The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-10-18
FORMALLY ACCEPTED.
Judge ThnTmsn Writes HIS Letter of
Acceptance.
He is Ready to do Anything for
Cleveland.
Competition With Pauper L-b1r Pro-
Eoutced Hoax.
His Ideas Expressed Without Unnec-
essary Language.

Hen. Patrick A. Collins and others, Committee
COLUMBUS, o., Oct. 12.-Gentlemen:
In obedience to custom send you this
formal acceptance of my nomination
for the Office of vice-preSident of the
United States made by the national
convention Of the democratic party at
st. Louis.
When you did me the honor to call
upon me at Columbus and officially
notify me OF my nomination, | express
ed to- yosf Bly1seBse of obligation TO the
convention and stated that, although /
had not sought TIE nomination, l did
not feel at liberty, under The circum
stances, to decline it. | thought then,
as still think. that whatever 1 could
properly do to- promote the re election
of President Cleveland ought to do.
His administration has been marked
by such integrity, good sense. manly
courage and exalted patriotism, that a
| Just app eclation OF these high qualities
seems IL call for his Ie-eiecLiOn. l am
| also strongly impressed With the belief
that his reelection would powerfully
tend 10 strengthen that feeling OF fra
| ternity among the American people
/
peace and happiness and Ia the perpet-
uitv OF the union and of our free insti-
buttons.
approve the platform of the ST.
| Louis convention and 1 can not too
| strongly express my dissent from the
heretIcal teachings Of the monOpolists,
| that the welfare of people can be pro-
NOTED by II system Of exorbitant taxa
| ton far in excess of the wants of the
government. The idea that people
can lie enr:ched by heavy and unneces-
| sary taxation, that d mans condition
can he improved by taxing him on all
he wears, on ali his wife and children
| wear, on all his |, OILS and implements
of industry, is an obvious abSurdity.
TO fill the vaults of the treasury with
an idle surplus for which the govern
ment has no legitimate use, and To
thereby deprive the people of currency
needed for their business and daily
wants and To create "A powerful and
dangerous stimulus to extravaganza
and corruption in the expenditures OF
the government, seems to me to be a
policy at variance with every sound
principle of government and of pOliti-
cal economy. The necessity of reduc-
ing taxation to prevent such an accu-
mutation of surplus revenues, and the
consequent depletion of the circulate
ing medium. is SO apparent that no
party daIeS to deny it; put we come to
consider the modes by which the re-
duction may be made we lind
wide antagonism between our party
and monOp0listic leaders of our pOlit-
Cal opponents. We seek to reduce
taxes upon theaieceSsarles OF life; oul
opponents seek to increase them. we
say: Give to the masses of the people
cheap and god clothing, cheap blan-
kets, cheap tools and cheap lmbuef;
the republicans by their platform and
their leaders i'll 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 aud upon the lumber which
they need for the construction of theiI
modest dwellings, shops and barns and
thereby prevent their obtaining these
necesSaries as reasonable prices.
Can any sensible man Doubt as tC
Whel lie should stand in this contro
verSy? Can amy well Informed man
be deceived by the false pretense that
"a sy stem so un Teasonableand unjust
is for the beniGit of the labOriug man!
Much is said about competition
} of American IabOreFs with the paupeI
labor of Europe, but does any man WHIT
looks about him see that no immense
, majority of laborers in America art
not engaged in what are called the
! protected industries? And as to those
) who are employed in such industries
J is it not undeniable that the duties
! proposed by the democratic called the
Mills bill far exceed the difference be
! tween American and European wages
and therefore if it were admitted
, that our working men can be protecteC
7 by tariffs against cheaper labor the!
! would be fully protected by that bill
Does not every well informed maj
know that the increase in price of hOm
!. manufactures produced by high tar
if does not go into the pockets of tn
l labOring men, but only tends to swell
s the profits of othersp
1t seems to me that if the policy dem
) ocratic party is plainly presented al
. must understand that we seel
= to make the cost of living les
= and at the same time increase tn
share of the 1aboring man i'll tn
: benefits of national prosperity an,
I growth. am very respectfully you
!; ebedient servant
, ALLEN G. THURMAN.