Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-09-18
POLITICAL LETTER WHITING.

Hon. James O. Blaine last week /
wrote an open letter 10 Jos. II. Manley,
chairman Of the Republican State
committee at Bangor, Me, on the sub |
ject OF reciprocity-th old Democratic !
measure abolished by the Republicans
in 1861. II then existed where it
would do some good. for il united Cam
ada in commercial intercourse with
the United States, and among other
benefits relieved the farmers Of Iowa,
Illinois. Indiana, Kansas, Nebraska
and some other prairie states in less
degree OF a two dollar tax on each
thousand feet OF lumber produced in
Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota,
where the lands are being much de
pleted of timber which gives the lum-
bermen an opportunity Of forming
trusts and claiming their own price
inside OF the protective limit. The
Democratic party was preparing TO
extend this principle to other nation
alities when the election OF Lincoln in
1860 put an end to further negotia-
tons, not with trifiing South American
republics, but with other nationalities
where some benefits would accrue OF a
nature worthy of consideration. II
required almost generation TO pass
away hefoie the Republicans, who had
bitterly opposed the measure in its
infancy, could see any good resulting
from it, and they are now applying it
in the most gingerly manner. Mr..
Blaine's letter is mostly devoted to
this subject, which thirty years o
would have caused his Reputation by
his party. In his reference to the
tariff Mr.. Blaine quotes Jefferson as IA
protectionist. Times have changed
since that great apostle OF human lib
erty presided over the destinies of this
nation. 4 high tariff in his days
: ment nine or thirteen per cent ON the
: value of imports and not from thirty
:, TO one hundred and sixty per cent
: Such n tariff 40 this country has now
j, would have driven the taxpayer, who
are the consumers, wild in those days
( and have endangered civil strife. I'm
4 like Harrison, Blaine is an able man
\ but he must touch history very lightly
/. and avoid details when he treads on
such dangerous ground. His relianc G
y can only be the political ignorance OF
: the people. Ii the masses knew the
Y facts he would never have dared al
{, lude to what was called protection in
the days Of Washington, Adams OF
S jefferson. History tells us that even
y during the administration OF Madison
10 American cruisers put to sea with pen
" nants from their mastheads flying
,e upon which were inscribed Free Trade
?, and Sailors Rights"
President Harrison's letter of nc
r. ccptance is wonderful production
i and tends TO show the folly Of hercdit-
!, airy Succession. The forces of nature
v that go TO make up the intellectual de-
u velopmeuts Of man never exhausted
a Themselves upon his dis,ingu-
e ished grandfather who gained notorrty
A. in the early days OF the republic on
e account oi battle in which his troops
ID come oil victorious in an encounter
y with Miami Indians on the banks oi
= the Wabash Such "A letter OF accept
Is ance was never before written by amy
,e candidate, and instead Of taxing the
d press Of the country with its publlca'
i, ton and wearing out the energies Of
g telegraph operators It seems surprising
\ he did not publish il in book form.
I lie argues public questions from the
! standpoint OF n pcttiiogger In reh.
= ton TO reciprocity he relates to the
|. people that 1t was the cause OF the
It increased imports oi last year, WHEN
there is scarcely school hay who
y does not understand that they were
. caused hy nm abundance in America
/, and famine abroad. He hints that
: the force bin should be passed and
4 gives rs a reason that an election was
I recently held in Alabama where one Of
the parties was not properly repre-.
7 scented on the election board aud that
il was so late that maudamuS could
not be heard IN court To right the
! wrong before the election. The same
; state Of affairs exists in Idaho 10 day.
Is that any reason why inspectors
! should bee appointed from Washing.
: ton for life and federal election law
: control the polls of this Stntr2 II Is
generally conceded that The Boar Lake
: Mormon case can not, or rather will
not be heard until after election, but
, President Harrison does not hold that
up as an illustration. lie wants "a
free hallot and inir count" hnt does
not even refer To Camas, Moody Creek.
Eagle Rock or the false returns from
the north that induced the Republican
candidate for Congress Ia skulk out 81
the Territory between the sitting and
the rising Of the sun IN the fall oi 1881,
irom fear 81 the penitentiary. Har-
rison's whole letter il digest ~ the
lowest character Of newspaper articles
wherein, il lac does not actually falslfy,
hp nevertheless attempts Ia create a
false impression. The letter will in
!, lure Mr.. Harrison with thinking, ia
/ tpllipent and flir-nIind,4d people who