The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-03-29

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GOVERNOR M'KINLEY.
Mckinley, of Ohio. addressed the
Minnesota League Of Republican Clubs.
The Governor said:
Mr.. PRESIDENT, GENTLEMEN OF THE
REPUBLICAN LEAGUE OF MINNESOTA AND
FELLOW CITIZENS a-
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 mistake-a 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 contended did not fail.
It survived the awful disaster and shines
more brightly and gloriously than ever
before. " o..
Everything Suffered But Republicanism.
The past year has been a long one-the
longest since the war. It has been full OF
changes and experiences which have been
impressive and instructive, but expensive.
Ali 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. eryth1ng
has been blighted but Republican princi-
pies. They have escaped the mildew
which has settled upon everything else.
Even the Democratic party has suffered
a calamity we could bear with resignation
if it had not also, carried in its train the
vast and sacred interests Of the people
The Principles Enunciated. .
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
ment; reciprocity, which, while seeking
the worlds markets for our surplus
products, shall not destroy American
wages, nor surrender American markets
for products which can be made at home;
the use of both gold and silver with which
to 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 reaffirmation of the Mon
roe 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 single star or stripe? Like all
Republican doctrines they are unchange-
able Upon them the Republican party
bases its claim to future supremacy, and
impatiently awaits the constitutional OPP
portunity to make it's appeal to the people.
How the Democracy Won.
The Democratic party won in 1892, as in
every contest since the war in which it has
succeeded, by campaign of profuse and
glittering promises. It now stands de-
moralized on the field of performance, and
has, so far, signally failed to redeem q
single pledge it made to the people. It
has been for many years denouncing the
tariff, because some men became rich
under its operations and others poor. The
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all that, and the prescription has proved
for it has involved them all in q common
loss. What devastation and distress have
been wrought in . 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-
ton. under the menace Of free trade, the
the Wilson bill, which has recently
passed the house Of representatives at
Washington and IL now in the hands of
the senate, proposes ostensibly to reduce
the revenues SO, O00, 900. This reduction is
made on the theory Of the Democratic free
traders that it will relieve the people of
burdensome taxation. Whether it does or
not depends. But Of one thing we are
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 q
relief is no relief.
History Of the Tariff.
Mr.. Mckinley then reviewed the history
Of tariff legislation, showing that the