The Globe-republican., 1902-04-17
THE -tNsuReENTs So
Congressman who Adheres the Me
kinney school of RepubIfcanIsm.

The .-fNSURGENTS-
Congressman who Aaheres the Nc
Kiniey school of RepublicanIsm.
Congressman Taylor OF Ohio the
representative of the district which
discovered and developed William Nc
kinley. Is conspicuous among the stall
warts who are banded together in de-
Tense OF genuine Repubiicanism against
the assaults Of its avowed enemies and
its mistaken friends. Insurgents
they are called. these devoted defend
ers Of the citadel OF Protection, be-
cause they resist the covert approaches
Of those who under the mask of .senti-
ment CT sympathy for aliens are trying
to knock holes in the wall. -.Insur-
gents." Curious term TO apply to men
who demand that the doctrines of the
Republican party be lived up to. who
insist that the structure of Protection
I shall stand fall q whole and not
/ be destroyed piecemeal, who believe
| that you cannot withdraw Protection
| from a selected group of domestic in
dustries and yet retain it for the gen
/ eral body of American industry and la
| Dor To be recognized as the leader of
such a body of insurgents" is an
/ honor and a distinction Mr. Taylor is
well equipped for the post To begin
| with he halls from Protection head
| quarters; he represents the Mckinley
/ constituency No man was closer than
! he to the late President in confidence
and esteem No man has better right
| to speak for Mckinley
In his speech of fifteen minutes be-
| fore the recent conference of House
Republicans on the subject OF the pro-
posed sympathetic concessions to Cuba
| Congressman Taylor spoke for McKin-
| ley He took radical ground against
any tariff reductions whatsoever on
Cuban products, and in so doing quoted
the views expressed to him personally
by President Mckinley on the 6tl OF
June, 19O1-namely:
Against any plan Of reciprocity
which takes from single American
workingman his job.
1t was in reference to this declara-
ton by President Mckinley that the
American Economist said in its issue
! of July ), 1901:
The President believes in and favors
| the plan of reciprocity as defined by
the Republican platform of 1900, --iI
articles which we do not ourselves pro
duce. He does not favor anything
beyond that. He is distinctly and I'M
equivocal1y opposed to that form of so
called reciprocity which diminishe.
home production and disp1aces Ameri
can labor and wages through the large
admission of competitive foreign prod
ucts. He does not want the reciprocit.
that takes from single American
: wOrkingman his job. The Presiden
, has recently said in unmistak abl.
terms. The American Economist il
prepared to vouch for the accuracy AM
authority of this statement o
! President McKinIey's attitude on tn
subject of reciprocity.
Congressman Taylor was our au
| thOrity for this statement. We did no
> then feel at liberty to use his name il
: | that connection, but the seal of conf
n | dence has been broken by his state
ment before the House conference tina
on the day of his appearance before tn
p Industrial Commission as a witnes
. representing The American Protectiv
: ! Tariff League he waited upon Presiden
: Mckinley and took counsel with hir
concerning the testimony he was t
. give before the commission, and tina
a the President then and there espresso
: in the most explicit and candid name
: his view that reciprocity should
), limited ito those things which "
: do not produce That was the Mo
. Kin1ey platform in June, and it wa
= what Mckinley meant and said. in e1
press terms several times reiterated i
!, his speech at Buffalo three month
: later.
The Mckinley platform of June an
September OF last year is the pIatforr
to-day of the men who stand with Rof
ert w Taylor in solid array agains
any sacrifice of the principle and til
application of Protection, whether
behalf of Cuba any other foreig
country On that platform the Repui
lican party has won its victories
the past, and it looks very much {
though the Insurgents were goin
to win on it in their splendid figf
against Free-Trade in spots.