The new North-west., 1888-09-21
PRESS COMMENTS.

There is not one scintilla Of evidence II
the whole Of Clevelsnd's letter which goe'
TO show that he has accepted the nomination
for President.-Record.
General Harrison's letter Of acceptance
deals with all the leading issues Of national
concern, ana the showing made will prove
highly satisfactory TO the party that nomi-
mated him, and, we believe, to majority o1
the voters of the United States Laramie
| Boomerang.
Clevels md opens with customary general
ity Of glittering phrases. The letter is not
destitute fgood points and paragraphs. Il
will prove : readable paper in the Solid
South, while in the North its tone and tenn
per will have tendency to strengthen the
policy Of protecting American industries.
General Harrison's letter is long. He takes
the Chicago platform for his text and he
sticks to his text with tenacity that can
hardly be equalled. II there is anything
good and grand in the National Republican
platform 1t is endorsed in Harrison's letter.
Dillon Tribune.
Mr.. Cleveland is to be congratulated in
getting relief to the "congested" condition
Of bis mental Or intellectual powers. If be
could only relieve the alleged sscongested'
condition of the surplus in the public treas
ury his happiness would be complete. Why
not apply the accumulated surplus to pay.
ment Of the national debt? There is nothing
particularly remarkable in the letter Of
acceptance except its extreme length. 1t is
1 wordy document, and the ideas which ii
contains have been injected into it in homeo.
pathic doses. It is barely possible that the
letter contains few kernels of wheat, but,
If so, they are hidden beneath = mass Of
chat, and we shall be compelled to wait the
winnowing g process Of the present campaign
In order to place just estimate on the in.
trinsic value of this latest addition to the
Democratic campaign literature of the day.
Harrison's letter is couched In plain English
aad can be readily understood by the masses
Of people. Simplicity Of language or style
is always regarded as an evidence Of superior
mental or intellectual greatness. He inter-
prets the Convention utterances of the Dem.
ocratic party by the message and acts of the
President, the Mills bill, and by debates in
Congress, and arrives at the conclusion that
the policy Of the Democratic party is one Of
free trads.-Montana Register.
It is hard to compare the two letters.
That of Mr.. Cleveland is, up to the closing
sentences full Of the vehemence of statement
which is often seen when . man feels that
the tide is turning against him, while it
closes with whine. That of Gen. Harrison
is the argument of confident man who
feels that he is on right basis. But the
striking contrast between the two docu-
ments is the evidences which they respec-
lively supply, that one is desperate attempt
to regain lost ground, while the other is
filled with the calm confidence Of an assured
position, which cannot fsil to bring certain
triumph. One is unsteady, often contradic-
tory, the other is homogeneous from begin
ming to end. All through the letter Of the
President the human self Of the writer is
asserting itself, and there is evidence in
every line Of the passion of the attorney ar
guing case to jury and trying by the
vehemence Of his utterances to make up for
painful, if not fatal lack of evidence behind
his cause. In the other the self assertion Of
the writer is almost lost sight of in the argu-
ment Of cause. In the Presidents letter
there is juggling and covert innuendoes and
partisan appeals. In that Of the General
there is simple calculation and elaboration
Of the terse statements Of platform Of prin.
ciples.-SGlt Lake Tribune.