The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1892-09-08
MIR. HARRISON'S LETTER.
He Accepts the Nomination to the
Presidency

He Accepts the Nomination to the
Presidency.
| President Harrison has at last sent
to VIM. Mckinley, of the committee
on notification, his acceptance of the
| nomination rendered him June Goth.
He alludes to the plank in the Dem
ocratic platform pledging the re-
| peal of the tax on State bank
issues and condemns that policy He
| claims that under the present system
Bank failures have brought no
| fright, delay or loss to the bill hol-
| ders. The note of an insolvent bank
is as good and as current as a treas
| ury ote-for the credit of the United
| States is behind it,
He dwells at some length on the
] subject OF an ocean carrying trade.
and favOrs the government encour-
aging it by paying high prices for an
ocean mail transportation or by Il
| bonus for ships which shall be SO con-
| Structed as in times of war may be
! turned over to the government for
| use as battle-shIps.
RECIPROCITY.
He is high in his praises of the Re
| ciprOcity system, and mentions the
| fact that reciprocal trade relations
exist between the United States and
five other nations, namely, Central
and South America, San Domingo.
the Spanish and British West India
Islands, and with Germany and Aus
tria. He says in speaking of Recip-
rOcity: ''Great credit is due to Mr..
Blaine for the yigor with which he
pressed this upon our country"
PROTECTION.
''The declaration of the platform in
favor Of'the American doctrine of pro-
lection meets my most hearty APP
proval. Under a more courageous
leadership. the Democratic party has
now practically declared that. if given
power, it will enact a tariff law with
out any regard to it's effect upon wa
geS or upon the capital invested in
our industries. There is not q thought
full business man in the country who
does not know that the enactment
into law of the declaration of the
Chicago convention upon the subject
of the tariff would at once plunge the
country into business CONFUSION
such as it has never seen: and there is
not thoughtful workingman who
does not know that it would at once
enormously reduce the amount of
work to be done in this country. by
the increase of importations that
would follow and necessitate reduc-
ton of his wages to European STAN
dard.
In spite of the doubts raised by the
elections of 1890, and of the machin-
ations of foreign producers to main
tain their monopoly, the tin-plate
industry has been established in the
United States. and the Alliance be-
tween the Welsh producers and the
Democratic party for its destruction
will not succeed.
Il greatly regret that all employers
Of 1.,1<
and that capital sometimes takes too
large share of the profits. But | do
not see that these evils will be anne
liOrated by a tariff policy, the first
necessary effect of which is severe
wage cut and the second a large dim
mutton of the aggregate amount of
work to be done il this country.
THE Southern States have had a
liberal participation in the benefits of
tariff law, and, though their Represen-
tatives have generally opposed the
protection, l rejoice that their sugar,
rice, coal, ores, iron, fruits, Gotten
cloths and other products have not !
been left to the fate which the votes
of their Representatives would have |
brought upon them.
FREE COINAGE.
''I am thoroughly convinced that |
the free coinage of silver, at such a |
ratio to gold as will maintain the |
in their commercial uses of |
the two coined dollars. would conduce |
to the prosperity of all the great pro- /
ducing and commercial nations of the |
world.
THE FORCE BILL.
1T seems to me that an appeal to
our people to consider the question of |
readjuSting our legislation upon abso-
lutely fair, non-partisan lines might
find some effective response. Many
times have had occasion to say that
laws and election methods designed to
give unfair advantage to the party max
ing them would some time be used to
in power a faction of IA party
against the will of the majority of the
people. OF this we seem to have an
in the recent State cleo
ton in Alabama. There was no Re
publican ticket in the field. The con
est was between white democrats.
The Kolb party say they were refus ed
Ipon the election boards; and that
when the courts by mandamus at
,empted to right this wrong an appeal
hat could not be heard until after
jhe election made the writS ineffect-
lal. Ballot boxes were thrown out |
or alleged irregularities, or destroyed:
md it is asserted on behalf of one-half |
1t least of the voters of Alabama that
he officers to whom certificates had
been given were not honestly elected.
II shall again urge upon Congress
hat provision be made for the APP
continent of a non-partisan commits
ion to consider the subject of | :
and elections in their ,
citation to the choice of Federal
,fficers."
Mr.. Harrison commends the civil {
ervice law, the State and national
public educational systems, the work5
# the Department of Agriculture,
md the foreign policy of his admins .
ration.