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MCKINLEY'S LETTER,
HIS VIEWS ON THE ISSUES
OF THE CAMPAIGN.
Finance and Tariff Take Strong; Ground
Against the Free Coinage of Silver Pro
tection of Primary Importances The
Wilson Tariff Bill Blamed
Cakton, 0., Aug. 27. Following Is
Major McKinley's letter of acceptance
of the Republican nomination for
President: '
Hon. John M. Thurston and Others, Members
of the Notificatien Comm't e of the Repub
lican National Committee
"Gentlemen: In lursuanee of th.9 promise
made to your commit, en, when notified of my ,
nomination as thi Republican candidate tor .
President 1 beg to submit tuia formal accept
ance of that high honor an 1 to consider in de
tail questions at issue in the pending cam-,
pi urn.
"Perhaps this might be considered unneces
sary in view of my remark on that occasion
a id those I have made to delegation that
have visi ed me ioce the St LouU convention,
but in v.ew of the morantoui importance of
the prop r settlement of tie issu-s presented
on our future prosperity and staidicg as a na-
tica, ssd coasidcruyr only tsrj wciraro aaa r.ap
pinesi of our p.iole, I could not be content to
omit again calling attention to the queitions
which in my opinion vitally alfe.-t our strencth
and position amo ig the governments of ths
world, ani our morality, integrity and patriot
ism as oitizensof that republic whi-h for a
century oast hai been the best hopes of the
world and the inspiration of mankind. We
must not now prove falsa to our own high
standard in government nor unm.naiui 01 tue
noble examDls and wias precept
of our rath- !
era. or of tha confidence and trust which our
conduct in tha past has always inspired. ,
Free Coinage of Silver. J
"For the tint time since 180S, if ever before.
there is presented to thi American people this
year ac'.eir and direct issue as to onr mone
tary system of vast importance in its effects,
and upon toe rizht s U ement of which rests
largely the financial honor and prosperity of
1 1a country, it is proposed by one wing of the
Demec.-atic party and its allies, the People's
an I Silver parties, to inaugurate the free and
unlimited coinage of silver by independent
action on the part of the United Btites. at a
ratio of i teen ounces of silver tooneounte
ot gold. The mere declaration of this purpose
is a menac to our finanan ial and industrial
interests and has already created universal
alarm It involves great peril to the credit and
bu-inees of tie country, a peril so grave that
conservative men everywhere are breaking
away from their old part - associations and
uniting with other pitriotio citizens in era
phatia protest against the platform of the
Democritio national convention as an assault
upon the faith and honor of the government I
and the we. fare of the people. We have had 1
few nueitlins in the lifetime of the republic
more serious than the one which is thus pre
sented.
"Ihe character of the monev wbi-h shall
measure our values and exchanges and settle
our balances with one another, and wtth the
nation of th world, is of s.ich primary im
portance and so far reaching in its conse
quences as to call for thj mo,t painstaking in
ve tigation, and. in the end, a so er and on-pr-juiiced
Judgment at tha polls. We must
not be misled by phrases, nor delu ied by f ilse
theories. Frea silver would no: maan that sil
ver dollars were to be freely ha 1 without coat
of labor. It would mean the free use of the
mints of the United States for the few who are
ow ers of silver bullion, but would make sil
ver coins no fieer t the many who are en
gagad in other enterprises It would not make
labor easier, the hours of labor shorter or the
pay better. It would not make arming less
aborious or more prifitabl. It would not
tart a factory or ma e a demand for an addi
tional day's labor. . It would create no new oc
cupations. It would add nothing t ) the com
fort of the masses, the capital of the people or
the nation. It seeks to introduce a new meas
ure of value, but would add no value to the
thing measured. It would not conserve val ues.
On the contrary, it would derangj all existing
values, It would not restore bniiess con
fidence, but its direct eft c; would be to de
stroy the little which yet remains.
"The meaning of the free coinage plank
ado ted at Chicago is that a ly one may take a
quantity of s lver bullion now worth t cents
to the mints of the Unitai States, have it
coined at thee pen e of the government, and
rsceiv f :-t it a s; v.ir dollar which shall be
letal tender for the parmctut of all debts, pub
lic and private. The owner of the silver bul
lion would get the silver doll ir. It would be
long to him and to nobody else. Other people
would get it only by their la or. tha prodncts
of their land, orsomsthing of value. Ths bul
lion owner, on the basis of present values,
would receive the silver dollar for 3 cents'
worth of silv9r, and other p-o.de would be re
quired to receive it as a full dollar in the pay
ment of dibti. The government would get
nothing for the transaction. It would bjar
the expense of coining th silver, and the com
munity would surfer loss by its use.
