New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-29
GOVERNOR M'KINLEY HERE
HE TALKS ABOUT THE ELECTIONS.
TARIFF LEGISLATION OF THE FUTURE he
DECLARES WILL BE MODERATE

AND CONSERVATIVE.
Governor Mckinley Of Ohio arrived in the CITY
yesterday from Columbus, and with Mrs. Mckinney
will spend Thanksgiving with the Governor
brother Abner Mckinley. at the Windsor HOTEL
The Governor Is looking rosy and strong. and he
SAYS he Is feeling first rate Mrs. Mckinney is not
very we'll They Will he in town about five days
Il came to NeW-York to rest said the Governor.
81 believe it is one of the best places in the world
to recuperate."
Were you not a good deal surprised at the re-
suit November ST.
We'll" said Mr.. Mckinley. as he knocked the
ashes from mis- cigar. while do not wish to pose
4 political prophet. can say canddly that was
not surprised. 1t in the air and had been In
the air for months. told people that the
Republican majority in OHIO would be one-third
greater than 1t was last year. They thought me a
little too enthusiastic but the laugh was not on me
when the votes counted
"Will the Republican majority In the next House
prove unwieldy?"
81 don't think it will. There Will be a large num-
Der of able men in the body and they will know
what do with their power
'Do you think the supplemental tariff laws passed
by the last House Will become laws?
II hardly believe they will. The newspapers say
tina, a number Of Democratic Senator's are deter
mined that the pop-gun bills shall not become laws,
and from what / can learn the Senate Will not
pass them
"Will any radical tariff legislation be passed by
the Republicans in the event Of their securing con-
troll OF the Government in 1852
Great power brings great responsibilities Tariff
legislation OF the future will be moderate and con-
scrvative"
What about the permanency OF the awakening OF
wage-carners to the need Of protection In manu-
facturlng cities like New-York and Brookyny
1T will prove to be permanent In a large degree
An attractive argument used by the Democrats
for years has been that railroad men. carpenters
bricklayers and wage-carners in other so-caileh
unprotected industries got good pay as the
wage-earners in the protected industries. The
areumcnt was used effectively that II class did
not need protection the other classes did not. The
experience OF the last twenty months shows now
interdependent the wage-earners In all occupations
are upon each other. No workmen in the United
States have suffered more severely than railroad
employees. and IT claimed by many sincere
people that these men would not be affected, no
matter what the industrial situation might be
But railroads depend for their earnings largely
upon the tonnage from manufactures, ana II thcy
get the tonnage 1t stands 10 reason tEat FEWER
engineers. hremen and brake men Will be needed
than when the factories are on fun time Aiherl-
can Industries woven together. and injuring
one Injuries all 49,
What about the cry from the far West for
cheaper money"
not the money question. What they want is work.
II hey could have all the work they wanted at
former good price. you wouldn't hear nythih,S
about the need q cheaper money. That would
lis the tarin law Of the Harrison Adminlstra-
ton coupled with the reciprocity features sus,
gesisd BY Mr. Blaine sufficiently elastic for
"Mr Blainc's own letter published in 1892 and re-
printed in various papers during me ,Sat cam
lion lie claimed nat was iis ,r''sr thGn6n
brief wa; remarkahe IN IT, stTens,n ana C.e ,he
question is a comparison OF commercial statistics
,,o ar,"nr The 6fo R"pubcans we're OF Demo
cratic origin and that no disanecton existed.