The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-09-02
HE OPENS HIS CAMPAIGN.
Boldly Poses as a Reformer OF
the Tariff.
FAVORS FREE RAW MATERIALS.
The Republicans, of Course, Are
Responsible for All the
Financial Distress.

CHICAGO, Sept. Franklin MacVeagh,
Democratic candidate for United States
Senator, opened his campaign tonight
before an audience which filled every part
OF Central Music Hall Delos H. Phelps.
chairman OF the State Committee, opened
the meeting with brief address. iE which
ne introduced William T. Baker of Chi
cage, who acted as presiding officer. Mr..
Baker. in few happy remarks. brought
forward Mr.. MacVeagh. who was enthusi-
astlcally received personally, and whose
speech was frequently interrupted with
cheers.
Mr.. MacVeagh. in beginning bis speech.
SAID the Democratic plan of letting the
people choose United States Senators is
not approved by the press and leaders of
the Republican party. They did not use
the Vanderbilt expression about the peO-
pie, but they evidently had it in mind. The
responsibility OF beng the only peoples
party is point by point being put upon the
Democrats. The Republican party. which
in its early days was famous in the line of
liberalism. has become a Tory party of the
most pronounced kind. Mr.. MacVeagh
reVie we'd at great length the events Of the
past twenty-five years, charging the Re
publican party with the responsibility for
all the business panics during that period.
Coming down to the issues involved in the
present campaign he said:
Il am tariff refOrmer, and know Of no
way left under heaven, except through
the Democratic party, to make fast what
we now have of tariff reform and to get
more. / believe in the reform method of
the Democratic party-in its radical, i'm
perative aud immovable demand for free
raw materials. Republicans In Garfield's
time believed in protection which leads
TO free trade; the Democrats Of Cleve-
lands time believe in tariff reform which
leads to free trade"
AS to the delay in passing the tariff bill
Mr.. MacVeagh said 1.-THE blame lies first
in our absurd custom of electing a Con-
gress and refusing to let it sit, except in
special session. for a year and month.
Then the panic came on directly after the
President went into office, and the extra
session to allay The panic crowded out
final consideration of an extra session for
tariff reform. But as soon as Congress
regularly assembled in December the
tariff was taken up. and it steadily alb
sorbed Congress until it passed"
Mr.. MacVeagh said he believed in BIZ
merallism. and continued: 1--WE need alb.
solutely both gold and silver-frea coin a ge
of both. But in attempting the reform
We must neither damage the credit of the
nation nor stumble Fundamentally from
gold mOnometallism, which is bad enough,
into silver moDomstallism, which Is worse
Up to now neither party has taken a frank
position on the silver question. 1t must
be taken up with frankness and determina-
ton such as characterized the taking up
of tariff reform, and the Democratic party,
the only party Of the people. is best fitted
for the task"
Speaking of the questions raised during
the recent strike as 10 interference by the
Federal Government, the speaker said ::
Il believe in local self-government. State
rights is not what l mean, but local self
government is far different matter.
On the other hand, l cannot feel certain
that it may not he for the national
Government to take control of GER
tain strikers. owing, perhaps, TO the
threatened continual existence of organ
lied strikes, but if so then let US not blind
ourselves to the fact that this will mean
another great step toward the centraliza-
ton of our form of government and a
change in our actual constitution and a
most serious weakening of the local re-
sponsibility for the administration OF law
aud the local sense of self-reliance to
! weakness. which is to weaken American
Democracy. And ii this is to be the effect
OF the present condition of wider strikes
on the one hand and wider lockouts on
the other, then l say that the duty of the
nation becomes more imperative than
ever to destroy the present barbarOus way
of settling disputes between organized
labor and organized capital. And / have
strong hope that before Grover Cleve-
land has done with the leadership OF the
Democratic party he will do for the indus
trial issue what be did for the tariff"