We have coined since li78 more than 403,
000,0 K) silver tlo lart. w.iish a-e maintained by
the government at parity with gold, and are a
full legal te ider for the payment of all debts,
pnblio and private. How are the silver dollars
now in u-e different from those which would
be ia us 3 under free coinagel They are to be
of the same weight and fineness ; the? are to
bear the same stamp o, tae government Why
would they not be of the same value?
Gold and Silver Dollars.
'I answer: The siivor dollars now in usa
ware coined on account of the government anl
not for private aocount or gain, and th g v.
ernment has solemnly agree 1 to keep them as
gool as the best dol lars we have. The govern
ment bought the silver bullion at its market
value anl coined it into silver. Having exclu
sive control of the mintage, it only coins what
it can hold at a parity wita gold. Thi pro lit
representing the difference between the com
mit ial value of th 1 silver bullion and the face
valne of ths silver dollar, g.ies to the govern
ment for the benefit of the pejple. The g v
ernment bought the silver bullioncoutaine 1 ia
the silver dollar at very much lets than its
coi iage valne. It paid it out to its creditors
and put it in circulation among the people at
its fare valne of 100 cents, or a full dollar. It
reauirsd the people to accept it as a legal ten-
dor, and is thus morally bound to maintain it
at a parity with gold, whbh was thin, ai now,
the recognized standard with u and the most
enlightened nations of the world. The gov
ernment having issued and circulated the sit. j
ver dollar, it must in honor protest the holder 1
from loss - This obligation it has so far sacred.
ly kept Not only is thi re a moral ob. i sat ion,
but there is a legil obligation, expressed in
publio statute, to maintain the pint.
"These dollars in the particular! I have
named are not the same as the dol ars
whioh would bi issued nnder fre coimge.
Thoy would be the same form but dif
firent in value. The government would
have no part in the transaction, exci-pt to coin
the silver bullion into dollars. It would share
in eo part of. the profit. It would take upon
it.elf no obligation- It would not put the dol
lars into circulation. It could only get them aa
any oitisen would get them, by niving some
thing for them. It would deliver them to tho e
Who deposited "the silver, and its connection
With the transaction would end there.
Question of Parity.
Buoh are the silver dollars which would be
Issued under free coinage of silver at a ratio of
16 to L Who woul I, then, maintain the parity f
What would keep thim at par with goldl
There would be no obligation resting upon the
government to do it and, if thire were,
it woul I be powerless to do It The finip
truthtis, we would be driven to a silver basis
to silver monometallism.
"These dollars, therefore, would stand npon
their real value. If tbs free and unlimited
coinage of silver at a ratio of sixteen ounces of
silver to one ounce of gold would as some of
its advocates assert, make 18 cents in ilver
worth 100 cents, and the silver dollur equal to
the gold dollar, then we would hiva no cheaper
money than now and it would be no easier to
get.
"But that such would be the result is against
reason and is contradicted by eipirien-e in all
tijnes and in all lands. 1 means the 4ebaa-
merit of our cur -enry to the amount of tha dif
ference between tha commercial and coia value
of the silver dollar, whloh i ever changing,
and the off .-ct would be to reduce property val
ues, entail untold financial loss, da -troy confi
dence, impair the oblig tiont of existing eon
tracts, fur her impoverish tha laborers and
producer of the country, croate a panic of un
paralleled tevjritr. an i inflict upon trade and
commeres a deadly blow.
"Against any such policy, I am unalterably
opposed.
"Bimetallism cannot be secured by independ
ent action on our part. It cannot b obtained
by opening our minis to the unlimited coinage
of the silver of the world at a ratio of sixte n
ounces of silver to one ounce of sold, when the
commercial ratio is mora thaa thirty ounces
of silver t one ounce of gold. Mexiooaad
Chin 1 hive tried the experiment Mexico h is
free coinage of silver and (fold at a ratio slight
ly in excess of sixteen end a half ounces of live.-
t one ounce of gold, and while her mint
an freely open to both metals at that ratio,
n t a single dollar in goli bullion is coined
an(j circulated as money Gold has been driven
out of oirculati n in t lies 3 countries and the
are on a silver basis alone. Until interna
tional agreement U had it is taa plain du y of
thi United States to maintain the gold stand
ard. It is the recognized and sola standard of
the great commercial nations of the wirld.
with which we trade more largely than any
oth r. Eiifhty-four per cent of our foreign
train for the fiscal year 18JS was with gold
standard countr es and our trade with other
countries was settlid on a gold basis.
