The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-03
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Canton, O., July 3.-There certainly
should be no better authority on the
broad plan which is to characterize the
Republican conduct of the presidential
campaign than Mark A Hanna, the
man who so modestly denies this person.
! all potency in bringing to fruition the
will Of the people in the nomination OF
Mckinley and Hobart, and VINO, as the
chairman Of the national committee,
will be the general of the battle. Mr..
Hanna is no more ready than would be
a Won Moltke or Grant to reveal his
! plans of war TO a newspaper which is
attentively read at the campfireS OF the
/ Democratic enemy as well as by the
( leaders and rank and file of the Repub-
! Ecan army. Nevertheless, while Mr..
Hanna does not wish his information 10
be put into quotation marks, beyond a
very limited range, he is willing that
the Mail and Express shall make some
| definite announcements for the edifica-
ton of Republicans and for whatever
|
get out of them.
What is here written IS the result OF
consultation held with Mr.. Hanna at
the Union Club, Cleveland, where din
ner in his honor has been given.
EMPHASIS OF THE TARIFF.
The first point to be noted and EN-
| phasized is that the tariff and not the
currency question ds to be the chief issue
in this campaign. That is exactly in line
with the contention of the best Repub-
| lioan thought, as expressed in news pa
pers and on the platform for the past
six months. Mr.. Hanna has already Civ
en- his views upon this important point
IN an interview last week. He repeated
his statements then by adding in his
conversation with me:
1T is impossible for Democrats or
boiling Republicans TO divert the issue
from that of protection. 1t can't be
done. Our candidate, Major Mckinley,
is perfectly sound on the money ques-
I ton, as sound as is the St Louis plat
form. But he represents first, no mat
ter how thoroughly he also represents
sound money, the idea Of such protec-
ton Of our domestic markets from i'm
ported products of cheap foreign labor
as VIII enable factories to run on full
time, and all the working people of the
United States to be paid the best wages
they can earn
But, while Chairman Hanna insists,
as every Republican leader who has
talked with either him or Major Nc
Kinley since the St Louis convention
insists, that the restoration of home in
dustries to a normal and profitable ba-
sis must be the main issue Of the cam
paign, Mr.. Hanna is not at all inclined TO
ignore the currency question. That also
VIII nave its place in the battle but dt
will not be regarded as in any sense a
new issue. The idea that the Republi-
can party has in any way departed from
its record as to the financial policy will
be vigorously combatted.
PROTECTION IN THE WEST.
But the debate between gold and sill
yer will be limited to the east It is in
the west, in some of the very strong
holds of the free silver fallacy, that
protection to wool growers and mining
industries will be presented as the logi-
cal reason for intrusting the conduct Of
the government to Republican control.
This idea Of Chairman Hanna finds
ample and forcible response from other
Republican leaders who understand the
temper of the people in the western
country. They recognize that, with rev.
enues from customs duties enough to
pay its bills. and sufficient to cover the
difference between European and Amer
lean wages, the currency question Will
quickly settle itself
In example, G. w. Fairbanks OF In
diana, who was the temporary chair |
man Of the st. Louis convention, and
who has come to Canton with the noti- |
fcation committee. said: The tariff
is the vital question Of the day. and not
the silver issue. Under Democratic mis- |
rule the country has been running in
debt, and legislation to remedy the mis- !
takes made by the Democrats will be |
absolutely necessary, and that legisla- |
ton must be along protection lines. If |
IL hadn't been for the meddling Of the
Democrats with the tariff system. the
country today would be in far better |
shape, and the wheels OF industry, now
idle, would never have been clogged. |
Their indifference with the tariff re- |
suited in Generalization. Put the ma
tional treasury once more upon a |
sound basis. and the currency question |
VII settle itself, and wholesome revenue |
laws Wiz put the national treasury in /
the condition in which il was before II |
was tempered with by Democratic leg
islatiOn''
SILVER AS A DIVERSION.
Mr.. Fairbanks added: THE Demo- |
cratic party is talking free silver in the |
nope CT raising an issue that will give /
them new lease on life. The Demo-
cratic attack on the Mckinley law has |
been such as 10 bring the party into
disfavor. and they are trying to crawl |
out OF the issue which brought McKin- |
ley into prominence. but they Will not 4
be able TO divert the attention Of the /
people from the real issue. The people 1
feel that Major Mckinley IS their own
choice and that he is close to them
He has won a firm place In the hearts
or the great masses OF the people 1
and they believe his selection viii usher
in a new era OF prosperity. Nv iudg-
ment IS that he viii be triumphantlv
elected"
What effect VIII the western bolt
have on the election -
None, whatever. Senato Teller and
the rest did what was expected and pre-
dicted they would do before the conven-
ton. and it was impossible to accede
10 their unreasona bic demands"
In addition to this may be quoted an
propriately Chairman Hanna's o4rn
words TO me: 7 dtn't propose the f.
nancial policy OF the Democratic party
20 obscure in the west the real issue OF
adequate protection 70 our industries.
The great west viii prove 70 b more in
terested in protection than IN currency. Sc
But Mr.. Hanna Is q general VINO BE-
lieN7ss IN practical tactics on the political !
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