The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-02-13

tion OF WhAt htsN ~
s,,,a, for Is Complete Platform In IT.
,,,f-Linsoln Day Celebrations Else
where.
CHICAGO. Feb. 12.-when William
ucyInley arose to speak tonight at the
s,,ouet in the Auditorium, given by
me Marquette Club In eommemeretIor
nTtbo birth of Abraham Lincoln. afteeh
bundred men cheered the ohioan with
the yehemeuce OF enthusiastic admira-
tIon They got upon chairs and the air
mas alled with the tiutter OF haudker-
chief, and vibrating with the tumult of
yolces Men cheered till they were ex-
hsustsd with the effort, and rested and
chsared again.
I, was the tenth annual banquet
riyen by the club, and 1t was intended
there would be 1900 guests. More than
thst number by 800 came and an over
soW banquet was necessary. The guest
~ fhonor was Mr.. Mckinley. He spoke
10 the toast Abraham Lincoln"
Al every reference to the name of
Mckinley or the word protection" OUT
bursts OF cheering followed. The ad-
dress OF the ex-governor was char
srteristic and magnificent piece OF ora
tory.
MoK,niay'. Speech.
After giving comprehensive sketch
and tribute to Lincoln. in which allu-
s.on was made to the principal events
In his life. Major Mckinley devoted
himself to a consideration OF current
political questions. as exempllfied by
me speeches aud writings OF Mr.. Lln-
tSla. He said:
A profound common sense Is the
bcst genius for statesmanship, and
there is no substitute for It. Lincoln Is
c:-taVhly the most sasaeiois and far:
SeetnE, statesman IN the annals OF
American history. His whole life jus
tIses this estimate OF him. II Il not
e5le that his stand on all public ques-
:lnas in his earlier as well as his later
GREER stamp him as the wisest expo
aent Of political truths we have ever
had.
witnessing the government as we do
today, with its debt-tncreasing. bond
issuing. Eold-depleting. labcr-destroy-
taE. low-earift policy. with what
mighty force the words Of Lincoln,
written more than half q century ago.
come TO us in this hour and emer-
eency They read as II written for
the living present. not for the past.
atly, do you know, that as TAR back as
March |, 1913, At q W'hlg meeting In
Springfield. Mr., Lincoln offered a ser
les Of resolutions relatirg TO the tarlff.
ah!ch could well be accepted here to-
night? They were then instantly and
unanimously adopted. and Mr.. LIN
coin was himself appointed TO prepare
ca address to the people OF the state
rpon the subjects which they EN-
hraced. Let me read from this address
hs profound observations upon tarln
and taxation and their relation TO the
condition OF the country.
The, first of our resolutions. said
Mr. Lincoln, declares q tariff OF duties
upon foreign importations, producing
sufficient revenue for the support OF the
general government, and go adjusted no
20 protect American industry, to be tn-
dlpenslbly necessary TO the prosperity
o'the American people; and The second
6ecllreE direct taxation for q national
revenue 20 be improper.
For several years past the revenues
OF the government lave been unequal
70 It's expenditures, and consequently
loan after loan. sometimes direct and
Comotmes Indirect In form, has been
Tesortel to- BY this means now ma
;lanai debt has been created and Is
It'll growing on ;iS with rapidly
!aarfu! 10 c11tenplate-a rapidlty only
reasonably to be expected In time OF
var. This stete Of things has been
produced by prevailing unwillingness
e:tnec TO Increase she tArin on TO resort
TO drcc: taxation. But the one or the
Othe: muss come. Coming eSpendi-
tIfes TuS. be met and the present
deb; must be paid: and money cannot
always be borrowed for these objects.
The system Of loans IL but temporary
IN rs natuHe, and must soon explode.
Ills a system not only ruinous while 1t
lasts. but ono that must soon fail and
lea"" ~ destitute. As an individual
who undertakes to live by borrowing
to0n Grts his original neanS deyoured
BY interest, and, next, no one LEFT 10
boTry from. 10 must II be with the
government"
Then a. Now.
Governor Mckinley quoted further
:fom Lncoln's famous protection
Gpsech. showing that he took strong
grounds In favor of the Republican
policy, and continued:
Perhaps It was n0t entirely accident
al ,Eli these views Of Mr.. Lincoln
found almost literal expression in the
Republican national platform OF 1900
Nor is II 7,TunYe that this year. as In
6GD, 10 chart Ia needed 10 mark the Re-
pu'il-1n position upon this great eco,
hpmia question. The whole worlu
HAew year In advance OF fH utter.
ant" what tn" Republican platform OF
i'D would be, and the whole world
Kfows now. and has known Tor year
past, what the Republican platform OF
1855 viii be.
Then the hattie waA to arrest the
trisal Of slave labor In America; now
II l5 10 prevent tho Increase OF llly.pnld
anl degraded free labor In America
ihe Iiaform oE 1920, say, Is already
Ni,l''n-written in tho hearts and at
tc homes OF the mnBses Of our country.
"o1. It has been thought out around
EGnlTCI1 OF Thousands OF American
IF"T!loa-- literally wrought out. Dy the
10" conditions ard harsh experiences
u ihn pas, three years.
On ,br great questions stlll unsettled,
or In dispute. between the dominant
Llrtic0 "" stand now Just M we did In
l,N Tor Republican principles are un-
m'Iablo On the subject OF protection
u American interests we can rcdi'lrm
an wli ronHlrm the Lincoln platform
NJ l"l 1t needs neither amendment
NOR elaboration.
N1w lot me read the Lincoln platform
IN TIM tarlff, adopted on May ~, 1860
IF 'h' second Republican national con
'"fh0r and submit whether II d0ol
'EuFcg7 the sentiment of the grcll
U -L-LLlr ~ tho people Of IliInoIf. and