\ MTHE \ MAJOR'S LETTER
I jtt ACCEPTING THE REFUBLICAN
iPC/ " " NOMINATION.
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W& m. ' 'A Rov5ew ° ' A1 * the I ae Bcfor the
WT M\ I'coplo In This Campaign Sonnd Money
JRjflH , 'and I'rotcctlpn Fanaccaa for the Dli-
j - ! lHi tress That Prevails Meaning of the
IS ; Hf * "Chicago Declaration on Money.
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Cx < j K Mr. McKlnlcy's Acceptance Letter.
Be R Canton , 0. , Aug : 27. Following is
HpJSp \ TMajor Mclunley's lcttor of acceptance
K imBF ) * ° * the Republican nomination for
HpjjlV President :
Rfll " * 'Jlon. John M. Thurston andOtherj. Msmbora
flulv of the Notification Commlttoo of the Itepub-
>
BT lian National Coramitteo
| V ) a / :
Ert "Oontloman : In pursuances of tin pro also
- ? rt B
H ? E 'tnadoto your committee , whou notified of my
R „ 3R.nomination as th > Republican candidate for
Pa ( • ' President , I bos to submit this formil ascept-
wrL ( mmk aoco of that high honor an 1 to consider in do-
K it re & * * - Quo tiona at usuo in the pojdingcam-
I ff imvL 'Piicn.
I J/ ' ' * * Perhap3 this might bo considered unno203-
nl 4 f < # BaW in now of my remark ) on tint ocasion
lfJk jEik -and thnso 1 liavo made to datamation i that
S , hara viii oJ mo-iaco the St Louii convent on ,
_ " - " bat in view of thomomntou importiuca of
nsmm i
HfM'- the propir sitt'oment of ths is > us pr santd
m' ftt M on our future prosperity and staa ding shr na-
w PfS tion , and considering only the wclfaro and hap-
liB > } f 1 % pinesj of our Dole , I could not bo cauto.it to
LiflB wlv omit again calling attention to the questions
H. 7Yi1 "which in my opinion Vitally affozt our streneth
H' jJi and position amoig the governments of the
H VjR • world , nnJ our morality , integrity an.i p itriot-
B 'A& 'ism n % citizens of that republic whi-h for a
R $ 'Ccntary past hat boon the best hope * of the
'world and the inspiration of mankind. Wo
must not now prove falsa to our own high
st.indardi in government , nor unmindful of the
noble example an 1 w. ' s3 pracepti of our fath
ers or of the confide ice and trust which our
• conduct in the past has always inspired.
Free Coinage of Silver.
"Foe the fint time sijco iSdS. if over before ,
'there U pr'sjatod to tin Amcrbun people this
jyoir aclotr and direct isjno as to our mono-
ttar/ system of vast importance in it eifects ,
and upon the right s'tt omont of which raits
• largely the financial honor anJ prosperity of
110 country. It is proposed by ono wing of the
Democratic party and its alliai. the Pooplo's
an I Silver partios. to inaugurate the free and
-unlimitod coinage of silver by independent
action on the part of the United Stites at a
ratioof siiteen oancos of silver tooneounjo
otgoli. The jnero declaration of this purp-iBO
tiji nrsnaci to our fi'ianan ial aad industrial
interests and has already created universal
alarm It iuvolvcs great peril tothe credit and
"bu-inos of fie country , a peril so gravj that
• consarvativo mon ovjrywhoro nro breaking
away from their old part/ ass ciations and
. uniting with other pitriotic citiz n3 in cm-
phatic protoit against the p'atforn of the
Democritic r. itional convention as an assault
• apon the faith and h nor of tin givomm nt
and the wo.faro of the people. Wohaichad
few quoiti ins in the lifetime of the roj 'blic
more serious than the ono which is thus pre-
" * lho character of thu monev whi-h shall
moasurc our values and exchanges and tottlo
• our balance < with ono another , and wttli the
-ration * of tin world , is of s.ich primary im
portance aad so far reaching in its conso-
• < xuences as to call for tin mot painstaking in-
To.tigation , and. inttie end , a so er and un-
pr-juJic3d judgment at the polls. Wo mmt
• not bo misloJ by phrases , nor delu led by f Iso
theories , Frea silver • would no-moan that sil-
Tor dollars wore to be freely had without cost
-of labor. It would moan the free use of the
-mints of the Unitad States for the few who nro
-OW4 ore of silver bullion , bat would mike sil
ver coins no fieer t > the many who are en
gaged ia oth r eatorprisas It would not make
.labor easier , the hours of labor shorter or the
pay b3ttar. ltwoul * not make tarmin ? less
nborious or moro prjfitabls. It would not
.start a factory or mau a demand foan addi
tional day's labar. It would creata no now oa-
-cupations. It oulJ add nothing tt the com
fort of Ihj ma-sos. tha capital of the people or
"tho nation. It ? oaks to introduce a new raoas-
• nro oT valua , but would add no valua to the
• thing moasurod. It would notconsorvo values
• On the contrary , it would dorangi all existing
values. It would not restore bi iies3 roti-
fidonco , but its dirotoff cl would bo to do-
-troy the litt'o which yet remain's
"Tho moaning oE the free coinage plank
.adopted at Chicaio i that a ly ono may take a
q.uant.tv of s'lver bullion now worth a8 cents
• to tliB mints of the OnitsJ States , have it
• coined attheopon-o of the government , and
racoivo for it a silver dollar which shall bo
lo-al tender for the payment of all dabts , pub
lic and private The ownar of the silver bul-
iion would got the silver dbllnr. It would be
long to him an 1 11 nobodr else Other people
would get it only by their labor , tha products
• of their land , or something of value. Tha bul-
"lioa owner , on the basis of present values ,
• wou' .d receive the silver dollar for 53 cents'
worth of silvar. and other pao.ilo would be rc-
• quirod to roaeivo it as a fall dollar in the pay
ment of dibts. The governmunt would gjt
I .nothin ; for tha transaction. It would biar
"the expanse of coining tha silver , aad the com
munity would Buffer loss by its use.
