Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-04-19
THE INSURGENTS"
Congressman who Adheres to the Nc
KInIey school of Republicanism.

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Congressman who Adheres to the NC
i KinIey school of RePublicanism-
Congressman Taylor of Ohio the
representative of the district which
discovered and developer William Nc
Kinley, is conspicuous among the stall
warts who are banded together in de-
tense OF genuine Republicanism against
the assaults of its avowed enemies and
it's mis-aken 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 or sympathy, for aliens are trying
to knock holes in the wall. ''Insur-
gentst" 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
shall stand or fall as 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 oil
such body of insurgents" is an
honor and 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 a better right
to speak for Mckinley. 4
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 9th OF
June, 1901-namely:
Against any plan of reciprocity
which takes from a 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 5, 1901:
The President believes in and favors
the plan of reciprocity as defined by
the Republican platform of 1900, ''ir
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 diminishes
| home production and displaces Ameri
can labor and wages through the larger
admission of competitive foreign prod
ucts. He does not want the RECIPROCITY
that takes from a single American
| workingman his job. The Presiden
| has recently said so in unmistakabl,
| terms. The American Economist il
prepared to vouch for the accuracy anC
authority of this statement O
! President McKinley's attitude on tn,
subject of reciprocity Llt
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
dence has been broken by his state
ment before the House conference tina
on the day of his appearance before tn,
Industrial Commission as a witness
| representing The American Protectiv,
| Tariff League he waited upon Presiden
| Mckinley and took counsel with hin
concerning the testimony he was t,
give before the commission, and tina
the President then and there espresso,
in the most explicit and candid name
his view that reciprocity should b.
| limited Ito those things which 3 w
| do not produce" That was the Nc
| Kinley platform in June, and it wa
what Mckinley meant and said, in ex
! press terms several times reiterated. II
his speech at Buffalo three month
later.
The Mckinley platform of June an,
September of last year is the platform
to-day of the men who stand with Rob
ert w. Taylor in solid array agains
any sacrifice of the principle and tn
application of Protection. whether il
behalf of Cuba or any other foreig1
country. On that platform the Repub
lican party has won its victories ii
the past, and it looks very much a
though the Insurgents were goin,
to win on it in their splendid fgh