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+, Especial Warrington Letter.1
eTNHE people Of Ohio have an oppor-
tunity of giving to the Salvation
Army person of worldwide re-
nown as preacher. Recently
Senator Marcus A. Hanna attended the
dedication Of fine new Salvation
Army citadel in the city of Cleveland.
He not only attended-he presided. He
not only presided -he delivered a speech
half an hour long. One of his remarks
was more important than all the rest
that he said in thirty minutes. He
said that If he had time to preach he
would help the Salvation Army with
his voicel Now, that is the cue for the
Ohio people to do the Salvation Army
good turn. If they will only defeat
Senator Hanna for reelection he will
have plenty of time to preach and to
help the Salvation Army with his
voice. A great many persons who
could not be induced to vote for Uncle
Mark would go to hear him preach. In
fact, he would be big drawing card
for the Salvationists, and he would un-
doubtedly be doing the country more
good by preaching than he will by run
ming the Republican campaign. By all
means the Buckeye voters should
arouse themselves and bestow this
great benefit upon the SalYationists by
electing some good Democrat to sue
coed Senator Hanna. They should not
lose such a golden opportunity OF doing
good.
A Dog Fall.
The result Of the Republican conven-
ton in Iowa appears to have been q
dog fall. The "stand patters" had the
platform committee to 5, and the
Cummins '.reformers' gobbled the or
ganization committee to and defeat
ed Secretary of Agriculture James WIZ
son for permanent chairman with Hon.
u. Kendall. Senators Allison and Dol
liver made speeches in favor Of the
platform: Representatives In Congress
Cousins and Lacey made speeches
against the platform-that is, as to the
tariff utterances. Both factions claim
the victory.
II Below we give that portion of the
platform with reference to tariff, trusts
and reciprocity, which is about as clear
and explicit as an utterance of the
Delphic oracle:
We reiterate our faith in the historic
1 policy of protection. Under its influence
our country, foremost in the bounties of
nature. has become foremost in produc-
ton. It has enabled the laborer to suc-
cessfully Insist upon good wages and has
induced capital to engage in production
with a reasonable hope of a fair reward.
Its vindication is found in the history OF
Its success and the rapidity with which
L our national resources have been deyel-
loped and our industrial independence
secured, and we heartily renew our pledge
to maintain 1t.
Tariff rates enacted to carry this policy
into effect should be just, fair and inn
partial, equally opposed to foreign con-
i troll and domestic monopoly, to sectional
discrimination and Individual favoritism,
and must from time to time be changed
to meet the varying conditions incident to
the progress of our industries and their
changing relations in our foreign and do
nestle commerce. Duties that are too
low should be Increased and duties that
are too high should be reduced.
We indorse the policy of reciprocity and
the natural complement OF protection.
Reciprocity between nations Is trade
Formulating. and both sides must give
:
industry and trade and secures our own
markets for ourselves; reciprocity builds
up foreign trade and finds an outlet for
our surplus.
We approve the treaty with Cuba re-
Gently ratified as comforting substantial
benefits upon both countries, and urge
that the remaining steps necessary to
make 1t effective be promptly taken.
We believe that the large corporations
commonly called trusts should be reg
ulated and supervised. both in their or
Igantzation and operation that their evil
practices prevented. In many instances
they are efficient Industrial instruments
and the natural outcome Of an inevitable
process of economic evolution. We do not
desire their destruction. but insist that
they shall be SO regulated and controlled
as to prevent monopoly and promote COM
petition. and In the fullest measure SUBJ
serve and advance the public good.
The patriotic and resolute course of the
president Of the United States in his rec
concentrations to congress upon this sub
i ject and upon the related subject Of the
further regulation OF interstate COM
merce commands our confidence and adj
miratien. and recent legislation by con-
/ gress in harmony with his recommends
tons meets our hearty approval
i That platform is set, like the ne
gros coon trap, ITO catch 'em a-gwine
and a-comin'" We call particular at
tention to that remarkable utterance,
Duties that are too low should be in
creased and duties that are too high
should be reduced" self evident
proposition. How the Iowa Republic
an leaders must have laughed in their
sleeves when they perpetrated that
huge joke on the convention and on
the country! How can they look hon
est men in the face? AS jugglers they
are entitled to the blue ribbon.
A Bourbon Republican,.
My venerable and vitriolic friend,
General Charles Henry Grosvenor Of
Ohio, is Bourbon Republican who
learns nothing. It will be remembered
that not very long before President Nc
Kinley's death General Grosyenor was
interviewed at the mouth Of a coal
mine and nominated Mckinley for q
third term, coupled with some very
laudatory remarks on him and some de-
cidedly left handed compliments for
one George Washington. The Grosve-
nor interview from the mouth Of the
coal mine was having great run and
creating furore because he was by
many people recognized as the mouth
piece for the administration, and by
all such the interview was taken and
accepted as sfeeler" put out bv Mo-
Kinney through GroSyenor to see how
the public would regard third term