"Wo have coined eince 1-73 more than 407.-
• 030,0 silver dollarj. wuich a-o maintained by
the government at parity with gold , and are a
.full legal toader for the payment of all debts ,
public and private How are tha silver dollars
mow in u-o different f rom those which would
lie ia us i under free coinage ! Taey are to beef
-of th9 iame weigat and finenesi ; ther are to
bear the same stamp o t'ae government. Why
"Would they not bo of the sama value ?
Gold and Silver Dollar * .
* * I answer : The si'.var dollars now in usa
were coined on account of the gavernmaat and
not for private account or gain , and ths g iv-
ernmoat has tolomnly agreed to k9op tham as
coo I as the b st dollars wo havo. The govern-
-Tnont bought the silver bullion at its market
va u > ini coined it into silver. Having exclu
sive control oE the mintage , it only coins what
it ccn hold at a parity with gold. Th profit
representing the differance botwsan the com-
mr ial value of th > silvar bullion and the face
val 10 of th silver dollar , g > cs to thgovera -
moat for the bsaafit of tha po > plo. The g > v-
ornaient b > ught the silver bullion contains J in
the silver doLar at very much lo > s than its
• conage valua It paid it out to its creditors |
and put it in circulation among the paople at
its fa o value of 1JJ cantj. or a fall dol.ar. It
Tequirjd the peopla to accept it as a legal ten-
dor. and L > thusmarally bound to mainta n it
at n parity with gold. whih was than , ai now , '
• the recngnizad standard with ui and the most •
> nl ghtaned nations ot tlio world. The government -
• ernment having issued and circulated the sil
ver dollar , it must i * honor p-otoat tha holder I
from loss Tii * s obligation it has so far sacred * J
Jykopt. Notonlvii tharo a moral ob.it-atiou ,
but there is a lcgil obligatioa , expreisoi in
public statnta , to maintain the parity.
"Thoso dollars in the particular 1 hive
-named are not the same as the del ars
* wnich would b > itsnod under frae coinigo.
They would bo the same forjn but dif
ireat in valuo. The government would
. .havo no part in the transaction , except to coin
th a silver bullion into dollars. It wonld share
• in ao part of the profit. Jt would takeupoa
at elf no obligation. It wonl 1 not put the del
Jars into ci : culutioa. It could only gat them as
-any citizen would get them by tiring something -
-thing for them. _ lt would deliver thorn to the o
-who deposited tlto silver , snd its " connection
with the transaction would end tha re.
Question of Parity.
"Such are the silver doll.rj whic' wonld be
issued under fre coinage of silver at a ratio cl
1C to 1. Who wonll , thea. maintain theparitv7
What would keep thim at par with gold7
There wonld bs no obligation resting upon the
-covernmant to do it. and. if tin re were.
It wonl I be powerless to do it. The f impe !
truthlis , wj wonld be driven to a silver basis
to silver monoaietalliim.
" "Those dollars , therefore , would etand upon
"their real value. If the free and xmlimitad
-coinaso of silver at a ratio of sixteen ouncas of
.silver to ono ounce of gold would assomoof
its advocates assert , make 58 cents in tilver .
• worth 100 tents , and the silver dollar equal to I
• < % b.a ifold dollar , then wa weald hiva no cheaper
ta ney than now and it would bo no ois'erto
set.
' 'Bat that such would bs the result is against
reason and iscontradictodby oiprien-o ia all
times and in all lands. It meant the doba o >
ment of our cur.oncy to the nmouat of the dif
ferent batwoan * the commercial and coin value
of tha filvor dollar , which is overebnigin ? ,
and the offset would bto reduce property val
ues , entail untold financial lees , cle troy coafl-
donca , impair the oblig tions of exist ng con
trast ! , fur her impoverish the laborers and
producers of ths country , create a panic of uit-
paralleledtevarity , an ! inflict upon trade and
commorca a deadly blow.
"Against any such policy , I am una 'torably
opposed.
