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THE MAJOR’S LETTER accepting the refuulican nomination. A Review of All III* Imiim llefor* the People In Thl» <ain|>ulgn—Soond Money ■ml I'rotecllon I'ftiivrcai for tlin 1>I»“ tree* Tli»t Prevail*—Meaning of tlie Chicago Declaration on Alone/. Mr. MeKInley** Aceeptonc. letter. Casto*, 0., Aug. 27.—Following' Is Major McKinley's letter of acceptance of the Republican nomination for Preaident: • Hon. John M Thnriton ami Other*. M*m»>ors of the Motifleatl >u Commlttoa of the Repub lican Nutioryil Committee: *(Jent.loni*n: In pursuance of the promise ma le to your committee, when notified of my nomination ns tin Republican candidate for President 1 beg to submit this formal accept ance of that high honor an I to consider in de tail questions at Lsue lu the pending cam pi ign "Perhaps this might lx» considered unneces sary in view of my remark! on that occasion and those 1 bevo made to delegation! that have vlti od mo sioco the Ht Louis convention, but in viow of the momentoui importance of tbs propir sitt'ament of the issuvs presented on our future prosperity and itanditg ss a na tion, and considering only t'io welfare aud hap piness of our p*olo, 1 could not bo content to omit again calling attention to the questions which in my opinion vitally affect oar strength aud position a mo ig the governments of the world, an 1 our morality, integrity aud pitriot Ism as citizens of that republic which fora century past lias beou the best hopes of the world and the inspiration of mankind. Wo must not now prove false to our own high Standards in government, nor unmindful of the pobls example and wise precept♦ of our fath ers or of the conftle:ice and trust which our conduct in the past has always inspired. Free Coinage of Hitter. "For the first time since mon, II ever ruromi there i« presented to thi Amerbisn people thl* year acleirnnd direct ia»ue os to our mone tary ayatem of vast importance in its effects, •nil upon the right a-tt'umeut of which rests At largely the financial honor and prosperity of the country It is proposed by one wing of tbo Democratic party and it* allies, the I’eople’a ■ III Silver parties, to inaugurate the free aud unlimited coinage of ailver by Independent action on the part of tlte United tStste*. at n ratio of sit teen ounce* of silver to one ours 10 of gold. The more declaration of thi* purpose it a lueiiac) to our finannn ial and industrial interest* and ha* alreudy i reated universal alarm It Involves great peril to the ere lit ami business of the country, a peril no grave that conservative men everywhere are breaking away from their old part/ associations and uniting with other patriotic citizen* in em phatic protest against the platform of tins Democratic r,itlorial convention as an assault upon the faith and honor of the government and the welfare of the people. We have had few questi >ns in the lifetime of the ropnhlio more serioue than the one which is thus pro aentsd "The characlor of the money wht-li shall moasure our values and exchanges and setllo our balances witli sine another, end wttb tiio nations of tin world, Is of such primary im portance and so fur reselling In its conse quences as to call for tli a most painstaking in' veitlgation, and. In the end, a sober and un prsjudiced judgment at the polls. Wo must not be rulslol by phrases, nor deluded by fslse theories. Free silvor would not mean that sil ver doll ars wero to he freely had without cost of labor. It would mean the free use of the ininte of the United States for the few who are owners of silver bullion, hut would make sil ver coins no finer ti the many who are on* gaged In other enterprises It would not make labor easier, the hours of labor sbortor or the pay better, it would not make farming less aborious or more profitable. It would not start a factory or make u demand for an addi tional day's labor. It would create no new oc cupations. It would add nothing tj the com fort of tins masses, the capital of the peoplo 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 values. On the contrary, it would derange all existing values, It would not rostoro business con fidence, hut its direiteff ot would be to de stroy the little which yot remain*. "The meaning of the free coinag^ plank adopted at Chicago It that auy one may' tako a quantity of a Iver bullion now worth IS cents to the mints of the United States, have it coined at the etponso of the government, and rsceive for it u silver dollar which shall be leral tender for the payment of all debts, pub lic and private. Theownorof the silver bul lion would get the silver dollar. It would be long to him and to nobody olse. Other people would got it only by their labor, the products of their land or something of value The bul lion owner, on the basis of present values, would recoivo the ailver dollar for tli cents' worth of silver and other people would be re quired to ra-aivo it as a full dollar in the pay ment of debt), The government would get nothing for the transaction. It would bear the expense of coiniug the silver, and the coin miinliv tr/ml I tnfftsp Inn hv it.