The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-04-05


Mckinley, of Ohio, addressed the
@innesots League of Republican Clubs.
The Governor said:
Mr.. PRESIDENT, GENTLEMEN OF THE
REPUBLICAN LEAGUE OF MINNESOTA AMI
FELLOW CITIZENS
Much has happened since the great Re
publican national convention of 1892 assem-
bled in this hall. The platform and candi-
dates Of that great convention, admirable as
they were, were rejected by the people at
the election following; but the people had
no sooner spoken than they realized their
great mistakes mistake which they now
feel most sensibly and regret most deeply.
The principles enunciated at that conven
ton were true then; they are true now.
They are as dear to Republicans now as
then; they are better understood and more
ardently supported by the great body of
the people in the year 1894 than they were
in The year 1892. While the Republican
party failed to carry the election, the
cause for which it commended did not fail.
II survived the awful disaster and shines
more brightly and gloriously than ever
before.
Everything Suffered But Republication.
The past 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 us 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
his been blighted but Republican princi-
pies. They have escaped the mildew
which has settled upon everything else.
Even the Democratic party has suffered
Q calamity we could bear with resignation
ft b had not also carried In it's train tho
vast and sacred interests Of the people.
The Principles Enuneisted.
What were the great principles and pol
icies thus enunciated In this hall? Let
me enumerate them: "A protective tariff,
which shall serve the highest interests of
American labor and American develop
nent; reciprocity, which, while seeking
the worlds markets for our surplus
products, shall not destroy American
wages, nor surrender American markets
Tor products which can be made at home;
the use Of both gold and silver with which
20 measure the exchanges of the people
and cheat nobody; honest elections, which
are the true sources of public authority;
the extension of our foreign commerce;
the restoration of our merchant marine by
home built ships; the creation of navy
for the protection Of our national interests
and the honor of our flag; the mainten-
ance Of the most friendly relations with
all foreign powers and entangling alliances
with none. the reaffirmatiop Of the Mon
rec doctrine and OF our faith in the
achievement Of the manifest destiny of
the republic as the best government of
earth In the broadcast and truest sense.
Who would modify these principles;
who would reverse this declared. policy;
who would strike from the Republican
banner q single star or stripe? Like all
Republican doctrines they are unchange-
able. Upon them the Republican party
bases its claim to future supremacy, and
impatisntIy awaits the constitutional OPP
portunity to make its appeal to the people.
How the Democracy Won.
The Democratic party won in 1892. as in
eyery contest since the war in which it has
succeeded, by q campaign Of profuse and
elittering promises. 1t now stands de-
moralized on the field of performance, and
has, so Tar, signally failed to redeem a
single pledge 1t made to the people. 1t
has been for many years denouncing the
tariff, because some men BECAME rich
under it's operations and others poor. The
first year Of Democratic control has cured
all that, and the prescription has proved
quite as effective on the poor as the rich,
for it has involved them all in a common
loss. What devastation and distress have
been wrought in q single year!
The review of different departments OF
trade given today exhibits collapse of in
dustry and business which is almost with
out precedent.
To add to the perplexities of the situa-
tion under the menace Of free trade, the
the Wilson bill, which has recently
passed the house of representatives at
Washington and is now in the hands OF
the senate, proposes ostensibly to reduce
the revenues $40, Co., 600. This reduction is
made on the theory of the Democratic free
traders that IL will relieve the people OF
burdensome taxation, Whether it does OF
certain: It has relieved the people of en-
ployment, of work, of wages, of prosperity
and Of plenty, and some of them of Their
homes. The blessings Of good wages, good
prices and good times are more to be de
sired than the proposed relief from so
called "burdensome taxation" Such a
relief Is no relief
History of the Tariff.
Mr.. Mckinley then reviewed the history
Of tariff legislation, showing that the
founders Of the Republic favored protec
tive tariff measure. The first protecpiVe
law was formulated by James Madison o
Virginia, and was favored and promui
gated by President Washington. south
ern members of house and senate voted To-
the first and later protective tariff laws
Calhoun, Washington and Jefferson wer'
protectionists. 100
Washington, in his message OF I'9o
urged upon congress the necessity OF &C
celebrating the establishment OF certain use
full manufactures by the intervention 9
Legislative aid and protection Jefier
ION In December, 1901, In his first message
congratulated congress gpop the TsYenu