"J3imotallism cannot bo secured by independ
ent action on our part. It cannot b > obta n'-d
by openingi > ur min-s to the unlimitd coinngo
of the silver of the wo'Id at a ratio of sixto n
ouncoi of silver to oao ounce of g.d 1 , whm the
commercial ratio is moro than thirty unaes
of silvar t > ona ounce of gold. Maxicoand
Chim have tried tha exparimont Mexico has
free coinngo of silver and gold at a ratio slight
ly in excess of sixto an and a half ounces of til *
vor to one ounce of gold and whil > her mints
are frcely open to both rootnls at that ratio ,
not a tingle dollar in gel 1 bullion is coined
and circulated as mon y Goldhas ben driven
out of circnlati > n in thosi countries and thor
are on a tilvor basis alone. Until interna
tional agreement ii had it is tiie plain du y of
the United Statis to maintain the gald stand-
, ard. It is the roaognized and so' .o ktaodard of
the great commercial natims of the w.irld.
with which we trade more largely than any
oth-r. Eighty * four per cent of our foreign
trade for the fiscal year 1835 Was with gold
standard countries and our trade with other
countries wassSttljd on a gold basis.
"Chiefly by ma ins of legislation during and
since 1878. there has been put in circulation
moro than b2l , uO.JJJ of silver , or itsrjpres nt-
ative. Tliis his ben done iu the honest effort
to giva silver , if poss.ble. the same bullion and
coinage value and onaourage the concurrent
use of both gold and silver as money. Trior
to that time thnro had bean loss th in P.I'U. 'IU )
of silver dollars coined in the entire history of
the Unite 1 States , a period of o'ghty-nino
yearii. This legislation sacur ; s the larg it use
of silver consiste.it with finansial sifoty and
the plodgj to maintain its parity with gold.
Wo have to-lar rooio silver than cold. 'JhU
hai bean accomplished at time > with great
Doril to tha public credit The so-called Sher
man law sought to use all the silver-produc
tion of the Unvtod Stnts for money at itj mar
ket value. From 190 to 19J the governmoat
purchasad 4,5 0,0 0 ounces of silver a month or
. ' . i.OJj.uJj ouncoi a year. This was one-third tha
product of the wond. and practicn ly all of
this country's proluat It was bjliaved by
these who then and now favor free coinage
that such use of silver would advance i s bul
lion va.uG to its coinage va uo but thi , expec
tation was not realized. In a f w mofiths. not
withstanding the unpraccdented market for
silver produced in the United States , the price
of silver went down very rapidly , reaching a
lower i olnt than ovar b ifore. Than , upon iho
recommendation of President Claveland , both
political parties united in the repeal of the
purch ing clause of the Sherman law. Wo
cannot , with safety , ongigo in further experi
ments in this direction
Not Opposed to Silver.
' The Ripubli- party has not oeen. and i3
not now opposDd to the us j of silver money ,
as its record abundantly s'iows it has done all
that could ba donj for it > increased use , with
"safoty and hono. % by the United Stat is acting
Quart from other govornmant- . There are
thoss who think tint it has al oady gone be
yond the limit of financial prudence Suraly
wo can go no further , and wo must not permit
false lights to lure us a. ro3S the dangar lino.
"Wo havomu-hm .rofilvor inuso than any
country in the world excapt India or China
S.OOJOt.UJOmoro ban Great Britain , S15'j0-
0)more than Franco SIJU. 'J ) ) . JJD moro than
Germany , a.dJfOJ,0J ) lass than India , and
51.5.0. . uu less than China.
"Tho Republican party ha ? declared in favor
of an international agreement , and if lo. 'ted
president it will ba my duty to employ all
proper mean3 to promote it/ The free coinage
of si.verin thi3 country would dafer , if not
dotoit , international bimetallism , and until
an interuaticnal agreement can bo had ovary
iutorest requires ui to maintain our Dresant
standard.
"Independent free coinaga of silver at a
ratio of i0 ouaaes of silver to I ounce of gold
would insura the spaody contraction of the
volumiofour currency. It would driva at
least $ 00. ) < 0 , ' ) W of gold which wo now have
permanently from the trade of th9 country and
greatly do-reaso our per capita circulation.
"It is not proposad by the Republican party
to tnko from the circulating medium of the
country any of the .silver wo now have. On
tha contrary , it is proposed to kiop all of the
silver monay now in circulation on a parity
with gold by maintaining the pledge of the
government that , all of it shill bti equal to
gold This has been the unbroken policy of
to. a Republican party siaco U7i It has in
augurated no now policy. It will keep in cir-
culatian , and as good as gold , all of the bilvor
and paper which are now included in the car
rancy of the country It will maintain thair
pirity. it will preserve their equality ia the
future as it has always doao in iho past It
w.U not consent to put this country on a silver
bisis , which would inevitably follow independ
ent free coinage'at a ratio of 15 to 1. It wiU
oppose the expulsion of gold from our circu
lation
Flat Money.
' • The silver question is not the only ibjuo
affectinz our money in tha pending contast.
Not content with urging the free coinaga of
silver , its strongest champions damand that
our paper money shall be issued directly by
the government of the United States. Ihb is
the Chicago Daraociatic djcla-atlon.
"The St L ui * People's party declaration is
that 'oar national money shall bi issued by
the genaral 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 bo ditribute 1 'di.oct to tha people
ple , and through lawful disiursoments of the
government. '
* Thus , ia addition to tlie free coinigo o' tha
world's silvor. wj are asked to enter upon an
ara of unlimito 1 irradaamable paper currency.
