The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-10-24
Along the Line.

Wheeling, Oct 23.-Stops for speeches
were made after leaving Parkersburg at
st. Mary's, Sisterville, New Martins
vile. Moundsville and Benwood, and at
each place the local population generally
gathered about the station.
At Sisterville, while the governor was
telling of the prosperity which the coun-
try enjoyed under protection, some one
inquired how it was that protection did
not prevent the panic of 70.
THAT panic" replied Gov. Mckinney.
was caused by the inflated condition of
the currency, the approach of resumption,
causing contraction, which resulted in
country. Had the protective policy. not
been in force at that time, the panic OF
1873 would have been worse than 1t was.
What we want to do Is to avoid panics
by maintaining our protective system.
Then Governor Mckinley took UP q
statement made by Vice-Preeident Stew
enson. He said:
II notice in the Wheeling Register,
is reliable authority in such matters,
that ninety dollars today is worth more
than one hundred dollars was worth in
49, when the tariff law of 1890 was in
effect. But where Is the ninety dollars?
How many men who had ninety dollars
in '92 have nine dollars today? How
many who had ten dollars in go have
nine dollars today? 1t is not question
u
is question of how much money we
have, of rather how little we have, for 1t
is rather little than much"
Another unceremonious person inter-
Eupted the governor with
How about the force bill"
To this the governor responded: What
is concerning us mainly today is what
about the board bill. That is the main
consideration now.
From Benwood to Wheeling there was
almost a continuous demonstration.
Grimy half-naked men ran cheering
from iron mills, presenting weird ap-
pearance as the furnace fires illuminated
their shining figures, and the female OPP
eratives of the long succession of fac
tories ranged themselves behind the rail-
road tracks and burned red fires and
piped out shrill cheers.
There was a crowd at the Wheeling
depot to give the governor noisy recep-
ton and accompany him to the hotel.
After supper he spoke from the balcony
of the hotel to a large crowd that liter
ally packed the street.
A H White, of Parkersburg, and Hon.
Steven B. Elkins made brief speeches
while Governor Mckinley supped. The
a perfect roar of applause. This is
Republican year" he said, looking with
satisfaction down on solid mass of up
turned faces.
'sThe people of this country were never
so eager in all their history to vote as
they are now. They know very much
more about things than they did two two
years ago. They have had nineteen
months of a British free trade admins
tration. I see that the Wheeling Regis
ter of this morning takes issue with me
on a statement made in New Orleans
last Thursday night, that the history OF
this country demonstrated that under
free rade we had hard times, business
disaster, low wages and general panK-
ruptcy. The Register says that l was
mistaken and that the most prosperous
period in the history of the United States
was from 1876 to 1885, under the DEM
ocratic tariff law of 1886 / want to say
to you that no one, the editor of the Reg
lister or any one who reiterates his
statement, has read the history of his own
country. I ask all such to read the mes
sage of President Fillmore in 1850 and
1851 wherein he describes the deplorable
condition of the country as resulting
from the tariff law of 1916.
During the fourteen years of that
Democratic revenue tariff. this govern
pay its everyday expenses and had to go
shivering about borrowing money-for II
had no credit during those years or
Democratic revenue tariff. (Applause.)
st had TO give a large discount in or
der to sell its bonds and the Democratic
secretary of the treasury recommended
that Congress ask the states to endorse
the bonds in order that they might be
readily sold. History is now but repeat
ing itself"
Immediately at the close of the address
here Governor Mckinley went across the
Ohio river to Bridgeport, o., where ne
addressed a large audience of Ohloans
and West Virginians He delivered a long
address upholding and defending the law
with which his name is associated.
Tomorrow night he speaks at Ilt:sburs
and then goes to New York.