, 1888-07-05
PICKIEGS.

Governor Semple will preside at
the celebration exercises in Seattle
to- morrow, and Hon. W. II. White
Will deliver the oration.
The first concern Of al! govern
ment IS the virtue and sobriety of the
people and the purity of the home.
The Republican party cordially sym
patnizes with all wise and W. eIl-di.
rected efforts for the promotion of
temperance and morality.
The Chinese exclusion law. as it
bow stands on the statute book, was
supported in the senate by Harrison.
As member OF the senate committee
on foreign relations be joined IN re-.
porting II from the committee to the
senate, and in its passage voted for it.
Free trade means putting ali the
iaboring men of the world upon one
level of competition. Protection
means restricting the competition
among labOrers to those living in our
own country, and the consequence of
such restriction is that wages remain
at a high level.-New York San.
Oem)
Contrary to the expectations of his
many friends. Col. Landcs declines
to permit the use Of his name for
mayor. The petition represents the
main bulk of property in town, and
1t Is presumably certain he would
have been elected HIS deciination
leaves the field practically to Judge
Learned and ex-Mayor Smith.
On the subject of tariff and finance
HarrIson's record is exceIl0nt; he
never was tainted with repudiation
nor greenbackism, and he has been
friendly 10 the revision Of the tariff,
| although protectionist. So far as
New York is concerned, if any Re-
publican can carry it Gen. Harrison
can. for the Blaine forces that nomi
mated him form the fighting strength
of the party, and Morton, the cand1.
date for vice-president, is stalwart
| Republican, a Grant man in 1880. 6
supporter of Arthur in 1884, and wa:
appointed by Garfield minister tc
| France as a recognition of the stal
wart wing of the New York Repub,
licans. Morton while in congress
spoke ably for sound finance and fol
hard money, and his presence on the
ticket as conservative man OF. bust
ness will command the confidence O
the capitalist and comma rcial class
The New York Standard, an arden
supporter of Cleveland, talks of tb,
political situation as follows:
1t may have bean "Cleveland'
luck" that made him the mayor O
Buffalo and governor of New Yorl
and once president of the Unitet
States. Bnt it is Cleveland's courag
that he's made him in this fashion th
nominee of the national democrati
convention. This nomination, sucl
as no man has had before, is the Sc
quel of his message declaring auar o.
protection. 1t is the response of tn
true democratic spirit to the call G
the man who, when democratic spiri
seemed well nigh forgotten in th
party that bears the democratic nam,
had enough courage to invoke it an
faith enough to trust it. After CleVe
lands nomination it is only the inter
est of curiosity that attaches to th
st. Louis platform. The enemies c
what in the last six months his nam
has come to stand for have mad
! that name a sufficient platform fc
this election. If ne were ready t
abolish every import duty, protectiv
or revenue, as soon as he had powe
the protective interests could M
fight him mora bitterly than the
will now. What he stands for
this campaign is free trade as dgainI
protection. In his nomination, th
democratic party has staked its fol
tune on that fight.