The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-07-24
u. Is lEss E Z IL
An fhe issuess sf lie Campaign Treated II
haustively and with Strength and
.5s5S Directness.
Civil Service Reform Commended and the Re-
publican Position on the Tariff
Clearly Interpreted. 55
Mr.. R!aine's Acce ptanoe. /, \.

The following is Mr. eBlaine,saetter accept
ling the nomination for president
II AUGUSTA, Me, July 10, 1884, The Hon
John B. Henderson, and Others OF the Com
the nomination for the presidency rendered
me by the Republican national convention
beg to express deep sense of the honor
which is imposed. venture to accompany
the acceptance with some observations upon:
the questions involved in the contest-ques-
lions whose settlement may affect the future
of the nation favorably or unfhYorably for
long series of years. . !@S.4S,t ii 4.s.5
4 In enumerating the issues upon which the
Republican party appeals for popular sup!
port, the convention has been sngularlys ex-
tplicit and feiicitous It has properly given
.ests Of the country Us affected by the tariff
on imports On that question the two polit-,
.ical parties are radically in conflict 4 Almost
the first act of the Republicans, when they
came into power in 1861, was the establish.
ment Of the principle Of protectio to Amer
principle the Repnbl ican party has ever since
steadily main tanned, while on the, other hand
the ID Democratic party in congress has fol-
years persistently TYArfed upon it.
Twice within that period Our opponents have
ldestSys1 tariffs anged for frotectlon, and
since Inc close Of the civil war, whenever
tatfves, hostile legislation has been at:
tempted -neverm more conspicuously than IN
their principal measure ut the late session of
congress ;ji55 Il, 5i.:l + ssefsst3i E$ Isl
a.,tStsI +, THE TARIFF QUESTION. II. rs s,}f.s
\. Revenue laws are IN their very nature sub,
feet to frequent revision in order that they
may be adapted to changes and mod ications
Of trade. The Repub lican party is not cons
tending for the permanency of any particular
statute. The issue between the two parties
does not have reference to specific law. It
principle Of wide application and benefcent
influence, against a theory which we believe
to be unsound i'll coneeptop.s and inevitably
shurtful In practice In the many tariff re-
Visions which have been necessary sfor the
past twenty three years, or which may. here;
party has maintained and will maintain the
policy of protection to American industry,
while our opponents insist upon a revision,
which practically destroys that policy. The
issue is thus distinct, well defined and una
ayoidable The pending election may deter;
The overthrow Of the policy means q large
and prominent reduction In the wages Of the
American aborer, besides involving the loss
of vast amounts of American capital in
vested in manufacturing enterprises. The
value ofthe present revenue system to the
theory, and 1shall submit no argument to
sustain it:;sI only invite attention to GER
tain facts Of official record which seem to
constitute demonstration.
\ In the census of $50 an effort was made,
for the first time in our history, to obtain q
valuation of all the property In the United
States. The attempt was in a large degree
unsuccessful Partly from lack Of time,
PARTLY from prejudice! among many who
Thought 1.-THE Inquiries -foreshado new
scheme Of taxation, the returns were incom-
plete and unsatisfac story. tLttle more was
done than to consoli date the local valuation
nsed In the states for purposes of assess,
ment, and that, as every one knows, differs