Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-08-24
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How the Major Il Working Things I'm His
Own State.
Were it not that the chief interest OF
the nation is conferred in the vital ques-
ton which congress is expected to dis
pose of in special session, The campaign
which Gov. Mckinley is carrying on in
Ohio with the hope 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. It would be unsafe for
of exclusive interest to the state for
the reason that his administration has
been dismal failure, attended with
disgracefuI scandals, marked by I'M
precedented 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 Buren's efforts for
a second term, that it gave the house
to the republicans in 1857 and to the
democrats Immediately following the
crisis of 1878. AS third reason, and
by no means the least, it affords the
governor a chance to use his tariff
speech, without which his campaign
material would be painfully limited in
character as 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 tc
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
rs cure for the evil What the peo-
pie have pronounced against i'll num-
6ers never before approached in pass
ing upon national issue, he clings to
as the one sure dependence in the pres.
ent crisis.
In 1890 the country emphatically de-
clared against 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
We're pledged to its overthrow. This
action was the result of years of ex-
perience and study. The people acted
with their eyes open and with a full ap-
probation of the results which were to
follow upon their action. Theirs was
a 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 it's material in
terests.- They declared against the &C.
emulation of the nations wealth in
the hands of the few at the expense of
the many hampered by unfavorable
legislation Gov. Mckinley may win
his state election by the agitation of
national issue, for Ohio has long been
dominated by the vast wealth of its
protected interests, but he cannot de-
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