New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-09-13

profound conviction. There is no buster. no turgd
rhetoric, attempt at becloudng the ISSUE In these
respects refreshing contrast to the manifesto oil
the present occupant of the White House, VINO cais
himself We"
Aoucduct Commissioner Walter Howe said: 1t Is
clear and unassaIlablc exposition OF the hepuoh-
can doctrine on all the questions at issue The letter
meets my cordial approval
Controller Theodore W. Myers said i regard 1t
"a a very able document 1t is well tempered and
judicously formulated and in my opinion Is credit
to the writer and covates him in the public mind-'
Mayor Hewitt said; 1t lacks the dash ana VIM
that | looked for"
Aoueduct Commissioner John J. Tucker remarked
al am well pleased with the letter 1t meets my
views thoroughly on all the subjects discussed"
Emigration Commissioner Stephenson expressed his
views in this way I think the letter mec's mo
issue at every point fairly and sQusrely IL IS GEAR
concise and think unanswerable by the supporters
Of MIR Clevelands frce-trade policy. think every
working sn who carefully reads the letter must DC
convinced that the protection Of American Industries
"a matter which concerns him personally, and II no
draws his independent CONCLUSIONS ne Will no'
DO long in deciding on which side TO cast his vote
Robert sewen said 81 have read General Harrl
sons letter and also reread the letter Oh MT
Cleveland There is great contrast between inc
two documents General Harrison has nothing 10
explain IN the position OF tho party
the platform tho principles on "m0n
no stands. while Mr.. Cleveland's letter was
devoted TO the task Of arguing away his own apparent
boldness in throwing down the gauntlet OF free tra'
10 be the real issue In the canvass All his adinire'
boasted OF that act OF franKness oi Pui pr
and statesmanship but Mr.. Cleveland Is evldch'iy
ashamed of IT, and he tries in four columns 10 snow
| that after al he IS not free trader Inc o@"uu~'0
| Of the Republican party has nothing 10 e1piA r
| nothing TO take back nothing to e1tenua'e' n0
stands where the party stands, ior pro'e'"oN "
American industry first and last
President Cannon, of the Chase National BANK
said; What siru y me most forcibly In reaolns Ihe
| letter was its manly simplicity Ihere was "o
attempt at rhetoric, but General Harrison s'a'eu
his views on leading topics in quIe'
vav which showed that he hah care
ii Donald Mackay, Of vermiye Co., an expre;sdent
Of the stock Exchange, said: IL IS an Al ie.te,,
and the waves of popular sentiment are flowing IN
the direction Of General Harrison egoI Ecb,,c.
William l. Bull, president OF the STOCK hacn 1ai
said that he had not had time TO read the letter
! he seems to be tho fence r. satd that
It ' was an excellent letter and that his influence
would be thrown in favor of the Republican canddare
inclined to draw parallel between the two letters
@The difference tn S'g gI6 story hs 'S told Of
Tom cor%in In political speech one day ag
he talked eOquenty about the Amerie can r Of his
eve etc. and he imagined the upwsau a ma and
became bewdered in his ora,orlcal cncIarned I've
dropping his right arm abruptly eAciaHi'u'
uaIr+son has given US dignlfed, conservative staie
mcnt which ought TO comment itsei 10 Sonses ,Ss
tive careful men who thinking OYER tte lss s
Of the campaign have been too busy IN me once NEE
10 make many inquiries as 10 now ' n',gbt r. com
| rrsnH the anproval of financial interests. The sug
gestion regarding the reduction OF the surplus R ,o
tbat tberc Is method for meeting any existing eTer
cencv without resort radical legislation IN tne liz
slsfton can be devised by which surplus revenues t
may be reduced in way beneficial 10 enr ~ on
hui II Is not necessary TO change the principe VI o
econo,nic system. If the wage-earuers can be thor
oughly aroused the ultimate Injurious enec hi IppS he
no doub. about the result That is the Work TO D
done and the Maine election encoqrnsss Us 10 'ninA
James sclgman put the comment OF aIy doc
IN when he said 1t Is an sss and IN
fact nlc1' every free State for Harrison. racss
wanna and western Railroad pronounced the letter 10
be clear plain practical EXPOSITION Oh .ne Or in
before the people Eh .sr aided NJ sloan
reacbss the heart Of the controversy in the campag.
f Gee ihat the 2 Wss to be
the preservation Of protection to american taken
in the campaign IN England with the bbst seat
| IN legislation were made as foreshado~ed IN me
| P " Gaiflawsv vice president OF the Manhattan
Railway Company jubiiant over the iayo f
town regarding thu letter Is sPiendSd c force re ~ ~
marked and think the Democrats b fe 70 'n have been
given to Mr. Cleveland's letter and General
yes the right TsipQRs 30 e sasseons on the
! minor issues before the people Will command wldr-
spIeS1 - IbaSd be- and is being presented TO the
neople Just as the Republican platform was SUPERIOR
20 20 ' mich rsh stand was taken IS Harrison
letter above Cleveands In the treatment eApo0'ou "
non Bennbjcan brokers in the Consolidated stock
and Petroleum Exchange were cheered Dy ,li p,,T
coded that Il vote-mahing doc lmch;; ~
promp'iiuae ~, WIN broer remarIed Mr Harrison was
nominated two weeks after MI. lcNeIahu; Du' az
l.tter of acceptance comes out only Two ia! a.
Tlevcland'ss Another feature Of the comment ~
The ponse Of sentiment to many Of the topic ioeG
M bs summary IN the Presidents letter Of accept
ance The comment IN MS Tfgaru wa l W." TIa-r.on.
Iefer and particularly that portion OF II rcieltng ~
iIlllsrauV corered bv The imposition Of daiy on
im1orfs but the protection OF American "efhlns-
in good e wsgs n9f for If ali 'O the pauper
Labor Of Europe be admitted to compete on Amerlcae
roupd with our domestic lahorers: no benefit can zee
ufncts ~ foreign labor abroad. Besides the INTRO
-, 9nCtion Of miscellaneous and pauper persons rom
Tn moral injury to state relying upon the
nnbic virtue and intelligence Of lis voters mo a.
ttude Of Mr. Harrison on ms Q9es..o It e d cod
6nsrai Harrson's letter Of acceptance was vel
coosd among The Irsh-Amercan Republicans with the
came enthusiasm with which they read ne elQluen'
2 letter from James G. Blaine in l-74 when ne az
cented his nomination. Captain Z. H. McNam
nTaps'deut of the Ir1sh-Amercan AntFreo Trade
feace said that he had read carefully the le'1er ol
Mr. Clevp' nd and that Of Mr. Harrison ana ne ~
onnd 10 say that that Of the latter brcathed more OF me
enuire American sentiment General Harrison Is
he same to-day as he always has BEEN quiet I.Ln
. nnest resolute ana courageous Inc pia'lorIu
sands for the principle Of protection and ne IS viii
he either TO win or 10 lose upon that believe he
John Devcy president Of the Irish American anu,
Cleveland ard Protective League has ead1Sare,s bi
NJ ia Fffth-ave and has not alone hranchcS OF nI-
aone in each Assembly district in this CITY, Du, "a
fssides powerful auxiliary ORGANIZATIONS n ceoersl
fT4son's letter emphatic "To n1paTe ~ 20
ciyeIand'sa he said would not 90. becal,
xo,ld never have been penned. certain L IL W
no that the Democrats had taken fright al me zen,
~ honsands OF Americans who are deserving the
Sans General HarrisOns letter IS manly ana SIN
I GER and when elect him as we are ceITs1n ~
y he Is not the man to be Influenced ny ENs'Ahu a.