The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-15
THURMAN'S ACCEPTANCE
DUTY TO PARTY TOO GREAT TO
PERMIT A DECLTN ALTON.


Means the Death Knell to Section
alism-The Obvious AbsIrdities of
the Claims of the Projections IS
Briefly Pointed Out-Approves the
st. Louis Platform.
COLUMBUS, O., Oct IA 14-Followiug is
Judge Thurman's letter of acceptance as
given to the press this evening. The first
draft of the letter was in the judges hand
writing, and typewriter copies showed only
few changes in punctuation from the
original:
CoLuxBus, O., Oct. 12. 1893.
Hon. Patrick 4. Collins and others, committee.
~, dENILEMEN,ln 1S,G obedience to custom | send
you thls formal acceptance or my NOMINATION
for the Office OF Vice President of the United
States, made by the national convention Of the
Democratic party at st. Louis.
ACCEPTANCE PARTY DUTY.
When you did me the honor to call upon me
at Columbus and officially notify me OF my
nomination, expressed to you my sense Of
obligation to the convention, and stated that,
although / had not sought the nomination,
the circumstances. to decline it.
thought then, as still think, that whatever l
could properly do to promote the reelection of
prrsden' strst1e Cleveland ought to do His admin
lstratlon has been marked by such integrity,
good sense. manly courage and exalted patriot
ism that just appreciation of these high quail
ties seems to call for his reelection.
sEOTIoNALIsMs DEATH-KNELL.
am also strongly impressed with the belief
that bis reelection would powerfully tend to
strengthen that feeling of fraternity among the
American people that is SO essential to their
welfare. peace and happiness, and to the per
petulty or the union and of our free institutions.
approve the platform of the st. Louis con-
vention, and cannot too strongly express my
dissent from the heretical teachings Of monopo-
lists that the welfare of the people can be pro-
NOTED by system of exorbitant taxation far
IN excess OF the wants of the government
AN OBVIOUS ABsuRDITY
The idea that the people can be enriched by
heavy and unnecessary taxation, that man Is
condition can be improved by taxing him on all
he wears, on all his wife and children wear on
all bis tools and implements of industry, is an
obvious abSurdity.
To fill the vaults of the treasury with an idle
surplus for which the government has
no legitimate use, and to thereby
deprive the people of our currency needed for
their business and daily wants, and to create a
gance and corruption in the expenditures of the
government seems to me to b. policy at
variance with every sound principle of govern
ment and of political economy.
REDUCTION OF TAXATION.
The necessity of reducing taxation to prevent
such an accumulation of the surplus revenue
and the consequent depletion of the circulating
medium Is so apparent that no party dareS to
deny it; but when we come to consider the
modes by which the reduction may be made we
find wide antagonism between our party and
the monopolistic leaders of our political oppon
ents.
We seek to reduce taxes upon the necessar ries
of life our opponents seek to increase them.
We say, give to the masses of the people cheaL
and good clothing, cheap blankets, cheap tooIs
aad cheap lumber. The republicans by their
platform and their leaders in the Senate. by
their proposed bill, say increase the taxes on
clothing and blankets and thereby increase
their cost, maintain high duty on the tools OF
the farmer and mechanic, and upon the lumber
VIII ch they need, for the construction of their
modest dwellings shops and barns, and thereby
prevent their obtaining these necessariss at rea
sonable prices
NO ROOM FOR DOUBT.
Can any sensible man doubt as to where he
should stand in this controversy
Can any well informed man be deceived by
the false pretense that a system 50 unreaso ma
bic and unjust is for the benefit of the laborIng
men?
Much is said about the competition of Ameri-
can laborers with the panper labor of Europe.
but does not every man who looks
around him See and know that an immense
majority of the laborers in America are not en-
| gagged in what are called the protected in
| dustries and, as to those who are employed in
such industries, is it not undeniable that the
duties proposed by the democratic measure
called the Mills bill far excsed the difference
between American and European wages, and
that, therefore, If it were admitted that oul
WorhlhkiHe Cdh oo protoCLeu oJ ustfluS against
cheaper labor they would be fully protected,
and more than protected, by that bill?
WHERE THE PROFIT GOES,
Does not every well-informed man know that
the increase in the price of home manufactures
produced by the high tariff does not go into the
pockets of the laboring men, but only tends to
swell the profits of others.
1t seems 10 me that if the policy of the Demo-
cratic party is plainly presented, all must un-
derstand that we seek TO make the cost of living
less, and at the same time increase the snare OF
laboring men in the benefits of the nationa
prosperity and growth. lam very respectfully,
your obedent servant,
ALLEN G. THURMAN.