* ms. • We have coined line* 1*73 more than (07,• 010,010 silver dollar*, which ere maintained by the government at parity with gold, and are a full legal tender for the payment of all debts, public and private How are the silver dollars now in u-e different from those which would be in us* uuil *r free ooieaget They are to be of the sair.H weight anil fiunuesi; they are to boar the same stamp of the government. Why would they not be of the saws value? Uold end Silver Hollars •‘1 answer: The silver dollars now In uiv were coined on account of the govern in tat anl not for private account or gsin, and tht gov. online it has M'lemulv agreed to keep them ss goo 1 a- the best dollar* we have. The govern ment bought llie silver bullion at Ita market value eu 1 coins 1 it into silver. Having uiclu elve coin rol of the mintage, it only coins what It run bold at a parity with g-Id. Tbs profit ay representing the difference l»lwe*m the com mvr iat value of till sliver bullion and tl>« face vat le of the silver dollar, goes tit th- govern ment for the benefit of Ills people Tne g-r erumeui b -ngbt ilia silver hulimue-mUliteJ la Ute silver d*ilier at very much less than its cut tags v tlue It paid it out to its creditor* and put II in rirrulaii m among the people at Ita fa's veiue of Id) rente or a full dollar- It required the peopl • lu accept It at a legal ten L der and la thus m ‘rally buand to main la it 11 at a paritt with gold wblih waa Ibva. a* Sow, Ilia re*-galled standard wlta at and Uie most B aal<ablen*d nallutta of the world. Tbe got. Bg eminent baring htael and citeMinted the sit P vat dollsi, it must It boeor plots>1 |hs bidder from toss tb-s -hligaii-a It bas to fat sacred life iy kept. Hut salt b lb»ta a moral uhiigaUoe. bat (ante la a leg'l -hllgalluu, etpietse! m r poblte Stslula. to mt ataia Iba parity. n'1(et debar* la Iba parturwlgy* I htva aamast are not Iba sums as iba del at* whiib Wotdl bt isaoad a a let free rota -aa. The* Would be iba asms form but dtf f real la veins. Tbe g-lviaatal weald baes no part ta iba Kasaa'iwe >to*i t- <o a lba*U*sr battle* lalo doslatt |i wvabl abate la aa pari of Iba ptoda. It woobi taka apt* tl •!< ■• . » ll a-wl i awi , lava lalo t- veiaitoa ft aawld •—** pi ibgat as Mr s-itraat a out I get l kern br *itiag —rr Ihag fas ibea* __ li aim Id geb-vt Ibam |. Ib-s a Wbo departed Iba utio aad Ha aahincka.a • Mb iba itan*Miettea Would tael iktra Ifaottsa of realty iba ailver -loil.tr t nfctsn weald be IbWbd gpde » Wfial tk. veil I, lira w*|alii* lit * mb I * bat W*wld beep ibiot al par aub ydfl thaws waattd ht bo ehlt* aiern testing epos iba peas* sweat h* 4m lb aad i| thtte war* tl aoail he p-ineaha* -t at II The mot MaihlK at Wo-ald ha deiaaw (a a atlvar heats - lv> vdtar Mv>s»ossa«aUi*aa •Thaws batata lha-adeca. warn 4 mil wpatw the.t real lalw t> the Mae aad aa*la*>wd ss-ssuag# 4 all sac ad a wus al cl*l*aa nawita* I Wlaaclo v.m awW'f al e*i wowbl a* wtataat lie tfissaiM a tear* make M -tag lb ailaet Warab mi tgwta aad ibw *Uaac del Ml iw-aal ka H< W*iI dot!at thaw wa assail baas aa i|g>p*t L , money than now and it would be no easier to i pet. “But tbet each wonld be the result is against reason and is contradicted by eipirien'S in all timos and in all lands, it moans the debase ment of our currency to the amount of the dif ference b^twosn the commercial and coin value of the silver dollar, which is ever changing, and the effect would be to reduce property val ues, entail untold financial lose, de tr »y confi dence, impair tho oblig'tions of existing con tracts, fur her Impoverish the laborers end producers of the country, croite a panic of un- ; paralleled severity, an ! inflict upon trade and commerce a deadly blow. “Against any such policy, 1 ain nna’torably Opposed. “Bimetallism cannot be secured by independ ent action on our part. It cannot b * obtained by opening oar minis to the unlimited coinage of the silver of the wo Id at a ratio of siste n ounces of silver to ono ounce of g«d I, wl» *n the commercial ratio is more than thirty ounces of silver t» one ounce of gold. Mexico and ('him have tried tht experiment Mexico has free ooinsge of silver and gold at a ratio slight ly In eicoss of slxto *n and a half ounces of sil ver t-> one ounce of gold and whilt her mints are freely open to both metals «t. that ratio, not a single dollar in gold bullion is coined j and circulated as money Hold has been driven out of circulation lathes* countries and the/ J are on a silVor b**ls alone Until interna tional agreement ii had it is the plain du y of the United Statis to maintain tho gold stand ard. It is the recognized and sole standard of ; the great commercial ndlnii of tho w>rld, j with which we trade more largely than any I oth r Eighty*four per cent of our foreign ; trade for the fiscal year 10JS was with gold standard countr e», and our trade with othur countries was settled on a gold basis. “Chiefly by moans of legislation during and slnco 1H7H, there has been put in circulation more than M2i.UOO.093 of silver, or itsnpreg nt atlvo. This has b>en done in the honest effort to give silver, If possible, the fame bullion and coinage value and encourage the concurrent use of both gold and silver as money Trior to that time there had been l««s thin 9,9)0,000 of silver dollars coined in the entire history of the United fttutes, a period of eighty-nino years This legislation s-»cnr>s the larg *t ueo of silver consistent with flmmoat safety and the pledge to maintain its parity with gold. We have to-day more silver than gold. This ha« beau accomplish *d at tiraoi with great peril to tht public credit The so-called Hher man law sought to use all tho silver-produc tion of the United Htat*a for money at Its mar kot rtilue. From ISfU to rwa ww g«»r»nimum, purchaaeil 4,M)|0C0 outiC«*» of • ilf^r i month or M.OJU.IWO ounces a year. Thi* ws* onu third the product of tho world, nud practically all of this country') proiuct. it wn» billevod by thoao who thou ami now favor free coinage that such usn of allver would advance i's bul lion value to its coinage