New-York tribune., 1896-05-15
PLATTS ATTACK UPON MKINLEY.
srCH HOSTILE CRITICISM CAN ONLY HELP THE
OHIO MAN.

OltIp MAN
To The Editor OF The Tribune:
Sir: Whom the gods love they first make mad
indeed Thomas Casabianca Plat Ia 30 much IN
love with regularity" that he now finds II neces-
sary to produce his regular weekly letters. He has
concentrated mis- batteries Of invective upon Mckin-
lev and as he has heard that drop Of water VIII
wear away n stone. suppose he thinks his weekly
pop Will pulverize the popular giant. "A wise con-
sorvatve and educated Statesman with definite
policy IL wanted" he how.s-for this mornings ef-
fort certainly reaches the dignity OF a howl Just
what process OF reasoning he adopts TO reach the
conclusion that Mckinley does not measure mp 10
this standard Is hard TO tel. but IL must be some
thing Nks this Mckinley has never been convicted
OF serious unwi.dom: therefore he is not wise. He
wa. the chief architect OF the most successful work
ing tariff bill that had definite principle in It ever
enacted. therefore. he IL not conservative lie has
had twsnty years active experience and performance
as a legislator In the councils OF his Nation. is
close student Of history and economics. and sue
cessf chief executive Of great state. therefore.
he Is not an educated statesman.
See how oasy Il Is to reason II YOU are only n
,ogtcjan II you only know how. II is easy 20 prove
v,no.eon never fought the battle Of Waterloo. Gut
~, showed hts students how TO do H. T. {. +. must
have bsen one Of them.
wcKin,ev is not well balanced" not great"
M, . TRAINED ard educated public man" even II
he has been twenty years In public life as legislator
and Governor Not 'astute political leader
of course not such as Quay Then what Is he?
Well Casablanca says he Is TOO amlab'e This.
McKinicys friends r.us; admit. Is frightfnl fall
,ro and they can't see their way clear 10 defend
him from such weakness. Casabianca prefers a
man who can give the cold. cammy hand. like
IndIsna's favorite son. and the marble heart Ike
our Chief Magistrate knows so well how to present
c,sabianca's experience with those two strong men
has been SO pleasant he wants more OF 1t. Amiable
gentlemen like our present Governor are not 10 MS
liking evidently. The public have had the opposite
Idea: but when the correction comes from the
fountain head Il must be accepted Things are
not always what they SEEM" Dick Deadeye said.
To continue Mckinley had less TO do with the
Mckinley bill than Dingiey and Adtich." Let that
be settled by better authority. Even II II were
true Il would not alter the fact that the theory
the Mckinley bill embodles belongs more 10 Nc
Kinley than to any other public man. and II Nc
Kinley's arguments had prevailed further. some
OF the radical features complained Of would not be
in that bill The principle that Mckinley has con-
sistentIy advocated IL the one that all men VIII
finally agree upon. viz. the difference In the cost
OF labor per unit OF production at nome ana ABROAD
the principle which every laboring man in the
land believes In. IL Ia not for the Mckinney Dill
..lIne for line" that Mckinley stands But II Is Tor
the principle that ne endeavored to have determined
the percentage that ought to have gone into every
lne and his efforts to give that principle statu
tory existence history will embam his name IN the
hierarchy OF American statesmen
7, 90, no ssfe,v said that the Democrats will not
IL Gun 'e '' Wu,,ia,, 4, ,om,rated hal,
lie awake al nights after Mchhiey Is "oi"n"'eu "
80 much as Cassbianca rs doing now before ne is
-, . -, o,, ..hoa,ue crticism'' that will
nominated 10 te'ret OUT "oe"'e ~ ...
penetrate the armor OF his honesty ana STATESMAN.
,,n ard ad,,tn,strative ability He has been tried
sup ~ .v. .a..,,, ,,,r,u.s and M, found
IN every one OF tnese essen.'" IL nsr.as haye made
wanting iow man" ,iVn, ~ -, St"vcrnors We done
better reputations no" "say s; o,na yhr,mgh thai
better no" niuiy n.y.. ,n %ssrncion ~ ones pri.
most TYING OF 81 ao m, uth so much credit and
vate LOT anu Iii r v, ha revealed Than he has?
POSITIVE sloiy hs WIZ W, w e,,ar .arico than attar