Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1888-10-18
THURNAN's LETTER.


Patrick A. Coilins and Others, Com
mittse-Geul.eaeL In obedience I,
custom. ! send you this formal aceep
lance OF my nomination for tha ofiic.
Of vice-Presiiept OF the United States
made by the national convention Of
the Democratic party at St. Louis.
when ven dad me the honor "a
call upon me at Columbus and offici.
claily notify ms OF :ny nomination |
expressed to you NY sense of obliga.
ton to the onYention, and stated
that, although had hot sought the
nomination, | did not feel at liberty,
under the circumstances to decline il.
| thought then, as still think, ths
whatever could properly do to prS-
mote the reelection Of President
Cleveland / ought to do. HE admin
istration has been marked by such
integrity, good sense, manly ourage
and exalted patriotism, thai just
appreciation of these high qualities
seems to call for his re election.
:! am also strongly impressed with
the belief that his reelection would
powerfully tend to strengthen that
feeling of fraternity among the Amer
lean people that lie - essential to their
welfare, peace and happiness, and to
the perpetuity ofthe Union and Of our
free institutions
81 approve me platform of the st.
Louis convsFtion. and / cannot too
strongly cypress my dissent from the
hereticstAchi Of the mouopolists
that the welfare Of people can be
promoted BY system Of exorbitant
taxation far in excess of the wants Of
the government.
The idea that a people can be en-
riched by heavy aud unnecessary tax
alton, that 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 I'LL the vaults of The treasury
with an idle surplus, for which the
government has no legitimate use, aud
10 thereby deprive the people of our
currency needed for their business and
daily wants, and to create a powerful
and dangerous stimulus to sxtrava-
gance and corruption in the expendi-
lures of the government seems to me
to 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
OF surplus revenue, and the conse-
quent depletion of the circulating me-
dunn, Ia so apparent that no party
dares to deny 1t; but when we come
to consider the modes by which the
reduction may be made we find a wide
antagonism between our party and
the monopolistic leaders of our politi.
cal opponents.
I'VE seek to reduce taxes upon the
necessaries 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 Repub.
licans by their platform and their
leaders in thu Senate, by their pro.
posed bill, say increase the taxes on
clothing and blar kets and thereby
increase their cost, maintain a high
duty on the tools Of the farmer and
mechanic and upon the lumber which
they need for the construction of thei,
modest dwellings, shops and barns
and thereby prevent their obtainius
these necessaries at reasonable prices
Can any sensible man doubt as t.
where he should stand in this contro
versy2 Can any well,informed man bs
, deceived by the false pretense that .
system so unreasonable and unjust il
, lot the benefit Of lsboring men?
Much is sail about the competi
ton of American labor with the pau
per labor Of Europe but does no
every man who looks around him se,
and know that an immense maiorit,
Of the laborers in America are no
engaged in what ar. called the pro
D tected industries? And as to thos,
, who are employed in such industries
, Is 1t not undeniable that the duties
proposed by the Democratic measur,
called the Mills ill far exceed tn,
E difference between American and Eu
: ropean wages, ant that, therefore, j
, it were admitted that our working
men can be protected by tariffs a
gainst cheape: labor they would b
r fully protected and more than pro
tected by that bill?
Does not evsy well-informed mar
know that the increase in price o
home manufactures produced by {
: high tariff does not go into the peck
t cts Of laborins men. but only tend.
to swell the protits of others?
ut means t. me thai if the policy
of the Demoratic party is plainly
presented all nut understand that
We seek to mike the cost of living less
and at the same time increase the
share of the labOripg man in the ben.
ehts of national prosperity and growth
Il am vey respec' fully your obedi.
ent servant
"ALLEN G. THURMAN"