The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-03-13
MKINLEY AND MORTON,

Morton and Mckinley, on 4 platform
Ct sound money and protection for Amer
Scan industries, would not only sweep
the country. but from the very day OF
their nomination would inaugurate an
era OF untold prosperity for this great
and glorious nation.-Brooklyn Standard
Union
Names in a popular canvass are some
times the most powerful OF arguments.
Every voter knows that four years ago
what was derisively called Mckinley
ism" meant to him personally high
wages, and meant to the country protec-
tion and prosperity. Every voter knows
that the mistaken abandonment OF it
brough, panic. lower wages, less con-
sumption. long-coutinued hard times
Why should not Republicans now brush
away Mr.. Clevelands cheap imitation Of
old Democratic devices TO make the
country forget their olunders at home [
and abroad by reviving the war spirit. I
and at once clarity and inspire the can
vsss by putting forward the one name
that means to every voter in the Union
4 return to the old system, which gave Z
prosperity, and the abandonment OF
which brought disasterT The very name
Of Mckinley would bring the campaign
to the true fighting ground. and furnish
Inspiration for the fight. Like others,
he has fought for the flag and stands
for the national honor and for honest
money. But. above all, hs stands for
the system We mistakngly abandoned IN 1
rss. and to which the people wsnt TO I
get back-an aspiration in which host
Of Democrats even join and will eontri- |
butte their support.
OF course the Democrats will revive the
old delusion Of 1850. which helped them
then, and which they think can be used
TO weaken some Republicans now. Nc
Kinley is an extremist they will try to
make these weak Republicans say. We
favor a tariff. but not a fanatical tarir- (
We are opposed to constant tarin tinker
ing. and would rather let things alone
than risk another paralysis OF business
while congress is for months fighting
over the details OF another high protec-
tive tariff.
But we can't let things alone. The
eountry is not raising enough revenue to
meet its current expenses, and instead Of
manfuIly trying to make its receipts
equal It's odtgo, it is borrowing money
10 pay its bills, and piling up national
debt again in time Of peace, just as we
did thirty-five years ago in time OF war.
That course is madness; and there is no
other. save to raise the morey either by
direct taxation or by a tariff. Direct
taxes would destroy any American party
that levied them. From the days Of
George Washington down, the accepted
method Of money for the expenses Of the
general government in this country has
been by a tariff, and the one thing that
the people have shown that they want
now is to get back to it.
Getting back to It does not mean un-
reasonable duties or greater burdens on
trade than we have now. 1t does not
mean a general advance on duties-the
Republicans had a larger free list than
Wilson left. II does not mean even the
re-enactment OF the Mckinley tariff.
That tariff, like every other one requires
constant notifications from year to year
according to the progress of manutac-
lures. the development OF inventions, the
degree Of foreign competition. There arr
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which it is the duty Of statesman
trained in tariff making to study from
every point of view and give their proper
Selght IN the final adjustment
Mckinley himself would not dream OF
gnaeting the Mckinley tariff. 1t suited
as then, and we prospered under II
trsazingly, but the circumstances are
hanged. He would insist on restoring
he country to a genuinely protective
OASIS. and would know better than any
man now living how a protective tariff
could be properly adjusted to our present
condition and circumstances. We want
10 raise money by duties in such way
as 10 help Americans, not Englishmen
or other foreigners. That Is what the
voters want 10 get back to, and no name
in the world means that today so clearly
as the name Of Mckinley. The nomina-
ton of Mckinley and Morton would
make its own argument. and with such
ticket the canvass might almost be
trusted to run itself.