The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-04-19

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The notion which the neirhhors .
nov Mckinley entertain that his visi
10 Georgia with that active republicai
polilician. Mr.. Hanna. j. in the interes
OF southern support for the presidential
nomination ~ his party next year il
very natural one No one doubts tina
ar. MCKINLEY would like the namina
Aon, or that on al ordinary principle.
OF representation in politics he Is en-
titled Ia IT, He unauestionablv hold,
very firmly the ideas that ara of NOR,
Importance 70 a greater number OF nj.
party than any other prominent man
IN the party. and he has been very
faithful % tapsc IDEAS Protection for
protectors sake not 10 rgiSc revenue.
nor simply % encourage infant indus.
tries. but % enrich American faanu-
facturers who are already rich nj the
expense 81 other Americans. most 81
whom are not rich-is Mr.. Nekinlcy's
doctrine 81 what Is good for this conn
try And that idea commands the
earnest support of a great majority OF
inc republicans and is absolutely the
only doctrine on which the bulk OF the
party can fairly be said to be agreed.
MT Mckinley has never departed from
IT, He has worked early and late and
very hard for it, lie has rot il en-
uouled n the statutes OF the country.
ne l. by far the most convinced. de-
voted. distinguished and efficient pro
tectionist Of modern times. Why
should he not aspire 10 be his party's
candidate for the presidency? And
why should his party not take him as
its candidate?
10 the last question there are many
answers In the first place protection
OF the Mckinley sort is not living is
sue in American politics to-day. II
was put 70 sleep" in the prize-rin
phrase. in 1890 ana ls0a. No sane poli- |
tlcian would dare in 1896 TO propose its
resuscitation. The republicans will. /
Of course. denounce the results Of the
democratic policy, but they will not
uare TO propose the substitution of
their own. And they will not dare TO
put In nomination man whose can
iidacy would be, in effect, a declara-
ton In favor of the dead tariff Of 1890.
IN the next place. candidates are not
generally selected because they repre-
cent the views of the great body of the
'arty, but are much more apt to be
AIKEN because they do not represent
nose ideas. but are more attractive to
he loosely attached members Of the
opposite party. That was the principle
n which Lincoln was substituted for
eward In $500. and. in more recent
INES, Harrison for Blaine in Isss. 1t !
the principle on which Mr. McKin- ,
~ was set aside in i>ge and will be {
gain in 1896.
Again and this is the most irnpor- I
ant point. Mr.. Mckinley is not sound i
n finance. IL is charitable To him to 1
~ that on this question lie does not I
now ms own mind. He has coquetted .
lame lcssly with the silvermen and I
ie popullsts. It's moro than probable @
TAT he will do SO some more in the :,
'uth. where his party has made many /,
sEraceful coalitions in this direction. q
may be that the republicans may @,
IKE q man no more sound than he |,
r Reed, for instance, but Mr.. Reed y
a man who knows what honest II
oney is. II he chooses. he can define n
"a defend it, lie does not suffer. as
r Mckinley does, from mental in D,
pacity and obfuscation. lie would II
obably IN any great emergency. IL is
had the responsibility OF executive N
ton. do what was right. At anv Is
g, he could II he chose. Mr.. McKin- yv
could not. for he could not see what IN
IS right. and he could not under sn
mo 1t II some enc told him. He ri
'uld simply yield to pressure, and du
re readily in the wrong direction ~
an in the right -,
Inere IS another point Of interest in co
:. Mchinlcy's plan Of operations. He OF
plainly trying TO work up the south. ia
delegations. He may succeed in Oh
IT, but IT viii not help him greatly. On
ere IS no record Of any candidate for tr,
presidency in a republican conven- oil
? who has won by means of the inc
thern delegations. Mr.. sherman or,
de vigorous and not n very scrun- co,
rs effort TO capture them in $50 {
lic he was in the treasury. He rot we
southern vote. but he lost the nom no.
non Mr. Arthur tried the same {
1ts IN 1888. with the same result. hal
Blaine worked in the same dirc.- on,
in ISIS. and failed. Mr.. Harrison Re,
strong southern support in 1892
he convention, but had he not been
ng enough elsewhere to disregard =
he would very likely have failed IS
: The fact is that the south has Ion
many years been treated by the re- =
leans solely as field in which Ia his
= q crop ~ delegates. II has never Ree
seriously contested at the polls pul
G lsJs. The result has been very Tin
pby and tricky lot Of southern re- :
iican politicians whom no one can ho
!. and whose support Is rather part
-ful than helpful To candidate. wor
the whole, therefore. Mr. McKln- n.
chances for the nomination are iron
good. N. Y. Times.
Of the Mckinley that
I says the New York Times. ~ are
living issue in American politics tax
uI.n.