"Chiefly by means of legislation during and
since lsia, there has been put in circulation
more than .621, 00.JOJ of silver, or its repres - nt
ativo. This has ben done ia the honeet effort
to give silver, if poes.ble, ths same bullion and
coinage valne and ensourage tha concurrent
use of both gold and silver aa money. Prior
to that time there had bean less than 9,0jO,00O
of silver dollar coined tn the entire history of
the Unite I , States, a period of eighty-nine
years. -This legislation secures tha largest use
f u , to t ith finanolHi ..f8t, and
... j. . ;,.i 1.. 1,1,
the pledga to maintain its parity with gold.
We have to-dar more silver than gold. This
hat been accomplished at times with great
peril to ths pnblio credit The so-called Bher
man law sonrht to use all tha silv er-prodoo-tion
of the United Stat for money at its mar
ket value. From U80 to lM tha government
purchased 4,& 0,(M) ounces of silver a month, or
M.OU.j jO ounces a year. This waa one-third the
product of the world, and practically all of
this country's pro Just It was believed by
thoae who then and now favor free coinage
that such use of silver would advance i s bul
lion va us to its coinage va ue but this expec
tation was not realized. In a f w months, not
withstanding the unprecedented market for
silver produced in the United States, the price
of silver went down very rapidly, reaching a
lower 1 oint than ever b 'fore. Then, up in the
recommendation of President Cleveland, both
political parties united in tha repeal of ths
purch ng clause of tha Sherman law. We
cannot, with safety, engage in further experi
ments in this direction
- Not Opposed to Silver.
' The Republi -an party hat not oeen. and Is
not now. opposed to the us 1 of silver money,
as its record abundantly snows it Has doue a.i
that could be don3 for it 1 increased use, with
safety and honor, by the United Stat is acting
aoart from other governments There are
those who think that it has already goue be
yond the limit of financial prudence Surely
we can go no further, and we must not permit
false lights 10 lure us aiross the danger line.
"We have mu?h m 're silver in use than any
country in the world except India or China -$.00JU',0o0
more ban Great Britain, $l5f,W0,
0)j more than France S1KJ.uj.WJ more than
Gormany, $n: ,)0,09) bss thin India, and
$15. 1,0. Wu less .nan China.
"The Republican party has declared in favor
of an international agreement and if elected
president it will ba my duty to employ all
proper means to promote it. The free coinage
ofsi.verin this country would date.-, if not
defeit, international bimetallism, and until
an international agreement can be had every
interest requires ui to maintain our oresent
standard.
"Independent free ooinag of silver at a
ratio of It ounces of silver to 1 ounce of gold
would insure the speedy contraction of the
volumj of our currency. It ould drive at
least S 0. i.U.OW of gold which we now have
permanently from the trade of the country and
greatly de rease onr per capita circulation.
"It is not proposed by the Republican party
to take from the circulating medium of the
country any of the silver we now bave. On
the contrary, it is proposed to k ep all of the
silver monsy now in circulation on a parity
with gold by maintaining the pledge of the
government that all of it shall be equal to
gold This has been the unbroken policy of
thi Republican party since lev It has in
augurated no new policy. It will keep in cir
culati m, and as good as gold, all of the silver
and paper which are now included in the cur
rency of the country. It will maintain their
parity. It will preserve their equality in the
future as it has always done in ihe past It
w.ll not cunsent to put this country on a silvet
basis, which would inevitably follow independ
ent free coinage at a ratio of li to 1, It will
oppose thee. -.pulsion of gold from our circu
lation Fiat Money.
' The silver question is not the only issue
effecting our money in ths pending contest
Not content wi.h urging the froe coinage of
silver, its strongest -hampion dsmtind that
onr Daper money r-lmll be issued directly by
the government of the United States. Ihij is
the Chicago Democratic dicla-atioa
"The St L ui People's party declaration is
that 'onr national money shall bi issued by
the general government only, without the in
tervention of banks of issue, be full legal ten
der for the payment of all debts, public and
private, and be distribute! 'di.ect to the peo
ple, and through lawful dis mrsements of the
government'
' Thus, in addition to the free coinage of the
world's silver, w are asked to enter upon an
ara of unlimited irredeemable paper currency.
Thi question which was fonght out from 186
to 187 , is thus to be reopened, with all its cheap
money experiments of every conceivable form
foisted upon us. This indicates a most start
ling re ntionary policy, strangely at variance
with every requirement of soual finance, but
the delaration shows the spirit and purpose of
thoe who, by combined action, are contending
for tho control of the government Sot satis
fied with thi debasement of our coin which
inevitably follows th r8 coinage of suver at
16 to 1, th-y wonld still further degrade our
! currency and threaten the public honjr by the
U ihmited issue of an irredeemable paper cur-
reacy. A graver menace to our financial stand-
ing and credit could hardly be conceived, and
i every patriotic citizen should be aroused
promptly to meet and effectually de.
feat it
Sectionalism.
