The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1889-08-29
Free Coinage, at the ra
is Conducive to Prosperity.
BIaIne's Reciprocity scheme Favored
Tin-PIate Making In this country-
Figures show What Has Been
Done II sderaI Election.


OF tho president of the United States:
WAsAISCTos. ID. C., Sept. 5. lsH2
| Hos. wM McKELgY. in, and others, Com
miitce. ete.-GeniieueH: l now aSnil myself Of
the first period of relief from puhlie duties 10
respond 10 the notification which you brought
TO nc on juno ~ Of my nomination for the Of
fee % president Of tho United States by the
republican national convention, recently held
AZ Tinneapoliz
accept the nomination and am grateful for
the approval eSMessed by the Convention Of
the acts 0f tho "a -Ahlstration The great work
Of thu Fifty-irat congress has been subiected
to the revision Of democratic house OF repre-
sentatiyes, and the acts Of the executive do
partInent TO its scrutiny and investigation.
democrat!c national administration was sue
eeeded By . republican administration, and the
freshness Of events gives unusual facilities
for fair comparison and judgment There
\ has seldom been tirao / think, when change
! party involved such serious results 10 the busi-
I ness i-terests Of the country a brief review
i OF what has been done and OF what the demo-
/ cratic partY proIOses 70 undo, will justify this
( opinion The republican party during the civil
/ war devised national currency, consisting OF
/ United States notes, issued and redeeInable by
I the government. and Of national bank notes.
I based upon the security OF United States bonds
4 tax vas lowed upon tie issues Of state banks,
I and the intended result, that all such issues
| should tc Withdrawn. was realized.
Our money IS all national money! might al
1 most say International. for these bills are not
/ only equally and ind iscrim inately accepted at
I par In all The states. but IN some foreign coun
tries. The democratic party. II intr'lsted with
! the contrO. OF the government Is new pledged
10 repeal the. tax on state bank issues. with q
4 view Of putting into circulation again, under
such diYerscd legislation as the states may
adopt. food Of local bank issues. Only those
ts-fo frrw fsnf fise. va the
! Inconvenience and losses attendant upon the
use of such mouoy, can appreciate what re-
| turn to that system involves.
| The president says that few subjects have
| elected more discussion or exeiied more
general interest than that of n recovery by the
| United States OF iis appropriate share Of the
| American carrying trade This subject touches
not only or pockets but our national pride.
In speaking OF the establishment OF lines
from our South Atlantic and Gulf ports. the
president declares that the democratic party
has found no place IN It's platform for arg
menHon o. THIS important subject and has
shown It's hostility TO the general policy by re-
| fusing 10 expend an appropriation made
during the last administration Tor ocean
mau contracts with American lines, The
/ president makes a lengthy statement in
rcgard TO The reciprocity policy. II is now in
| practical operation, he says, with i've Of the
| nations Of Central and Sou.h America, San
! Islands and with Denmark ard Austria. under
sif-t.ai trade arrangements with each. He
says:
1--WE hasc only he tlin 70 realize tie benefit Of
these Trade arr 1ngBnients The work u Great
fng tust Al9H-scs .fnd 81 adapting our gyois to
uey i.tars-is iiss necessarily taken time, but
the resnls ,a-fsAdy attained ara sgch I'm
suS.- Us 10 es;lbiishin popular fay-r tho policy
~ reciprocal trs. ,e. based upon the free I'M
poztE.ion q sech ssEtieles rs d0 nos injuriousiy
cgIns eie VIA the products of our own farms,
Hlinps as q i0ties IN exchange for The free or
faNoFed nir5iEetion of our products into other
countries
"Tle DECLARATION Of the platform in favor OF
.the American dc iTine OF protection meets my
most hoartyapstroral The convention did not
adopt schedule, bu; principle thai IS TO CON
trol al tariG schedules A democratic congress
holding this vieE can not enact. nor demo
cratic PRESIDENT approve, ans taria schedule the
purpose or effect OF which is to limit importa-
Tons or 10 give any advantage - an American
workman tr produccr, u bounty might. iueec,
b. given 10 The importer under This view Of the
constitution. in order 10 increase importsiiors
and get the reyenue- -fer h rsnue oaly on TIE
limitation RECIPROCITY, te course, fails under
this deanition Tor is ob.eSt and effect is not
reYenue. bat the promotion OF commercial ex-
rilirges. the profits of which are wholly TO our
proigcsIs.
