The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1888-10-15
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH.
JUDGE THURMAN's LETTER.


what He Says on the Political situa-
tiOn.
CoLUMBUs,' Ohio, Oct. Is. - Judge
Thurman's letter of acceptance has been
given to the press. The first draft of the
letter was in the Judges handwriting and
type writer copies showed only few
changes in punctuation from the original.
The letter is ~ follows:
CoLUMBus, O., Oct. IL. 1888.
Hon. PATRICK A. CoLLIHs AND OTHERS,
Committee: e:-Gentlemen-In obedience
to custom send you this formal sccep-
tance of my nomination for the Office of
Vice President of the United States
made by the National Convention of the
Democratic party at st. Louis. When
you did me the honor to call upon me at
Columbus and officially notify me of the
nomination | expressed to you my sense
of obligation. and that although / had
notsoughtthe nomination. did not feel at
liberty under the circumstances to de-
cline it. thought then, as still think,
that whatever l could properly do to pro.
mote the election of President Cleveland
| ought TO do. His administration has
been marked by such integrity, good
sense, manly courage and exalted pa
triotism that just prediction of those
high qualities seem to call for his reelec-
tiop. am also strongly impressed with
the belief that his reelection would pow
erfully tend to strengthen that feeling of
fraternity among the American people
that is 30 essential to their welfare,
peace and happiness, and to the perpet-
| uating of the Union aud of our free in
stitutions. / 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 welfare of the people con be pro-
noted by system of exorbitant taxa
tion in excess of the wants of the Gov
| ernDent. The idea that people can be
enriched by heavy and unnecessary tax.
alton, that a mans condition can be
improved by taxing him on all he wears,
on ali his wife and children wear. on all
his tools and implements of industry, is
an obvious absurdity. To fill the vaults
of the Treasury with an idle surplus for
which the Government has no legitimate
use and to thereby deprive the people OF
the currency needed for their business
and daily wants and to create a power.
ful and dangerous stimulus to extravi.
gance and corruption in the expenditures OF
the Government seems to me to be policy
at variance with every sound privilege of
government and of political economy.
The necessity of reducing taxation to
prevent such an accumulation Of surplus
revenue, and the consequent restriction
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 way to antagonize between our party
and the monopoistc ideas of our political
opponents. We seek to reduce taxes
upon the necessaries of life, and our OPP
ponents 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 in.
crease the taxes on clothing and blankets,
and thereby increase their cost; maintain
a high duty on the tools of the farmers
and mechanics, and upon the lumber
which they need for the construction of
their modest dwellings. shops and barns.
and thereby prevent them obtaining these
necessaries at reasonable prices. Can any
sensible men doubt as to where he should
stand 10 this controversy? Can any well
informed man be deceived by the false
pretense that system so unreasonable
and unjust is for the benefit of the work
ingman? Much is said about American
labor compared with the pauper labor OF