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STREETER'S ACCEPTANCE.
He Sets Forth the Theory of Re
form of the Union Labor Party.
At the request of several of our pat
ron, wo publish in full the letter of ac
ceptance of A. J. Stieeter, cnntliilate for
president on the Union Labor ticket.
T.'ie llm.J. TV. Qahont. Chnirmnn, and Ttolt
ert Schilling. Hevrct iry, of tlie JS'alioiiiil Ex
ecutive Committee-
"New Wisdsok, Im., July 14. Gen
tlemen: Your favor of June 20 to h mil,
giving notice of my unanimous nomina
tion by the Union Labor party at its na
tional convention held in the city of Cin
cinnati, O., May 15 and 16 last, for the
ofiice of president of the L'nittd S.ates,
and with this notice you also send copy
of platform.
"I am truly thankful for this distin
guished honor. To be nominated for the
highest ofiice in the gift of the people is
more that I expected, and more than I
deserve, and I would have been pleased
Lad the convention conferred this distin
guished honor upon another more worthy
thin myseif. But it has come to me
free as the air and the sunlight, and I
deem it a duty I owe to both the conven
tion and the people there represented, to
accept the nomination, and if it shall be
the will of the people to elect me, there
-will be some radical changes made in
the administration of affairs, and to the
extent of my ability and energy, and
with a firm hand, the government will
he administered more in the interest of
the great common people, but not to the
injury of any class of our people, for all
should be cijudly protected in their per
son and prourty by the firm hand of the
law. But the great common p.-ople;
those whose hands have made the coun
try what it i: have not h id ju-tice.
Unfortunately it is the government itself
that has brought the people to the con
dition th y are in.struggling with poverty
and debt. Through b id laws and their
wicked enforcement by corporate monop
olies, greedy combinations and avari
cious trusts have become favored classes
in the administration of affairs, and these
have forced the people into their present
condition. They now cry aloud for re
lief, and it is the duty of the jovern
ment to help them in-tead of further
aiding the privileged classes to their in
jury. 'I hold to this principle: The pros
perity of a nation is measured by the
prosperity of its industrial people. If
they are prosperous then the nation is
prosperous; indeed; but if its productive
people are struggling with poverty, tnxes
and debt, then the nation is poor, though
its treasury, like ours, he over flowing
with idle money. Such is the condition
of our nation to day. They tell us the
country is growing ri'h, but the farmers
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and other woiking people are growing
poor. Did our fathers ordain and estab
lish this government to be a machine to
enrich the few at the expense of the
many? I think not. But, on the con
trary, the true intent of law and of gov
ernment should be to protect the weaker
members of society from the encroach
ments of the stronger. The stronger are
better able to care for themselves, but
the weaker need the fostering care of the
government, and hence governments arc
institutions among men. This funda
mental priucipal has been subverted, and
in lieu of it we have a government of
the capital class, now merged into mon
eyed aristocracy.
'If elected, no recomendation will be
made to demonetize s?lver again, ror
will the secretary of the treasury advise
the destruction of the remaining green
backs in circulation. The law for the
coinage of silver will be enforced in the
interest of the people, and instead of
coining the minimum amount of $2,000,
000 per month, the maximum ct 4,000
000 per month will be coined. We need
more money in circulation, and the coin
age of silver should be as free as gold.
Iustead of so much talk about idle mon
ey in the treasury, that department of the
government should be conducted on
business principles bonds called, the
money paid out and interest stopped. I
am advised that the act creating the 4
per cent bonds was tampered with and
the time of payment changed in the in
terest of the bondholders, and this after
the act had passjd congress. We know
the people did not do this thing, and if
changed it nius-t have been the work of
the bondholdeis or their agents. I
deem it good law that the bondholders
should not reap the benefits from the un
lawful acts, and such bonds should be
called in and paid at their face value.
'There is something wrong and we all
know it. We have tried a change of ad
ministration from one old party to the
othir, but it gave the people no relief.
We are even worse off than when the
change was made. Still interest, taxes,
high rates of transportaton, and othf-r
combinations take nearly all we can an
nually produce and leave but little on
which to live, and less to pay our debts.
