Great Republican Leader Reviews Tariff Era Speech
Governor McKinley addresses about 10 000 in Minneapolis on March 28. He praises Republican principles, condemns Democratic tariff policies, and contrasts 1892 and 1893 business, noting a collapse in industry, falling wages, and unemployment amid proposed tariff and revenue reforms.
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Minneapolis
McKinley
Ohio
Minnesota League of Republican Clubs
Republican League OF Minnesota
Boston
History of the tariff through early American policy
The essay reviews the United States tariff history from Washington through 1857, highlighting Southern support for protective laws, the 1816 revenue tariff, 1824 and 1833 protections, and the 1842 tariff's revival of confidence. It notes key figures like Madison, Monroe, Calhoun, Jackson, and Buchanan, and emphasizes national rather than sectional aims in early tariff policy.
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Republic
Washington
James Madison
Virginia
Richard Henry Lee
Eulogist
Charles Carroll
Carrollton
Abraham Baldwin
James Jackson
Georgia
Theodoric Bland
John Brown
Hugh Williamson
John Sevier
North Carolina
John Henry
Daniel Carroll
Maryland
George Read
John Vining
Delaware
Ralph Izard
Thomas Tudor Tucker
Thomas Sumter
South Carolina
New England
James Monroe
Madison
Monroe
Middle States
Andrew Jackson
Tennessee
Thomas H. Benton
Missouri
Martin van Buren
New York
James Buchanan
Pennsylvania
Richard M. Johnson
Kentucky
Louis McLain
Sam Houston
Texas
United States
Silas Wright
William Henry Harrison
John Tyler
James K. Polk
Calhoun
South
Taylor
Rotten
The Wilson bill as contrasted with protective tariffs
A critique of the Wilson tariff proposal, arguing it favors free raw materials for a narrow sectional benefit, harms agriculture and labor, and abandons national interests. The writer cites Democratic leaders’ internal tax positions and Lincoln era revenue policies to label the bill an attack on protection and industrial prosperity.
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Democratic Party
Itas
House of Representatives
Washington
Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
John C. Calhoun
South
Congress
Jefferson
Wilson
United States
Democratic
Finance Committee
Cleveland
Madison Square Garden
Jackson
Buchanan
Lincoln
House
Yeas
Garrett Davis
L. W. Powell
Kentucky
Thomas A. Hendricks
Indiana
Leveland
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Weinley
M'Kinley
Dun
Thias
Washington and
Henry Clay
Tyler
Representatives
Kentncy
Millard Fillmore
Thomas Morris
Nathaniel Pendelton
Richard W. Thompson
Richard H. Bloed
Rufus Choate
J. Crittenden
William L. Dayton
Clayariff
Culver
Svmirrh
Eiardware
Red Cross
Garland
Huron
M- L- Tobin
Culver & Smith
Frank Wilson
Tobin & Wilson
Silas
Second and
Kansas Streets
Crockery
Klour
JOY Brothers
Huron, S. D
News of the World
NEW York Weekly Tribune
Paber
Land
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