St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-09-08
and necessitate reduction of wages
to the European standard"
A FAIR BALLOT

to the European standard"
FAIR BALLOT.
The president refers to the passage
in his last annual message to con-
gress in which he states his belief
that it is possible to secure a calm,
patriotic consideration OF such con-
stitutional or statutory changes as
may be necessary to secure the choice
of the officers of the government by
the people by fair appointments
and free elections and in reference to
this he says: 1t seems to me that an
appeal to our people to consider the
question of re- adjusting our legisla-
ton upon falr, non-partlsan lines
might find some effective response.
Many times have had occasion to
say that election methods, designed
to give unfair advantages to the
party making them, would sometime
be used to perpetuate in power
faction OF party against the will OF
the majority of the people.
OF this we seem to have an illus
tration in the recent state election IN
Alabama.
There was no republican ticket in
the field. The contest was between
white democrats. The kolb party
say they were refused the represen-
tation guaranteed by law upon the
election board, and that when the
courts, by mandamus, attempted to
right the wrong, an appeal that
could not be heard until after cleo
ton made the writs Intellectual.
The democratic party offers pro-
gramme of demolition. The protec-
tive policy, to which all business,
even that of the importer, is now ad
justed, the reciprocity policy, the
new merchant marine, all are to be
demolished, not gradually, not taken
down, but blown up. To this pro-
gramme of destruction it has added
one constructive fea ture, the re-es-
The policy of the republican party
is, on the other hand, diStinctively
policy of safe progression and de-
velopments of new factories, new
markets and new ships. 1t will sub
ject business to no perilous changes,
but offers attractive opportunities
for expansion upon familiar lines.
THE FOREIGN POLICY.
1t has been the purpose of the adj
policy not matter of partisan poll
tics, but of patriotism and national
honor; and l have very great graft
fication in being able to state that
the democratic members of the COM
mittee on foreign affairs responded
in true American spirit. I have not
hes1tated to consult freely with them
about the most confident ial and deli
cate affairs, and | frankly confess my
obligation for needed cooperation.
They did not regard a patient but |
firm insistence upon Americans rights |
and upon immunity from insult and
injury for our citizens and sailors in
foreign ports as q policy of ''irrita- |
ton and buster" They did not be-
ieve, as some others seem to believe,
that to be democrat one must take |
the foreign side ofevery international
question, if a republican administra-
ton is conducting the American side.
[ do not believe that a tame Submis-
sion to insult and outrage by any
nation at the hands of another can
ever form the basis of a lasting friend
necessary element of mutual
respect will be wanting
THE SILVER PROBLEM.
The resolution of the convention
n favor of bimetailism declares, |
-hink, the true and necessary condi-
ions OF movemcnt that has, upon
.hese lines, my cordial adherence and
l am thoroughly convinced
hat the free coinage of silver to such
alto to gold as will maintain the
equality in their commercial uses OF
he two coined dollars, would con-
luce to the prosperity of all the
great producing and commercial ma
lions Of the world.
The one essential conditions that
.hese dollars shall have and retain
an equal accepta biiity and value in
al commercial transactions. They
Are not only a medium of exchange,
but measure of values; and when
;wO unequal measures are called in
aw by the same name, commerce is
unsettled and confused and the I'M
wary and ignorant are cheated.
The letter deals with several other
matters in a like patriotic strain,
and the reader of it will lay it aside
with the conviction that the business
affairs and general prosperity of the
country will be entirely safe in the
hands of one who can write so
American a document.