The Globe-republican., 1894-04-06
M'KINLEY SPEAKS.
Addresses an Audience Of Fellow
Republicans at Minneapolis
ABLE AND CONVINCING ARGUMENT.
Reaharms the Principles Of the Party and
Predicts Republican Triumph - The
Lesson the Past Year and Demo-
cratic Success Have Taught
the People.

Gov. Mckinley, of Ohio, delivered the
following able address in Minneapolis.
Mimi. on the evening of March 2s, 1894.
The great republican orator said:
ME PRESIDENT, GENTLEMEN OF THE Re-
PUBLICAN LEAGUE OF MINNESOTA AND Eel
Low-CITIZsNs: Much has happened since the
great republican national convention OF 1892
assembled in this hall The platform and can
didates Of that great convention. admirable as
they were, were rejected by the people al the
sooner spoken than they realized their great
mistake-a mistake which they now feel most
ensibly and regret most deeply. Tie prlncl
pies enuncIated At that convention were true
then: they are true now They are as dear to
republicans now as then: they.are better under
stood and more ardently supported by the
great body OF the people in the year 1884 than
they were in the year lo92. While the repub-
lican party failed to carry the election the
cause Tor which ii contended did not fail 1t
survived the awful disaster and shines more
brightly and gloriously than ever before.
The past scar has been long one-the long
est since the war. 1t has been full OF changes
and experiences which have been impressive
and instructive. tut expensive All kinds OF
business have been seriously disturbed. In
vestmentS have been sacriticed: capital has
been despoiled OF its earnings, and labor more
than all and dcarer to US than all, has sue
cumbed TO the wasting blasts OF the great
change by which Industry has been cheated OF
its Just rewards. Everything has suffered but
the republican cause. Everything has been
blighled but republican principles. They have
escaped the mllcew which has settled upon
everything else. Even the democratic party'ha
suffcred-a calamity We could bear with rcSlg-
nation il it had not also carried In Its train the
vast and sacred interests OF the people.
What were the great principles and policies
then enurciatcd in this hall: Lei me cnunerate
them: a protective tariff. which shall serve
the highest interests OF American labor and
American development; reciprocity, which,
while seeking the worlds marhci Ior our sur
plus products, shall not destroy American
wages, nor surrender American markets Tor
products which can be made AT home: The use
OF both gold and silver with which TO measure
the exchanges of the people and cheat nobody;
honest elections, which are the true sources OF
public authority: the extension of our Tor
eign commerce; the restoration OF our ner-
chant marine by home-bult ships; the creation
OF y navy for the projection of our nai iional in
terests ana the honor OF our flag; the malnten'
ancc of the most friendly relations with all Tor
eign powers and entangling alliances with
none: the reaffirnation Of the Monroe doctrine,
ard OF our faith in the achievement OF the
manifest destiny OF the republic rs the best
government OF earth In the broadcast ana truest
sense
would reverse this declared policy? Who
would strike from the republican banner
single star or stripe: Like all republican doc
trInes they arc uIchangeable. Upon them the
republican party bases its claim to future su-
premacy and impatiently awaits the conStltu-
tional opportunity to make Its appeal to the
people . ,o,. 80 ~ o,o.,
Tho democratic party won IN lSJ., as IN every
contest since the war il which IT his succeeded,
by campaign o; proiuse and glltterIng prom
istS 1t now st:nis dcmOralized on the 1eld OF
performance, :nL his SO lar Slgnally tailed TO
redeem i Single pledge 1t made to the people.