Tha question which was fought out trom 1S65
to 167j is thus to be reopened , with all irs cheap
money experiments oE every concoiwblo form
foisted upon us. This indicates a most start
ling re irtionary po'icy , strangely at varinnco
with every requirement of souni fiaanco , but
the delaration shows the spirit and purpose of
those w.ho , by combined action , are contaading
for the control of the government. .Not satis
fied with th-j debasament of our coin which
inevitably fallows tha tra > coinigo of silver at
16 to 1 , thay would still furthbr degrido our
currency and threatan the public Jion r by the
unlimited issue of an irredeemable piper cur
rency. A graver menace to our financial stand
ing and credit could hardly bo conceived , and j
every patriotic citizen should be arou-ed .
promptly to meet and effectually defeat - I
feat it , ' |
Sectionalism.
"It is a cause for painful reret and soliai- ,
tuds that an effort is b-Anz made by those high '
in the counsels of the allied parties to divide *
the people of the country into class s and ere- i
ate distinctions among as , which , in fact , do I
not exist and nro repugnant to our form of gov
ernment. These appeals to passion and pro-
jujice are banaatb. the spirit and intelligence
of a free people and should bo mot with sorn
rebuke by those they are sought.to influenca.
and I boleive they will ba. Every attanpt to
array class against class , 'ths cluiar. cg&i&st
the masses. ' socti n against section , lotor
against capital , 'the poor against the rich , ' 'or
interest against interest in the United States
is in tlio highest degree roprchansible.
Protection.
"An issue of supm.T.o importance is that of
protect om. Th • po U of free silver is a msn-
ace to bo feared ; wc ara already experiencing
'tho effect of partial froa trade- The ono mu < t
bo averted ; the other correctad. Ths Ropubli-
cin party : s woddoi to the doctrine of protec
tion , and was never more earnest ia its support
and advocacy than now. If argument wcro
naeded to strengthen its devotion to 'tno Amer
ican system , ' or iacroisa tha hold of that sys
tem upon tha party and people , it ii fonnd in
the lesson and experience of the past three
years , ilea realize in their own daily lives
what was to minv of thsm only report , history
or tradition. Thay have had a trial of both
systems , and know what each has done for
taem.
' "Tho people of the country must now face
tha conditions which ba > at tham. 'The public
Bxlgcncio'doramd prompt protocllvo legisla
tion which will avoid the accumulation of
fur.hor debt by providing adequate revenues
for the expanses of the government. This in
manifestly the r-quiromontof dutr. If olee'ed
president of the United States it will bo my
aim vigorously to promote ( his objscfc and
give that nmplo onconragomont to the occupa
tions of the American people which , above allele
elo , is so imperatively demnuded at this juno-
turo of oar national affairs.
"In December , 1S3J , Prosilont Harrison snt
hit Inst mossaga to congrass. It was an able
and oxhaustiva rovtow of thi coadition nnd ro-
sourrol of tin country. It stated our situation
eo accurately that 1 am sure it will n jt be amiss
tore-itahis offi-ial nnJvaliablf testimony :
" "Tlioro never has been a time in our history , *
said he , 'when work was so abundant and wages
w , . * re so hish. whether measured by the cur-
roncr iu wh.ch they uro paid , or by their power
t'i supply 110 nocossurivs and comforts of lifo.
Tno genaral avaraga of prices has bon such as
tojriv to uriaul.uro a fair participation in
the goncral prospsrity. The new industrial
plants established siaco Octobo * 0 , U90. and up
to Oalobar , ISjJ , numler 31 < , and the exten
sions of existing plants 1 & The new capital
invested amounts to $ l,41\9J0. and th * num
ber of additional employes 37,2S > . During the
first six roou.hs of the present calendar year ,
13" > now factories were built , of which forty *
wcro cotton mills , forty-night wore knitting
mills , twenty-six woolen mills , fifteen silk mills ,
four iduili mills and two linen mills. Of the
for.y cut on mills , tweaty-oue have bo.n built
in the soutl orn states. '
' "This fa.rly describes the happy condition of
the country In December , ls . What has it
baon since and what is it now ?
"Tho massagas of l'residnut Clavolnnd from
the baginniug oJ his second adnunUtr ition to
• the p-eseut tim ? , abound with d scriptious of
tha deplorable mlust-iul and fiuauial situa
tion of tha country. While uj resortto history
or officia statement is require 1 to advise us of
the pr.bcnt cmd.tioui and thut which has pre
vailed during the past three years i venture toque
quo o from Pr < jsidut Cleveland's first mesbago ,
August 8 , 1S9-J. addretsod to the Firty-third
Congr'-ss , wtiich ho hud called together in ox-
tiaordinary session : Thcexiutoticoofan alarm-
iug and extraordinary buBtuPss situation , 's.iid
ho , 'involving the welfare and prosperity of all
our people , has constrained me to call together
in extra session thu pe : i le's representatives
in Congress , to the and that through tha wise
and p triolicoxercisoof the legislative duties
with which they sjloly are charged , the pres
ent ovi s may to mitigated uud clangors threat
ening the future may bo averted Our unfor
tunate financial plignt is not the result of un
toward ev.nts , nor of conditions related to our
natural resources -Nor is it traccabh to any
of tlio afflictions which irequcntly check na
tional growth and prosperity. With plente
ous crops , w th abundant premise of remuner
ative pro faction and manufacture with
unusnd invitation to safe investment and with
satisfactory usMiranccs to business on.
terprisos , suddenly. financial dis
trust and fears hava sprung up on every sido.