"It is a cause forjiainful regret and solici.
tudc that an effort is being made by those high
in the counsels of the allied parties to dividej
the people of the country into class and ere.
a'.e distinction among us, which, tn fact do
not exist and ere repugnant to our form of gov.
ernment These appeals to passion and pre.
ju lice are beneath the spirit and Intelligence
of a tree people ana snouia De met witn s .ern
rebuke by those they are songhtlto influancs,
and I beleive they will b Every attenpt to
array class against class, thi classes agair.st
the masses. ' sectl n against section, labor
against capital, 'the poor against the rich,' or
interest against interest in the United States
is in the highest degree reprehensible.
Protection.
"An issue of supreme importance is that of
Drote.-t on. Thi no il of frv silver is men
ace to be feared ; wears already experiencing
the effect of partial fres trade The one must
be averted; the other corrected. Thi Ropubli-
c n party :s wedded to the doctrine of protec
tion, and was never more earnest in its support
and advocacy than niw. If argument were
ceded to strengthen its devotion to the Amer
ican system, or incre se th) hold ot that sys
tem upon the party anl people, it U found in
the lesson and experience ot the past three
ysars Men realize in tbeir own daily lives
what was to many of them only report history
or tradition. They have bad a trial of both
systems, and know what each has done for
tiem. ,
"The people of the country must now fare
ths conditions which beeet tbem. The publio
exigencies demand prompt protective legisla
tion which will avoid tha accumulation of
fur her debt by providing adequate revenues
for the expenses of the government This is
manifestly the r gniremontot duty, Jf elected
president of the United States it will be my
aim vigorously to promote this object and
give that ample encouragement to the occupa
tions of the Ameri-an pixiple which, above all
ele, is so imperatively demanded at this June
ture of o ir national affairs.
"la December, ISSi, President Harrison fint
his last message to congress. It was an abio
and exhaustive review ot the condition and re
source 1 of ths country. It stated our situation
so accurately that lam sure it will nnt be amiss
to re'ite his official and val 1 abb testimony:
"There never has been a time in our history,'
said be, 'when work was so abundant aud wages
ware so high, whether measured by the cur
rency in which they are paid, or by tbeir powei
t i supply t le necessaries and comforts of life.
The gjneral avirage of prices has been such as
to giv 1 to agriculture a fair participation in
the general prosperity. The new industrial
plants established since October t, ISM. aud up
toOitober ,!.-, number 31 , and the exten
sions of oxuting plants 1 & The new capim
invented amounts to Sll,4i ,0jo, and the num
ber ot additional, employes S7,ZS. During the
first six num. In of the present calendar year,
13) new fuctories were built, of which forty
were cotton mills, forty-eight wete knUtiig
mills, twenty-six woolen mills, fifteen silk mills,
tour plush mills and two linen mills. Of tha
tor.y cut on mills, twenty -oua have be in built
in the southern states.'
' This fairly describe t he happy condition ot
the country in December, lui. What has It
been since, and what Is it uowt
"Tho missages of President Cleveland from
the boginning ot his s mood hdministr ition to
the present time, abound with descriptions ot
the deplorable industrial and tiuauoial situa
tion of the country. While u 1 re.ort to history
or official statement is required to advise us of
the present condition, and that which has pre
vailed during the past three years 1 venture to
quote from Presid ut Cleveland's first message,
August 8, 1SIH. addreised to the Fifty-third
Congress, wtiioh he had called together in ez
tiaordinary session : Theeiiaieoceof an al aim
lug and extraordinary busiuess situation, 'said
he, Involving the welfare and prosperity of all
our people, has constrained me to call together
in extra session the people's representatives
in Congress, to the end that through tbj wise
and patriotic exercise of the legislative duties,
with which they sjlely are charged, the pres.
entevi.s may be mitigated and dangers threat,
ning the future may be averted Our unfor
tunate financial plignt Is not the result of an
toward evdnts, nor of conditions related to our
natural resources Nor is it traceable to any
of the afflictions which frequently check na
tional growth and prosperity. With plente
ous crops, w.th abundant promise of remuner
ative production and manufacture, with
nnu.su ,1 iiivitat.on to aa fe investment and with
satisfactory assurances to business ea.
terprues, suddenly. financial - dis
trust and i fean have sprung up o& svery side.