va ue hut till* expec tation wav not roalixed, In a f w month), not withstanding the unprecedented market for allver produced in the United States, the price of silver wnut down very rapidly, raaehlng a lowor point than over b ifore. Then, upon the recommendation of President Cleveland, both political parties united in the repeal of tho purch lug clauso of the Hhormun law. We cannot, with safety, engigo In further experi ments in this direction Not Opposed to Hllver. ‘Tto* RipuUl-an party ha* net been, and it not now. opposed to tho us i of silver money, as Us record abundantly allow* it has dona all that could lie done for it• increaied use, with safety and honor, by the United Statu acting apart from other government*. Tbare aro these who think that it has already gone be yond the limit of financial prudonc* Surely rva nan go no further, and we must not permit false lights to lure us across the danger line. “Wo have mu ih more silver in us* than any couutry in the world except India or China — t >00.001,0)0 more ibun Great Britain, 114),)00, 0)1 moro thon Prance $iX),)>VV) more than Germany, *IJ>,')00,00) less thin India, and fC&.OiiO.OOo less than China. “The Republican party has declared in favor of an intornationai agreement, and if elected provident it will b> my duty to employ all proper mean* to promote it Tho free coinage of silver in this country would defer, if not dofoxt, international bimetallism, aud until m international agreement can bo had every interest requires u* to maintain our present standard. “independent free coinage of silver at a ratio of I# ounces of silver to 1 ounce of gold would lnsurs tho spaody contraction of the volumiofour currency. It would drive at least »00,1110,000 of gold which wo now have permanently from tlis trade of tho country aud greatly de-rosso our per capita circulation. “it is not proposed by the Republican party to take from the circulating mndium of the couutry any of the allver wo now have. On the contrary, itis proposed to kiep all of the silver money now in circulation on a parity with gold by maintaining tNo pledge of tha government that all of it shill be equal to gold llils haa been the unbroken policy of thi Republican party since 1S71 It has in augurated no now policy. It will keep in cir culation, and as good as gold, all of tho silver and papar which are now includsd in the cut ronoy of the country. It will maintain their parity, it will preserve tbelr equality In the future as it has always done in the past. It will not consent to pat this country on a silver b isis, which would Inevitably follow independ ent free coinage at a ratio of 14 to I, It will oppose the expulsion of gold from our cirCU, lution Flat Money. “The silver question is not tha only lesne affectine our money in tho pending contest. Not content with urging the froe coinage of silver, its strongest ohampionv demand that our paper money shall he issued directly by the government of the United States dhi* is the Chicago Democratic declaration that 'our national mousy ahull hi iaaued by the general government only, without the In tervention of bank* of laeua lie full legal tea d»r for tho payment of ell Uebti, public aud private,' and be distribute 1 ‘direct to the peo ple, end through lawful dieiureameute of the gov«rumeut-' • Thus, iu addition to the free eoiuage of tha world's ailver. w < are asked to enter upon au are of unlimited irredeemable paper currency. Tilt uueitiou which wua fo ight out from ISA) to 1A11 la thue to tie reopened with oil itecbcap money caperiinonte of every couceivabie form folded upon ue. This Indicates a moat start. | ling teastiouary policy, strangely at variance with every rei|iuremeut of eoun I dneace, but the dnjaration shows the spirit aud purpose of those v.-h-i, by eoinbtued action, are eooteudiiig fot do-. 'O r .l of the govstiimsol Naff sad*, tied with ths dcbasiuieul af our roln which imeiubiy f ,llo»s IN* hei coinage of sliver al 14 lo I, they would etili further dagrida out curreucy and threaten the puhile honor hy the unlimited issue ot an it • adeems hi* paper rur reney. A greves msuac* to our Mueneial stead ing and ctodit eotttd lier.ll, be conceived, and every pwtitetie clliaaa ahoitii he stunted promptly tv meet and effectually de feat it, •eel tonal Is we ' It le a aawe* fur paiafui tegret aad mihk l»h thalaa effort w belag made hy thoee high la the evuaeeie of the ailed parties to divide the people of tae vonatry tala eleie a aad ere, e’-e dtatlMttear aasuag »e. watch. n fact, da not eaiet and ata Ivpugaeei to Ml k»w uf guv era went Tiees appeal* to pneen.e and yie |edoe are heaeath the aairtt eel hMeiligensa uf a free people and should he wet with e eve vwhuhe hy thieve that eve sough t^Vo tnffueuea aad I he give that eUl ha Kveey etteept to array lieu easiest eleee ’the areas aaeiset the weeaeg' seed a aaaiaat everto* tahor uoag iiu tna puo» eeviavt tha rvsh.' *. ietipsl again*! (eleieet la tha (l«iial A'ahe la la tha highett degree vegrehe a*'hie, pres estiva " tu ie>ue d lapse he impovtaaee Is that ef tools, i.««, Hi p tl dfvs, edver tea ei» aea he he fcaiat i wa are *!