Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1894-11-28

case of a Republican victory the
Republican party would re-enaci
the Mckinley bill.
"By what authority then are 9
few persons with dull brains OF
mischievous and perhaps malicious
purpose printing articles which in
effect declare that the re-enactment
of the Mckinley law is to be made
the test of party loyalty? Who
authorized them to set up such {
testp Certainly not such party
leaders as Mr.. Reed, or Senator
Sherman, or ex-President Harrison
Certainly not any leader or speaker
who figured in the recent campaign
Certainly not Gov. Mckinley him.
self, the father of the bill.
"These persons appear to be will
ing to shlpwreck the Republican
party once more in order to appease
the greedy demands of millionaires
and trusts. They are built partisans
who don't care whether their party
is in power or in the minority, so
that the grasping desires of syndi-
Gates can be carried out.
"The protection which these fell
lows are clamoring for is immoder-
ate protection. They want protec-
ton which shall prevent competi-
ton. But whoever prevents COM
petition is a public enemy, and the
Republican party cannot afford to
allow itself to be forced into any
such position"
Well, if those who urge that the
Mckinley tariff should be re-enact-
ed want ''immoderate protection
and thus indicate willingness "to
shipwreck the Republican party
once more in order to appease the
greedy demands of millionaires and
trusts" and are public enemies
because they ask for the Mckinley
duties, how could the Chicago Trib-
une denounce the Mckinley tariff
in more severe terms? Why did
our esteemed contemporary in Chi
cago fail to characterize the Nc
Kinley tariff in this way during the
campaignp
We venture to remind the Trib-
une that on the 18th, two days be-
fore the publication of the remarks
which we have quoted, Mr.. Sher-
man virtually repudiated the opin-
ions to which it refers, and author
lied the following statement: 81
look upon the recent elections as an
Endorsement of the general protec-
tive policy of the Republican party,
and the Mckinley act is the best
expression Of that policy this coun-
try has ever SEEM" Such is his es-
innate, at present, of the act by
which his party was ''shipwrecked in
order to appease the greedy demands
of millionaires and trusts" Will
our contemporary in Chicago class
him with those ''public enemies" OF
whom it speaks?
The Tribune says in conclusion
that Republican triumph in 1896
twill not mean the re-enactment
verbatim ct literatim ct punctuatim
of the Mckinley law" but "the re.
establishment of judicious and mod.
crate protection"
That is what was promised by the
Republican party in 1888, and when
it undertook to make the tariff af.
terward known by the name Of Nc.
Kinley. Was it not asserted by
Republican leaders while that tariff
was in process of construction and
after it became a law that it was 6
scheme of "judicious and moderate
protection? Can the Tribune in.
duce Gov. Mckinley or Senator
Sherman, for whose opinions on
this subject it appears to entertain
so much respect, to say to the coun.
try now that the Mckinley tariff
was immoderate and lnjudiclous
protectionp Does it think that
those who "shipwrecked the party
four years ago "in order to appease
the greedy demands Of millionaires
and trusts" and "to carry out the
grasping designs of syndicates''
would surely defy such demands
and cut loose from all such evil and
corrupt influences if.they should be
permitted to make another tariff
upon the model afforded by what
they now call 1.-THE best expression
Of the Republican policy this coun-