The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-03-31
REPUBLICATION.


Governor Mckinley is greeted by
large audiences wherever he spea6s
now. because few months test of free
trade has made the people clamorous
for change to the good old days of
protection and Republican rule. From
Maine to California, and from the lake
states to the gulf people will flock to
hear him. Under the bill of which he
was the author American industries
were never in as fourishing condition
and American wage earners never
earned as much. The people did not
realize the favorable conditions which
surrounded them, and foolishly voted
for a trial Of free trade and free silver.
They have had partial test, and are
so thoroughly disappointed with the
manner in which the change has eff
fected them that they cannot be sutfi-
ciently emphatic in denouncing the
delusion. This makes Governor Nc
Kipley the hero of the hour, and,
wherever he goes, as the apostle OF
protection, he will receive the p!audits
of the public. The wave of enthusi-
asm followed him to Minneapolis yes
terday, where he delivered four ad-
dresses to thousands of admiring citi-
kens. He had an attentive audience
each time, and his remarks will un-
doubtedly take deep root in the minds
of those who heard him. In relation
to the defeat of 1892 and the atti-
tude of the party on public questions
he used the following language:
"The platform and candidate of the
great convention assembled in 1892,
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,
. mistake which they now feel more
sensibly and regret more deeply. The
principles enunciated at that conven-
tion were true then; they are true
now. They are as dear to Republi-
cans now, as they are better under-
stood and more ardently supported by
the great body of people in the year
1894 than they we're in the year 1892.
While the Republican party failed to
carry the election, the cause for which
it contended did not fail. 1t survived
the awful disaster and shines more
gloriously than ever"
The Republican party is not one OF
changeful 6ckleness. 1t has advocated
great national politics, and has never
been forced by the logic of events TO
stultify itself in regard to any national
platform 1t ever adopted. In 1856 it
was in favor of protection, and it oc-
eupies the same position now. 1t
placed itself squarelY against "equit-
able adjustment" in 1865, and it is op-
posed to imitation of the currency in
1894. Gov. Mckinley makes no idle
boast when he says that the principles
advocated in 1892 are as dear to Re-
publicans now as then, and that the
people who voted against them two
years ago are now anxious to undo
what they have done. The school of
is governed by hard
task master; but the lessons taught |
ire rarely ever forgotten, and the year
1894 will act as warning that will be |
needed in the future against the trial
Of any economic policy other than the
,ne that has guided the republic in
|. prosperous course for such q
ong and eventful period of its history.
Democracy may advocate many expe- |
lients, created by emergencies, in or
Ter to gain popular favor; but British
rec trade will never again be one of
hese. It has made the trial and is
forever satisfied. If the
anne practical lesson could be taught
IN the silver question, by the same
lard task-master, it would always be
but the country is too
'adly crippled now to stand the strain.