>• < Iv eg pei leasing the vffart ef pa* tin) hsi tea te fee uaa sees t ha everted the -lies vertes; d thv hspetoi rea path a weddel to the huivws ef pretoe - tea, and aea eeeev ware aavwast v* the sepp-at aad *d»u a-r the* eta If avgaewat area fe ad»'l to sit lag thaw ids dewtov* tae 4 ever - •sen ayategt* a* masevee thv h-‘d ul that at* taw egsa the peity get ps.pl* la I* tuwe-i te the ton a aad aapevw* * d the pea* thvea hll Wee seel Wa w them *wa da 41 lives ehai was to wear af them mil >v«,m k,n«i| eg Iradlthsa they have bed a die1 af hwih apatows. a*d vest what aaah haa toes teg I v^s naapla efdfctsewe'vf wegf asra hie the esadttHffd whlah «wwl A a tV- ulgi XigencuM demand prompt protective legists- 1 ton which will avoid the accumulation of | urther debt by providing adequate revenues or the expenses of thv government. This ii namfently the r • quiremoo? of duty. If elected >resident of the United States if will bo my kim vigorously to promote this objact and rive that ample encouragement to the occupa- , iona of the American people which, above all j •lo, Is so imperatively demanded at this juno* lure of our national affair*. • In Do2ember, l nil, I’roulont Harrisoi s»nl lii« last moMsag * to congrms It was an nblo ind exhaustive renew of tilt condition and ro iour.*o« of th t c *untry. It nhtel our s'tuation 10 accurately that 1 a»u sure it will n it bo aims* Lo re* its his uffl dal and val tebl - testimony: “There oovorhaa been a timilu our history,' mid he, 'when work was so abundant and wages w*re so high whether meaiarod by the cur rency in winch tiny are paid, or by their powor l, i supply t is necessaries and comforts of lifo. The g.tneral av 'rage of prices has be*n such as togivt to agriculture a fair participation in the general prosperity. The new industrial plants established since Oftobe' tJ, PW, and up to October .,18.1.', number .i|*. and tho exten sions of oxuting plants 1 it The new capital invested amounts to fl>,4l ,0>J, and the num ber of additional employes 37,24*. During the first six iiiourhi of the present calendar year, liii new factories were ouilf. of which forty were cotton mills, forty-eight wore knitting mills, twenty-six woolen mills, fifteen silk mills, four plush mills and two limn mills. Of the forty Cot oa mills, twenty one have bo n built In the soutl #rn states.' * This fairly describes t.h4 happy condition of the country in D •cembor, ls/2. What has it boon sinco and what is it. nowf “Tho imsvages «>f I’rosident 4‘lsveland from the bjgluiitug of liiss-aond ndmmist r it ion to tho present tim># nb'iuod with descriptions of the deplorable m iuntrinl an Ifinau dal situu* tion of th i country. While n> resort to history or uthcial statement is required to advise us of the present condition arid that winch has pre vailed during the past three years 1 venture to quo'n from I’rosid *ut <.'levolaod’s lirsl message, August 8. 1891. addro.se 1 lo tho Fifty-third Congress, which he had culled together Inex tiaordinary session : Thocxisteocoofau alarm* lug and extraordinary business situation,’ said ho, Involving (he welfare and prosperity of all our people, has constrained inn to call together in extra eossiou the le i representatives ill Congress, to the and that through tha wise and p i triotic exercise of the legislative duties with which they s doly are charged, the pres 9'11 VTl‘> III'!/ •'« miiiBUM ■* aiatng Ilia future may lie averted Our unfor tunate flnunoliil plight is not tho result of un toward ov nits, nor of condition* related to our natural resource* Nor is it I races bln to any of the afflictions winch Iraqunutly check na tional growth and prosperity. With plente ous crops, w th nhiiiulHiit promise of remuner ative pro luctiou and manufacture, with unusual invitation to safe investment sail with satisfactory assurances to business en terprises, suddenly. financial dia trust nmi foan have sprung up on ovory side. Nam toui moneyed Institutions have sus pended, because abundant assets wore not tin mediately available to meet the demands of frightened depositors Surviving corporations and individuals are content to jieop In band tho money they are usually animus to loan, and those engaged in legitimate business aro surprised to find that tho •winritie* they offer for loans, though heretofore satisfactory, are no lotigor accept)d. Values supposed to ire Hied ora fast becoming conjectural, and lost and failure have invaded every branch of busi ness ” “What a startling an I sudden change within tire short period of eight mouths, from Decern* her, ltil/, to August, 1893 I What had oocurredf A change of adrriinlitratiou ; all branches of th* government had been entrusts! to th* Democratic party, which was committed against tho protective poll y that had pre vailed uninterruptedly for more than thirty, two years and brought iiuesamplel prosperity to the country, and firmly pledged to it* com. pleto overthrow and the substitution of a tariff for revenue only. The change having been de creed by tho election* iu November, ita effect* were at once anticipated nnd fait Wo cannot cloao our eyes to these altered conditions, nor would it be wise to exclude from contempla tion and investigation tho rouse* which pro duced them. They aro fact* which we cannot as n people disregard, and wo can only hope to improve nor prosont condition by a study of their censes “In Docembor, 180J. we bad the same cur rency and practically tho same volume of cur rency that w* have now. It aggrogated In 1892 $2,27 2,'92, SOI; in lb#', $2,3/3,010,093; In 1*91, 12.3/3,112,36:; an 1 in Docembor. 1S9>, *2.191,001. 2M. TUo per capita of mousy hna boon practi cally tbs sarno during tbit whol i period. The quality of tho money ha* been identical—all kept oqnal to gold. There ia nothing connocted with our money, therefore, to account for thla sudden and aggravated Industrial -thango. Whatever Is to be deprecated in our financial system. It moat every whero be admitted that our money baa bean absolutely stable, aud baa brought neither loss nor inconvenience to ita holdora.