Numerous moneyed institutions have sus
pended , because abundant ussots wore not im
mediately available to moot the demands of
frightened depositors Surviving corporations
and individuals are content to keep in hand
the money they are usually anxious to loan ,
and these engaged in legitimate business are
surprised to liud that the securities they offer
for loans , though heretofore satisfactory , are
no longer accoptad. Values supposed to bo
fixed aw fast becoming coujcctur.l , and loss
and f uluro have invaded every branch of business
"
ness
4 What a startling an I sud ion change within
the short period of eight months , from Decem
ber , la'J. , to August , lbDJl What had oscurred ?
A ch > uge of admini.tration ; all branches of
the govornmcut had been cntrused to the
Democratic party , which was committed
against the protective poli-y that had pre
vailed uninter uptedly for more than thirty-
two years and brought unexampiei prosperity
to the country , and firmly plodgad to its com
plete overthrow and the substitution of a tariff
for reviinue only. The change having bsen de-
croKl by the eloations in November , its effects
were at once anticipated and felt Wo cannot
close our eyes to those altered conditions , nor
would it ba wise to exclude from contempla
tion and investigation the causo3 which pro
duced them. Thay are facts which wo cannot
as a people disregard , and wo can only hope to
improve our present condition by a study of
their causes •
"In December , 1S9we had the same cur
rency and practically the * amo voluma of cur
rency that wo hava now. It aggregated in 1832
$2i72S > 9jMU ; in 1S9$2,3 3,01 J.09J ; in 1891 ,
J2.J. 3,112,33 ; ani in December. 189 > , S2.191.03)-
210. The per capita of money has been practi
cally the same daring this whola period. The
quality of the mouor has been identical all
kept equal to gold. There is nothing connected
with our monoy. therefore , to account for this
sudden and aggravated industrial change.
Whatever is to bo doproca-ted in onr financial
system it must everywhere bo admitted that
our money has been absolutely stable , and has
brought neither loss nor inconvenience to its
holders. Adopraciated currency has not ex
isted to further vex the troubled business situ
ation.
Gold Basis and Hard Times.
"It is a moro pretensa to attribute the hard
time ; to tha fact that all our cirrency is on a
gold basis. Good money nevo- made times
hard. Those who assort that our present in
dustrial and unanaial depression is tha result
of the gold standard hava not read American
histor/ aright , or been careful students of the
events of reaoat years Wo mver had greater
prospent/ this country.wn every fiald of em
ployment and industry , than in the busy years
from ls8J to 1S3- , during all of which time the
country was on a gold oasis and employed
moro gold mouoy in its fiscal and business op
erations than over bafora. We had , too , a pro
tective tariff under which ample revenues
wen collectad for the government and an
accumulating surplus which was con
stantly applied to the piymcnt of tha pub- '
lie debt Let us hold fast to that wh.ch
wo know is good It is not moro money wo
want ; what wa want is to put thomenay wo
already hava at work. Both have always been
steadily and remuneratively engaged during all I
the yearof protective tariff legislation Wnea
those who have money lack confidonao in the
Etatility of volus end investments , they will
not part with their monoy. Business is stag
nated tha lifeblood of trada is clucked and
congested We cannot restore public con- '
fid-nee by an act which would revolutionize all '
statutes , or an act which entails a deficiency in '
the public revenues Wo cannot inspire confidence - ;
fidence by advocating repudiation or practic
ing dishonesty. Wo cannot restore confidence
either to the treasury or to thpeopl" * . without
a change in our present tariff legislation. I
Tariff of 1890 and 189-1. j
"Tho only measure of a general mtu-o that
affected the treasury and the employment of
our people pas od by tha Fifty-third Conro s
was the general tariff aat , which did not receive - I
ceive the approval of the preiidant Whatever
virtues miy bo claimed for that act , thsre is
confessedly ono which it does not possess. It
lacks the essential virtue ot its creation the
raising of revenue sufficient to supplz the ,
needs of the government. It has at no time '
provide 1 enough revenue for such needs , but it |
ua8auscd a constant deficiency in the trca t
ury and a steady depletion in the earnings of
labor and land. It has contributed to swell
our national debt moro than 5252 , < 0 . )31. n sum |
nearly as great as the debt of the c .varnment
from Washington to Lincoln , including all our
foreign wars , from the revolution tj the roball- i
ion. Since its passage work at home has been j
diminished ; prices of agricultural products
have fallen : confidence has baen arrestad. and .
gonernl business demoralization is seen on
every hand.
• • • • I.- „ . . .i . . ; - , . = n-iilor tha tiriff act of
1S9I for the first twenty-two months of Its en
forcement , from September , 1 9 * . to June , 1S9J ,
were S5.7,61\S23 , and - heexpenditureS.U18. . -
3 U. or a dafi : iency of 3i 0i033. The decrease
in our exports of Ameriaan products ant man
ufactures , during the first fifteen months of the
present tariff , as contrasted with the * exports
of the first fifteen months of the tariff of 1S9J ,
was 5 : O/UVSO. The execs of exports oter
imports daring the first fifteen months of ths
tariff of 159J was 5213.97A9t8. but only $36.7 8. -
G23 under the first fifteen months of the tariff
ofl89l.aloss under the latter of $157,214,343.
