The Monticellonian., 1894-10-26
AMONG THE PELICANS.
Gov. Mckinley Addresses a New
 Orleans Audience
That Filled tile Immense Auditorium While Thousands Were Turned Away Delegations From All Over
 the State and Mississippi.

tlonary measure, had formed a cordon about every entrance, fully one-half of that number sought for admittance in vain. It was the most remarkable political demonstration that Louisiana has witnessed since the early seventies. Delegations were present from the principal points in the state ahd Missis- sippi within a radius of 200 miles.
 The governors train reached the city shortly after ? ?. m. There was a big crowd at the depot and three cheers were called for and given with q will as the governor alighted from the train and entered his carriage
 The meeting at the Auditorium was announced for 8 o'clock, but two hours earlier the crowds around the public entrances were so dense that the doors were opened and a company of police was called for to assist in regulating admissions.
 When Gov. Mckinley entered, the cheers and applause were deafening and long
 Gov. Mckinley was introduced and spoke as follows:
 Standing in the presence of this vast assemblage, which is similar in it's numbers to the great meetings 1 have recently addressed in other states, east and west, l am impressed with the pro found interest of the people in the well fare of the government in which their voice Is supreme. Irealize now, perhaps more fully than ever before, the strength and grandeur of that govern ment, and the utter inability of any man to fully comprehe nd it's mighty resources, it's splendid possibilities which are involved in its future
 It is a proud distinction to be citi- zen of any state in the American union, but it is prouder one to feel that we are one and all citizens of our mighty nation. Desiring first of all it's con tinued unexampled progress and high est national prosperity, rather than the temporary triumph of any political organization.
 "l come here, as 1 have gone to other states, at the invitation of the repub- iean committee of Louisiana, to ad- dress you upon q public question of great national importance which con cerns not only the prosperity of your section. state or locality, but all sec tions and parts of our common coun- try, and which is now more than ever of commanding interest to all our 65, 900, 900 of inha bitants. It is touching directly every home and hearthstone in the land, every investment and oc- cupation of our people, and the income of the people. It is no new subject 1 propose to consider; it is question as old as government by men, for the tariff is a question of taxation. and taxation, with but few exceptions, has been the chief and absorbing political issue for more than a century of our national history.
 This is the first time l have ever had the honor of addressing an audi ence in Louisiana, and 1 assure you that while l appreciate the cordiality of your welcome, l do not misinter- pret its meaning. It demonstrates the interest you feel, in common with the people of the other states, in the cause of protection to home industries and the return of the business activity and prosperity which we rashly voted away in 1892. To this cause of protection to American interests, as a national policy, the re- publican party has always been de voted, from the hour of its birth. Re publican principles do not change with each new campaign, nor with state lines. They do not appeal to any special class, nationality or faction. but always to the whole people They are not limited by section or local boundaries. They comprise within their aims and purposes the whole area of the United States and embrace within their benefits and advantages all the people who acknowcdge ale glance to our flag, from the FIorid a reefs to Puget Sound and from the great lakes to the gulf. They know no north or south, no east or west, but are as national as the federal consti- tuition and as broad as the country, They are as applicable to Louisiana as to Ohio; to Alabama as to Pennsylva- mia, to Georgia as to Maine; to the sugar and rice belts of the south as to the corn and wheat belts of the west; and to the agricultural as to the manufacturing states. They are principles that inspire patriot ism, promote national pride, encourage the best and highest aspira- tions of the people, and the best achievements of their skill and in dustry, The proof of all this is found in our own history, and is best mani fested by the personal experience of our own citizens. No one can read that history without feeling of glow ing pride in the progress of our eoun- try under the American policy of protec- tion, and without feeling of profound conviction that it ought not to be abandoned.
 The speaker proceeded to consider at length the economic policy of the various national administrations for q period of a century.
 The south, he continued was the parent of the doctrine of protection tC home industries, and it had prospered and protited as a result of that par entage. He dwelt upon the argument that agriculture and manufacture must go hand in hand, and that the foreign market for agricultural prod ucts was one of the delusions of free trade. Then he continued:
 T do not know how it may seem to you, but 1 would rather have my DO litical economy founded upon the everyday experience of the planter and the manufacturers, and the tradesman