The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-11-04
GERMANS SPEAK.
THEY TELL WHY THEY SUPPORT
HARRISON FOR PRESIDENT.

Some Important Suggestions Which Every
German Voter Will Read = Views of
Many Prominent German american Cit
liens.
The following letter addressed to "all
voters Of German descent" has been is
sued by large number of leading Ger
man-American citizens of New York:
Recognizing the great commercial and in
dustrial Importance of the approaching presi-
Dental election to our adopted fatherland, and
being fully convinced that the Republican
party not only represents the best interests of
the nation, but Is ever most actively engaged
to further them, the undersigned citizens of
German descent have constituted themselves
a committee to work for the election of the
standard bearers Of that party. We have no
active connection with politics, but as citizens
and business men who realize that the pros
perity of this country is due to the wise COM
mercial policy of the Republican party, we
consider 1t our duty to give energetic express
sion to our convictions, and to oppose the vague
theories of the free traders, which have no
substantial basis in fact.
The Republican party has, true to its tradi-
tions, declared itself for the protection of our
industries and for honest money. The Demo-
cratic party has declared itself for unlimited
free trade and for return to that dangerous
system of state banks which in times past af-
fected our commerce so dsastrously. 1t was
the small business man and the workman who
were chiefly injured by that system, and it is
these men who will be injured If it is reintro-
duced.
Both free trade and protection have been
sufficiently tested. The direct consequence Of
the free trade legislation of 1888 was the mark
ed decline In our national prosperity, which
eliminated in the great commercial crisis of
1887. Protection took the place of the tariff
for revenue only; the country recovered, COM
merce and industry thrived, till in 1916 the
tariff was again reduced and the terrible panic
of 1857 was the result Again the people of the
United States declared for protection. The
consequence was a development of all our
national resources beyond the widest expec-
tation and a general prosperity such as the
world had never seen before
When Grover Cleveland true to the reac-
tionary principles of the Democratic party, de-
clared himself for free trade in his message of
Dec. o, 1887, the people. mindful of the bad ex-
periences which it had made in the past with
free trade, rejected the Democratic party and
again intrusted the government of the nation
to the Republican party.
Never was the balance of trade so favorable
to us as now; never was the prosperity of the
whole country so general; never were the wage
earners so well off.
The legislative activity of the Fifty first con-
gress and the shameful inactivity and uncer-
tainty N the Fifty-second congress sufficiently
illustrated the difference between the parties.
Both the presidential candidates have been
tried by the people: both have served full
presidential term: their administrations belong
to history.
Every reason given in the year 1888 for the
election of Harrison is valid today, only in a
higher degree. Through his firm stand on the
silver question he saved the country from q
great financial crisis
Disdaining grandiioquent promises and pre-
ferring to gain the respect of his fellow citi-
zens by blameless administration, President
Harrison has fearlessly defended the honor
and dignity of the nation, and has once more
forced from foreign nations that respect for
the stars and stripes which had been almost
entirely lost under Cleveland. Under Presi-
dent Harrison civil service reform has been
reality, while his appointments to the most
prominent offices are admitted even by his
most bitter poIiticsl enemies to be unassailable.
If we compare with this the administration
of Grover Cleveland, we find that in spite of
bombastic promises of reform in the civil
service, the spoilsmen never since the days OF
Jackson raised their heads so boldly as when
Grover Cleveland, through Adlai E. Steven
son. deposed 44,000 postmasters who had
honestly and faithfully administered their
offices to make room for the Democratic place
hunters who were to help him to a second
term of the presidency. Not only has Mr..
Cleveland been untrue to all his pledges of re-
form, but as matter of fact he has ever
yielded to the worst elements of his party
whenever his personal interests were at stake,
and in this very campaign we find him allied
in the closest possible way with Tammany
Hail.
The letter is signed by DR.. William
Balser, 9. F. Balzer, Julius Bien, Julius
Bien, Jr., S. Bachman, Emil BerolZhei-
mer, Blumenthal Bros. q Co.. DR.. p. A.
E. Boetzkes, Julius Brunn, Gustav Blum
& Bros, Henry Brennich, Herman Can
tor, George Dennerlein, Leopold Deutch-
berger, Alfred Dodge, Frederick FLAG
Gus, p. Goepel, William F. Grell, f. W.
Hollis, Charles Horn, G. A. q. Inte-
mann, Max Jaegerhuber, Gustave l..
JAEGER, Gustave Ii. Jaeger, Sit. Carl
Kapff, DR.. Hermann Kudlich, Adolph
Kuttroff, William FL. Klencke, S. j.
Lessen, Lucius N. Littauer, Joseph
10th 81 Co., Charles Maurer,
Paul H.. Mehlien, Henry Merz, Carl
Merz, DR.. N. w. Muller, G. w. Neuling,
George Rau, William Reichman, Henry
w. f. Schulz, Nicholas Schultz, Charles
Splitdorf, Charles Stahl, Moritz Seckal,
Ralph Traufmann, Edward Vorster, Will
liam Vigelius, DR.. Ii. j. Wackerbarth,
William Wicke, Wurzburger, Gold
schmidt & Co., Henry Zimmerer; from
Newark, DR.. Edward j. Ill, Fred Kuhn,
j. l.. Kufer, Herman Lehilbach, Carl
Lentz, Paul Roder, Carl F. Seitz, Julius
Stapff, r. G.. Solomon, and from Brook
lyn, Louis Bossert, Herman Liebmann,
Charles Naeher, John Rueger and Il. q.
Roehr.
GEMS FROM GROVER,