Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-06
FOR THE FALL CAMPAIGN
The Republican National Committee Send
ing Out Documents.
Compilation of Tariff Speeches an.i
Statistics-Remarks of n Demo-
crat Included.

one OF the most interesting campaign
| documents ever sent out from Washington
mas just been prepared by the republican
national committee for distribution in the
states where the campaign this fall is to
be OF national Importance, notably in Ohio
and Maryland. While the matter was pre-
pared under the direction of the national
committee, it will be distributed by the
state committees
The document in question is a compila-
ton of about 1G0 printed pages of tariff
speeches and tariff statistics. In it is n
ciuded comparative statement showing
tne cinerence for each item of importation
between the Mckinley tariff law the
House tariff bill, the Senate bill and the
new tariff law as enacted. The rates OF
duty are reduced to an ad vaiorem eauiva-
lent, SO as to make a comparison of the
rates very easy.
Ihe other pages are devoted to a reprint
of speeches and of newspaper articles bear.
ing upon the tariff and upon the currency
question, wltf discussion. of free silver and
the gold standard. The second speech in
the collection, and one to which attention
is called by IT'S conspicuous display, is the
speech delivered by a democrat from the
south-Senator McLaurin of South Caro-
ma The speech was delivered by Mr.
McLaurin March %. while he was a mem
Der OF the House. When the bill came up
In the Senate Mr.. McLaurn voted with the
repuDiicans for number CT protective
tariff amendments, but voted against the
bill as whole.
toIowing Is quotation from his s1eech
pr nted In the republican campaign dccu-
ments:
I'VE must admit the fact that for the
next four years at least the doctrine of
protection will control our revenue system,
end for one / propose to demand a reci-
proc1ty OF protection between the sections
1or all the industries of this country, south
as well north.
As democrats We have denounced the
doctrines of protection and declared that
the protected industries of the north and
east were robb;ng the balance of the ma
ton. Believing this to he true and know
ing that in spite of all our efforts for thir-
" years this doctrine still continues in op-
Grafton, is 1t wise, is ii just to our People
not TO demand fair play for our section?
Must our own people suffer because of our.
obStlnacy or pride? Let us demand equal
privileges for all the products of the south,
to the end that If the tariff is robbery our
own section will cease to be its only vic
tim. If protection really brings higher
prices, as We claim, let the people of the
south realize that fact when they market
their cotton, sugar, tobacco. rice, lumber
etc am sure not one of them would OBJ
Ject, but. on the contrary. would make ex-
celient use of this additional remuneration
for their labor"
Representative Delivers speech on ..The
Tariff and the Farmer is quoted; also
Representative Hopkins on ''Tariff and
reciprocity, with dozen or more speech
es by other representatives following in
close order. Wool COAL lumber iron and
steel. tin plate. etc, are dealt with. and
some hard raps given the Wilson bill by
every one.
Representative Grosvenor of Ohio has
six speeches in the collection. One of them
Is entitled, The Advance Agent of Pros
perity, and in 1T he reproduces the re-
marks delivered by him at the Ohio re-
publican convention, June 22 last
Cuba comes in for defense in Soma af
the republican speeches, and praise for the
administration is quoted frequently from
the newspaper articles.
The compilation contains many interest
ing matters of a miscellaneous character
relating to politics. including election sta
tistics.
The republican national committee has
prepared the data for a large amount of
campaign matter that is being published
IN Ohio by the state campaign committee
and circulated in that state by the COM
mittee. Some of the same matter will
also be circulated by the state campaign
committees in other states where the elec-
tions this fall will have bearing upon
national affairs.