Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1892-10-06
Mr.. Oleyelaud's Letter,

tx President tlevelsnds wsrmest All
mlrers Will rise from the peru-al Of his
letter of acceptance with sense OF deep
disappointment. Il i scarcely conceivable
that any one of them wii! tH.uk * the
strongest paper he has given To the public,
Yet II La been months III preparation, aud
the oc.a-i.,u called for the BEST eA position
IN hI> y 'wvr IF The purposes snd pFiuC-
pie. Of his party IL ICES not compare at
all in force or directne-s with the boli
tariff message which opened the wsy for
Ms nomination mud deiest in ISIS, Even
rs- adrolt than his speech at Madison
Square Garden, It will De pronounced ~
nearly all Democrats feeble Performance
10 comparison with the speech Of Senator
Hin 1t BROOKLYN, g. an effort to reconcile
The declarations of his party with tie
necessities of American industry. liz read-
ing II one l. impressed with the feeling
that II ) evas've and feeble because Mr.
Cleveland no longer dares 70 challenge
direct verdict Of the people upon his own
real convictions or the avowtd purposes
OF his party.
True, he says enough - beirsy the fact
that bis beliefs have not changed. The
fsvorlte ideas and catchword- of the ultra
Free Trader still crop out, In spite Of the
extreme caution OF the candidate 10 pick
still calls protective tariff one for the
express purpose and intent of promoting
especial Interests aLd enterprises, declares
such tariff clearly contrary 10 the spirit
OF the constitution" and stigmatize- a.
false pretence the CAIN that protective
tariff is necessary in order that high wages
may he paid TO workingmen. He does not
expressly say. a. be has 80 often said that
the whole amount of the duty l. sd3ef to
the price paid by consumers but he call.
il sophistry To claim that taxation does NOT
result from s protective duty, or thsi the
tax j. paid by the foreigner. Bot while
me peculiar errors Of the radical Free
Trader ind frrqleA expression, s. ( half
uncouscion,iy, there l. constant and
labored effort TO make 1t appear tlist n
some mysterious way. which he does not
attempt TO exp ain. the declared objects of
his party can be- attained without harm 10
sny American industry. While he 'op-
poses the theory that laws may he passed
discriminating in favor Of private vent
ures, he yet asserts that he and his party
wage no DISCRIMINATING war against any
American industry" After reiteratng
Free Trade ideas, he affects To scof at the
fear Of impossible Free Trade"
This is no longer the voice Of the out
spoken and ms-terful man who demanded
free trade in wool, and forced his party to
take his own platform. Instead Of any
/ definite plan or suggestion whatever, he
offers only this singularly evasive utter
snce We believe REIMBURSEMENT can Ne
accomplished. in accordance with the
principles We profess. without disaster or
| demolition. We believe the advantage of
freer raw materials should be accorded to
our manufacturers, and we contemplate a
fair and careful distribution of necessary
1 tarlf burdens rather than precipitation Of
Free Trade. CoDtrasted with Mr.. Cleve-
/ lands past utterances. this means simply
| that the candidate apprehends defeat 1t
| would be an insult TO his Intelligence to
suppose him not aware that the manufac-
ture OF tin plates and of cotton ties, just
esta tljshed here by means of duties In the
tariff of 1890, would not be exterminated
by the acts of repeal passed by the last
| Democratic House. Yet he processes to
desire mo discriminating war against anv
| Industry. and no disaster or demolition"
| What he really means Is to have people
believe that he does not favor the measures
and the policy TO which mis- party is com
mitted, and vet every man of sense knows
that it is too late
MI Cleveland is not more explicit in re-
gard to the silver question. His words.
taken apart from the vote of his party for
unlimited coinage of silver, might almost
be adopted by Republican but. coming
from the chosen candidate of that party.
they appear carefully chosen to avoid an
tagonlzlng Its known purposes. Regard
| Ing the freedom of elections, he has only
| this bald and unfounded assumption to
| offer. that interference with the control
| of suffrage by the States" discloses a parti.
san purpose to overturn the Fundamental
roll hat
their government" If this can be dignified
with the name of argument, it is much the
/ weakest argument yet offered against the
exercise of power granted Ia express
| terms by the constitution to Congress-
| 1t is not for what 1t says or omits to
| say on minor topics that the letter of Mr..
| Cleveland will be judged. He rightly
treats the tariff question as more directly
| involved in the election than any other.
| and devotes more than half of his space to
painfully labored and weak effort to
| smooth over the rugged declaration of his
party, the uncompromising measures to
| which 1t has committed itself, and his own
| aggressive and vigorous utterances prior
| to the Rhode Island election. 1t seems to
| be the truth that Mr. Cleveland learned
something from the stunning Democratic
| defeat which followed his speech In Proyi-
dence. Apparently they tell the truth who
say that Mr.. Cleveland was correctly rep
| resented at the last National Convention
| by those who wanted to evade and dodge
the very issue upon which his nomination
had been demanded. This. at least, is GER
tain: his latest utterance will not crafty
those who have rejoiced In his fearless
zeal for reform 1t is much to be doubted
whether it will moderate the antagonism
of single believer in the defence and
maintenance of American industries-N.
7. Tribune