The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-10-23
MCKINLEY IN LOUISIANA.
Makes a Protective Tariff Speech at
New Orleans.

New ORLEANS, La, Oct. 20,-Gov.
Mckinley addressed an audience OF
not less than $4,000 here tonight in
the big auditorium of pugilism.
There was a comparatively small
proportion of negroes, the audience
being composed in the main of bus
mess men of New Orleans and
planters from neighboring parishes,
and it was conspicuously an intelli
gent and appreciated gathering
which was entirely liberal with it,
applause and discriminating in it
bestowal The platform was pro
fusely decorated with sugarcane
Gen. W. j. Behan, chairman OF
the Republican State central com
mittee, presided and introduced
Gov, Mckinley, who spoke at much
length The substance of his ad-
dress was as follows
81 am impressed with the pro
found interest of the people in the
welfare of the government in which
this voice is supreme I realize,
perhaps, more fully than ever be-
fore the strength and the grandeur
Of that government, | come here
at the invitation of the Republican
committee of Louisiana to address
you upon public question of great
national Importance, which con
Germs alike not only the prosperity
of your section, State or locality,
but all sections and parts of our
common country.
"From 1889 to 1892, period of
1903 years, there had been forty
seven years when a Democratic rev.
enue tariff policy had prevailed and
fifty-six under the protective policy,
and it is a noteworthy fact that the
most progressive and prosperous
periods of our history were during
the years when the protective par
ty was in control and protective
tariffs were maintained; and the
most disastrous years were during
the free trade or revenue tariff err
as of our history.
A long history of tariff legislation
showing that in former years the
protective policy was supported by
prominent Southern statesman,
was given by Gov, Mckinley, who
continued.
''The foreign market for agricul-
tural products is one of the delu-
sions of free trade. If 1t ever had
any real substance as against good
home market, that has long since
disappeared We have free trade
among ourselves throughout our
forty-four States and Territories
That is because we are one family
one country, We are one nation
and have one standard citizenship,
one flag, one constitution, one des-
tiny. That is why we have free
trade among ourselves, Our rela
tions with foreign States are neces
sarily different from our relations
with one another They are oui
commercial rivals, We deny to
those foreign States trade with Us
upon the same terms we enjoy our
selves. Here in the South your
people have been Offering freedom
from taxation for ten, fifteen and
twenty years to those who would
bring their capital here and invest
it in productive enterprises. With
all this work going on, leaders OF
the Democratic party are proposing
to tear down our protective TART.
and inundate this country with for
eign competing products to dis
place those which these very manu-
facturers propose to make, and
which the people were willing to
tax themselves to establish.
The speaker promised the sugar
growers the old Republican bounty,
as a reward if they affiliated witt
his party. This effort to "buy
votes" appeared ludici}u us to the
Democrats present.