Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-10-15
Judge Humans Letter.
COLUMBUS, o., Oct. H. 1888.
Hon. Patrick 4. Collins aud Others, commit

| Hon. Patrick a. collins Qn0 0therg, commit
tee:
Gentlemen In obedience to custom I
send you this formal acceptance OF my NOM
ination for tie Office of Vice President of the
United States, made by the national conven.
ton of the democratic party at St. Louie.
when you did me the honor TO call upon
me at Columbus and officially notify me of
my nomination expressed to you my sense
of obligation to the convention, and stated
that. although l had not sought the nomina-
ton, did not feel at liberty under the cir
cumstances, to decline it. l thought then,
az still think, that whatever l could prop
erly do to promote the re election of Presi
dent Cleveland ought to do. His admin
istratioE has been marked by such integrity
good sense, manly courage and exalted pat
riotism that just appreciation of these high
qualities seems to call for his reelection.
81 am also strongly impressed with the
belief that his re election would powerfully
tend to strengthen that feeling of fraternity
among the American people that is SO essen.
tial to their welfare, peace and happiness,
and to the perpetuty of the Union and of
our free institutions.
II approve the platform of the st. Louis
convention, and | cannot too strongly ex-
press my dissent from the heretical teach
ings ofthe monopolists that the welfare ola
people can be promoted by system of ex
| brilliant taxation far in excess of the wants
of the government.
THE idee that people can be enriched
by heavy and unnecessary taxation, that
mans condition can be improved By taxing
him on all he wears, on all his wife and
children wear, on all his tools and nipple
ments of industry, is En- obvious sbsurdity.
ITO ill tho vaults OF the treasury with an
idle surplus for which the government has
no legitimate use. and to thereby deprive
the people Of our currency needed for their
business and daily wants. and to create
powerful and dangerous stimulus to eXtrav-
anance and corruption in the expenditures
of the government, seems to me TO be poll
cy at variance with every sound principle
of government and of political economy.
The necessity of reducing taxation to
prevent such al accumulation of surplus
revenue, and the consequent depletion of
the CIRCULATING medium, Is so apparent that
no party dares to deny it; but when we
come to consider the modes by which the
reduction may be made We find a wide an.
| tegonlsm between cur party and the monop
olistic leaders OF our political opponents.
! 1--WE seek to reduce taxes upon the neces
sarie5 of life; our opponents seek to increase
them. We say, give to the masses of the
people cheap and good clothing, cheap
blankets cheap tools and cheap lumber.
The republicans by their platform and their
leaders In 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, and upon the lumber
which they need for the construction of their
modest dwellings, chops and barns, and
thereby prevent their obtaining these ne
cessarias at reasonable prices.
"Can any sensible man doubt az to where
b should stand in this controversy Can
aoy welinformed man be deceived by the
false pretense that system 30 unreasonable
and unjust is for the benefit of laboriug mens
Much is aaid about competition of Amer
lean laborers with the pauper labor Of Eu
rope, but does not svery man who looks
around him see and know that an immense
majority ofthe laborers In America ore not
| engaged In what are called the protected
industries. And as to those who are en-
ployed in such industries, is It not undenia
BILE that the duties proposed by the demo-
cratic measure called the Mills bill far ex.
coed the difference between American and
European wages, and that, therefore, if il
we're admitted that our workingmen
can be protected by tariffs against
cheaper labor, they would be fully pro-
tected and more than protected By that biiip
does not every we'll informed man know
| that the increase in price of home manufac
lures produced by a high tariff does not 90
into the pockets of laboring men, but only
| tepds to swell the profits of others?
ut seems to me that if the policy of the
democratic party is plainly presented, ell
must understand that we seek to make the
cost of living less. aud at the same time
increase the share of the laboring man in
the benefits of national prosperity AID
growth.
II am, very respectfully, your obedlent
servant, ALLEN G. THURMAN.
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