Show V if BLi i E TARiff fOR REPUBLICAN EL SLUMP 4 CHICAGO Nov B. B BIc McKinley Me- Me Kinley chairman of tho national national na nn- con has hasma ma made e the following statement concerning concern in ing the thc election It When it is considered as v no now seems seem s to be he tho the fact that b barely tWO two thirds thirds of he lue Republican leJ voto vote in the mi middle dle west came caine to the thc polls and tho further r fact that factional differences h luy had d l ell aroused unusual bitterness amon among the Republicans the result of today's election elec tion is not a a II surprising irl 3 44 Every cry eIL effort rt to promote harmony was made by thi this committee in iu many instances with success Blames it on Tariff The revision of f tho the tariff 31 alway ways s has bas proved a disturbing element clement in in American politics polities and ami this has been no exception Judging by hy the tile light vote voto polled the tie m 1 yesterday ay had the experience it Jt ha had same in 18 two years after the passage of tho the Mc Me- Kinley bill An i An Xi At that time timo 40 ent of or tile Republican Republican Republican Re Re- publican votes votes' ia in the thc m middle western states was the low vote The Republicans were not quite clear that the tho I McKinley tariff was athe the one ono they wanted Today's election is a a. repetition repetition repetition tion of the tile result at that time tune It i is my opinion that two years from now after it shall shaIl have havo been fully demonstrated that the tho present tariff is I beneficial to tho country tho mme rame conditions con con- con COn- will obtain as in in 1894 wh when m the thc Republicans swept the country After Democratic the Wilson tariff bill had been made a no law tho the distress in the country was so widespread that the he people returned the the Republican part purt to power by a tremendous majority majority ma- ma Looking to the future it is my opinion that this defeat wi will wipe out all aU factional differences and that the party will present a n united front in iu 1912 There Thero will bo 10 no io question iu m my mind u that the American peon Ie iu in 1912 I Will yield to tile rue parent patriotic demand ac- ac mand inn do by tho present occupant of tho White Whito House Honse in in n a. substantial indorsement in in- of tho the wise and patriotic administration administration administration ad ad- ministration ho has given them then WILLIAM B. B l McKINLEY Y Chairman Republican lean National Congressional Congressional Con Con- gressional l C Committee 1 |