Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-09-09

count; adyocates firmness in our dealings
with other nations; gives figures showing
the wonderful increase in our commerce,
and is in favor Of letting well enough
alone.
PRESS COMMENTS
The letter of President Harrison accept
ing the Republican nomination for second
tsrm is the most complete and incisive
discussion Of the issues Of the day made of
late wears. It reviews the whole list Of
questions to be decided by the pending
campaign, and constitutes an exhaustive
statement of the Republican attitude.
The President shows keen judgement in
taking rp first of AL the need of preserving
3 stable and uniform national currency.
The sop thrown by the Democratic plat
form to the Southern hunger for imitation,
BY proposing to revive the old State bank
issues, il too favorable chance to be neg
lected, The letter convincingly shows
the ell Of reviving the old system under
which man In Pittsburg could not be
certain what the bank bills in his pocket
would be worth If he journeyed to Gleve-
land, and plainly places before the people
the results Of voting for such policy.
Tho Importance Of reviving the ocean car
rying trade il next discussed. In connect
ion with It the extension Of commerce with
American nations is fully set forth with o
graceful acknowledgement of J. the great
credit due to Secretary Blaine for the yigor
with which he pressed that policy to
SUCCESS. The statistics presented az to the
increase of exports Of agricultural products
under this policy are fresh and convinc-
ing.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Republican Congress, to recover
our share Of the ocean carrying trade and
save the millions paid to foreigners, passed
. law to encourage ehipbuilding, and as .
result Of it sixteen steamers have been
built, and four moro are under way, which
flying the British flag belong to the Brit
ish naval reserve. The Democratic party
has in its declaration of principles nothing
on this patriotic policy, and the Democrat
10 Congress showed hostility to it by re-
fusing 70 expend an appropriation made
for ocean mail contracts with American
lines. !,
The. Republican Congress provides for
reciprocity, which has been steadily and
greatly enlarging our field of trade while
not iniuring homo industries. The DEM
ocratiC party seeks to overthrow both.
The Republican party in reference to the
tariff does not declare for q schedule, but
for . principle governing all schedules, the
object being to protect the wages Of work
ingmen and the prosperity Of our industries.
The Democratic party has practically de-
clared that if 1t obtains power it will make
. tariff without reference to either.
The President scores hit which even
his opponents will have to acknowledge
when he points to the recent Alabama e.
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supervision. There was no outcry against
ton methods that were invented to make
Alabams Democratic were exercised by
the one Democratic faction against the
other, and the men who were elected were
defrsuded of their Offices by ballot box
stufing and false counting. Heretofore
this sort Of business has been considered q
virtuous exercise ofpublic duty in Alabama,
but now the outcry from the throats of the
faction which was cheated has set Demo
carts all over the South to seriously con.
sidering whether dishonest election meth
DDS are safe weapons to juggle with.
-Pittsburg Times.
Passing In conclusion to the tariff question
Mr.. Harrison says the platfor m declara-
ton Gin favor Of the American doctrine
Of protection meets my hearty approval.
The majority report of the Democratic
platform committee is quoted and then the
minority report, which was adopted, to
show the unequivocal free trade position
Of the Democracy, which meets as unquali.
fed disapproval as the doctrine of protec-
tion does approval. There is not dodge
or quibble In the letter. 1t is direct, hon
est and forceful and is splatform on which
every Republican and every honest Amer
lean can proudly stand -Pittsburg Gazette,
JUDGMa from the inHammatory edito-
rials, personal attacks, and sensational re-
ports in certain public journals, one of the
last things that man ought to aim at in
this land is success and eminence in his
business, especially if 1t be one requiring
the investment Of large amount of capital
and the employment of large number Of
operatives. Non of large means in such
positions at once become the target fol
sensational journals. who offer absurd sug.
sestions, assail them with personal abuse,
or attack them a. ''robber barons," purse
proud millionaires, +" "aristocrats," and the
like. Yet these very men have built up
great industries, increased tho wealth Of
the community, given employment to
thousands, and been liberal in their charl-
ties and public gifts. All that they have
done, however in this direction is forgot
ten, because while benefitting others they
havs enriched themselves. They have sim
ned in being successful, while others with
less talent, genius, and brains have failed
or plodded on In hopeless mediocrity.-Er.
ASAS FRANCISCO murderer, whose oxe-
cution was postponed by the Sheriff on &C.
count of legal advice, is now said to be
"judicially dead, '" and the judge says he
cannot sentence him again, now that the
time set for his execution has passed. The
murderer Is, In the law, dead, and as 1t is
not usual to hang dead men, he will escape
the penalty of his crime. This is probably
the first case of the kind on record.
TAIrox HALL, who was hung at Wise
Court House in Virginia, last Friday, was
mountain terror in his day, and was dis
credited with ninety nine murders.
AT the meeting of the Republican County
Committee of Mercer County, Tuesday,
the popular vote system of making nomi-
nations was adopted by vote Of 146 to 4.
The Conference.
The conferees of Messrs Greer and Wal.