The Helena independent., 1894-09-26
he COMEDIES THE POINT.
Harrison Says The Panic and Hard
Times Came Under the
Mckinley Law.
Makes a Half Hearted Attempt to
Explain Why It Happened
That Way.
Hut Mckinley Himself Does not FAY Why
HIa Law was Followed By
such RasauA

INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 25.-0oy. Mckinley.
Of Ohio. opened she republican campaign
IN this state to-day. lie was introduced TO
an audience tbs, packed Tomlinsoh hall,
by EI. President HsrTiSon. The two fans
Gus leaders were received With great en-
thusissm. u
In bIs spsseh upon taxing the chair Els
President Harrison said; "My fellow eiti.
zsns. Ths dsliahtful duty has been as
sisnsd me by the state central oommil,ss
OF the republican party OF Indiana 10 pFo-
side over ihis great meeting. lam 70 be
lie chairman and noi iA speaker and con-
nrAtulsts you on that fact. LaughtsL1
Two yssFs ago this oountry was not only
ths most prosperous Oounsry In the world.
bus ID stood upon tbs highosi pinnacle Of
prosperity that IL had eVsT bsfofe attained.
ChssIsl.
This is not tho verdict OF politicians; ~
10 the verdict OF the com mmsreihi rspoftss ~
10 ths expressed opinion Of those men who
make a profession Of studying business
conditions. The last two years have bssa
Yeas Of distress and disaster; ths losssl Of
ihem defy tho skill Of ths oAlenlater. tn OF
have been distributed. There has bssn q
general participation In ths oalamitiss Of
the past two rear. M there was general
participation 10 the prosperity Of the prs-
osdinR years. The losses Of the last tva
years have no eompsnsstina thou1ht
Tasse is 10 good 10 be gotten out OF them
isuRhte' sxespt fof Quidhnoe. They
ts'm TO have been Of . retributivs nature.
We were told the rich were getting richer
and the poor poorer. aud 10 snrs tha. imaR-
insry III our political oppouenss hsvs
bfousht In q tins when ovsrybedy 10 get,
tina poorer. Great applause. u
Il think the Ohio democrats The otheS
day declared all tsose disasters OF whieh
vs SPEAK came upon tho county under the
Mckinley bill. We'll. 70 be sure. the No
Klnlsy bill was Law until the 29th day OF
August. when tho 0orman bill was passed.
10 had been arrested. We were listening
from day 10 day 10 prophseiss that In froua
tive weeks 20 three or four II would be
rspsalsd. i, was not a lav In sny sense
that any merchant or manufsosurer could
ACT upon. IL was dead In . busiusss
sense though slivs on The statute
books. Why, air. II would be lust
about "a reasonable 90 complain Of
man who had been arrested, hand
eufed and locked up In cell fof not sup-
porting kis family a. 20 claim that the Mo-
| htuAey ult aooa NV XIV LAOtuufity nulnW
this period Of suspense. And thsn We are
told that uadsr ths Mckinley bill the priss
OF wool weat dovn-and since ~ has bsyn
made free ID 10 going upi thai snsar on thb
| free list was higher than with sugar al 70
PER cent duty. All this. notwi,hstsndin
the old democratic doetrine that The duty
was always added 10 the cost Of The DO
msstio a. tiols.
| Gen. Harrison then made q neat speech.
prssentina Gov. Mckinley. The sovernor's
speech was devoted almost wholly 10 the
discussion of tariff, especially 20 the edso1
OF the dsnoofstis tariff law. He presented
phase OF the law recently passed vhiah
was q startling surprise TO the audienos
The sugar sehsdals (soheduis ID he ssiN
had ths effect TO provide for q coatinuatien
OF ths treaty OF 1875 made with tbs king Of
the Hawaiian irlAnds. urdsr which all su-
| gar from the Islands was adhaitted free.
This provision was inserted BY the senate.
"It gives the sugar trust" said Gov. Mo-
Kinlsr. IAN advantass which has not hith--
erto been suspected. The sugar productioh
Of the Hawaiian islands is unde, the eon-
troll of the sugar tfust. That country u
the Geld Of I've primary operations. The
| democratic party TOOK away from sugar
| IAisvrs OF the United States Q bounty OF
$1,000, coo q year and bestowed q bounty
Of &6.000000 a rear on The sugar producers
Of the Hawaiian Islands. giving them aa
advantage over, NOT only ,es sugar pro
duoers OF the United states bat Of the
whole world outside OF these Islands"
when We raads the tariff Law Of l691
and took away all tariff from sugar, vs
gave 10 the cane producers and beet pro-
duosrs and maple sugar preducers bounty
| equivalent TO the tariff aud ws said In thai
law that the bounty should stand for fifteen
years That 10 all wiped Out BY the Law of
1894. What 10 there more sacred than q
solemn sontraei made with oar own oiti-
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