Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 July 1891 — Taking Back-Water. [ARTICLE]

Taking Back-Water.

The Republicans of MassachusetteS are trying to run away from McKinleyism. The Republican Club of that State has recently sent out a circular to all its members to get their opinions as to the issues to be made prominent in the campaign next fall. One answer was; “Touch very’lightly upon protection;” and another; “The McKinley bill is not a final settlement of tho controversy, but Republicans are ready to amend the law as the evils incident to it become apparent. ” Says a third: “It is the duty of the Republican party, while protecting our industries, to correct any parts of tho tariff laws which, after a fair trial, are found to work injustice to the masses of the people.” Others still go further. “An attitude looking toward free raw materials for New England” is demanded by a Westfield correspondent A Boston letter is even more emphatic. “No further development of the theory of high protection,” it says, “but an extension of the free list and a careful and equitable reduction of the existing duties, as well as a practical cessation of a further addition to the list of dutiable articles, with the understanding that a foreign market is a desideratum as well as a home market. ”