-A depreciated currenov has not ex isted to further vex tho troubled business situ ation. Cold naala and Hard Time*. “It la a mero pretense to attribute tho hard times to tho fact that all our currenoy Is on a gold basis. Good money nevar made times hard. Those who assert that oar prosent in dustrial and financial depression is tho result of the gold standard have not read Amorlcau history aright, or boon careful students of tha events of recent yean Wa niver had g-aater prosperity in this country, in every field of em ploymont and Industry, than in the busy years from 188) to 1892,during all of whioh time tbs country was on a gold basis and employed more gold money in its fiscal and bualnesi op erations than over baton. We bad, too, a pro tective tariff under which ample revenue* won collect id for the govern moot aud an accumulating surplus which was con stantly applied to tho payment of tin pub lic debt. Lot us hold fast to that wh-.ch we know It good It is not more money we want; what wo want la to put the m- ney we Hltt'tt'iy U4T0 ai WUU. IH'IU Mtwnjn uuvu steadily anil remuneratively engaged during all tliu year* of protective tariff lagnlation When tin,-* who liars money Inch confidence in the stability of rolu • anil investments they will uot part with their money. Basinets i* stag nated the Ufa blood of trad > 1* clucked and congealed We csnnot restore public run lidmce by an act which would rerulutiottUu all statutes, or an act which entail* a d.iSctuacy ia the public rerenue* We cannot inspire c m Aitence by ml roc*ting repudiation or practic ing iluhuueaty. We cannot la torn confidence either loth* treasury or to tlx peopls without • change In our present taritf leg4.latum Tariffs of I *1*0 and I sit I ha mill measure of a gwerai utture that aSscteil the treasury ant the emploimant of out people pasaanl by tS* ffifty-lhltil Inarm* waa the general tariff ad, which dl l ant re. •sis* the aptrotal of tk* pmaideut W hales»r sifts** may on claim* I for that act, the * ts coile*a»dlr t«a whie-r it dust aot p-aiees It lach* lhe smeutlal rhtue ,.» it* ursisa tha raiatag of rereawe laff leal to tappif the beets nf I he gvsarwment. It hs* at an lime provide I enough rerena* for *Wch weed*, bet It bas j sused a eonstaat <l#i«leouy ia the tggffw wry aad a tlemlr deplat.oa la the etawtegs ..» labor and land. It has eaotribeird to *well oar aati.mil debt aaoya Iks* 1**4 .*>.«( a «wm neasiy a* *■ eat •• the deM of the g • tiumsnt from W athlngtea to Idaeads, tnclmtiag alt on* ktggs oass from Me ywsoist.net t* the *ehdl« less ggsee its pe**ag» *r«rh si home has he** donlaiMtd pSSHSS ef agrtco total pr«rfs*tg hare fa. lea i sea* trace has ho* hr Mated, tel •enseal hnamgas demoral. tattoo M soda sa •teas band •ft,,, »•'"*! a...t»*a a*ht* *hr »tr»ff «et eg I’d* the Me fmt Isrslruts aseashs 4 l*g am torse meat, from Seplisahec, I g> ha fane, t*Sr tsrt fl>l.4il.Uv sal ‘eat. twl.iete* tie. ltd a *a as a *•» many of lADlffl Iho dmseaa# la asst tape*** et jme*t an grebes** aeI eaae wfe-Katsw 4u**asg Me ha at glime arosdha wf Mo panes*t tat.If an .asltralaI aeth the e4e»at* art the fiaet fifke«« m ...its *|M» tud 4 lb| W*a g 4 kit m 'the a*..*** ef egparstd *•#» teporS* dwttiag the * at thsa atnnlha of Mbs tariff ef lag. «aa gall *1,Sab *e*s eaOt Ml *■ hat ns tag tha hre* •*«*• meotha »f ‘be tamt • f Uh. g hsaa we dr* Me lattes et fill M Mk fit aot loos Id Me trade I. stun— of the PaM Makes ha* hr*n » * te *,♦*•' daatttg the ted if ksoa ap-aihe' epeeet* o ♦ the Muff ef Nth hs •empesad w.th the »*•» ifteea gsoathe sf Mo tariff of Mfft Ihejbes ‘-aa heeeltiga, .ewstoo* ao4 oaad*. gt Ms .t*ti4fim,ii pad m*to4h» •t |h ,«l fag o*i r tssiaorg 4gt et tig IH* "We have either been sending too much money out of the country, or getting too little in. or both We have lost steadily in both di- f roctiont Onr foreign trad* hte beendlmlrw : « ish*d and our domv«tic trade has suffered in- I fc ealeuliblo loss. Does not this suggest the I 3 cau«* of onr present depression, and indicate v Its r»inedyf The lost of earning power alone ; in this country in the past throe years is eof- p Ii lent to have produced our unfortunate bnel- t ncsv situation. If our labor wer» well em- I ^ ployed, and employed et as remunerative | < wages as in 1891, in a few months every fanner ( in the land won d foel the gia 1 change »n the r inureatud demand for hi* product* and in the ! 3 better prices which ha would roceive. j t More lln*lness Needed, Not More Money, l “It ii not an increase in tho volume of money * which ii the need of the time, but an Increase In the volume of busini**; not an inc ease of coin, but an increase in confidence; not more ' coinage, but a raori active u*o of tho m »ney coined; not open mints for tho unlimited coio- > age of tho silver of the world, hut open mills I for the full aiid unrestricted labor of American ' workingmen. The employment of our mints for the coinage of the silver of ths world would not bring the neressarl is and comforts of life 1 hick to our people. This will only come with iho employment of the muses, and such om- 1 plovment is certain to fo lo v the te-estabh«h rnent of a wise protective policy, wliicli shall j 1 encourage manufacturini at hom v ' Protection ha* lost none of its virtu* and . 