The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-10-19
THURMAN'S LETTER
Accepting the Nomination and Indorsing
Democratic Principles.

Accepting Tie Nomination anu lnuOrsius
Democratic Principles.
COLUMBUS, October 14-Following g
is Judge Thurman's letter OF acceptance
as given TO the press this evening. The
first draft of the letter was in the
Judges handwriting, copies showing
only few changes in punctuation from
the original.
Hon. PATRICK a. COLLINS and others,
committee
GENTLEMAN: In obedience 10 Gus
tom send you this formal acceptance
of nv nomination for the Office of Vice
President of the United States, made
by the National Convention OF the DEM
ocratic party at 81. Louis.
When You did me the honor to call
upon me at Columbus and officially no
tifv me OF my nomination, 1 expressed
to you my sense OF obligation TO the
convention. and stated that, although l
had not sought the nomination, L did
not feel at liberty, under the circum-
stances, 70 decline IL. i 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 cour-
age and exalted patriotism, that just
appreciation OF these high qualities
seems 20 call for his reelection.
am strongly impressed with the be-
lief that his reelection would power
fully tend to strengthen that feeling OF
fraternity among the American peo-
pie that is so essential to their welfare,
peace and happiness, and to the peTpet-
Esk-. - arNA Of Nroa TnEf
tutions.
TARIFF AND SURPLUS.
l approve the platform of the st.
Louis Convention and L cannot too
strongly express my dissent from the
heretical teachings of the monopolist
that the = elfare OF a people can be pro-
NOTED py a system of exhorbitant taxa
tion far IN excess of the wants of the
govern ment.
The idea that PEOPLE can be enrich.
ed by heavy and unnecessary taxation.
that a mans condition can be improved
by taxing him on all he wears, on all
his wife and children wear, on all his
tools and implements of industry, is an
obvious absurdity.
To fiji the vaults of the Treasury with
an idle surplus for which the govern
ment has no legitimate use and TO there
by deprive the people OF our currency
needed for their business and daily
wants and to create q powerful and
dangerous st:m ulus to extravagance and
in the expenditures of the
seems to me 10 be policy
at variance with every sound principal
Of government and of political economy.
The necessity of reducing taxation TO
prevent such an accumulation of sur
plus revenue and the consequent deple- !
ion or the circulating medium, is so
apparent that no party dares to deny il 4;
put when we come to consider the |
nodes by which the reduction may be |
made, we find a wide antagonism be- |
ween our party and the monopolistic |
eaders of our political opponents.
We seek to reduce taxes on the neces- |
aries of life ; our opponents seek to |
Increase them. We say, give to the |
masses of the people cheap and good |
cheap blankets. cheap tools |
md cheap lumber. The Republicans, |
" their platform and their leaders IN |
he Senate, by their proposed bill, say, |
Increase the taxes on clothing and |
'lankets and thereby increase their /
ost maintain high duty on the tools ]
4 the farmer and mechanic, and upon |
he lumber which they need for the |
of their modest dwellings, |
hops and barns, and thereby prevent !
heir obtaining these necessaries at |
prices.
EURoPE's PAUPER LABOR.
Can any sensible man doubt as to |
where he should stand in this contro- |
-ersy7 Can any well informed man be |
deceived by the false preteuse that a |
ystem so reasonable and unjust is for |
he benefit OF laboring men Much is |
aid about competition of American |
aborers with the pauper labor of Eu- |
ope, but does not every man who looks |
.round him see and know that an i'm |
nense majority of the laboVers in Amer !
ca are not engaged in what are called |
he protected industries And as TO
hose who are employed in such indus |
ries. it is not unden;able that the du-
les proposed by the Democratic meas
Ire called The Mills bill, far exceed the
Inference between American and Eu-
'opean wages, and that therefore, If it
we're admitted that our workingmen
.an be protected by tariffs against
cheaper labor, they would be fully pro-
ecIed and more than protected by that
pill +?
Does not every well-informed man
know that the increase in price of home
produced by high tariff
loes not go into the pockets of the
aboring man, but only tends to swell
he profits Of othersr
1t seems to me that IL the policy Of
he Democratic party is plainly present
81 all must understand that we seek to
make the cost Of living less and at the
same time increase the share of the
ahorinU man in the hAnefts 0f nafioDaI
and growth. am. very re-
,pectfuIly, your obedient servant,
ALLEN q. THURMAN.