St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-10
NEW YORK COMMENT.
What the Gotham Papers Think
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what the Gotham Papers Think
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NEW YORK, Sept 9.-The World will
say tomorrow:
The presidents letter of acceptance has
lost nothing in courage, clearness and COM
prehens1veness by its delay, though it might,
perhaps, have gained in Drevity by coming
sooner. Yet the letter is not too long TO be
read carefully by every voter who really
desires to see an able and honest state
ment OF the Democratic position upon the
great issues now before the country. Tax re-
duction through tariff reform is of course,
tne chlef of these issues, and upon this the
president adhereS to the lines of his message
he mas never failed TO show the full courage
OF MS convictions upon any question in
winch he was interested. Those who looked
Ior any hinching or lodging on this
question will be disappointed. The
president elaborates his statement Of the
Dangers and evils of a surplus shows wherein
IL may effect the workingman even more dis
astrously than the capitalist, and insists that
as as the surplus is produced by war tariff IN
tlme OF peace it should be stopped by abat-
ing or abolishing taxes upon the
necessities of the people. The mon
strous injustice of unnecessary taxation
ana the grave perils of a surplus have not
been SO strongly set forth in any speech or
Clevelands letter. Upon the other issues OF
the campaign the letter is equally explicit
sound. The restriction of prohibition of un-
oesplsa6le immigration is urgently rec
1@Hena f@st adberanAs strict ,,. and nDe!ees sesd
OF civil service reform, and thorough exc
cutiOn of the laws passed for their enforce
ment, " is mentioned as one of the objects of
domestic concern. And the private affairs
defended by Mr.. Blaine are characterized
ana denounced as having lost none OF their
hateful features because they have assumed
the name of trusts instead of conspiracies."
10 Intelligent patriotic and unpre1udlced
people the presidents letter will furnish
complete answer to the partisan miSrepre-
sentation of his opponents.
THE TRIBUNE.
1t cannot be said that he has passed the
long interval of uinety-siX days since the St.
Louis convention to the best advantage, for
the readers will find no evidence that he has
added to the meager store of knowledge on
the subject of the tariff, which he dis
played with so much confidence in
the message of last December.
or that he has corrected any of
the blunders of that document And yet
none OF Mr.. CleveIand's public sutterances
has shown signs of more laborious prepara-
ton. 1t betrays at every step the anxiety
with which its phrases have been measured.
The chief ground of this is the presidents
desire TO persuade the voters OF the
country that he is what Smith Weed
vouched for him being in the cam
palgn four years ago-as good protectionist
Us man ue6u DC. lie denies tIdL lie Has
entered upon Il crusade of free trade" and
begs the American people to believe that the
existence of the protective system is entirely
consistent with the regulation of the extent
to which it shall be applied and
the correction of its abuses" To which
latter declaration all good Republicans
will say amen" with the reservation, how
ever, that they would prefer to leave the de-
tails of regulation in the hands of some
other party than that which has pushed the
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tives in reckless disregard of the interests of
many branches of American industry,
and which IS led by a man capable
of repeating, after an interval of nine
months. the fallacy of his message that the
duty on every article invariably and for all
time increases by just so much its cost 10 the
consumer. There are many other honeyed
phrases with which the president seeks to
allay the alarm which has been aroused by
the course OF the Democratic party under
his dictation. Many of these are expended
upon the laboring class, who do not need to
be told. however, that fine words will not
butter their bread if free trade shall come in
to force down their wages.
THE HERALD.
Mr.. Cleveland. in graceful and dignitied
letter, accepts the denomination to the presi-
dency. This faculty of saying what he means
is rare bond OF sympathy and power. Mr..
Cleveland might have permitted his admin
istration to speak for itself, and. like Gen.
Grant, been content with a brief, cour-
teous letter of acceptance. With consum-
mate tact and candor the president keeps
the campaign upon its one true line. Mr..
Cleyeland's attitude will recall that of Presi-
dent jackson when he was renominated to
the presidency. Throwing to the breeze his
standard, on which he writes the watch word
of the canvass, unnecessary taxation is un-
Just taxation" Mr.. Cleveland takes formal
command of the Democratic party and the
campaign for the presidency begins. 1t is
Jacksonian battle, with a Jacksonian leader.
THE SUN.
Mr.. Cleveland no longer speaks with con-
iidence as to the size of the annual surplus
of the present condition which confronts us.
He dwells rather upon the size of the
surplus accumulated in the treasury
from former years. There is, indeed,
some reason to believe that the con-
ditions which impressed him in December
have materially changed since then. Presi-
dent Cleveland non declares his intention to
rearrange the tariff for the purpose of stimu-
lating domestic industries. That is the very
essence of protection, and the statesman who
is governed by that motive is in the strictest
sense of the word protectionist.
THE TIMES.
We are deeply mistaken as to the spirit of
the American people if this letter do not
command general respect and secure the ad-
hesion to it of many voters whose minds
have been hitherto undecided. There are
extreme partisans on both sides by whom
it cannot be fully understood. There are
only too many with whom ignorance will re-
inforce the difficulty created by partisanship.
But from the large class of fair-minded and
rational citizens who, after all, will decide
the election, it will receive candid study and
favorable judgment.
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