St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-08
And Climbs Right Over Into
the Democratic Boat With
out Further Ado.
The Protective System Held
Up So the People Can See
the Holes in It.
Joseph Jefferson and His
Three Boys to Vote for
Gallant Grover.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
New YORK, Oct Carl SchuTZ, who
is now sOjournmg at Kiel, Germany, has
been invited by prominent Republicans
to return home and take the stump for
Harrison. Mr.. Schurz declines to do
either, giving his reason in a long letter
which is made public to-day. Here are
some extracts from it: "When l thus
see the Republican party sacrifice the
professions and pledges of its better
days. sacrifice the Often-repeated prom
ise to reduce the tariff, sacrifice the
whisky tax, which but yesterday the
Republican party would have al
most unanimously ScOrned to abolish,
sacrifice the idea of an economical
administration of the government so eS-
sential to the morals of democratic
republic; when l see it ready to sacri-
fee everything rather than surrender r
any part of the protective system, am
forced to the conclusion that the Repub-
lican party has fallen completely under
the control of selfish, grasping interests,
in which the spirit of monopoly is run
ming mad. Nothing could be more
AMUSlNGLN AUDAClOUS
than the efforts made by the Repub-
licans to persuade the American work
ingmen that their wages depend absO-
lutely on the maintenance of the tariff,
and that American labor will be re-
pressed to the level Of ''the pauper
labor of Europe" if we surrender any
part of our protective SYSTEM" Speak
ing of Mr.. Cleveland's administra-
ton Mr.. Schurz says: During his pres
idency the country has been relieved of
an impression sedulOnsly fOStered by
party spirit, and until within three
years since, readily entertained by
many good citizens, that one-half of the
people were dislOyal and dangerous to
the Union, and that the republic would
go to destruction if the government
passed from the hands of one party to
those of another. This is gain to the
morals of or political life, which can
not be too highly appreciated. More
over, President Cleveland has given the
country an administration of public
affairs which, notwithstanding its short
cOmings, has in many important re-
spects, by
ITS ABILITY, ITS FIDELITY
to the public interest, and its cOnserva-
tive spirit, deservedlY and in high de-
gree won the approval and confidence
OF the people, And, finally, he has by
his tariff message identified himself and
his candidacy with an economic policy
which bids fair to correct existing evils,
to obviate destructive disturbance, to
enlarge the remunerative activity of in
dustrial labor and to secure a steady de-
velOpment of the general prosperity.
We have conscientiously to make our
choice among the possibilities presented
to US, and to serve the interests of the
republic as best we may. Upon due
consideration of these possibilities, and
exercising in this as in other cases, my
best judgment as an independent citi-
zen, find that l can not support Mr..
Harrison, as you wish me to do; but l
shall deem it my duty to vote for Mr..
Cleveland. if circumstances permit me
to reach home in time for the election"