Daily Republican., 1888-10-31

40 the kdltor OF the Sun;
eIR; observe in the Sun Of the 9Sth
statement, n tn conspicuous headlines
TO the effect that an nottaking speech.
making part In the present campaign and
that attention as bssn called 10 the TACT.
The matter is 80 stated as to permit the
inference that am not earnestly inter
ehted In the election Of General Harrison.
l beg you, as the fairminded lover Of fair
play and the editor OF the principal really
DE . oeratlc newspaper IN the country, to
allow me to repel through your columns
any such implication. / am and have
been ever since the domination of GEN
efal ariison, mosi earnestly and &C
cordinR to my strength and capacity, &C
lively In favor OF hil election because:
l. l pers nally know him to he OF
great abilities Of purity and uprightuess
and Independence, b tn as a man and a
Republican, and l, therefore, believe that
he win administer the Government 10 tie
full vigor Of the principles Of the Repub.
llcan party.
2. IL was gallant soldier, his sword
flashing in the front Of battle and IN the
gloomy rear Of reNeat was heard his
voice Of constauey aud courage
3. He is of the people and for the
people the defender OF Justice and OF
equal rights for all.
He is a sincere believer in the en-
ploymert OF American labor to supply
American productions for American CON
sumption.
b. He Is mt victim of the delusion
that effects the present Administration
tha' the customs dulles are tax on the
consumers Of imported goods, and be
knows that the official and printC d records
of the Cover inmeut show Gas Ia the case
OF tea ard coffee pus on the "free list"
some years ago, and 10 the case of the so.
called reciprocity with CsDada) that the
duties tahen of ,f such lI1portitious
did not bentfi our people by diminishing
the price they paid for their PURCHASES,
but did benefit the foreigner only
@. He X ows thai every foreign made
article, from shce-ptg4 and shoes to loco
motives and ships, need In ou- country
by just that much deprives the American
worker of the opportunity to earn bread
ior his family
Z. He knows that nation is only a
large family, the members OF VIII ch are
bound t. relp each other by united and
reciprocal labor.
s re knows, therefore, that the de-
clarati1n of the Presiient In his message
to ongrees, that customs duties are
purely aud wholly tax is a grave error,
and that TO give Arneri an labor an op-
portunity win bread Americana must,
as biOthers In ore family, employ the
labor and use he product of each other.
8. He will not Cos the present Admin
istration has done) enter iutI discussions
and gre ements with England iu regard
TO so.called Free Trade with Canada and
the pu ting of Americans on a wo Sc foot
10. IN BRUSH ports than the British have
IN our own
10 He will not, for even ne day, tol
crate the official pres nee Of foreign
minister, from whatever sountry he
CONES, who uudertai s to interfere in our
elections even Il that minister thinks
that his election or is party will wo h
TO the ad aBtage of that mi ister's
country, as the present Administratio
has done.
l. He VIII let mako profession OF
tihelity TO the principles of true civil ser
vice reform and amendment cover for
receiv ng and e'u-tug to make public,
or even ref sing TO communicate to the
Sena afiidAvits or other testimony
(ofton perjured) against any holder Of
any OFT &C. as the pr, sent Administration
has alwa done.
%. He will not select to execute the
offices of pu ] c rus a larger proportion
OF erin ina s, disrerutable add incomne.
tent persons II a have besn sn g. lected
by all the administrations added together
of the one hundred years of the existence
of this overnment, this Administra
ton has done.
l3. He will not point out to his eoun-
tfym-n the dal ger TO free elections OF a
president beng a candidate for re-elec
tton on acc ut of his i'm nense power OF
patronage, a. d then permit all bis chief
officers and their sphordinates to become
"otieusive partisans AID exhibit sper
nicious activity In promoting his cleo
ton noT will he allow heavy levles of
money to be made upon all, tven the
hum hlesti of the Servants OF the Govern
ment to accomplish 1t, as the present Ad.
mlnistrstion has done and is doing.
These, sir, are some (by no means all)
the grou' DIS on which, with all my heart,
desire the election of General Harrison,
and may no be sure that that your
sense OF fair play.-since you have made
me conspicuous in the matter will lea
you to give this letter the p, omintnce In
your paper that you gave to the imputa-
tion to which / replied
GEO F. FDMUNDs
Washlngt n, Oct. 20.
Tho esnn1tr,. l.