Thls destructive un-Amsrizan doc.rine was
not held ar iar-h; hy lhiF historic femo<a;.c
s.HtssneiL xhOse fumc as American patriots
has rcaehed THIS scucr1 r1tioh--scrtainiy not by
Jefferson or JACKSON This NAL crusade az iinst
| American SHOPS. tie bitter epiihe,s applied 10
sfrcsieau niaarfaei iurers, she persistent disbe
LEI 81 every report Of the opening % tin na e
mtl or of aa increase of our foreign tT1i.:s bs'
i's5eipr,sst,. =re Is surprising as they are DIS
In rsga.,i q. ~ uap.a:c Industry the
pTtsidcat says In Sp.te Of TIE doubts
raised By ihe elections OF l>.-1, ani oi tho;
rnaeiAnltors of foreign producers 10 MAIN
Fain tEeir neEoroiy Tie tifl.pla;e indus iry las
hccu established IN Tho United states, and the
alliance bstwccr Ike welsh producers and The
democratic iurtr Tor It's dcSirccti0n will not
succeed IlIa onis.'.l retarns 10 the treasury
depar tment 0f the production OF lin and tcrae
plates in the Unlul States during the last fiscal
year Show q total production Of issiO.sO
pounds and comparison Of The first luarter-
s2sg>. poands, with the last s.Ugofs0 pounds
shows the rapid development Of the izdusiry.
Over G0D0j1 pounds during tie last quarter
were made frOli merirnn black plates a1d the
remainder from fcTeiel plates.
No intelligent advocate Of protective tariff
claims that Il T. soi, q itself 10 maintain uni
form rate Of wages without regard 10 hueiua-
items in the supply Of and demand for the pro-
ducts OF labor. Bat it is confidently claimed
that protective duties strongly isEd 10 hold up
wages aud are the only barrier against redue-
tiou 10 the European scale
l am thoroughly convinced that the free
coinage OF silver n such ratio 70 gold as
will maintain the equality In their CONNER
cial uses OF the two coined dollars would con
dnce 10 the pros Perity Of all the great pro-
ducinr and commercial nations 5f the world
The one essential condition Is that these dollars
! shall have and retain m equal aceepfebility
and value in all commercial transactions They
| are not orly a medium OF EXCHANGE but q meas
urc oi value. and when two uncqsial measures
aTv cl,lcl in E.~ by the same nanc commerce
| i ursstilci AMI confused. aud The unWary and
| frnorsni are cheated Dollars % ys.icQtisl com
racrciai value Siil no; circulate together. The
better dollar is wiihdraxa aEl hsccmes
rerehaniisc. The truo interest oi all
or people. and especially Of the farmers
and wnrEizS people. who eau NOT closely
observe The money market. Is shz, eveSy dollar,
pai.-r or coin. isstiei or su;horiE 4 ty Tho gov
trlfnent shah a. all times and n ~ is E-es te
ticezart clrivaleat nor caiy iE deb; paving,
hut 81 guschssirs power, os any ctits Dollar.
II scc-sis 10 me sh.t IN anrcai y our reorle 10
consider the question OF re-aaius,ias oar iegis-
iaiion upon absolutely fair noa-par,is-n lines
might anI sorrc elective response. Many times
IhsVc had occasion to say that laws and cleo
lion methods, designed "a. give unfair advan-
i4ge tp The party making tlem. would some
lines 10 used 10 ptrpctuaie in power
faction oi iarty against the will Of
the nia50yisy q The people Ot this We seem 10
have an Illustration IN the recent state election
in Mariana rhcrc was no republican ticket in
the acid The cdEtcsi Was between white dem
ocTals The ko,bfariy say they we're refused
the REPRESENTATIONS guaranteed by Law upon the
eieet,o boap,ls, ard thar wien the courts hy
manddiaus. attempted TO right this wrcng an
api,cal that ecnsd not he heard until after elec.
ton made ihc wrlss incncclnal. Rallot,boxes