Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-10-11
PITHY SENTENCES.
A Good Collection of Epigrams from;
General Iiarrison's Letter.

Good Collection of Epigrams from,
General IiarrisOn's Letter.
1T is not contest between schedules, but
( between wide-apart principles
| 1.-THE Mills bill IS only STEP, but
/ 'the important question is not SO much the
| length OF the step as the direction OF it.
II do not stop to refute this theory (tarif for
revenue only as To the effect OF our tariff du-
! ties. Those who advance il are students OF
! maxims and not o! the markets
! They (revenue reformers) may be safely al
! lowed to call their project tariff reform if the
! people understand that in the end the argu-
ment compels free trade in all competing prod
ucts"
I'VE do not offer fixed schedule, but prin-
ciple'
1--WE will revise the sche3ule, modify rates,
but always with an 1ntelI' gent provision as to
! the effect upon domestic production and the
wages Of our working people"
| The effect OF lower rates and larger impor-
| tations upon the public revenue is contingent
and doubtful. but not so the effect upon Amer
! lean production and American wages"
"a proper reduction of the revenues does not
necessitats and should not suggest the aban-
donment or impairment of the protective sys-
| tenn
Those who needlessly hoard it the surplus)
should not be allowed to use the fear OF mon
etary stringency, thus produced to coerce pub
| llc sentiment upon Olner QueSLlOnS.
If the products OF American shops must COM
pete N the American market without fayoring
duties, with the products of cheap foreign la
bor the effect Will be different if at all. only in
degree, whether the cheap laborer is across the
street or over the sea-
Our civil compact is government by ma
ior.ties; and the law loses its sanction and the
magistrate our respect when this compact is
broken"
..T'he evil resuIts of election frauds 6o not eY-
pend themselves upon the voters who are
robbed of their rightful influence in public
affairs"
1.-The colored people will naturally mistrust
the sincerity OF those party leaders who appeal
to their for support only in those localities
where the suffrage IS free and election results
doubtful and compass their disfranchisement
where their votes would be controlling and
their choice can not be coerced."
Several Territories are well able to bear
the burdens and iii charge the duties of free
commonwcalths in the American Union. To
exclude them is to deny the just rights of their
people and may well excite their indignant
protest"
mo question of the political preference OF
the people OF territory should close against
them the hospitable door which has opened to
two-thIrds OF the existing States; but ad-
mission should be resolutely refused to any
territory a majority of whose people cherish
institutions that are repugnant to our civiliza-
ton or inconsistent with Republican form of
Government"
Ordinarily, capital shares the losses of
idleness with labor but under the operation of
the trust, in some of It's forms, the wage-woriS-
er alone suffers loss while idle capital receives
its dividends from trust fund"
1T can not be doubted that the legislative
authority should and will find q method of
dealing fairly and effectively with these and
other abuses connected with the subject
1.-The law ICivil Servicel should have the aid
of friendly Interpretation and be faithfully
and vigorously enforced. All appointments
tisan considerations and influence"
I'm appointments to every grade and depart
ment fitness, and not party service should be
the essential and discriminating test. and
fidelity and efficiency the only sure tenure Of
ofice."
Tho Republican party has always been
friendly 10 every thing that tended to make the
home life Of our people free, pure and prosper
Gus, and will in the future be true to its history
in this respect"
"Our Nation is too great both in material
strength and in moral power to indulge in
bluster or to be suspected of timorousness
Vacillation and inconsistency are as incom-
patible with successful diplomacy as they are
with the National dignity"
These clear and condensed express
sions help immensely to an understand
ing of the questions at issue between
the two parties.-M Y. Independent.