Thi net loss in the trade balance of the United
States has been $19 , S8' ,6J7 during the first fif
teen months' operation of the tariff of 1831 , as
compared with the first fiftooa months ot the
tariff of 1830. The sss bas beenlarge , constant
and steady , at the rate of SI 1.1 fl/B ) parmoath ,
or $3303.i for every business day of the year.
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"Wo have olthsr been sandin ? toi much
money out of the conntrorgotting too little
in , or both We have lost steadily in both di
rection ! Our foreign trade has beendimin-
ishod and ourdoma tic trade has suffered in-
calculahlo loss. Doas not this suggest the
couso of our p-esant depression , and indicate
its remedy ? The loss of earning power alone
in this country ia the past three years is suf
ficient to have produced our unfortunate busi
ness xituation. If our labor wera well employed -
ployod , and omplaycd at ns jomunerntivo
wages ns in I83i , ia a few mouths every farmer
in the land wou d feel tha glai change in tlio
increased demand for his products and in the
better prices which ho would rccoive.
More Business Needed , Not Mora Mouey.
"It is not an increase in the volume of money
which is the need of the time , but an increase
in the volume of bushnss ; not an inceataof
coin , but an incroasa in coufidanco ; not moro
coin igo , but a mora active use of the m mey
coined , not open mints for the unlimited coin
age of the silver of the world , but open mdls
for the full and uurostrictcd labor of Amoriean
workingmen. Thoemploymen' of ourmintsfor
the coinaga of the silver of the world would
not brin ? the nocessarias and comforts of lifo
bick to our paople. This will only como with
the employment of the masosanl such em
ployment is certain to folo.v the re-cstabh h-
mon t of a wise protective policy , which shall
encoumgo manufacturing at homo.
"Protection has Inst none of its virtue and
importance The first duty of tha Rupublicnn
partif restored to power in Ihn country , will
bo the enactment of a tariff law w.iich will
raisa all the money n ccssary to conduct the
government , economically and honestly ad
ministered , and so adjusted as to give prefer
ence to homo manufactures aud adequate pro
tection toliomalabor aud tin homo market. We
are not c immittol to ans.io'iul acliodulrs or
rates of duty. Tuo/ are and always should Iks
always subjjet to ctianga to moot new condi
tions ; but the principle up in which rainof
duty are imposed remains the oama. Our duties
should always bo h gh enough to measure the
difference bo.waen the waters pail labor at
home and all competing conntrios. and
bo adequately protect * American invest
ments ani Amoriean enterprises.
Farmers aud the Tariff.
"Our farmers have boon hurt by the changes
in our tariff legislation as savoroly as our la
borers and manufacturers , badlas they have
suffered The Republican p atform wisely declares -
clares m favor of sucti encoumgo nont to our
sugar interasts as will 'load to the proJuation
on Amoriaan soil of all the sugtr which tbo
American people uso' It promises to our
wool aua woolan interests * tha mosi ample
protection ; ' a guaranty taat ought to com
mend itself to every patriotic citizen. Never
was a mjro grievous wrong done the farmars
of our country than that so unjustly iuilict-d
during the pas ; throa yaars upoi the w > ol
growers of America. Although among our
most industrious and useful citizens their in
terests have boon practically destroyed , and
our woolen manufacturers involvoi in similar
disaster. At uo time in the past thirty-six
year. , and perhaps during nnypre'iouspcriol.
have so many of our woolan manufactories
been suspended as now. The Republican party
can be relied upon to correct thoio grout
wrongs , if again intrusted with the control of
Congress.
Question of Reciprocity.
"Anothor dec ' aratioa of tha Republican plat
form that has my m st cordial tupp rt is that
which favors reciprocity. The splendid roiults
of the raciproci y arrangements that wcro
made under authority of the tariff law of I83J
are striking nnd suggestive Th * brief
period they w > re in force , in most casoi only
three years , was not lo ig enough to test thor
oughly their great value , but suflicient was
shown by the trial to demonstrate conciu-ively
the importance ani the wisdom of their adop
tion.
Foreign Immigration.
* * The declaration of the platform touching
foreign immigration is one of peculiar impor
tance at this time , whan our own laboring pao-
pla are in such graat distress I am in hearty
sympathy with the present legislation restrain
ing foreign immigration and favor such exton *
sijn of the law3 as will secure the United
States from invasion by the debasad and crim
inal class3S of the Old World. While wo aJ-
hereto the publia poliay under which our
country has receive 'd great bodies of honest ,
industrious citizens , who have added to the
wealth , progress and power of the country , and
while wo welcome to our shoras the well dis-
posad and industrious immigrant who contrib
utes by his energy and intelligence to the
cause of free government , wo wantno immi
grants who do not soak our shores to bacomo
citizans. We should prr.nit nouo to partici
pate in the advantages of our clvilzation who
do not sympathize with our aim * and form of
govornmant. We should receive nona who
come to make war upon our institutions and
profit by public disauiet and turmoil. Against
all such , our gates must bo tightly closad.
Soldiers and Sailors.
