Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-12-14
M'KINLEYISM BEING DISCUSSED.
DEBATE THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON
IN THE CLOAK ROOM.
Some of the Friends OF Differ
ent Presidential Aspirnnts Discuss
whether McISinIeyism Shall Go or
stay--The Next Contest.

been upon the floor II the general
public could have been admitted to
hear this debate. instead Of to tho gal
leries OF the house. the latter would
have soon been emptied. The subject
that has been under discussion has
been the policy OF the Republicans as
regards the tarlfr in the next house and
in the next presidential campaign.
incidentally. the relations OF two presi-
dental candidates to this subject and
the probable attitude OF the speaker of
the next house have been considered.
The controversy has arisen over state
ments which have been attributed 10
prominent Republicans. in which they
have been represented al denounclng
what Is called "Mckinleyism." The
little war that has been going on In
the house cloak room has resemDled
that agitation which would have gained
ground in the party during the cam
paign IL Mr.. Reed had not disavowed
the authenticity Of the interview which
was attributed 10 him In Michigan, in
which he WIS represented as beng OPP
posed to MclNinley'H tariff position. and
II Senator Sherman had not also dis
avowed similar interview which was
accredited TO him since the election,
IN which he took similar ground. The
whole agitation proceeds from the
friends OF rival aspirants for the prosi-
dcncy In the Republican party, who
secm to be seeking to occupy different
positions on the protective side Of the
tarln question. The Immediate cause
for their new agitation has been an
Interview attributed TO Congressman
Bnbcock, the chairman OF the Republic
can congressional committee. IN which
that gentleman was represented as OPP
posed to Mr.. McKinley's Views on pro-
lection, This interview Of Mr. Bah
cock was called to the attention Of the
Home Market Club in Boston, which 70
q sort of stopmother for all Mckinley
The Home Market club. as every one
who has had access to the house Re
publican cloak room Tor the past few
days has known, has sent n telegram TO
CONGRESSMAN Babcock asking him Il
ne u the author OF any such sentiments.
and II the interview attributed to him
is authentic, Chairman Baboook has
replied In substance that the interview
was not authorized, and ig Inaccurate.
and that his own Views on the tariff
may be summarized In the statement
that he favDrs conservative tariff
which VIII furnish SUFFICIENT protection
to the manufacturer and to labor, and
VIII Insure adequate revenue, Going
more fuIy Into detaiiA Chairman Bab-
cock has said: ~ have never mad such
an Interview ! have had no Interview
az all with any representative Of IA
paper In which this pretended interview
appeared, do not entertain the senti-
ments which are attributed to me In
that Interview. I have not cared to cor
rect the Interview, as do not wish to
appear In print and think. now that the
campaign Is over, the committee should
remain In the background But NV
La
simple one throughout the campaign
The Republican congressional com
mittee conducted the campaign upon
the Minneapolis platform as to the
tarln. There was no attempt or any
desire on the part Of any one To devInte
from Il. believe. and think that all
Republicans believe. that the Republl.
can party VIII advocate a tariff policy
which viii furnish adequate protec- /
ton to all manufacturers and to Amerl- !
can wage earners, and which Will sup
ply sufficient revenue. That Is my plat |
form and that Is the platform OF the !
Republicans"
This Is Il dlsavowal OF some OF the
bald statements attributed to Chairman /
Babcock, TO the effect that Mckinley /
ism must go. But the fact that he
speaks of conservative tariff and has 1
lntlmhted that there may be two kinds
OF protection, has aroused some Of the
more stalwart protectlonlsts who do
not admit that In the cause Of protec-
ton, one cen serve two masters, or that
there can be protection that Is good,
ana another Kind Of protection that Is |
TO be dlsavOwed. Congressman /
Boutelle OF Main. very earnest, posi-
tive man, Is one Of these men, and he
Us not willing to allow the word "con- |
sentative" to have any place, either in |
his vocabulary OF the tariff, or of any |
other public question.
hn
party who are thinking OF endeavoring
10 organize the house on the basis OF
tarin conservatism will be Interested
In reading what Mr.. Boutelle has to
say. He says;
II have no patience with any Repub-
licans who permit themselves 10 be
made the cats-paws by Democratic /
ana mugwump newspapers that are
lHborlng 10 bellttle and break the force |
OF the great protection Victory OF lse4
by lntimatlons that the Renublican !
party mas In some way weakened or
refrigerated from Its former stand upon
the tarin question. II Is an old trick
OF the Democracy to Invent a phrase
or oatch-word which they seen to mako {
odious by iteration, and then use IL as
bugaboo with which to scare tiinid
ana feather-brained Republicans.
bleeding Kansas" Bloody shirt" nnd
force bill'' are examples. and iust
now. after the awful thrashlng admin l
istered by the people they are desper-
ately shouting against "AicKinleyism."
ana Claiming that II shared In their de-
'at. The transparent trick Is 10 asl,
some. unsuspicious Republican whether 1
our party will re-enact the Mckinley
law" and " he answers that future
conditions may Indicate some possibls |
ehange OF rate IN some Item OF some
Aohedule, the Democratic paper Ia.
stanuN reports said Republican ms bay- I
ln8 declared that "McKinieyism ia /
dead and that the party Viii NOT |
mink OF restoring It. or course the oh. |
Nious purpose "a 10 ret the impression 1
ABROAD that the Republicans have re- |
pented OF or repudiaied the tarin,leris.
,ation OF 1880 ns too pronounced In the I
Nhe OF protection, and that the resuit |
gl the recent elections has caused tbe I
hepnblieans 10 become "congervatlveH
a. 70 the Importance OF preserving our |
nome markets and enooura cling our own |
The fasehood OF this pretense "a !
hhgWn ~ every fact Of the recent cam |
palSn. Never before In political history
was There contest in which the main I
ISSUE WAS made 20 overwhelming or
~ triumph pronounced as In the cleo |
lions Of this year when the princlpis
OF profession TO American lnuusti.y re-
ceiNed the most overwhelming iniorae.