St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-22
BLAINE'S VICE.
Repeated by the Senator Who
Will Never be Vice
President.
Logan Vies With Blaine in an
Indecent Letter OF Ac-
ceptance.
Which Would be Discreditable to a
Stump Speaker OF Average
TruthtulneSs.
Pretenses Of Argument with Cheeky Mis-
representations of Present and
Historic Facts.
Senator John A. Logans Characteristic
Senator John a. Logan's Characteristic
Responses to Nomination for
Vice President

WASHINGTON, ~ u, ouly 10, 1OOt.-DcdI
Sir: Having received from you on the oath
OF June, official notification of my nomina-
rion by the Republican national convention,
as the Republican candidate for vice presi-
dent of the United States, and considering
it to be the duty of every man devoting him
self to the public service, to assume any po-
sition to which he may be called by the voice
of his countrymen, l accept the nomination
with grateful heart and deep sense Of the
responsibilities, and if elected, shall endeav-
or TO discharge the duties of the office to the
best of my ability. This honor, as is well
understood, was wholly unsought by me,
That 1t was rendered by the representatives
of the party in a manner SO 1attering, will
serve to tighten whatever labors | may be
called upon to perform. Although the va
riety of subjects covered in the very excel
lent and vigoaous declaration of principles
adopted by the state con ven ton prohibits
upon an occasion calling for brevity of ex-
preston, that full elaboration of which they
are susceptible, avail myself of party usage
to signify my app roval of the various resolu-
tons Of the platform, and to discuss them
briefly.
PROTECTION TO AMERICAN LABOR.
The resolution of the platform declaring
FOR levy of such duties Gas to afford secur-
lty to our diversified industries and protec-
tion to the rights and wages of the laborers,
TO the end that active and intelligent labor,
as well as capital, may have its just award,
and the laboring man his full share in the
national prosperity" meets my hearty ap-
proyal. If there be a nation on the face
Of the earth which might, if it were a desira-
be thing, build wall upon its every boun-
Diary line, deny communion to all the world
and proceed to live upon its own resources
and productions, that nation is the United
States. There is hardly legitimate neces-
sity of civilized communities which cannot
be produced from the extraordinary resources
of our several states and territories, with
their manufactures, mines, farms, timber
lands and water ways. This circumstance,
taken in connection with the fact that our
form of government is entirely unique
among the nations of the world,
makes it utterly absurd to institute compari
sons between our own economic systems
and those of other governments, and especi-
We stand alone in our circumstances, our
forces, our possibilities, and our aspirations.
In all successful governments it is the prime
requisite that capital and labor should be
upon the best terms, and that both should
enjoy the highest attainable prosperity. II
there be disturbance of just balance between
them one or the other suffers, and dissatis-
faction follows, which is harmful to both
The lessons furnished by the comparatively
short history of our own national life, have
been overlooked by our people. The funda-
mental article in the old Democratic creed
proclaimed almost absolute free trade, and
this, too, no more than u quarter of
a century ago. The low con-
dition Of our national credit,
the financial and business uncertainties and
general lack of prosperity under that system
can be remembered by every man now in
middle life. Although in great number re-
forms have been instituted by the Republican
party, sufficient credit has not been publicly
awarded to that of tariff reform. It's benefits
have nevertheless been felt throughout the
land. The principle underlying this measure
has been in gradual development by the Re-
publican party during the com paratively brief
period of its power, and to-day a portion of
its antiquated Democratic opponents make
unwilling concession to correctness of the
doctrine of an equitable adjusted protective
tariff, by following slowly in its footsteps
though n very long way in the rear The
principle involved is one of no great
obscurity, and can readily be comprehended
by any intelligent person calmly rejecting
upon it. The political and social systems of
some of our trade competing nations have
created the working classes miserable in the
extreme. They receive the merest STIPEND
for their daily Toll aud are in great expense
of the necessities of life, and are deprived of
those comforts of clothing, housing and
health producing food with which whole
some mental and social recreation can alone
make existence happy and desirable Now
II the products of those countries are to be
placed in our markets alongside of American
products, either the American capitalist
must suffer in his legitimate profits or he
must make the American laborer suffer in
the attempt to compete with the species of
labor above referred to. In case of sub
stantial reduction of pay, there can be no
compensation advantages for the American
laborer, because the articles of daily con-
sumption which he uses, with the exception
of the articles not produced in the United
States, aud.easy Of being specially provided
for, as coffee and tea are grown
In our, own country aud would not
te-aiIected in the price by lowering in du-
ties; therefore while he would receive less
for his labor his cost of living would not be
decreased. Being practically placed upon
the pay of the European laborer, our own
would be deprived of the facilities for edu-
eating and sustaining his family respectfully.
He would be shorn of the proper opportuni-
ties of self Improvement, and his value as
citizen charged with portion of the obliga-
tions of the government would be lessened.
The moral tone Of the laboring class would
suffer, and in turn the interest of capital and
the well being of orderly citizens in general
would be menaced, while one evil would re-
act upon another, until there would be 8
general disturbance of the whole communi-
ty. The true problem Of good staple gov
Ernment is how TO infuse prosperity
among all classes of people, the
manufacturer. farmer, merchant and laborer,
alike. Such prosperity is preventative sf
crime, security to capital, aud the verv
best guarantee of general peace and happi-
ness. The obvious policy Of our govern
ment is to protect both capital and labor BY
proper imposition of duties. This protec-
ton should extend to every article of Ameri
can production which goes to build up the
general prosperity of our people. The