People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 July 1896 — Tariff Bankrupted McKinley. [ARTICLE]

Tariff Bankrupted McKinley.

We found the following going the rounds: Another gentleman, who ought to know, because he was hand In glove with the New York delegation, tells a good story about the platform and the ticket. He said: “Here’s another fact showing the pull the New York people had. The money plank In the platform was brought to the New York delegation for ratification. That plank was In the handwriting of H. H. Kohlsaat, editor of the Chicago Times-Herald, McKinley’s warmest and strongest friend in the west. Kohlsaat went down in bis pocket and paid $50,000 in cash to help McKinley out of his financial troubles several years ago. He is a politician as well as an editor, and was acting under instructions at St. Louis. Kohlsaat can have what he wants if McKinley gets there. His chances for the cabinet are bright, because he is an able man, and, never having held office, has no enemies. Chicago would be glad to see him honored, regardless of party.” McKinley’s tariff helped to swaimp McKinley, and then the millionaires paid his debts and put him on his feet. If he is elected they will own him—even to the clothes on his back.