A government that does not aid its in
dustrial and working people to pay their
debts Is not a government of the people
and is unworthy of their support. A
government that has by iU policy toler
ated monopolies, greedy combinations
and trusts, and iias not protected people
against their spoliations, is unworthy the
support of Ua working people. Unfor
tunately, these unho'y monopolies, com
binations anrl trusts have increased in
numbers and power and strength from
one administration to another, untill
they have forced upon the country an
other irrepressible conflict a conflict in
volving the prosperity and happiness of
C0.000, 000 people. It is an irrrpr.-ssihle
conflict that will determine whether capi
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tal shall rule this country, or the people
who iuhabit it. The other irrepressible
conflict involved the liberty of 4,000,000
people, but this one involves the right
and liberty of 00,000,000 peopie to the
enjoyment of the fruits of their labor.
To settle the slavery conflict it cost the
government a deal of money, of life and
of sorrow, and it is to be hoped that
this conflict may br settled peaceably at
the ballot box and by the restoration of
the government to the people to whom it
belongs. But settled it will be, and let
us hope without seas of fire or rivers of
blood.
'Hence it is the part of wise states
manship to look this growing conflict
square in the face, and to make such
changes in the laws and the administra
tions of the same as will restore confi
dence and prosperity to the people.
Such is the object and latent of the un
ion labor party. If either old party had
given relief, then there would be no ne
cessity for the Union Labor party.
But beth have been tried and both have
failed. We see people leaving their old
parties every day going to some new or
ganization, and these changes are a vig
orous protest agains; the wrongdoing of
the obi parties. Some are saying: 'Let
us reform within our old party,' but
that is a hopeless task. For history has
no record of a political party that ever
reformed within itself. It takes a new
organization to do that, aud that is what '
we are doing.
'The tariff is a minor issue when com
pared with the greater issues involved,
and so complex as to be difficult for
many to understand it. Xo legislation
whatever on the tariff will cive cheaper
transportation nor cheaper rates of inter
est on money, nor protect the people
against the increasing combinations, mo
nopolies and trusts now sapping the pros
perity of the people.
Owing to the great diversity of opinion
on the tariff and among all partus the
Cincinnati convention thought it best at
this time to leave that question out of
the platform. I believe, however, that
there should be a revision of the tariff
laws, and that protection should be giv
en where needed and the tax reduced
wherever it can be safelv clone.
'We are a temperance party, in favor of
good government, better morality and a
higher Christian civilization. Believing
as I do, that cheap tobacco and whisky
are not in the interest of better morals
and a higher civilization, but the reverse
of it, I am opposed to the removal of the
government tax on these conditions.
Such would be a retrograde movement of
demoralizing tendenc ies, and would lead
thousands of young men into the gutter
and degradation. We are the frleiuls of
the soldiers, too. Not in a sectional
sense, to antagonize the blue and the
gray. No. But, forgetting the past, let
us plant freedom's flag upon the hilltops
of every state, and concede to all the
same patriotic devotion to our flag, our
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lization. The Union Labor party wil
deal justly and liberally with its citizei,
soldiery.
'The platform says arbitration should
take the place of strikes and other injur
ious methods of settling labor disputes.
That is right. Labor strikes are unprofita
ble ami often failures, and disturbers o
business. Laws should be enacted t
compel the employers and employes t.
submit their disagreements to arbitration.
Corporate capital is sometimes too ano
j gant and relies too much on Pinkerton'.-
militia. The very sight of this force ir
! ritatfs the working people when in
troubl'1, and has a tendency to widen tin
breach between capital and labor. In
Illinois we pay a large tax to mantain an
efficient state militia and police force,
aud why this force of private militia hi s
their headquarters in Illinois is more
tnan I ran tell. Their services should be
j dispensed with by state authority.
'"I will not discuss the platform gener
ally, bi t the laud plank, opposing mo
nopoly in land, demanding the forfeiture
of unei rned grants, limitation of land
ownendiip, etc., meets my approval. The
ownership or control of lines of commu
nication and transportation is demanded
by the people. A national monetary sys
tem in the interests of the people instead
of speculators in money, is good. Equal
pay for equal work for both sexes is jus
tice. The platform is erood, as a whole,
and meets my approbation. In conclus
ion I will say, I will observe my duty to
those who were pleased to put me in
nomination: will hold their banner aloft
until thn ides of November shall have
come, and until the last vote shall have
been counted. I have the honor to be,
very truly yours, A. J. Streeter.
Olu Mr. Thurman had better either re
main at home or stick to his favorite
theme, the history of the American states,
to start forth on a garrilous tour assert
ing that the levying of tariff duties is
simply robbery, taxation against the
American consumer, is certainly too raw
for a party which is just now engaged in
trying to fool the people and make them
believe that it is in favor of tariff system.
