Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-08
Praise for tbe Pre,Ident.

rendered to the Hon. Mathew 8. Quay for the
honorable and masterful way in which he con-
Quoted that campaign.
Praise for the President.
We cordially indorse the administration OF
President BENJAMIN Harrison because it
steadily devotes itself to the work of a broad
and intelligent administration by competent
and trusty officials, and makes its rules of in
flexible duty the faithful observance, not the
hypocritical evasion, of the public statutes; be-
cause it proposes honestly to collect and
honestly to disburse the proceeds of public
taxation, and seeks so to adjust the burdens
thereof that those persons and interests able
to bear the most shall bear the most, and those
able to bear less shall bear the least and that
in all cases the vexatious and inquisitorial
forms of taxation shall be first reduced and
abolished; because it is pledged to give to suf-
fering communities in need help in the
necessary work OF public education, in order
that thereby the citizenship of this coun-
try may be elevated; because it aims to
secure by adequate legislation; we protest
against the ohense Of suppressed and mis-
counted ballots, of perverted returns and false
certificates of election, and of murderous
methods of maintaining the insufferable
wrongs which now stain the records of South
ern States, and touch the honor of the South
ern people, making of elections in most of those
States fraud or farce, whose fruits are large
represent these States in the legislative halls
of the nation, and because, more than all else,
II makes as its cardinal aim in foreign affairs
the vindication of the rights of America and
the defense of the honor, safety and dignity Of
all Americans, and in domestic affairs the de-
velopment of our own resources, the advance
ment of our own interests, the enlargement of
our industries and the up-building of the labor
of our own people, against all which the Demo
cratic party stands as an ever-present danger
ana menace.
The Benefits of Protection.
Protection" is the corner stone of political
faith. Its greatest blessing is that in protect
ing the American laborer and manufacturer it
and builds up all interests, result
ing in the promotion of . great diversity of
business enterprises and home market. It
thereby nurtures not only the interests pri-
marily and directly protected, but all interests,
particularly agriculture, which finds in the
certainty and higher prices Of home marketsits
great advantage. Pennsylvania Democrats
have, until recently, claimed the unique dis
tinction OF being Democratic ITotectionists.
At last, however, the controlling element in
that party, not only in the nation, but in the
State has unequlvocally announced its an
tagonism to protection. 1t is our duty to take
sSs 0i w
mocracy It's death blow In Pennsylvania.
II prot ection to American industry be the
cornerstone OF % our political faith, then protsc,
Union ID its capstone. We reverence the MEM
ory of those intrepid martyrs who gave up their
lives upon the field of battle. and of those other
heroes, burdened with years and covered with
scars, who have since gone to their rest. But
tears will not suffice for the tens Of thousands
of brave soldiers who still survive We advo-
cate such amendments to the pension laws as
will make adequate provisions Tor all honestly
discharged veterans of the late war whose ad-
vancing years, wounds or other infrmities dis
Those who saved the nation from dissolution
should be saved by the nation from penury,
and we heartily commend the wise and friendly
hberality shown by Commissioner Tanner to
brother soldiers in the conscientious discharge
of the duties of his office.
The Brooks Law Commended.
The Republican party having in 1885 de-
clared in favor of the submission of the ques-
tion of the prohibition of the manufacture and
sale of intoxicating liquors to the vote of the
people, and having in two successive Legisla-
lures through the method ordained by the
constitution and in spite Of Democratic oppo-
sition provided the machinery for reaching
fair expression of the public sentiment and the
vote, to secure which it was pledged having
been taken, declares that 1t has fully and
konorably fulfilled its compact in this regard.
In view Of the result Of the said election, and
having regard for the preservation of the
purity of the homes of our commonwealth, we
heartily indorse the Brooks high license law
and recomm end such amendments thereto as
will tend to its proper and progressive improve
ments and also bring within its scope the con-
troll of wholesale licenses.
We indorse the action OF the last Legislature
in providing for the appointment of commits
sions to revise and consolidate the laws relat-
ing 70 the construction and Improvement of the
public highways of this Commonwealth and to
consider the subject Of local taxation with a
view to a reasonable and just equalization
thereof. These are questions of vital concern
to the people of Pennsylvania, particularly to
those engaged in agricultural pursuits, and
should, as they doubtless will, receive careful
and intelligent consideration from the re-
spective legislative commissions.
Beavers Administrator Indorsed.
The administration of Governor Beaver con-
tinues to merit the confidence and approval of
the Republicans of Pennsylvania. From its in
ception it has been able, dignified and clean in
every department and deserves the continued
respect and approval of the citizens of the