New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-10

INGs OF THE NEW LAw-NO
MERCY FOR THE FARMER
~ne following is the text of the speech de-
...rad BY Governor William Mckinley jr, at
..reor. Ne. on Saturday. before a great Re-
,,bacan mass-meeting:
w, President and My Fellow Citizens recall
~ emotion my last visit TO your city. II was in
s y0 and statesman of the State Of Maine be-
iSsssdby all the country was the Presidential can
ss%ste Of the Republican party. He was a leader
G osd whom all Ohioans were proud to rally. and
~ vhon they gave warm earnest and cheerful
s.ppSIr OF place in history Which that great
osscs. exalted it is, could not have brightened,
oons which failure to secure could not blast, for
snr and better than all else he has a place in
,Ss hearts of the people tender and affection
.s As that Of almost any other American states
nan living dead
W Ia" recall TOO. that that occasion that other
,rsat citizen and commoner of Maine. your neigh
Sr and felowtownsman, now dead, presided at
W. meeting. and gave 1t the charm OF his speech
md presence shall never forget his welcome.
nor the warmth of his words and hospitality: and
az ~ look into these many familiar faces ! miss
wi Hamlin. whom l loved and honored from my
ssriest acquaintance in 1876 TO the hour of his
am here tonight. as then. to discuss before
ri, The political issues of the day, and to speak
nss ,h as sn5 canddaes or
- The National Congress from the State of Maine.
nsppT aTe before them today Maine wisely con-
,nues her public servants in public places and
P sS, Thai the Maine delegation in both senate and
House to-day. without exception. constituted the
Allegation In 1854. Hale and Frye IN the Senate.
and no ADLER men occupy seats in that great body:
psed Boutelle Dngley and Mken In the House
.'n" I come now AS then. to ask, for your best
interests and the interests OF the entire country to
retain these strong men by an increased and over
' The Democratic President and Democratic Con
rress have been running the Government for eigh-
feen months during which time little else has been
running. Industry has been practically stopped
Labor has found little employment. and when en-
Moved IL has been at greatly reduced wages. Both
Government and people have been draining their
reserves and both have been running In debt.
The Government has suffered in its revenues and
the people in their incomes. The total loss to the
yond human calculation. There has been no
sation in the waste of wealth and wages no con-
reared Discomfort and distress have been univer
sal The appeals to charity have never been so
where so manifest
PLATFORMS AND PROMISES WRECKED.
Congress has disappointed the people. trified with
the sacred trust confided to II. excited distrust
and disgust among their constituents. and impaired
their enterprises and investments. In almost con-
tnuous session for thirteen months. they have
done nothing but aggravate the situation. Pledged.
II platforms mean anything, to overthrow our long
continued policy of protection they have Quarrelled
and compromised. and. upon their own testimony.
have been compromised
The result Of their long wrangle is Tariff law
with which nobody is satisfied A law which
those who made II apologize for law which
the chairman of the Committee on Ways and
Means and almost the entire Democratic side Of
the House condemned by n yea and nay vote
only a few days before its passage. affirming their
mi, n III en ne So'eih NOT 10 per-
A law which was never approved by a majority
Of either the House Committee on Ways and Means
or the Senate Committee Finance. who were
charged with the preparation and management Of
law which all factions of the Democratic party
agree is the work Of a monstroqs trust. WHICH
applause of his confederates. with deep chagrn and
hmsSn hed by the the
sderaton of the Conference Committee. and was
and as Of Se
ing IT, under the threat Of the agents OF the trust
probability nothing
law which since It's passage the majority OF the
and condemn. although they are responsible for Its
passage.
we're so thoroughly ashamed that they had no
sooner passed it than they made hot haste to seek
bills which put their fairfield sugar. coal lead. iron
and barbed wire on the free list. under threat o.
etil further similar assaults on the much-dsturbed
and distressed industries of the country; utterly
Needless Of the stupendous ruin they had already
4 law which the Presiden. condemned before. It's
passage. and from which. when passed, he wlthheld
Iiaw which was characterized. before its passage
X the sessio1 ef rc Y ShS as
Of Democratic pledges and principles; and when
ment as such an act of party peridy. and party
dshonor" that If the House should at last concur
70. hy Would he nS, aaae nd 70 wcS the
GDl condemns. since their SURRENDER DIS the yer!
communism or peiI.
LAW sPURNED BY ITS MAKERS.
Those who believe that the present Administration
vas 10 settle the tariff question and take II out or
the domain OF politics and public discussion have
fafa mis-
that even those who made the law spurn 1t as a
est,lement II is a settlement where the particle
ants-those who projected and carried IT on-boidiy
declare either that it is no settlement. or. II any
@tng spurious one.
After eighteen months useless agitation, not yet
content with the vast ruin they have wrought they
are still unwilling to give the business interests or
the country any rest or relief. but continue and
constantly renew the threat OF still other and more
hartful changes In our tariff schedules, 90 CON.
Even the President himself IN ms letter " No"-
Uessman Catchings of Mississippi, says:
The millions OF our countrymen who have fougnt
this bin should be exhorted to continue the strug-
&c. boldly challenging 10 open WarlaIe' an 80.
tdness ip their camp And while he permitted the
oil to become law. lacking the moral courage ~
I take ny place with the rank and file OF the
Democratic party who believe in tarin reform H. an ~
suits emboaied in This bill as the close OF the wal:
Who blinded to the fact that the nVery or ~
N the service OF Republican protection ana WIG ~,
have marked the places where the deadly pIlsn' 81
ueason has Blasted the counsels OF tne pi"'' 80
usir hour Of might" - o.,
strong and sanguinary words these, ana ns" ~ 10
ar cevean3s vocabulary-"treason anu 'ie
c0ee OF the war. ,. ooirs,
War for and against what? Traitors against
whom and what? War against the best ana nien-
- interests Of the people OF the unitcd o'a VA
s snose Chief Executive nevertheless ne hs,ness
ssanst Industrial independence ana pusiie -
Prosperity. How b.ithely ne sounds tne n".e -.
osstie. How confidently he again calls 70 HtIi,0
vey enemy TO industrial system. sno r rna
snks to open warfare the friends OF anu H a.
Eeptrity and American labor How scorniunly ne
Sossseterzes traitors In his party every .,rnss
ssssssver weak and hesitating, both IN ,oI,s'e''
81" eet TO the OF American protecuoh
SETTLEMENT THAT SETTLES NOTHlNu'
nVen the active agents TO the settlement aVo" II
settlement which does not settle ahy'nihs'
.ney openly disciaim II such. and invite the pro-
Economists OF the country to again join issue win
'"i vi the doctrine OF Free Trade against i'o
"' ""eh they declared in their last National
Platform was fraud and robbery" Then as