Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-08-24

and affirming, We always shall affirm, the full
rights OF citizenship for all standing ever, us we
must for the defense of the weak and the op-
pressed; we can and do assert that prohibition
! IS the dominant issue in national politics"
ana we can and do invite to party fellowship
all who on this one dominant issue are with us
agreed, believing that as we settle this broad
question for the right 80 shall we best conserve
the welfare of our entire nation and of every
class within it. so shall we make certain the
wise ana speedy SO Element of every lessor
| question involved arising shall we prove our
selves Christian patriots, and ordain the per-
petuty Of this Christian Republic. Faithfully
yours, CLINTON B. FISK.
Mr.. Brooks Letter of Acceptance.
| To the Hon. John P. st. John, Chairman:
DEAR SIR-TO be nominated bv such body as
the Indianapolis Convention is the greatest hon
or that could be conferred upon IN American
citizen. The supreme Importance of the issues
formulated by thut convention, the conscious
ness that God is on the side Of right, and that
the salvation of the home and the State depends
| upon tho triumph of right principles, impel me
to accept the nomination now formally rendered.
With this acceptance propose to do all can
to carry your banner to victory in this campaign
upon which that victory shall be achieved in the
near future.
1t is with confidence and pride that stand
| upon the platform which YOU have presented.
NO such honest and ma, ly formulation of prin-
ciples has emanated from any political conven-
ton in this Republic since the late civil war.
With firm and vigorous purpose it grapples the
| living issues of the day.
Rec gnizing the necessity of progress it leaves
the dead past to bury its dead, and boldly leads
in Its attack upon existing evils. 1t does not
sadly bemoan the fact that its great lenders are
in the grave, and seek to live upon the deeds of
the immortal dead. but with it's banner to the
breeze, inspired by present truth, and following
| living captains dares to do right
Accepting as final the settlement of past po-
litical issues it inscribes upon its banner The
motto of mo sectionalism in politics" and
scorns to belnean the party by an ignoble and
unpatriotic appeal to sectional animosities that
ought to have been abandoned twenty years ago.
This platform makes its appeal, not to one
section, but to the whole country now forever
united. cannot overestimate the patriotism of
this wonderful document The triumph OF it's
blottng out of the color line in politics, the
breaking of the Sold South, free ballot and
honest count not in Alabama and Mississippi
alone, but in Ohio and Michigan as we'll In
short, it means q division Of ali the citizens of
the entire country upon the great living issues
When il is remembered that all other political
organizations are incapable of accomplishing
such results, the importance of this new de-
parture in political cc5ion cannot be overesti-
mated.
| The pending conflict between organized capital
and labor is one of thu most immin mt dangers
e ~ an ao
| that Is dangerous to public welfare will not be
denied. Each party platform proclaims the
difficulty the unequal conflict fer just remunera-
ton, while combined capital with 9 lse nccumu-
ates it's millt MS. With ench succ .eding year the
former become poorer while the latter increases
| in weAlth
Nonopo!ies and SO called trusts" control not
only the business of the country in their own
but and lions
unite i'll denouncing the combinations OF capital
! in whose interest they are members OF these
bodies, and then see that none but their friends
are nominated to stand upon the platform
adopted
Your platform of principles boldly proposes to
regulate all the necessary combinations of CAPT.
tai in the interest of the State, and to strike
| down these trusts ut q single blow.
I have faith in political party which, with
out reference to present TO to
end shall be consummated in one year or
twenty.
| A party of truth and principle must inevitably
Triumph. Time has demonstrated that neither
of the old parties is competent to effect tn SO
results. Repeated promises have been broken.
The legislation that makes possible this COM
binaton Of capital to the detriment of the pub
lie good, and ., the interest OF limited class OF
our citizens, is radically detective
| We need not be surprised that the tariff should
elicit some consideration in this campaign
| When tho import tax upon any given article ap-
proxlnAtes the point of prohibition and foreign
| competition is shut off the trust" can certainly
the more readily control the market value of the
product 1t is u matter of serious consideration
that the trusts" are against wholesome revls-
ion of the tariff.
Each year increases the danger, and hence the
growing demand for an honest revision Of the
tariff. What is the remedy? Shall Internal rev.
enue taxes be abolished and duties upon oil arti-
cles such as are produced by our people be in
creased to the point OF prohibition and other ar
ticles. except luxuries,' be released from I'M
port duties?
Or secondly, shall the internal revenue re-
main while duties upon necessaries OF life
shall be reduced and the revenues be raised
from other articles of importation?
Or finally, shall the internal tax be abolished
| and the burden Of taxation be removed from
food, and clothing, and other necessaries and be
imposed on other articles of import in such
manner will give protection alike to the
manufacturer and laborer?
Party issues are now before the people as
formulated by the final authorities IN such cases
the three great national conventions. Senn-
tors ard Representatives may conclude That
their party conventions have made great plumbers
in their official utternnces, and may seek TO
modify the sumo by Congressional action, but
the country will hold each party to its plat
form. A., D,,;.;
tion party is the wisest of the three, do not
hesitate to declare.
First, we must avoid an ever increasing sur
nus in the Treasury, and all unnecessary taxa
tion must be lifted from the shoulders OF the
people The surplus is u perpetual menace not
only to the business OF the country, Du1 " Iue
public morals as well.
fThe question as to the proprlety OF removing
tho taI from whisky must depend altogether
upon the purpose INTENDED 10 W accomplished
~ 1Inon the principle that it is a public enemy
Ieoislat,1res have placed it under bonds ana pen
| oltiea and courts have declafeu IL puDlAC Au!s-
"nce The traffic itself conscious of its own IN
fanny pleads its right to upon she
si,G the revenues it pays into the Public Treas
n INV. Conscious that this is it's last defense it
behind and satf ted
at,oI vonid not long suffer it's continuance.
Two political parties demand in their Plat
ao 4f the bass their
upon Inhibition party would Ike OFF the tax
It destroy the traffic 1T w9qu
the fns 90 Of It's
promise Of the Republican party in the repeal Of
reduce the nart Of
not have 10 fndeed the proposed remedy is
i've t be applied the theory Of