1 importance Iho flint duty of the Kepu hi lean . party; if restore I [y powof in tin country, will I no 1 no c naetin nt of a taritf law w ild* will ra ise all the money n costary to conduct the j govornment, economically and honestly ad minister'd. and so adjusted ns to give prefer ence to homo manufactures and adequate pro* lection toliom« lab »r and tli» home market We ; are not c onrnltte I to any spo rial schedules or rates of duty. Tho/ aro and always should bo always ► ubj *ct to change to meet new coiidi* lions; but tho principle upon which rate* of doty are imposed remain* tlm *aru > Our dut ies should always bo h gb enough to measure the difference between the wages pall labor nt home and ail competing countries, and So adequatfdy protect American inveit* uonUani Ainericau enterprises. Tanners and the Tariff. "Our farmers haw boon hurt by tho change* in our tariff legislation u* s*v*r*dy a* our la borers and manufacturer*, badly n* they have ■ uiiurru «u» y Clare* in favor of aucli oncuurego-nout to our augur Interest, m will Tesd to tho proluctlon on American sell of all the rugir which tlio Amorican paopla use’ It promisos to oar wool ana woolen Interests tho moit ampin protection;' a guaranty that ought to com mand iUoif to ovary patriotic citizen. Nsvsr waa a w to griuvou, wrong done tho farmer* of uur country than that so unjuttly inllictid during the pns throe y 'an upon tlio w ml growers of America. Although among our most industrious and uioful citizen, their in terests have Ixiuii practically dustroynd, and our woolou mauufacturera involved Iu similar disaster At no time iu the past thirty-six yean, and pnrhapt during nny yrorlousperloI. have so many of our woolen manufactories been suspended as now. Tim Republican purty esn be reliid upon to corruct them great wrongs, if again intrusted with the control of Cuugross. Question of Reciprocity. "Another declaration of the Republican plat form ttiat lias my meat, cordial rupp >rt is that which favors reciprocity. The splendid remits of tho nclproci'y nrrnngoment* that were made under authority of the tariff inw of 189) ere striking and suggnitlve, Th i brief period they wire in fores, In most casoi only three years, wes not long enough to test thor oughly their great value, but saficient wes shown by the trial to demonstrate conclusively the importance and tho wisdom of their adop tion. Foreign Immigration. "The declare I loll of tbo platform touching foreign immigration is one of peculiar impor tance at till, time, whin our own laboring pao pli are in euch gnatdistreis I am in hearty aympaihy with the present legislation restrain ing foreign immigration and favor such oxtan si >u of ths laws as will soouru the United Btat.es from Invasion l>y tbs debased and crim inal clasais of the Old World. While we ad here to the public policy under which our country haa received greet bodies of honest, Industrious citizens, who have udilod to tho wealth, progress and power of the country, and while wo welcome to our aborts the well dis posad end industrious immigrant who contrib ute# by ills energy and intelligence to the cause of free government, we wantnolmmi grants who do not sock our shores tobicomo citizens. Wn should permit none to partici pate iu the advantage* of our olvilzetlon who do not sympathize with our ulmi and form of government. Wo should receive none who oomo to make war upon our institutions unit profit by public dlsguiet and turmoil. Against all such, our gates must be tightly closed, holdlers and gallon. "The soldiers and sailors of tho Union should neither bs neglected nor forgotten. Tbegov ornmout whl.'b they served so well must Dot make their lives or condition harder by treat ing them as supplicants for roliif in old ago or distress, nor regard wit > disdain or contompt the earnest ini..-eat ono comrade nuturelly manltssta iu tho welfare of • lotber. Doubt less there have boon pension abuses and frauds in the numerous claims allowed by tho govern ment, but the policy governing the administra tion of the pension bureau must always be fair and liberal. Mo deserving applicant ahould ever suffer bi cause of a wrong perpetrated by or for anothor. Our soldiers and sailors gave tbe government ths best they had They freely oifored health, etnngth, limb and life to save the country in the time of lie greatest peril, eu I the government must honor them in th ir need as iu thilr serviee with the respoct and gratitude due to brave, noble and self-aacriBo ing men, who era Justly untitled to geuorouS aid in their increasing necessities Merchant Marine and Navy. "The daTtratioii uf the Ripublicun platf rm iu favor of the uplmildiur of our lu-rrluut ] marine has my hearty upprovsl. Thu policy of discriminating duties iu favor of our snipping, which prevail* i iu I he early years of our h *• I tory, should be stain promptly adopto 1 by i con ire,s and vigorously supported until our prxtige and supremacy on the seat is fully at tained We should no longer contribute# di rectly or indirectly, to the luaiuteuano uf the colossal marine of fo sign e..entries, but pro ..<**> NuP that lha Amteloau oatjr U <umu. lay a P«<ili u duiamomurala with our import , laud# aa a imliuu. a i•• »l<>** I ain a.ad tuoUmfio lb*. Ropubii'aa |tUlfu»m alnuply llibmaa aa mud lUpplamuut ll Pllb a au>f»haul mariua that will *!»■• at lh» a traalaya* la b>lb utir euiatalmaud u Itaila l Lai aa omylil ualitrali) and prop<rti la au;>.j. ll about.I t*« «l -4144 a matter ul publia poll.