The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-08-23
LETTER.

+ appreciation of the honor c0nferrt
and a solemn sense of the respons
: bility which. in its acceptance, /
assumes" He cordially approves tt
Democratic platform and regards
/ as q plain statement of Democrat
faith and principles. He declare
that ours is q government of til
people by the people and for th
people, but admits the propositio
may we'll be doubted when the part
in power subsidies its immense pal
ronage and influence to continue II
self in place regardless of the will o
wishes of the people.
In view of the fact that the incum
bent is tempted to use corrupt mean
to succeed himself, MI. CLEVELAND
favors q constitutional amendmen
limiting the President to one term o
Office. His arguments in support O
this proposition are unanswerable
He holds that q true American senti
ment recognizes the dignity of labor
and that "honor lies in honest toll
Assuming the truthfulness of this
declaration MI. Cleveland contends
that the worklngmen of the country
should receive their full share of the
care and attention of those who make
and execute the laws.
He furthermore holds that while
we should not discourage the immi-
grafton of those who come prepared
to acknowledge allegiance to our
Government and to add to our popu-
lation, yet imported labor by capital
to compete with our workingmen
should be discouraged as unjust to
honest toll and dangerous to the in
tegrlty of our institutions. He en-
phasizes his disapproval of the pro-
hibitcry liquor laws of some of the
States in the following terse and
pointed language: "The limit be-
tween the proper subjects of govern
ment control and those which can
be more fittingly left to the moral
sense and selflmposed restraint of
the citizen should be carefully kept
in view. These laws unnecessarily
interfering with the habits and GUS
toms of any n of our people, which
are not offensive to the moral senti- /
ments of the civilized world and
which are consistent with good citi-
zenship and the public welfare, are
unwise and vexatious."
MI. CIeveladd favors cheap trans
.portation and thinks it should be
literally fostered within the limits
Of the constitution, and that the
government should improve its nat
lral water ways to the end that
producers may reach the most
market at the least ex-
oense. MIR. Cleveland is an ardent
supporter of civil service reform and
believes that the true passport to
offices should be fitness for
he ss~-, --.u VudI Lney should not
70 farmed out to incompetent per-
ons whose only claim to them con-
lists in party tealty and party service.
MI. Cleveland strikes the key note
f the campaign when he says that
the public temper is such that the
'oters of the land are prepared to
upport the party which gives the
eat promise of administering the
overnment in the honest, simple and
lain manner which is consistent {
18th its character and purposes" In {
.Dnclusion Mr.. Cleveland assures the {
eople that if he shall be called upon {
} assume the duties of Chief Magis-
ate of the country he will discharge q
EN- with a solemn determina- I
on to devote every effort to the G
'untry's good and with a humble q
upon the favor and support t
the Supreme Being who, I believe, q
ill always bless honest human en- a
eavor in the conscientious discharge b
public duty" The sincerity of a
r. Cleveland's declaration cannot A
2 doubted. An air of truthfulness
Id honest purpose pervades every
ne of his letter which forces the con-
ction upon the mind of the reader
at the Democratic candidate means !.
hat he says and that he is a safe "
with whom to trust the great y
terests of the Nation. IL