The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-06
WHAT coNFRoNTs MAI. M,KrsLEY.

Major Mckinley having been elected
president and a Republican congress
having been returned, there will natur-
ally be much speculation as to what
bis policy will be-
The condition of the country is such
that it Will require the highest states
manship TO deal az all successfully with
it and bring it into condition that is
satisfactory First of all there is the
financial condition of the country that
must be dealt with. And by this we
do not refer to the question of a
monetary standard, but to the impe-
cunious state of the treasury. 1t is
such that something must be done;
more revenue must be provided This
will furnish him with pretext for
recommending the enactment of a high
tariff law: ostensibly for revenue. in
reality for protection.
Major Mckinley is identified with the
highest tariff law this country has ever
known, law that was SO radical in its
departure from accepted standards of
protection that a new name was neces-
sary TO identify and classify it. The
name selected, or rather made, was Nc
kinleyisIn. To him it will appear to be
logical to infer that his election means
an Endorsement of NcKinIeyism In
his many speeches at Canton he ever
forced protection to the front and the
money issue to the background His
record on the one question was perfectly
straight and entirely consistent with
the platform upon which he stood. 1t
was not so upon the other. The conse-
quence now is that he can say he made
protection prominent and that the
money issue is no longer a live one,
the election having settled it by decid-
ing in favor of the maintenance of the
present gold standard. But then he
must remember, and if he forgets he
will often be reminded, that it was
upon the rock of McKinleyism that
President Harrison's administration
was wrecked in 1892 He will regard
protection a cure-all while it has
proved a crush-all. This is the first
great question that will confront him.
The second great question that will
of the currency. The elimination of the
silver question for the time being does
not in any sense relieve the country of
the dangers attendant upon the pres
ent currency system. The endless
chain is still there, and all the world
has learned how easily ii can be oper-
ated.
NToS ATcI =
not fail TO inherit some foreign ques-
tons from the present one. The Vene-
zuelan matter is not settled, although
it now seems to be in a fair way for
settlement, so far as reaching an agree
ment between the United States and
England for its submission to arbitra-
ton is concerned; but arbitration at
best is but a preliminary step to settle
ment
If Cuba does not achieve her indie
pendence before the close of the present
administration; or if the administra-
ton does not accord the Cubans recog-
milton as belligerents. there will GER
tainly be demand made upon Major
McKinleys administration by the
ence be recognized, or that the Cubans
be given belligerent rights; and most
probably it will be the former demand.
How his administration will deal with
these and other questions time only can
tell, but it will be the sincere hope
and wish of all patriots that success
may attend his administration, for
whatever it is it will deeply affect the
whole people.
Mr.. Bryan was defeated, and in his
defeat went down the better
cause, but this is no reason for those
who supported him not TO wish sue
cess to him who triumphed, for it is
for the common interest that he should
succeed. And let it never be forgotten
that truth cru-hed to earth will rise
again