Num. rous moneyed institutions hare sus
pended, because abundant assets were not im
mediately available to meet the demands of
frightened depositors Surviving corporations
and individuals are content to keep in hand
the money they are usually anxious to loan,
and those engaged in legitimate busiuess are
surprised to find that the securities they offer
for loans, though heretofore satisfactory, are
no longer accept id. Values supposed to be
fixed are fast becoming conjectural, and loss
and failure have invaded every branoh of bust-
"What a startling and audden change within
the short period ot eight months, from Decem
ber, 1W2, to August 18 1 What had occurred t
A change of administration i all branches of
the government had been entrusted to the
Democratic party, which was committed
against the protective poli-.y that bad pre
vailed uninter npteily for more than thirty
two years and brought unexampled prosperity
to the country, and firmly pledgid to its com
plete overthrow and the substitution of a tariff
for revenue only. The change having been de
creed by the elections in November, its effects
were at once anticipated and felt We cannot
close our eyes to these altered conditions, nor
would it be wise to exclude from contempla
tion and investig ition tho causes which pro
duced them. Thay are facts which we cannot
as a people disregard, and we can only hope to
improve our present condition by a stud ot
their causes
"In December. 189'. we had the same cur
rency and practically the same volume of cur
rency that we havj now. It aggregated in law
$2,372,!i9i.Ul; in lt-9 . $2,3 3.JR081; in 1S9I,
12. j. 3, H2.33 j anl in December, 188 , Si .191,00)..
210. The per capita of money has been practi
cally the same during thii wholi period. The
quality of the money has been Identical all
kept equal to gold. There is nothing connected
with our money, therefore, to aocount tor this
sudden and aggravated industrial change.
Whatever is to be deprecated in our financial
system, it must everywhere be admitted that
our money has been absolutely stable, and Has
brought neither loss nor inconvenience to ita
holders. A depreciated currenoy has not ex
isted to further ves the troubled business situ
ation.
Gold Basis and Hard Tl
'It is a mere pretensa to attribute the hard
times to the fact that all our currencyls on a
gold basis. Good money never made times
hard. Those who assert that our present in
dustrial and financial depression is the result
of the gold standard havi not read American
history aright, or been cureful students of the
events of recent years We niver had greater
prosperity in this country, in every field ot em
ployment end industry, than in the busy years
from 118J to ltWi, during all of whioh time the
country was on a gold oasis and employed
more gold money in its fiscal and business op
erations than ever befora. We had, too, a pro
tective tariff under which ample revenues
wen collectid for the government and an
accumulating surplus which was con
stantly applied to the piyment of th) pub
lio debt. Let us hold fast to that which
we know is good It is not more money we
want; what W3 want is to put the money we
already hava at work. Both have alway . been
steadily and remuneratively engaged daring all
the yean of protectie tariff legislation Wnen
those who have money lack confidence in the
stability of volu s and investments, they will
not pari with their money. Hnsiness is stag
nated the lifeblood ot trade is checked and
congested We cannot restore pnblio con
fidence by an act which would revolutionize all
statutes, or an act which entails a deficiency in
the public revenues. We cannot inspire con
fidence by advocating repudiation or practic
ing dishonesty. We cannot restore confidence
either to tho treasury or to the people, without
a change in our present tariff legislation.
Tariffs of 180O and 1894.
"The only measure of a general nature that
affected the treasury anl the employment ot
onr people passed by the Fifty-third Congress
was the general tariff act, which did not re
ceive the approval of the president Whatever
virtu, s may be claimed for that act, there is
confessedly one which it does not possess. It
lacks the esential virtue ot ita creation the
raising of revenue sufficient to supply the
needs of the government It hss at no time
provide! enough revenue for such needs, but it
has 3 aused a constant deficiency in the treas
ury and a steady depletion in the earnings of
labor and land. It has contributed to swell
our national dobt more than $242,100,000, a sum
nearly as gi eat as the debt of the government
from Washington to Lincoln, including all our
foreign wars, from the revolution tj the rebell
ion. Since its passage, work at home has been
diminished; prices of agricultural products
bave fallen: confidence has been arrested, and
general business demoralization is aeea on
every hand.
"Tho total roceiDts under ths tariff aet of
1S9 for the first twenty-two months of its en
forcement from September, 1 91, to June, 1894,
were i, 7,81 VSIM, and tieexteuditares to. 0,418,.
SU or a defi denoy of i.S0J,83r.. The decrease
in our exports of American products and man
ufactures, during the first fifteen months of the
preseat tariff, aa contrasted with the exports
of the first fifteen months of the tiriff ef l9X
wis : 0, :iX a). The exce s of exports aver
imports during the tint fifteen months of the
tariff of 19, was W13.97ii8, but only $3,7 8,-
023 under the first fifteen months of the tariff
of 1891. a loss under the latter of tl57.214.S45.
