Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-11-08
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0overn0v Mckinley and Ms Cree".
It seems to be universally conceded
that Governor Mckinley. OF ONO no"
stands foremost In the race Tor tne "e~'
nomination OF the Republican party
for President Of the United STATE
His friends Loyalty supported "''
Foraker In the campaign wh'ch Ia"
Just ended, and are credited WIN soo"
deal OF the good work that was 'o"e
for the Republican party last luesu"'
Not that the question Is settied as :"
who will lead the Republican forces III
1896. but that Governor Mckinley seems
TO be more favorably circumstance
Just now than any other aspirant 10 that
high Office.
On the 2Cth of October. 1893. Governor
Mckinley made q speech at Dayton, w.
!. I'm which he reviewed the tariff. the
finance question. and the pensions ques-
ton. We then mentioned him as the
possible II not the probable candidate
of the Republicans In 1896 in his Day
ton speech Governor Mckinley argued
briefy the question Of taxing the circu-
Iating notes OF State banks. This
last question Is one which many per-
sons In both the North and the South
regard az one that ought to be settled
by aboishing tire tax on the issues OF
State banks.
As Governor Mckinley has come to the
front so Enthusiastically. We will reproduce
some OF his creed of 1893. which 1t Is to
be presumed is his creed OF 1895. As to
taxing State-bank notes. Governor Nc
Kinley said:
III the 10 per cent. tax is repealed we
will have as many State banks in this
country as We have States and Terrific
rles in the Union. all of them resting
upon different securities, and all under
different regulations, to be fixed by the
Legislatures Of the several States. You
know when that 10 per cent tax was
put upon the State banks. 1t was done
during the war. II was not a tax for
revenue. IL was not tax for protection.
1t was tax for destruction. Ii was put
on the State banks to destroy them. and
It did II. for no State bank could do
business with a profit and pay the gov
eminent 10 per cent. tax. And Sc the
old State banks went out and the ma
tional money came In. and there Is not
Democrat or Republican in Ohio to-
day who does not rejoice at it: and 1t Is
your duty, therefore, my fellow-citizens,
to strike down the State-bank party
when II first lifts its head. and strike 1t
hard" Applause and cries Of "good.')
Governor Mckinley charged that the
Democratic Senators and Representatives
from the South were most of them In
favor of abolshing the tax.
The next question that Governor Me-
Kinley touched upon in his Dayton
speech was the tariff question or ques-
ton OF protection. In discussing this
question he referred to the hard times.
We quote:
Are you surprised at the condition OF
the country to-day? You will not be il
you reflect for a moment. We have been
for 80 years under protective tariff,
and during this 90 years every business
in the country was built up under a
protective system. Every value was
made to conform to 1t. The cost of pro-
duction and the selling price OF all pro-
ducts, and the wages OF labor were all
fixed by it. Last year the people had an
election. The people Of the country in
their sovereign capacity voted the pro-
lection party out of power and the Free
trade party H. and when that was done
every businessman took note OF that
public fact and governed himself accord
ingly, and you know the rest"
Governor Mckinley had. on the pro-
tective question. some fun out of Gov
ernor McCorkle. OF West Virginia. He
said:
when asked II he Governor McCor-
kle) had not voted for free coal. he said
yes Uaughter) But, he said, that
since the election he had been looking
into 1t. daughter and applause) And
he said he discovered that II they made
coal free 1t would destroy the chief in
dustrlal capital I'm West Virginia. and
drive 1900 miners out OF en-
ployment. or reduce their wages to
the scale of the Nova Scotia miners.
What a spectacle We have witnessed in
Democrats petitioning Congress not to
disturb the tariff which they voted last
year to have disturbed. I heard Of one
petition here in this city. signed by one
factory. almost without respect to party.
and addressed TO your representative In
Congress. begging that representative
not to vote for any tnkering OF the
tariff"
Governor McKinley's platform Of 1895
promises just now to be the Republican
platform OF 1896.
However, we have said enough. We
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