The ass in the lion's skin was a succc-sss
to this sort of business as it is now going
on. Old age grows garrulous, and pap
py Thurman wont make the way any
smoother for that back action letter of
acceptance which poor G rover is now
fooling with. To hear the old man de
nounce the industrial system which has
made this country so great, reminds one
of those days when he wrote the Chicago
platform which declares the war a fail
ure. He was younger and had more
sense then than he has n -w, yet he
should have been embalmed long prior
to 1804.
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WENT DOWN AT COLOEN GATE
Tho Two Vessels Collide In a Dense
Fog and One of Them Sinks to
tho Bottom in Less Than
Five Minutes.
Found Craves in the Ocean.
San Fkancisco, Aug 22. One of the
most terrible marine disasters that ever
occured on the Pacific coast happened in
the bay of San Francisco a short distance
from Golden Gate at 10 o'clock this
morning.
The steamer City of Chester left her
dock here at 9:30 and started on hcrreg
ular trip to Eureka, on the toi thern coast
of California. An unusually large num
ber of passengers stood on her decks and
waived adieux to friends standing on the
wharf. The Chester steamed slowly
down the bay, and when within two miles
of the Heads encountered a thick fog so
peculiar to that locality. Captain Wal
lace, of the City of Chester, began blow
ing his steamer's whistle to warn all ves
sels of his approach. The Chestr pro
ceeded cautiously on her way when the
hoarse sound of another whisle floated
ncross the water. Captain Wallace an
swered the signal and gave the proper
warning to the stranger to p?s on the
port side. This was evidently not under
stood, for ia one moment those on board
saw the huge prow of the Occidental and
Oriental steamer Oceanic emerge from the
fog.
The Oceanic had ju-t arrived from
Hong Kong aud Yokohoma, and was
moving up the bay to htr dock. The
huge steamer was so close to the Chester
that there was no possibility for the lat
ter to escape. The cabin passengers were
nearly all on deck and the captain, seeing
the danger, called on them to prepare for
the shock. A panic at .once ensued, par
ticularly among the women and children,
of which there was a lar-e number. The
Oceanic struck the Chester on the port
side at the gangway, and the shock was
territne. Her prow cut into the Chester's
upper works and then crushed down the
bulworks, tearing the great timbers and
iron plates and breaking into the state
rooms and cabins.
The wildest confusion prevailed among
the passengers. They crowded together,
some shreiking with fear and others pray
ing for help. The bow of the Oceanic
crashed into .the middle of the Chester
cutting her almost in halves and causing
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When the vessels were locked a number
of the passengers were passed up over
the Oceanic's bow and rescued in this
way, but as soon as the large steamer
could clear herself she swung around and
immediately began to lower her forty
four boats.
At the moment of the shock the moht
of the officers. and crew of the Chester
seemed to lose possession of their senses,
and several passengers stated afterwards
that some of the crew took the first op
portunity to climb aboard of the Oceanic
and left the passengers to cut away tho
boats, and one of these was lowered as
soon as possible and a number of tile"
passengers taken off in them. Others
provided themselves with life preservers
and jumped overboard. The greater
portion, howev.-r, were compelled to re
main on the steamer, which began to set
tle immediately after the collision. Tor
rents of water bean to rush into her
hold and in five minutes after the colli
sion the Chester disappeared sinking, in
fifty fathoms of water.
Those of the poswengers and crew who
came to the surface were picked up by
the Oceanic's boat, but the greater num
ber were drawn down by the rushing
water and neyer appeared again.
As soon as it was known around the
bay that a collision had occured a num
ber of tugs and boats of every descrip
tion went to their assistance and render
ed what assistance they could in picking
up the living or elead. Of the twenty
three steerage passengers only two were
accouted for this afternoon, and it is be
lieved the others were lost. The cabin
passengers numbered seventy, and of
these ten are lost.
The names of the cabin passengers lost
are as follows: G. W. Anderson, Oak
land, Gal.; Mrs. S. E. Prater, San Diego,
Mrs. C. II. Ilrtiiey, Eureka, Cul.; J. A.
Hampton and wife. Virginia, jy.; C. T.
Davis, Springfield, Cal., and Miss Davis,
his niece: J. Greer, Kapa, Cal.; Miss
Welch and Mrs. Porter.
The followiug members of the crew
are lost: E. It. Chambers, Stewart; R.
Fulton and Adam Biehmond.
None of the survivers were landed
until 1 o'cloc k, and at a late hour this
afternoon there was still much doubt as
to the number of those lost.
Send your job work to the Herald
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