The net loss ia the trade balance of the United
States has been $18 ,Mt,J7 daring the first fif
teen months' operation or the tariff of 1M4, as
compared with the first fifteen months ot the
tariff of 1890. Thelloss has been large, constant
and ateady, at the rate of tm 0,00) per moath,
or $V,00 for every business day ot tha year.
"We have either been sending too much
money out of the country, or getting too little
in, or both We have lost steadily ia both di
rections. Our foreign trade has been dimin
ished and our dome tic trade ha suffered in
calculable loss. Does aoi this suggest the
reuse of onr present d "pression, and indicate
its remedy? The lost ot earning power alone
in this country in the past three years ia snf
fi ient to have produced our unfortunate busi
ness situation. If our labor wen well em
ployed, anl employed at aa remunerative
wages aa in ISai in a few months every farmer
in the land won d feel the glal change in the
increased demand for his products and in the
better prices which he would receive,
Mora Business Needed, Not More Money.
"It Is not an increase In the volume of money
which 1 the need of the time, but an increase
in the volume of businies: not an inoreaaeof
coin, but an increase in confidence t not more
coinage, but a mors active use ot the iu mey
coined : uot open mints for ths unlimited coin
age of the silver, of tbe world, but open mills
tor the full and unrestricted labor of American
work ingmen. The employment of our mi nts for
the eoinagn of the silver of the world would
not bring the necessaries and comforts of life
bick to our people. This will ouly come with
the employment of the ma-aes, anl such em
ployment is certain to fo low the re-establish-nient
of a wise protective policy, which shall
encour.ige manufacturing at noma.
' Protection has l"st none of its virtue and
importance The first duty of tha Republican
party, if restored to power in the country, will
be the enactment of a tariff law wuicli will
raise all the money n eessary to conduct the
government economically and honestly ad
ministered, and so adjusted as to give prefer
ence to home manufactures and adequate pro
tection to home labor and th home market We
are not cimmitte I to any special schedules or
rates of duty. They are and always should be
always lUbjict to change to meet now condi
tions: but the principle upon which rates of
duty are imposed remains the eamn. Our duties
should always be h gli enough to measure the
difference beiwsen the wages pail labor at
home and all competing countries, and
so adequately protect American invest
nient s anl American enterprises.
Farmers and the Tariff.
"Our farmers have been hurt by the changes
fn our tariff legislation as siverely as our la
borers and minnfaoiurerj, badly ai they have
suffered The Republican platform wisely de
dares in favor of sucu encourage nent to our
sugar interests as will 'lead to tbe production
on American soil of all the sngsr whioh tha
Amerioan people usa ' It promises to our
wool and woolen inteieata 'the mo,t ample
protection;' a guaranty tiat ought to com
moud itse.f to every patriotic citizen. Never
was a m re grievous wrong done the farmers
of our couairy than that so unjustly Inflict d
during the pas. three yiari upon the w ol
growers ot America. Although among our
most industrious and useful citisens thuir lu
te rests have been practically destroyed, an 1
our woolen manufacturers involved in similar
disaster. ' At no time in tbs past thirty-six
years, and perhaps during any treiouspnrio l,
have so many of our woolen manufacturing
been suspended as now. Tbs Republican party
can be relied npon to correct theie great
wrongs, if again intrusted with the control of
Congress.
Question of Reciprocity.
"Another dec ar ition of ths Republican plat
form that has my m at cordial fupp rt is that
which favors reciprocity. The sp.endid results
of the ncip ociy arrangements that were
made un ler authority Of the tariff law ot 189)
are striking and suggestive. Thi brief
mriod tney w 1 re in force, in most eases only
three years, was not long enough to test thor
oughly taelr great value, but sufficient was
shown by the trial to demonstrate conclusively
the importance aud tha wisdom of their adop
tion.
Foreign Immigration,
"The declaration ot the- platform touching
foreign immigration Is one of peculiar impor
tance at this time, whin our own laboring poo-
pli are in such gr sat dist ress I am in hearty
evmDathy with the present legislation restrain.
ing foreign immigration and favor such extan
si n of tha laws, as will secure the United
States from invasion by the debased a id crim
inal class is of the Old World, While we ad
here to the public policy under which our
country has received great bodios of honest
industrious citizens, who have added to the
wealth, progress and power of the country, and
while we welcome to our shoras tha well dis
posed and industrious immigrant whs contrib
utes by his energy and intelligence to tae
oau,eof free government we want no immi
grants who do not seek our shores to become
citizens. We should perjiit none to partici
pate in the advantages of our civilzation who
do not sympathize with our aims and form of
government. We should receive none who
come to make war upon our institutions and
profit by publio disquiet and turmoil, Against
all suoh, our gates must be tightly closed.
Soldiers and Bailors.
