The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-10-19
Reds LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE.
The Republican Candidate For
Pice.President
Addresses N Lengthy Communication, to
the Chairman of tho Notifying Conn
"ittee-He Argues Tint Protective
Tariff Is NOs Unconstitutional and En-
""rseS the Whole of the Republican
Platform

NEW YORK, Oct. 1s-lSpeciall-
Whitelaw Reds letter of a, ceptance-
addressed to the chairman OF the Repub-
mean notification committee, is made
public TO- night.
when the nomination." said Mr..
Reid, with which the national conyen-
ton has honored me was formally an.
nounced by your committee accepted
1t at once. In doing so accepted also
the principles set forth in the resolu-
lions adopted by the convent ton as the
OASIS CT my appeal to popular suffrage.
10 do other or less than this is, to anv
honorable man, an i.npossibility. To
accept its nomination without intending
to carry out its principles would be as
olsnonoraole and as criminal as to pro-
cure goods under false preteuses. There
Will De 40 misunderstanding rs so the
purposes of the Republican party in this
contest and no doubt as to the attitude
OF it's candidates.
What 1T Intends 1t has set forth in
language that cannot te mistaken, and
they will strive by all lawful means in
their power TO enforce its plainly ex-
pressed will Since my interview with
your committee, further reflection and
Careful attention TO the arguments ON
both sides in the current public discus
sion, have confirmed nv belief in the
wisdon OF tho Repu blican declarations,
as well as in the lucid candor with
which they have been presented. The
party platforms, SO called, arc more i'm.
portant THIS year than usual Both
leading candidates have once COM
manded tho approval OF American
people in It's highest form OF expression.
Attention Is therefore concentrated
less on tue men themselves and more
on the principles, each Is put forward tn
re present, and Won d. in case of election.
be required TO carry OUT. che declara-
ton OF our opponent demands still closer
scrutiny, since their victory would give
them the hrst opportunity they have had
since 1889 to put in pract ice their policy,
Never, since that date have they had
control at once both in the executive
and legislative dopai tments of the Gov.
eminent.
This year the election OF u Presiden.
ciesriY carries with it rnajorities in
both Houses of Congress. Il is obvious
that, in the common juisuent OF the
people in all parts OF Tho country, the
really vital issues which this wear
divide the parties and d. land popular
decision, are those relating to the tariff
and currency Fortunately both sidss
have stated their positions on these SUBJ
Jects with directness, simplicity and
frankness."
On the subject of currency, the letter
says the issue is as almost as sharplv
defined as On the tariff and CHARGES
that the Democrats demand that the
national bank currency shall be broken
by the repeal OF the State bank cur
rency tax. In regard TO silver the let
ter says there is good reason to hope for
some practical union Of effort for the
common solution OF that problem
through the international conference.
but In any event the country has
learned, on all such questions. to trust
Inc financial skill and integrity Of the
Republican party and distruse it's opoo-
nentS.
Reld then argues that pr elective tariff
is not unc )nstitu tional and Quotes
George Ticknor Curtis as high Demo-
cratic authority in accord with himself:
portrays the magnificent results under
protective tariff, examples of which are
increased wages, production and pros.
perlty of manufacturers under that
benign influence as established by Now
fork's commissioner OF labor statistics,
savings bank commissioner and board OF
equalization, and by similar statistics
in Massachusetts, and New Jersey.
The force bill scarcely calls for a
notice. The subject is dismissed with
n brief paragraph in which tho Demo.
cratic attitude on the subject is de-
scribed as gre tesque. The revival of
American shipping is then touched
upon, and in the concluding paragraph,
upon tho ground that one good turn de-
serves another, tho letter sets forth the
services rendered to the county by
President Harrson's administration
and argues therefrom that he should be-
reelected