"The soldiers and sailors of the Unionshould
neither ba naglectoJ nor forgotten. The gov-
ornmoat whi h thay S9rvad so well must no :
make their lives or condition harder by treat
ing th-m as supplicants for reliif in old ago or
di tress , nor regard wit a disdain or conto npt
the eirnost in . s : ono comrade naturally
mamt'sts in tie walfare of r "ithor Dmb-
less there have been panuon abuses and frauds
in the numerous claims allowed by the govern
ment , but tha policy govarning the a i ministra
tion of tha pension buraau must always be fair
and liberal. Ao dcsorviig applicant should
over suffer bscause of a wrong parpetratod by
or for another. Our soldiers and sailors gave
the government tha best they had They freely
offered health , atrsngth , limb and , ife to save
the country in tha time of its groitest peril ,
an I the governmant must honor them in th ir
need as in thair service with the rcsport and
gratitude due to bravo , noble and salf-sacrific-
ing men , who are jusly entitled to generous
aid iu their increasing necessities
Merchant Marine and Navy.
"Tho do-laration of the R ( publican platf rra
in favor of the upbui dinr of oar niTthint
marine has my hearty approv il. TJic policy of
dis-arimmatin ; duties in favor of our snipping ,
which prevailol in the early years of our lis-
tory , should be arain promptly adopted by
con re s and vigorously suppor.ed until our
pri-tizo and supremacy on thp seas is fully at
tained Wo should no longer contributes di-
reatly or indirectly , to the nuinteninc • of the
colossi ! marine of fo eign countri-as , but pro
vide an efficient and complete marine of onr
Now that the Amjricsn is
own navy nb-um-
ia-z a positi m commoa-urate witn our impor
tance as a nation , a policy I am gi ad to obscrv o
theRepnblian platform str mgly miorscs wu
must supplement it with a merchant marino
that will gives us tlia a .vaatares ia bath our
coistA-ise and foreign trr.de that no outrht
naturally aad prop > rlto enjoy. It should bo
at once a matter of pn olic policy an I national
prid ) toraposs-sj this immacse and prosper
ous trade. * •
Civil Service Reform.
'Tho ploigo of the Republicin natio ial con
vention that our civil service laws shall ba
sustained and thoroughly and hoi03tly en-
farced , aud extended wliarever practicable , ' is
iu keeping with the position of the party for
the past twoaty-foar years and will bs faiih-
fully obbo vcd. Our opponents decry thosa re
forms. They appear willing to abindnn all the
advantages gtinQd after o many years' agita
tion and effort. Tney encou ago a return to
methods of party favoritism , wh ch both par
ties have often denounced , that experience
h is rondemned , and that the people hive repeatedly -
poatedly di-ai > provnd. Thi > . Republican party
jarncstly eppoiw jfcjg reactionary and entirely
anjustifiable poll # . It will take no backward
itep upon this question. Ir will seek to im
prove , but never degrade , the public service.
There are other important and timely decla
rations in the platform which I cannot hero
iiscnss I must content myself with saying
Ihat thay have my approval. If , as Kepubli-
: ans. we have lately addressed our attention ,
tvith what may see m great stress and earnest
ness , ta the new and unaxpectad assault upon
the financial integrity of the government , wo
have done it bocauss ths menace is 30 grave as
Va demand especialconsidaration and became
rre are convinced that if the people are aroused
to the true understanding and meaning of tills
silver and inflation movement , thay wUl avert
the danger. In doing this , we feel that wo
render the bet service rossiblo to the country ,
tnd wo appeal to the intelligence , conscience
tnd patriotism of the people , irrespective of
• jarty , or section , for their earnest support.
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l\\r and Order.
"We ave 'd no isauo. Wo maot the sudden ,
I iangerous and revolutionary assault upon law
ind order , and upon those to whom is confided
< by ths constitution and laws the authority to
1 lphold thorn , which our oppoaonte have made ,
with the same couraja that wa have faced
( every emorgenay since onr organization * as a
party more than forty yean ngo. Government
by law must first ba assured : ovcrything else
an wait The spirit of lawlojsnoss must bo
3xtinuishod by the fires of nn unselfish and
lo ty patriothm. Every nttsck upon the publio
'aitli. and evorv suggestion of ths repudiation
, af dibts public and private , must bo rebuked
* by all-men who bel.ovo that hnnosty is the bast
I policy , or who love their coantry and wou.d
preserve unsullied her nationnl honor.
Good Government.
• "Ifcallod by the suffrage of the people to
issumo tbo dutiesof the high offko of presidint
ot the United states. I s mil count it a privil-
jdga to aid , even in the slightest dogroa , in the
promotion of the spirit cf fraternal roznrd
which should animate and govarn the citizens
of every section , state or part of tha republic.
