New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-10

would be to forfeit his own self-respect' Inns
spirit of loyalty was manifested again III lo'- AZ
Ninneapoljs when he voted for Harrison, not"''"-
standing the fact that lSo votes Including e'e''
one from Ohio except his own. was cas-, io' w
Kinley In an effort by Plat and Quay to place MN
in the field against Harrison. when Blame "o''''-
nation found TO be impossible
PROTECTIONIST. AND MORE
7, Is not easy to summarize his achievements AT
Washington though this has been done ny ''e
popular mind He is thought Of chiefly as 'ne sue
cessor of the late Judge Kelley. the great eXpoue
NJ tho Protective doctrine This characterization
Of Mckinley is true enough. but. as MT foI'e'
points out II Is exceedingly unjust TO cohs'ue' nun
for an instant a man OF one idea i'"'' ' "
perhaps one Of the greatest living experts u" '
tariff but he Is far more than that Ihere - ~,
a question that has come before the puhiic uui'"s
his public career upon which he has not sPo"'
and spoken in a manner that compelled respectful
attention The elaboration OF this truth Is one Oh
the most valuable features OF Mr. Porter "oo"'
Extracts from his speeches will best illustrate '"i'
contention.
First in importance is the financial question,
upon which some criticism OF his record mas recent
~ been offered. In the ohio State campaign Vi
1891 when he was first a candidate for Governor
the Democratic party declared directly Tor Tree
and unlimited coinage OF silver. III mus oc'"'''
a direct issue. and Governor Campbell! the pe'"o'
cratic candidate declared In newspaper lhter''e"
after his denomination that ne was "ii'ins
to chance 1t on free silver" To this Mckinney re-
piled in his opening speech at Niles. ONO. on
August -. 1891:
PLAIN TALK ABOUT SILVER.
Governor Campbell declared in ono Of his recent
interviews that while he has doubts about H. he was
willing ITO chance the free and unlimited coinage
OF silver" not willing to chance IT, We
cannot gamble with anything 80 sacred az MONEY.
which is the standard and measure OF values
can IMAGINE nothing which would be more disturb
Ing credit and more runous to our com
mercal and financial affairs than to make TINS the
dumping ground OF the worlds silver me sNNer
producer might be benefited. but the siN'r Nr't
never !. there Is be any proht III IN" coinage
OF silver 1t should 80 10 the Government ~ mas
gone to the Government ever since the blani.A.-
iison law went irto effect This new declaration
would take II from the Government ana s''e ii ~
Now. the pcopl, know that II We had two yard
sticks one three feet In length and the Vinsr '~o
and a half feet length, the buyer "ouid AI"ayr
have his goods measured to MIN By the shorter
stick. and that the longer sick "ouit 90 nt0 per
manent dsuse. IS exactly 40 MIN aioyyy-,ds
lOO-cent dollar Will 30 out OF crculA,ioh h'otsr.I.
an socent dollar which IL legal tender by ihe nay
suffer 80 much the ~age-earner and the as.,eni,
tursi II Is TIE farmer you wsSi Measure MIN
which he measures his wheat for the buyer thI"s
pecks Instead Of four ana requr. ,nr iSr ~ pa"
am in favor OF the double standard but am
not IN favor OF ,he i,,f ann ninth The nations OF the
s ssnrI shai ioin us in yuarantceng to silver
status Mn miles equality AT ratio and that
eouaj,ty can only be established by the concurfeni
nation. that made the double standard 1t VII re,
Qure the concurrent law OF nations 70 iei'S.ate 49,
sustain r. uniii then foT US 10 rscs silver would
he 10 ordain that our silver dollars must surely
deprecate, and gold ineV.taDy 20 - 49,, 81 IN our
No man KNOWS VIVA. Wv, 10 o,,r nr"scnt light every
Of safety requires us hold pres
ent status until the other great nations snnir ,b
to an inttrnatohaI fa'.G ILL., s,dn bv sfe
N" ~, 40 hccanse want 10 preserve these equal
standards OF value that have opposed ana shai,
oppose concurrence III 'ne ao,nu' = 40 no, want
aT no' a, discount or vice versa But
both metals side By side. equal IN Pur'hhsi
power and IN iesa'-,enns' nnnev Win which 10
ID husiness and move the commerce OF the United
States To tell me that the free ana uhhinileu
coinage OF SILVER OF me o!,i u, Nv 49, M ,,ons
oi ,,, III "a 70 a nremI1m is 10 deny ali
h,,torv and the weight Of oil financial experience.
The very instant that you have opened up our
mihts TO the silver ercn OF ns yepy instant,
" IN brief time a, best. you have sent gold to a
premium, you have put II In great measure INTO
disuse ana we are rf.ni'sea ,.o 10 nr eivas -
~. W. uoa ~ hn,h metals
II f. only because OF the safe and conservative
financial policy or the hepupncah party hiucu ny
the coxseI 49, . ~. .nnrovoI =, the coun
try that since ls7A by our legsla,i have
compelled gold and silver to WORK tosether upon
an elu",.'y; ,sinnss ~ o"r countrv ct ths
bullion OF the world come into this market from
Europe and Asia and then. whether goid nows our
or ms country q! NOV, II NV ~. ~ w, mn aro
OF nusnrss d h s drven ~ ,be usa %; silver alone
In danger OF pe'hs "'''e" W inc use VI ''''e' ''
A FRIEND OF RECIPROCITY
49,, a.. ,,e.a T., ,,x,,o, ,ro,
RECIPROCITY hdd "'', i''emn III noN,''''' '''''
the time OF it's inception This Mr.. Porter de-
c,ares IN the authority OF William Eleroy Curtis
..oro.a-v ., tho puroau a, American RenubI,c,
secretary OF 'he bureau OF american" neP"''''
and Of Gall Hamilton. who. In her recent biography
Of Mr. blaine states that Mckinley was one OF the
I,, ,r,n,s. =, r.c,nroo,,y
earnest "'en'' vi '.''p'o''''
M .''a ".",.. " Wv "' ,,.
nv Mr. Mckinley himself 7, was not adop,ed
NJ vcK,nlev bouovor v,,od Tor 4, tho orst ,imc
and when tho .econd nronos,,ion containing some
notifications was nresented no vo,ed for tina, also
Nr cur,,s Java ,ba, pia,n... onnos,,ion IN tho