The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-10-08
GEN. BUFFERS ACCEPTANCE.
mrs VIEWS ON TIMELY QUESTIONS
OF PUBLIC POLICr.
Occasional Changes or Associations hut Not
OF Principles-CondeWning the River and
Harbor dob and Other Extravagance.

OF Principles-Condemning the River and
Harber dob and Other Extravasance.
BOSTON, Oct. Cen. Buffers letter to the
Democratic State Committee accepting the
nomination for Governor was received to-day.
1t Is dated Washington. He says that he stands
sQuarely upon the party platform. and be-
lieves in the Democracy Of Jefferson. Madison.
and Jackson. while I do sometimes change
relations with those with whom I act politi-
cally" ho says. Il am not conscious Of ever
having changed the principles upon which I
have acted save as have learned to discard
errors by ripper judgment and instructed con-
SCIENCE" Parties are now divided. he says.
upon questions OF equality OF rights of oil men.
governmental administration. economy in the
expenditure Of public money. both State and
national. and methods OF taxation. OF civil
service reform Gen. Butler says:
Integrity. capability and efficiency in the incumbent
q h ,ss
score Of years, wherein had influence more less
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an swny to ssS RgSSnSs Ct
this tenure can hardly believe there is substan.
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dersbs and cIass Of ctsens insist Snt
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ssaS IF
IN s 'front.' "sF Soa' s and prSes OF ali
political theories which promise better administration
On the tariff question he says:
would oss ssss% %a
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msni, liability; because nothing g dsprs.sns 70
Of the basis o., on which they Tsrs started by
t.G% abroad Of
to the wages Of labor b making the comforts OF life
There should be no duty levied on material which
Of s eo
ssn, with due regard to the interest q the producer
ierias which ws cannot produce cheapy than
There &, however one branch Of American industry
nd ss p
OF s, s s. the 81 SrHs nnd n
e sS drawback allowed upon the material 50
or the e5travagant expenditures Of public
and the like Gen. b utler says:
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In iIs opinion am confirmed by the highest .u.hori.
Republican Congress- The President OF the United
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mot &c b Sc s Ts. OF ha
The people Who tax cd for it, They sustain greater
s; s a. Asss
surely corruption public service that no
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lately shocked Sy Very sssrsiing
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ndyaaai poliieal nsress s''
. bill for the alleged Of Sye,s and
Sssiacs p5eyaiss lsfss sspsnd%fs. surveys
The constituents menbcrs who passed Of still
future sy sSa hardy dEsr
's Of h and s Of s OF wne s
Ing for their immedias reelection and it is striking
a s s sTss rfS I Of who Voted 1ssn. Of
tics were assured that they did not require the aid Of
-, suppose that Would deny that proper and
Of S s % he OF se
Il not the duties Of The general Government. con.
aceSsnsbe Il his Attention ad not Seen called 10 s
Ven say he trusted to the sSmnisss which trained
h hoy S s ay II the Iii s ls sr
by s y ,h Of the Mn. veto in
propriaons when il became the imperative duty Of
sSS Of The end F ] o n
after which he voted under the heaviest possible
soSn,1y Of this isSSfn
sRs i af Of how
far peculiar .saS sway The minds Of hSnorns
@ on issh ass N Sists%
as @ ae OF relative
portions sond have been passed in the earlier days Of
Inc veto Of The President, ''e' WV
1873 S.'S s1s is AND and
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sss q .r,esr
s tie retiring Essa
Which Psi,Sd n rySr and habOr bill ALL
those consresss!E just before the re-
this year ind the amount of those appropriations to
hsT$s5 iii. saS ashss criticism The Frss
h BY ae o ons e osss q"
ss 'H % the d sffas %on
has attracted the attention Of people that another
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public buildings; that bill provides partly FOR sites
n%mSsf thirty being ioas less u mum num-
'a s 'a%
a To- f rn, edSs states sq!
the expenditure Of probably three times mil.
lions more order to finish them; and those public
buildings too, are exclusive of forts and buildings
Washington elsewhere constructed under tho dircc
ton OF the officers of the state War and Navy Depart
| ments.
am inclined to believe that extended examination
Of the appropriations for public buildings by the present
Congress will show more of that modern invention by
which legislation is effected, called log rolling"
appears in the River and arbor bill and less
! hcation of public necessity,
Considerable space is devoted to questions OF
| State taxation.
| In Gen. Buffers letter OF acceptance OF the
| National Greenback Labor nomination he re-
| fers the party to his letter to the Democratic
| Convention. and remarks:
can rongratnats Your Convention that hereafter you
q your party unless you keep in remembrancs of the
| fact that you took II upon you when conferred by
Your enemies as title Of reproaeh. In behalf
| OF the "greenback" or legal tender note your
labors are done and the mission Of your party is as com
which was the abolition Of slavery. The "greenback
isnow the money of the United States and Is the equal
OF gold and silver. II has become rrevocaby part OF
acting under the power delegated to 1t by the Costu
ton coin money and regulate the value thereof"
| Election Frauds Confessed.
| PHILADELPHIA Oct. 7.-Nicholas Barber
| S,uith