After the lapro of a century ninca its utter uco ,
lot us at length and forever hereafter , hso. tao
admonition of Washington : There tU.ud
bo no North , no South , no East. 10
West but a common country' It shall bo
my constant aim to improve ov > ry opportun
ity to advance t io cause of good government
by promoting that spirit of forbaarauco and
iusticowhich is so essentia ! to our prosperity
and happinass , by jo.ning most heartily in all
proper efforts torcstora the relatlfiis ot broth-
arlv respect and affection which in our ear7 !
hi tory characterized all the paople of all the
state. I would b glad to contribute toward
binding in indivisible union the different divis
ions of the country , wh ch , indeo 1 , now have
avery inducement of sympathy and interest to
weld tham together moro strongly than
ever. I would rojoica to B"e dam-
'onstratcd to the world that the North and
the South and the Eata'd the Wo3t nro not
separated , or ind ing ir of bacoming separated ,
bicausa of soctionat or party difforoncas The
war is long since over. 'We are not enemies ,
but friends ' and as friends wa will faithfully
ind cordially co-operato , under the approving
emtio of liim who has thus far so signally sus
tained acd guided us to p.oservo inviolate our
country ' s name and honor , its pao ana good
Drder , nnd its continued ascandancy nmamj thi
greatest governments on oarth.
'WiMjIAM McKixixt "
A BIG DAY FOK BRYAN.
Made Speeches in Syracuse and Koch-
ester , N. Y. , and In Erie , Pa.
Erie , Pa. , Aug. 27. William J.
Bryan made speeches yesterday in
three cities of two states Syracuse
and Rochester , X , Y. , and Erie , Pa
and incidently traveled several hun
dred miles to meet the thousands who
gathered from the surrounding coun
try to hear him at each place. The day's
demonstration culminated in Erie ,
where the meeting1 of 350 delegates of
the Democratic societies of Pennsyl
vania made the presence of the can
didate particularly opportune. Here
Mr. Bryan made three stirring
speeches to as many different audi
ences in the evening being driven
quickly from one ha'l to another.
The first meeting was at Maennerchor
hall , which held 2,500 persons , to
whom Mr. Bryan appealed to study
the issue of the campaign and
vote their conrtctions. His second
appearance was on the stage
of the Auditorium , where he
faced an audience of equal
size , and the second speech was , like
the first , brief but stirring. Outside
of the Erie opera house thousands
more had waited for a glimpse of the
candidate , and inside were assembled
the delegates to the meeting of the
Democratic societies. When the people
ple were admitted they filled the
house in five minutes and the doors
were closed upon hundred ? .
NO ANARCHY FOR HIM.
Candidate Bryan Talk4 About Some Epl-
thetn That Are Hurled at Him.
Rome , N. Y. , Aug. 'IG. In Hanover
square 5,000 people gathered to hear
Mr. Bryan. Mrs. Bryan , exhausted
J by the exciting journey of the pre-
j vious day , remained in her room at
I the Yates , for almost the first time in
the campaign failing to hear her hus
band speak. Mr. brypn said : "I
thought it might be well for
one who is accused of being a
candidate of a body of An
archists to show himself in order that
vou may judge whether he looks like
1 ane who is bent upon destroying the
1 ? overnment under which he lives. I
believe , ray friends , that there is no
, one in all this land who is more in
1 love with our institutions than T. I
jflory in the liberty of our people and
[ glory in the opportunities which
Dur nation presents to every citizen
and tovt-he children of all who livebc
neath the flag" .
FUSION IN MICHIGAN.
Democrats. Fopnlists nnrl Silvcrltes United
Under n Joint Nnme.
, Bat City , Mich. , Aug. 26. The con
ferees appointed by the thr e con
ventions yesterday reached an agree
ment at 11 o ' clock this morning.
They decided that the name at the
head of the ticket should be the
"Democratic People's Union Silver
party ; " that the Populists should be
iccorded three electors and have the
nomination ser auditor general , and
that the three conventions should
aaect in joint session to nominate the
state ticket , the Populists and silver
men together to have a representation
squal to that of the Democrats.
Bryan on McKlnley's Letter.
1 Brockton , N. Y. , Aug. " 3. The
Bryan party left Erie for Buffalo at
V2a3 o'clock4to-day. There were few-
stops on the way , and there was no
noteworthy demonstration.
Mr. Bryan devoted himself to the
perusal of McKinley's letter of accept
ance. Asked if he would give his
views upon * the letter , he said : "I
have read the letter. I don't care to
make any comments upon it. I sup
pose it can be considered the golden
text of the Republican lesson. "
1 Fatal Collision of Bicyclers.
Danville , Ky. , Aug. 28. At Junc
tion City last night Oscar Patterson
of Ewell , Tenn. , and Dr. William B.
Hunn of Shelby City , collided while
riding their bicycles at a high rate of
speed and Patterson received a con
cussion of the brain , which caused his
death at 0 o'clock this morning.
Hunn was knocked senseless , but will
I ( recover. Patterson was about 23
, years old and a son of William. W.
Patterson , a railroad man.
j Gordon Out or Politics-
1 Washington , Aug. 27. General
John B. Gordon , United States Sena
tor from Georgia , declined to-dajr to
talk on politics or on the financial
issue now before the people , saying ;
that he was practically out of politics
and would absoHtely retire from
J political life at the end of his present
"mmmH
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the child sleeps or not docs not matter ; |
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quired ; and unless this is a rule rigidly |
enforced , it will not be carried out , |
most children , after the days of their |
infancy have passed away , being very H
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except at such times as when they wish |
to sleep. |
Dishonored Draft * . |
When the stomach dishonor * the drafts |
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necessarily because Its fund of strength Is H
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