'The soldiers and sailors of the Union should
neither b nogleoted nor forgotten. The gov
ernment whi ih they served so well must not
make their lives or condition harder by treat
ing them as supplicants for reliif in old age or
di-tress, nor regard wit 1 disdain or conte.npt
tbe earnest interest one comrade naturally
manifests in the welfare of another. Doub
lesi there have been pension abuses and frauds
in ths numerous claims allowed by the govern
ment but the policy governing the administra
tion ot the pension bureau must always be fair
and liberal. Ao deserving applicant should
ever suffer b9 cause ot a wrong perpetrated by
or for another. Our soldiers and sailors gave
the government the best they had They freely
offered health, stringtu, limb and .ife to save
the country ia the time of its greatest peril,
an 1 the government must honor them in their
need as in their service with the respeot and
gratitude due to brave, noble and self-sacrificing
men, who are justly entitled to generous
aid in their increasing necessities
Merchant Marine and Navy.
"The declaration of the Ripuhlicanplatf rm
in favor of the upbuiidin? of our merchant
marine has my hearty approval. Tbe policy of
discriminating duties in favor or our shipping,
which prevailed in the early years of our his
tory, should be azain promptly adopted by
coniressand vigorously supported until onr
preitige and suprimacy on tha seas is fully at
tained - We should no longer contributes di
rectly or indirectly, to the maintenance of the
colossal marine of fo eign countries, but pro
vide an efficient and complete marine of our
own. Now that the American navy is assum
ing a DQHin commensurate with our impor
tance as a nation, a policy I am glad to observe
the Republioan platform strongly Indorses, we
must supplement It with a merchant marine
that will gives us tbe a Wantages in both our
coastwise and foroign trade that we ought
naturally and propsrlr to enjoy. It should be
at once a matter of pnblio policy and national
prids to repossess this immense and prosper,
oua trade.
Civil Service Reform,
' "The pledge of the Republioan national con
vention that our oivil service laws shall be
sustained and thoroughly and honestly en
forced, and extended wherever practicable,' ia
in keeping with the position of ths party for.
I 'ie past twenty-four years and will be faith
fully observed. Oar opponents decry those re
forms. They appear willing to abandon all the
advantages gained after so many years' agita
tion and effort They encoa age a return to
methods of party favoritism, which both par
ties have often denounced, that experience
has condemned, and that the people have re
peatedly disapproved. The Republican party
larnestly opposes this reactionary and entirely
tnjustifiable policy. It will take no backward
itep upon this question. It will seek to ias
erove, but never degrade, the public service.
There are other Important and timely decla
rations in the platform whioh I cannot here
liscuss I must content myself with saying
that they have my app-ovaL If, aa Republi
cans, we have lately addressed our attention,
with what may seem great stress and earneat
less. tn the new and unexpectsd assault upon
lie financial integrity ot the government we
nave done it because the menace is so grave as
Vo demand especial consideration, and became
are are convinced that if the people are aroused
to the trne nnderstanding and meaning of this
lilvar and inflation movement they will avert
ana danger. In doing this, we feal that we
render the best service possible to the country,
nd we appeal to the intelligence, conscience
ind patriotism ot the people, irrespective ot
tarty, or section, for their earnest support
Law aad Order.
"We avoid no issue. We mset the sudden,
langerous and revolutionary assault upon law
uid order, and rtpoi those to whom is confided
by the constitution and laws the authority to
iphold, them, which our opponents have made,
ith the same eonrari that w have faoed
svery emergens y since our organization as a
party more than forty years ago. Government
by law must first be assured; everything els
tea wait The spirit of lawlessness must be
ixtntjuished by the fires of an nns'Klsh and
to ty patriotism. Every attack npon the r ibllo
'a ith. aud every suggestion of ths repudiation
f d -bts. public and private, muat be rebuked '
by all men who believe that h-mesty U tbe best
nolicy; or who love their ro-intry and would
preserve unsullied her national honor.
Good Government,
'If called by the suffrage of the people to
seume the dutiesof the high office of prosid mt
of the United btstos, 1 siall eonnt it a privil
sdgs to aid, even in the slightest degrea, in tbe -promotion
of the spirit 1 f fraternal regard
which sh mld animate and govern the citizens
if every se -t on, state or part of the republic.
