Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-05-21

that is to follow, his personality and
bis record will be subjected to the
searchlight Of hostile criticism. Mol
will they forget that there are two
qualities-resolution and conserva'
tism-which the people always re-
quire in their Chief Magistrate. Now,
if we Republicans are successful in
the next campaign, as seems so PROB
able to-day, there are two great ques-
tions, in which are involved the earn
ing capacity of every citizen, that We
shall have to settle wisely, temperate
Ily, conservatively. They are the tar
Iiff question and the currency question.
"The American people have shown
that they don't want a radical tariff
in any direction. What they do want
| is a protective tariff so devised as to
make up by taxes on foreign articles
that compete with our own for the diff
ference between the price of labor
here and abroad. Mr.. Mckinley rep
resents the most radical and extreme
view of protection. We must not
only draw a bill that can be put
through Republican Congress, but
we must draw one that will not be
opensto serious criticism as class legis.
lation. forsee the greatest danger
to the Republican party as the result
of extreme tariff legislation.
"Fully as important as the tariff
bill, yes, more SO, is that measure
which must be devised to render our
currency system Ineligible, safe and
elastic. If Major Mckinley has any
real convictions on the subject of cur
rency they are not revealed in his
votes or his speeches. He voted once
for the free and unlimited coinage of
silver. He voted to override the ve-
to by President Hayes of the Bland
bill, and at different times he has vo-
ted in direct conflict with these votes.
He has described himself as a obi
metallist," as in favor of the free
coinage of both metals. His Ohio
platform proposes another expert
ment in silver coinage, as the Bland
Allison act, or the Sherman law, with
the parity between the metals enforc-
ed by Legislation. This in my opin-
ion, should and will remove Mr.. Nc
Kinley from the list of Presidential
possibilities by the time the Republi-
can convention meets.
"The people of this country have
had enough OF the attempt to force so
cents worth of silver into circulation
as dollar. They have suffered in
calculable losses as the result of TWEEN.
ty years of that policy.
II am credibly informed that the
instruction for Mckinley by the Cali
fornia convention was obtained by
the promise on the part OF his man.
ayers of a Cabinet Office, and by the
further promise that he would sign
any silver Legislation that could be
got through the next congress. This
pledge!is safe enough, perhaps, since
the next Congress is not likely to pass
any silver Legislation, but the sense
of the promise was an effort by the
Mckinley managers to show that their
candidate was friendly to silver.
"Every business man knows that
the line has got to be drawn sharply
and distinctly against every p@blic
man whose words threaten the coun-
try and It's business interests with
any further debasement of the curren-
cy or with any more of those losses
and sacrifices which have followed
every effort to force silver upon the
country. The Republican candidate
for President must be man who in
instead of occupying an equlvocal po-
sition on this subject stands out firm
ly as an advocate of q sound and
thorough reform of the currency, with
gold as the standard of value, and
such a man is our candidate, Gov.
Morton.
"When the delegates at st. Louis
come to consider these matters there
choice for President will not be Will