New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-11

egates with Major Mckinley" Mr.. Moore was
asked
1T Is excellent with. some OF them" replied he,
smiling land with some OF them not good. 1t
would have been better al around If all the dele
gates this county had had the courage Of their
convictions and out squarey for Mckinley
two weeks ago. That majority Of them are at
heart in favor of him Is true beyond question
las a result Of the hattering prospect that we
are the sure road once more to Republican rule
and a protective tariff. confident that we shall
see speedy revival OF business all over the country
Manufacturers everywhere begin to have confidence
that il will not be long before American markets
will b., reserved for American mechanics and man.
ufacturers This Is the prime requisite for enduring
success"
Judge Daniel G. Hartman of the Gates Avenue
Court Is a well-known and ardent Mckinney man
and thinker He in the Municipal building
a day or two ago. when he was seen by Tribune
reporter.
why is the uprising for Mckinley so spontaneous
and universal?' he asked
because the American people have good memo
rles" said he. They have not yet forgotten l@-.
In that year they remember every mill. factory ana
furnace had all the work 1t could do. working day
and night and could not then Ill all orders. They
remember that every car had all the freight IL
cou.d carry every steamer and canalboa, was
loaded to the waters edge. and then all the reignt
could not be carried They remember that OF all
the millions OF artisans and worklngneh every
one who wanted work had ii. and ali he coulo no.
ar the highest wages ever paid to laborers They
remember that then they and their wives ana chill
dren had all the food and clothing that they neeIed
mr. wanted They remember that these good times
we're under the Mckinley tariff, ana that 'he cou'-
trv was never prosperous ana the peop'e 50
happy and contented as then
..Thcy remember what happened almost I'M
,rel,atelv after the election of Mr. Cleveland and
"A platform
o,,rcad protection as unconstitutional and the Nc
Kinlev tariff as the eliminating atrocity OF pro-
,ec,ion and pledglng themselves not 10 rest uh''
protection should he utterly swept away Inc NC.
Kinley tariff was not actually repeaieo uhti'
August. 1894 but the Democratic party had 'hc
nower 10 repeal the Mckinley tariff, and We're
nledeed to do it, any time after the election IN lssz
1he manufacturers. m-owners and merchants
knew that II would speedily be done. ana they pe-
can 10 discount the results OF such repea very soo
after the election The mills were smut oo"N
manufacturers stopped work ana merchants Stas 30
- buv Railways had little or no business ana tns
steamboats, and canal-boats were laid w Ior iarH
Of freights They remember all tncse 100 oCd
workingmen who, when the year before with tnsit ,
families Tf[s cQmS" 6ad aPs hapPy nohns
Snt walk the streets and beg from charity food ana
inc ar Rome me- for them and were earning nothing
"They remember the awful suffering they snuureo g.
durns 1885, and especially the het 's all this happened
a.t4ya arif
under the threat TO repeal the protscuVe Th 1s
law with full power TO carry OUT that thlea' ,,i ~
remember the Wilson-Ciorman tarlu, 50 Iuii oi
fraud and abomlnation that even Cleveland spe%Hey
II out and refused to sign II, and they remenptei
tha suffering and misery that have come upon the
American people through that III -fated tarn q.
1.-THE people remember that the good times, .ne
prosperity was under protection, and they reiheoeI
even more wildly that these distresslui, thsss
trade or actual free trade. The people have come
TO regard as synonymous terms prosperity an. ahe
.nrotecfton They also regard the terms NC
Kinley" and protection synonymous and a.
according 10 the axiom that things that are edua
to the same thing are equal 10 each otner, tney
have come to regard the words Mckinney anc
prosperity synonymous ~ .ho.,
things that they everywhere demand Mchney i,
their minds he represents the idea OF pro.eiH,,.T
hence of prosperity better than any other HV.ns
American. Another reason why Mckinley is pop pop
MAR with the masses is because the bosses are GOVT
on him. and the more the bosses like Platt. Quay
and Carson try to destroy Mckinley sne NOR.
beloved ard popular will he become Inc people
want him the people Will have him. and he VIII d
the next President. II he lives