Treas
urer Cole, and Hon. W. HArtranft o
Bsllefount, Pa. The audience at the
Schaefer opera house was quite fair. Tn
first floor was we'll filled aud there wer
AZ men and boys In the gallery.
Allen Carnes officiated az chairman ant
made brief speebh, In good form ant
voice. Secretary OF State Taylor then nj
tempted to make q speech, but IL was
very tame and lame effort. Taylor Is no
well informed In politics. He mad
many glAring errors of statement and hiI
4 voice 10 thin aud irritating and his styl
pensions, but the most OF his al
legged facts are glaring falsehood
known to be such by every soldier an,
citizen, who has studied the pension ques
ton.
For instance, Taylor said no Rspublical
President ever vetoed n pension bill. Il
this he bellies history, because everybod.
who knows anything about the soldie
business knows that President Gran
. vetoed the bill for the equalz alton of sol
diers bountieE In 1876, measure of jus
tice, and thas John Sherman and Senate
Edmonds. OF Vermont, two leading Re
publican United States Senators, are tn
Identical roosters who induced Gen. Gran
TO do II, against all bis patriotic inspire