* aal aallunai prnls la r>pu4#>a> ihta laiulM and pr apart ».ua Mad*. a tail naratea Hilwat • lha pla Ipa at tha Mapuhlwaa aaltmaiap*. raotiua that aai and hum* la a* abali ha • ualataad aad Ihufuaphly awl haawtiy ait* ( ■road, aad aataodad phawaa* pmvlipahla,' ia I. kmptap a Ilk lha pwiha ot lha party tut lha paat luaulp-hnH l»a«- aad wilt ha »alih* fully ohaa *al I bn nppaaaala daary thaaa w loht TV** a**Hi allliap i« iknd*a all lha a-lauatapaa piiuul aft#* *a maay filia apila* t«u awl a4»i f»«y inna te* a mti* ta ■mkadi at part* ta*aaltiaaa as ah hwah pa** |lu La am pHaa til M rh> ' tiI |Lii hlhilUhdd waw aaaawm *rwi*--wn m^Ws uww*" akPu**a*Pw k ** fan tan aal aad that lha paapla Iks ** pwfadhy Jrtabpoimt Tha Kapaktwaa party IMMItll Ham ihta maaltaMPf aal aatiaat* lu. ..l.iahte prt>* ll I’ll. *a«. Wl«tl**< I nap apart Ihta pmaaM-a I* aUl «| to i*» >*waai Val aa*a* lap** Pa lha pahlta wnba tha*a am athaa unpmrtphh aad ttmrt* daxla Ml lha phdbukl •hash I .*»•! haw Itaxaa* I ma«« .i»x« miault auk aai. tp Val ik«* ham ny ippaisl N. aa Napphlh •aaa «a haaa la tel I * Maaaaad aaa ilhak u. aith akst may «*a -« i*ua* ama aad aataaa* Ilbix.. «ad aa<ii-aa». I a aaa ml Ipa a* *.... .«| la<>a< •** at V# poomml aa lam doaa It W , ... lha mauaw ta a- pi*.a aa . ‘' «aa I a«pa»i>t l* addiaalrtai aal amtaa a aa am aaa*ham I that I «ha aa-pla am Marta 4 tha l*aa main.. Imp a * 1 n • s*<*p at thn dia»a aad la hate i a m.ta.aaak lha* w’i. aaart I fha laapa* |.» Puaap Pis pa tad Ik a I a** !' nrtdta lha had aai • « yaaalhlrt ha lha miakdif. lad aa lap*at W lha mi.#• laaiaa. aa«pad»*rt tad HkMhrt at lha ppapia. hwiyiiina at *M»* aa aaaIIart tua dpi* a**«M* rtypdl Law and Order. "W® *fo:d no i.nns. We mvet the sudden, anger^ne and revolutionary assault upon law 4 nd order, and upon those to whom is couflded y the constitution and laws the authority to phold them, which our opponents have mnde. 1th the same conragi that wi have faced ( rery emergens y since onr organisation as ft < arty more than forty years ago. <lovernrar»nt y law must first bv astured; ererythmg oho * an wait The spirit of lawlossnoss must be < Itinguished by tlie tires of an unselfish and j >'tr patriotism. livery attack upon the puhlio , »ith. and every sugzesdoi of the repudiation f d <hts, public and private. must lm rebuked y all men who bel evo that h moity is tho bast ollcy, or who love their country and woo d 1 reserve unsullied her nations) honor. 4 Good Government * If called by the suffrage of the people to saume the dutiesof the high office of president i f the United Mate*. I s >aU conut it a privil* dgs to aid, even in the slightest dogro>, in tho iromotion of the spirit < f fraternal regard rhich sh mid animat * an 1 govern th » eitis<«ii* if every section, stnto or part of the republic, tfter the lapsoof u century sino* it* utterance, at us at length and forever hereafter, hied tho idmonltion of Washington: ‘Tha o sluuid >e no North, no Hoith, no Bast, no Vest but a common country.* It ahull ho ny constant aim to Improve ev>ry opportun ty to n fven:e t ie cause of go(»d government >y promoting that spirit of forbi£rsnl:> ana iistlee which is so tssontia' to our prosperity iit<l happiness, by jo'nlng most heartily in all >roper efforts to rostor j tho relations of broth ply respect and affo’tion whl'h in our ear y il-tory characterised all the people of lH tho itaton. I would b * glad to contribute toward binding in iudivisihln union tho different divis ions of flic country, wh eh, indent, now huve ►very inducement of sympathy and ictaioit to iveld them together more strongly than iver. I would rejoice to seo dem onstrated to the world that the North and i the 8 uth and the Kadard tho We«t aro not separated, or In dtngir of becoming separated, because of sectional or party difference* The war is long since over. ‘Wo ore not onomies, but friends.' and a* friends wi will faithfully md cordially co operate, under the approving ►mils of Him who has thus far so signally sus tained and guided u* to preserve inviolate our country's name and honor, its p^aie ana good order. and its cont inn *d usc uidancy am mg tin greatest governments on earth. WlV.MAN McKfNLRf.'* A BIG~DAYPOR BRYAN. Muds Speech** in Syracuse end Iloeh ester, N. V., end In Erie, Fa. Emit, l’a., Aug. 27.—William J. Itryan made speeches yesterday in three cities ot two states—Syracuse and Rochester, N, Y., aud Erie, I’a.— and incldentiy traveled several hun dred miles to meet ti>a thousands who gathered from the surrounding coun try tohear him ateach place. The day’s demonstration culminated in Erie, where the meeting of 350 delegates of the Democratic societies of Pennsyl vanla made the presence of the can didate particularly opportune. Here Mr. Brysn made three qtlrripg speeches to as many different audi ences in the evening being driven quickly from one ha'I lo another. The first meeting was at Maennerchor hail, which held 2,000 persons, to whom Mr. Itryan appealed to atudy the issue of the campaign and rote their convictions. His second appearance vvas on the atage ot the Auditorium, where he faced an audience 6t equal lixe, and the second speech was, liko the first, brief but stirring. Outside ot the Erie opera house thousands more had waited for a glimpse ot the candidate, and inside were assembled the delegates to the meeting of the Democratic societies. When the peo ple were admitted they filled the house in five minutes and the doors were closed upon hundreds. NO ANARCHY FOR HIM. Candidate Bryan Talks About Rome Epi thets That Are Unrled at Him. Route, N. Y., Aug. —Id Hanover tquare 5,000 people gathered to hear Mr. Hryan. Mrs Itryan, exhausted by the exciting journey of the pre vious day, remained In her room at the Yates, for almost the first time in the campaign failing to hear her hus band speak. £Jr. bry»n (aid: “1 thought it mignt be well for one who is accused of being a candidate 'M a body of An archists tP l)iow himself in order that you Aay judge whether he looks like Dne who is bent upon destroying the yovernment under which he lives. I