Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-09-21
GROVER CLEVELAND.
WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT 1T.
Comments of the New York and Boston
Press on the Presidents Letter.

of the New York and Boston
Press OF the Presidents Letter.
NEW YORK, Sept. 10.-The World says:
To intelligent, patriotic and unprecedented
people, the presidents letter will furnish a
complete answer to the partisan misrepre-
sentation of his opponents.
The Times: We are deeply mistaken as to
the spirit of the American people if this letter
does not command general respect and Sc
cure the adhesion to it of many voters whose
minds have been hitherto undecided.
The Herald: Throwing, then, to the
breeze his standard, on which he writes the
watchword of the canvass, unnecessary tax
alton is unjust taxation" Mr.. Cleveland
takes formal command of the Democratic
party and the campaign for the presidency
begins. 1t is a Jacksonian battle with a
Jacksonian leader
The Tribune: There is nothing in it to
change the issue as made up between the two
great parties, and nothing that will lead the
country to regard the continuance of the
Democratic party in even limited control of
the government as anything but a menace to
the prosperity of the country.
The SUM: So far as the able letter pub
lished this morning explains or modifies the
tariff smashing message of last December,
there is distinct evidence of recent enlighten-
ment on the part of the president.
From Boston Papers.
Boston, Sept. 10.-The Herald says: If Mr..
Cleveland's letter was long in coming, 1t GER
tainly was well worth waiting for. 1t is a
splendid presentation of the claim of his party
to popular support in the present contest. 1t
is a fearless defense of sound principles, and a
logical and convincing exposition of the adj
vautages which the country will gain by
granting a new lease of power to the Demo
cratic administration.
The Post says: Perhaps the most striking
feature of the letter, taken as a whole, is it:
entire consistency with all his previous public
utterances. The question of tariff reform
naturally takes precedence of everything else
since it is now, by the presidents courageou:
course in forcing the discussion to the
front, the controlling question of the day
But in the references which he makes t
other subjects he exhibits the same ranknes
and directness.
Tn Journal says the letter is the weakesI
of President Clevelands state papers; it.
arguments are vague, confused and very
poorly put and the laboring mar is urged MOI
to think for himself, but to indorse the presi
dent and trust to chance. = Its mani
fest object is to prove that free trade is no
free trade, and since Grover Cleveland is les,
of a mental acrobat than some of the othel
leaders of his party who have tried the sam,
thing, the result is not particularly edifying.
The Advertiser: After ninety-five day
and nights Of expectancy, the presidents let
ter of acceptance has at length been maturet
just in time to fall with a dull thud on tn
poll of Maine. Horace Greedy wrote his let
ter in ten days, but Mr.. Cleveland has beel
trained by experience to burn his frs
thoughts. As was to be expected, his lette
is chiefly devoted to a labored explanation o
his message, and panied rebuke of those pre-
JUDGED partisans, who dare to hint that h
has NO respect for the tariff.