The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-04-06

Influences - Protection Alone VIII Re-
store Prosperous Times.
Made the Hall Ring.
Governor Mckinley addressed the
Minnesota League OF Republican
Clubs at the meeting in Minneapolis.
The great hall made memorable by
the meeting of TIE Republican Ma
tional Convention was packed to suffo-
cation, and when the great champion
OF American protection appeared the
entire as emblage arose and e eeted
him with rousing cheers. The Assem-
lied multitude was thoroughly en- rap
port with the Buckeye Governor and
greeted his he me thrusts at Democratic
tariff .tinke in with round after round
of applause. When Governor Mckinley
said, "A revenue tariff is an enemy to
the American, the American working
man, to American prosperity, and
American industrial independence, he
was unable to proceed for two minutes,
owing to the cheers of the Minneapolis
tin-pail brigade, He spoke as fol-
lows:
Mr.. President gentlemen OF the Repub-
lican League OF Minnesota and fellow-citi-
lens, much has happened since the great
Repu blicGn National Convention OF 1892
assembled In this hall The platform and
candidates OF that great convention, ad-
mirable as they were. were rejected by the
people at the election following; but the
people had no sooner spoken than they re-
allied their great mistake-a mistake
which they now feel most sensibly and re-
greet most deeply The principles enun-
ciated at that con v en- tion were true then;
they are true now. They are as dear to
Republicans now as then; they are batter
understood and more ardently supported
by the great body OF the people in the year
1894 than they were ir the year 1892
While the Republican party failed to carry
the election. the cause for which IL con-
tended did not fail it survived the awful
disaster and shines more brightly and glo-
riously than ever before.
The last year has been a long one-the
longest since the war. 1t has been full of
changes and experiences which have been
impressive and instructive, but expensive
All kinds OF business have been seriously
disturbed; investments have been sacri-
feed; capital has been despoiled OF its
earnings, and labor, more than all and
dearer to u, than ALL has succumbed 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
blighted but Republican principles. They
Lave escaped the mildew which has set
tied upon everything else. Even the Demo-
cratic party has suffered-a calamity we
could bear with resignation IL 1t had not
also carried in its train the vast and
sacred interests Of the people
What were the great principles and POLL
cies then enunciated in this hall? Let me
enumerate them. A protective tariff. which
shall serve the highest interests OF Ameri-
| can labor and American development;
| reciprocity, which. while seeking the
worlds markets for our surplus products,
shall not destroy American wages, nor sur
render American markets for products
which can be made at home; the use OF
both gold and silver with which to meas
ure the exchanges of the people and cheat
nobody; honest elections. which are the
true sources OF public authority; the ex-
| tension of our foreign commerce; the res
/ toration OF our merchant marine by home
4 built ships; the creation OF a navy for the
protection OF our national interests and
the honor OF our flag; the maintenance of
the most friendly relations with all foreign
powers and entangllng alliances with none;
| the reaffirmatlon OF the Monroe doctrine,
and OF our faith In the ach evement OF the
manifest destiny OF the republic as the
| best government OF earth In the broadest
and truest sense
| Campaign OF Promises.
The Democratic party won In 1892, as
In every contest since the war Ia which IL
has succeeded, by a campaign of profuse
and glttering promises Itnow stands de :
morslized on the field OF performance, and
has, so far, signally failed to redeem a
single pledge IL made to the people 1t
has been for many years denouncing the
| tariff, because some men became rich
under its OF eratlons and Others poor The
! first year OF Democratic control has cured
all that, and tho pre- ,crIption has proved
quite as effective on the poor as the rich,
for 1t has involved them all In a common
loss What devastation and distress have
been wrought In n single year!
Let the briefest statement OF the bust
ness condition at the close of the year 1892
be contrasted with a like statement OF that
condition at tho end OF 1903 alhe year
| 1sO!,n says Dun's Review OF Trade, the best
/ non partisan authority, "has been the most
| prosperous ever known In business This
is the business Endorsement OF thirty years
| OF Republican rule. Now mark the changed
Says Dun's Review OF Trade for 1893:
@Startlng with the largest trade ever
known, mills crowded with work and all
business stimulated by high hopes. the
year 1893 has proved, In sudden shrinkage
OF trade, In commercial disaster and tho