believe, my friends, that there it no sne in all this land who is more in love with our Institutions than I. I flory in the liberty of our people and glory in the opportunities which sur nation presents to every citixen and to the children of all who live be neath the flag”. FUSION IN MICHIGAN. democrats, FopulUU end Sllverllss United Under s Joint Name. Hat City, Mich., Aug. 2d,—The con ferees appointed by the three con ventions yesterday reached an agree ment at 11 o'clock this morning. Tlier decided that the name at the head of the ticket should be the ''Democratic People’* Union Sliver party;’’ that the Populists should be iccorded three electors aud have the aomiuatlon nor auditor guueral, and that the three conventions should .It CUV I U IWMI» avwuu » *' ITWIMIHW*" •••v • late ticket, the f’opuliite and ellrrr men together to hare a representation ritual to that of the itemocrata. Ilryeu on Urkialn'i Letter, limn nro.H, N V., Aug Si.™ The ltryan party left line tor iiutfeto at ISMS o'clock to-day. There were few elope on the way, aad thara waa ao noteworthy deiuonrtratioa hlr. tlryan (leruted himeelf to the parueat of MrKieiey'e letter of eeaept. alter Aakad If he would fire hit rtawa upon tha Uttar, ha aaldi "I have read the Utter. 1 don't cere to make aey eowateal* upon It. I tap* poee It eaa be eoaetdered the golden teat of the Kepubiteaa ieeeoa." tetei 1 wiikiwa mi klAaietnaw W w*we w ^we eewwown ^We r ere^ai |i«>mii. Ky , Aug li. —At Jeee ttoa t'lty test eight omm l*atiereou of KwoH, Teua . «ad Mr Wi/llaaa M. Mean of Shelby Ctty, rot tided while tiding thete hiefeloe at a bigb rat* of ipeed aad I'etlereoa roeeUed a tea cotrtun of the bi-eta. ati.t raueed h e death at e a'etueh thut ammlng Mean we* bno. «• I era wires but wlTl recover I'etlereoa wae about *3 .earn old and a eon of WUttam W. I'etlereoa. a railroad area. W rente*ton. tig id • Ureeral leha M Oordoa, I'aiWd metre dea*. toy front Ueorgta, deellard today to lath ua poiittee or .-a the deoatal aaue a»w before the people eat lag ibat ho wee preetWnU* oat of polltlye ted would ebeoHteu ttt|M M JudUWnt life at tha end af hjp preaeat CALIFORNIA FUSION. ' % lomplste Colon on Con e ran mail Fro* posed—Trouble for the Electors. Sam Francisco, Aug. 37.— Fusion ommitiers representing the Demo* rats. Populists ami Bimettalllsts me| ■cstcrday and appointed a committee >( sixteen to bo known as the oint congressional committee, to elect congressional candidate! TO lominate e candidate will require the rote of foyr Democrats, four Popu* lets and two silver men, and the can* [idate receiving such e vote will bo the union nominee of the three par* ,iea. Other nominees must then with* Irkiv or depend for their support on personal follower! Secretary of State Brown says that le will refuse to placo upon the tickets the names of the fusion Dern* pcratlc-Populist presidential electors, 9n the ground that the eleotion lew jf California requires the names of the electors to be arranged alphabet ically in groups under their party Resignation. lie says that as soon as the fuslonists present the names to him he will dictate a letter to the at* torney general asking for his opinion In the matter.__ ILLINOIS COLD MEN. ■ < )ne Thousand Delegates lu Convention—* General Meek Heeds the Ticket Chicago, Aug. 30.—The Democrntio fold standard state convention wag tailed to order this afternoon by Chairman C. A. Ewing of the state iommlttee, with about 1,000 delegate* present, representing every county m ;he state. The following ticket was unanl* nously nominated: Governor, Gan* ir*l John C. Black; lieutenant gov* irnor, Chester Babcock; attorney gen* •ral, William S. Formant state trees* |rer, Edward Rldgely; secretary of itatk, L. J. Kakeskl; auditor, F. E. Yfi Brink; university trustees, Ai. C. Bab* _-I-_A PI... AN ACCIDENT AT UTICA. ■ ' — i rba Platform on Which Bryan Wat hpeaklng Qaro Way. Utica, N. Y.. Aug. 27.—W. J. Bry an’* eventful day ended with an acci dent which carrowly missed being ft disaster. One-half of the platform from which he was addressing the crowd of several thousand person* In the square in front of the Baggs hotel in Utica, at midnight, fell to tha ground, and although the presidential Candidate escaped injury, Clinton Beckwith of Herkimtr, a member of the reception committee, had an ankle tprained; John T. Teller had a leg broken and several others were oadly bruited and cut, but no one waa **• rlously injured. _ NO CAMPAIGN MONEY. % Federal Officeholder* Forbidden te Seek or Msko Contributions. Wasiiimoton, Aug. 27.—Tha civil service commission has issued an ordep to federal offlcholders warning ftll employes against seeking or making contributions for campaign purposeft The order is sweeping in it* character and affects all branches of the gov ernment service. Violators of thft law will be prosecuted. Death of J. F. H. McKIbben. > TorEKA, Kan., August 27.—J. F. H. McKlbben, auditor of the Atchioon, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway com pany, who was injured while on • hunting trip near New Castle, CoL, died at 8:30 o’clock yesterday morn ing. --- Turkey Mutt Do Better. i Constantinople, Aug. 27.—Unit*4 States Minister Alexander W. Terrell lias notified the Turkish government that the letter’s answer to th* de mands of the United States for Indem nity as p result of the burning of th* inter jean missions at Khurpnt and arash la not satisfactory. LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKETS • 1 Quotation* From New York, Chicago, lb Loul*, Omaha and Kleewhere. OMAHA. 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