1t has lccn for many years dcnouncing the
tlr.n &C luSc some men became rich under Its
operations and o.hers poor. The first year OF
demo, ratio control has cured all that, ana the
pres ripiion E1S proved quite as elective on
the poof .-3 ih; ricn, for II has involved them
oil III u Common loss What devastation and
"a; l,.,,-g hann nr,rh in a cir
Let III. Lricfest statement OF the business
condition 1T the close OF the year 1892 be con-
trastcd with q like statement OK tnat condition
at the nj OF 1895. "The year 1t9s, says Dun's
Revi W Ut Trade, the best non partisan autnor-
ity, has been The most prosperous ever known
in business" This is the business inaorsement @
IT," change! Says Duns Review OF Trade Tor
1898:
nils crowd d with work anu oil business
stirnulL,.d d by high hopes, the year 1898 has
proven in sudden shrin..agc OF trade, In COM
mercial disaster and the depressitn OF indus
tries the worst for fiftv years. neither the
Anal results OF the panic of 1SS' were relatively
more severe, the scanty records OF that time
do not oeary ae ,6 year
known, with millions Of wori.crs see. ling in
vain for work, and with charity labOring to
l.,c back suffering and starvation in ell our
cites, All hope tnat .hc new year may bring
LriGn;cr ua-s. but the dyinC, ye2r leaves only =
dismal record. The review II difi,ren de-
GrIC
collapse of .dustr: AMI business VIII ch is al
most wi hout precedent ths iron industries
sus,aine weekly production OF ioi,o1i
tois Il pig May I. but b. Octoler |
tho output had fallen to 81 6oi ions. and
the recovery to about lJJUo tons De-
ccnbcr l still leay's 10 pr cent OF the
ufactori S are lille and, excepting brief recov-
cry In Novomb-r, have teen .ver since new
wool came in in May, for all sales In The Chief
marie 8 in The el2.t months have pccn out
Ig6,19i,: i,:jJ pounds. partly Tor GECcLlatlou, the
price LAWN: fallen u per cent for 1lH cc3 to
the lowest point ever known, against II. ~ )
pounds III tc same months L. u year. sales or
cotton goods arr fully oIc-tourta below tho
usrcI gu .n;itv. The small advance attempted
in DooiS all shoes :. year w. ROT sustained,
but with price rs low IS ever Tic 'DilcntS 7
boots anu sLuI5 from Lesion arc =! rcr cent
les thin LIST wear in Gccruntcr N.t on'v IN n
ufaciurcl Eoods IS - wEo!c. bCt tEc rloSt IN
DCrtant farm Ir0Iuct3 arc 50 low tnIt formers
Ian l lii. lc vo:niCrt Cllcicl AMI ottcr reports
Gcludea trad rs with ta, notion that crops OF
last year we're so short that famine prices could
10 adj TO The rcrpleSitica OF tho sitIat:on
Under the menace OF tree Trade LcrS ucScribcd.
tho wilson bili, which recently passed tsc
Lorsc If representative At Washington Gll .
Row in the ands Of tac scnaIc. proposes ns.
trnsibly u reIuco the revenue -5j.O5l0Jl T.ic
came moro and moro inrovsrishcl b, far
greater. Tais Is at . tiuc when tho expenses
II the Govtr r'mcnt i:r exceed It's receipts and
when ty reason OF such condition the scIrc-
RELIED 70 sell ,5LoJioo1 Of govrrnneLt It
to.ds with Tho tclief in many quarters
Tint tbt, is but the beginning OF bond
issuing II relieve The da " wan o; the gov.
ment ihe sun Cf ;s6,L0lC0J which it il pcS-
posed to surrender OF the revenues. i3 more
than one third Of tic cniirc sum rec tCivcl from
customs in The last fiscal year. IA reduction
IS made upan the lhcor! OF tho dcnocra i: free
traders that il will relieve tho reOp,c OF bur
dcnSomc taxation Whether il docs or 60; de-
ccnds cut OF ono thing VIC 1T, certain: II kl I,
rc:ieved the rcoplc OF employment Ct work, OF
WAGES. OF prosperity and OF picnty-acd some
OF then Of their hoE1c8 jhe blCs sings of god
wages good prices and good tines arc moro 10
Cc desired than the proposed relief from so.
ccllel "bardcnsoElc taxation- Such . relief IL
no relief.
Cclore considering this measure n detail,
let Us bricfly rcycw our tariff lc:is'a;iol 1t
Is worth some hing 70 US all TO l:uow Whit tho
founders q the republic thought and Il d II
IS inspiring 10 Us = know from history that our
earliest lccriSlatiol upon economic questions
WAS not r1airncd b. scct;oaal:sn1. Eor II iucl
spon geographical lines but Was prompted b;
tn loftiest pc. riotism AMI m lrkcd Ly nation
cl sentiment IS trCa rs tho country. The lr5t
crotcctivc tariff Nv In our hi story "a Law that
was approved by EaShn-to1D b VI TOR its nu.
tor James II alison. OF virginia.. known u1,l
rcycrcl rs tAc 'Ea her OF tho Constitution -
Anon, its supporters anl friends wcr, such
wc,tknown southern Statesmen cs Ii :h:rl