The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1888-09-13
The Presidents Letter.

Cincinnati Enquirer, Sept. lo.l
It.is a custom of long standing in
the, politics of this. country that q
Presidential candidate shonid form
ally accept the nomination Of his
,partyyiaa public letter, presenting
his views on what he deems to be the
leading issues of the coming contest
SUCH = letter, from. Grover Cleve-
land is now Before IA.
. .TESss who have long pre-
dicted thatit would exhibit a retreat
from The doctrine Of bis last annu-
al message will be eoreIY disappoint-
cd. Those who have hoped that it
would reecde not an inch from the
ground then taken will be profrn :
ly pleased. There is no shadow OF
waveriog, no suspicion Of weakness
in its whole context.
Accepting the nomination. and
approving the Platform on which it
was made, It quietly. y.ciailenges crit
icism of, and claims credit for. what
this Democratic Administration
has already done; it then proceeds
to point out what tasks the party
hssstlll before it. and what it will
seek to accomplish If again intrust-
cd with power by the people
Among these 1t. dwells briefly, but
forciblY, upon the protection of our
citizens at home and abroad, upon
the encouragement Of labor, the reg
tuIatioa of unjust monopoly, the re-
strictlon of unhealthy immigration,
the continuance of warm liberality
to all honest:pensioners, the mainte-
nance of Civil ServicessRs and
the rigid enforcement Of the relat-
ing thereto. and the persistent cur
taillnent Of public expense through
the introduction of economic meth
DDS.
Upon Ill these points the Prssi-
dent speaks clearly and vigorously.
aad then passes to what be oonsid-
.r., nov a. u Decsnber Of last
tsar, tho commanding need Of the
dsy-the hitting fromsur pesfle the
burdens Of Z, grievous taxation.-
While his argunent 40 not pew-in.
deed; could not b. newt is plain,
practipal and ,sinsularly lucid. And
uithal, It is delightfully."- Democrat.
ic. .Itg6es straight to. tho heart Of
the consamer-of the farmer, the
mechanic, the wage-earner, through
but. the land, land it further shows
that while the Denocratic purpose
and the. Democratic policy seek
to relieve these, they tend, also to
the stimulation of our manufactur.
ing, the widening of our markets,
and the ayertiug Of q grave and in
mnent peril which threatens one
and all.
Unnecessary taxation is unjust
taxation" is his thente;1 and theevils
which its long continuance has in
Aicted upon our country are elabor-
ated with remarkable clearness and
force. The great ssurplus In tn.
Treasury. "tendrng to gross
and scsndaIous public expenditure
on the one hand. and rdeprivlng the
people, rich and poor, of needed
currency on the other,'' is held up
with convincing analysis. The in
jury to, labor of q taxation which
needlessly increases the cost of ,ts
life necessaries, and at the same
tlme diminishes the demand for liz
Employment, Or destroys the reg.
ularity of its wages, is presented
with startling emphasis.
Nor is the ridiculous attitude into
which the Republican p.,r,y has
has managed to get itself permitted
to pass unnotlced, though it is no
tice of q digni6ed and somewhat sar
castle kind. The stern condemna-
ton of Trusts, (which are no bet.
ter now than when the Common
Law called them 'conspiracies.'
must fall with a sounding crash mp
on the shoulders of some Republi-
can statesmen; and his taunt te
tho Republicans of the House thai
they were unwilling to offer . tar
If bill themselves, yet profess to ex
pect one from the doubtful power
of the Senate, is worthy of a mas.
tor of politics as well as Of sount
constitutional lawyer.
Altogether. 1t is remarkably
readable letter. The Democrac,
Will, in Igeueral, be greatly pleaset
! with it. The professional Rspubli-
! will sbhor it. Che greet majority
OF ths people will vote sor 1t on No
vember 9Th.
Foresight or Father Abrahaiz
In his last message to congres