After the la) seof a century sinoi its utterance, '
let ua at length and forever hereafter, hied tha ,
admonition ot Washington I There should '.
b no .North, no bo ith, no East, so
West but a common country ' It shall ba ;
my constant aim to improve evsry opportun
ity to a Ivan-e t ie cause of good goverment '
by promoting that spirit of forbssaran - and -luetics
which is so essentia' to our pro parity s
and happiness, by Jo ning most heartily .nail
proper efforts to restore the relations ot broth
srlr respect and affection which in our early
lit tory characterized alt tbe people ot all tha
states. I would b-glad to contrinute toward
binding in indivisible union the different divis-
Ions of the country, wh ch, indeel, bow have ;
very inducement of sympathy and Interest to
weld them together more strongly than ;
ever. I would rejoice to see dem
onstr tod to tbe world that the North and
the S nth and the Eatard the West are aot
soparated, or in danger of becoming aeparated,
b'eoaus 1 of sectiona: or party differences Tha
w ir is long since over, 'We are not enemies,
but friends ' and as friends wj will faithfully
and cordially co-operate, under the approving
imileof Him who has thus far so signally sn :
tained and guided us to p eserve in viol ne oui
country a name and honor, ita poaee an 1 goot
order, and its continued asoindauey am g tin
greateat governments on earth.
"WILLIAM MOILIMUrr. "
GENTLE ZEPHYRS BLEW.
And the Chinchillas Wont C-a-a-t About
tho Old Farmer's Hook.
"That feller," said tbe man with th
ginger bread, as the smooth-tthaven
new settler drove by, "that feller,
when I knowed him out In Kansas, had
a set of goat trimmin's that would dis
count Pefter. And he lost them la the
funniest way."
"Got 'em shared off?" asked ma
grocer, trying to be sarcastic.
Much to the surprise of tbe man irons ,
Potato Creek the man with the ginger
bread replied:
"That's Just the way. Exactly."
When the man with the ginger bread
had enjoyed the grocer's surprise, h
continued:
"nonrse he didn't hare to have em
shaved off, but after the way they took
to actln' he allowed that was tne oesi
thing he could do, You see, they was a;
cyclone came along acroat h pmoe. :
He seen 'er a-comln. an' by the time h
got the cow and the dog and his wife
an' children In the cyclone pit they was
so little room that he bad to leave his
head stickin out Purty soon along
comes ol si"
"Old Si who?" asked the grocer.
"It might have been old SI Hubbard,
but this time It happened to be old SI
Clone. Well, that there wind took them
flowin' whiskers and wrapped 'em
'round and 'round his neck, and duru
nigh choked 'im."
"And he 'lowed after that it wouM bs
safer to go smooth, I suppose?" asked
the man from Potato Creek.
"Hardly. Ketch any Kansas man tak
ln' off his whiskers for any such friv
ol ious reason. But the elllcktriclty, er
something, had sot 'em so that they
wouldn't grow no other way than Jist
round and 'round. I tried to pursuadw
him to leave 'em that way, seein a
how he had the finest neck comforter
ever a man had In them whiskers, but
he was too dadwormed high-minded,
an' keeps 'em cut clean off now."
The man from Potato Creek slowly;
gathered up the two burlap sacks that
served him as a saddle, put them on
his yellow mule and rode homeward,
pondering, pondering. Ex.
IDOLATRY IN INDIA.
Stone, Metal and Woolen Object ef
Heathen Worship.
Captain Cruikshank of the English
army tolls a story about idolatry In
India. It seems, he says, as if there
were more idols than people in India.
They are made of stone, metal or
wood, and you can see them under ev
ery shade tree. It is like reading a
chapter from the bible to walk about
some of the groves. A few of the tem
ples are made of solid marble or gold.
The custom of worship is amusing.
The devout Indian, on reaching the
temple, first rings a belL That is to
notify the god that he is on hand to do
business. After that ceremony the
worshiper repeats his prayers, and
then deposits his offerings. These con
sist of rice, grain and cloth. They are
afterward put into the holy cart and
sold. The priests have no trouble in
Belling them, for the holy food is al
ways quoted high. Twenty loa Is of
holy food can be sold in the time it
takes to dispose of a cargo that has not
been to the temple.
The ceremony of putting the gods to
sleep would make a saint laugh. The
worshipers assemble in the temple and
blow on horns, yelling and shouting at
the top of their voices. This resem
bles an American Indian war-dance,
and it is kept up all night long.
Other ceremonies are as strange, and
the work of civilization does not pro
gress rapidly. Buddhism did more
than anything else to reform idolatry,
out the people drifted back into the
same old habits. An advance Beet with
high morals has been founded, but it
will do but little If any good.
Hydrophobic Item.
I bring you my dog to be cured,"
said a man leading a large dog
"Has he shown any signs of hydro
phobia?" "No; but he will show some pretty
Boon."
Has he been bitten by a mad
dog?"
Worse than ' that, He bit a
socialist in the leg."
"Ah, there is no hope for the dog.
The virus of a socialist is too strong
to be cured by science Kill the dog
before he bites anybody else."
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