New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-28

been wise. dignifed. clean and prosperous snJuli
Ihlid-Tnc best Interests of all classes. rich and
poor employer and employed. manufacturer and
fourth rhe credit Of the Nation %H'" at homo and
oor0 9' me value OF our currency; the safeguard
in his pocket, wherever he may be living or travelling
are , best promoted by continuing in power the Re-
tiith-The preservation of the wage carriers from
misery and want which would follow the reduction
land demands that out of love for my fellow
should support Protection, the active pohcY Of the
sixh-The present low cos, OF living which results
from tine Poncy OF the Republican party, is m ehy
Tree A minlst atlon in power
These SIX considerations ought to be enough 10 con
vince any American citizen that 1t Is his duty TO
vote for Harrison and Reid.
No. les Clnton-st Drootlvn, Ucioocr ii, 1892
MR.. STEvENSON'S NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
TALKING OF SOUTHERN INDEBTEDNESS. But
NEVER OF SOUTHERN EEPvDIATICN
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir The Hon. A. f. Stevenson. Democratic cand
date for Vice President. ought TO post himself before
he Tugs into the present the events OF twenty
years ago. In his speech at Opeliks, Ala. october
H. he is reported to have used these wordsreferring
to the period Of Republican rule In North Carolina:
, The Republican Legislature was elected in 1868,
the bonded Indebtedness of the State OF North Carolina
was increased more than S23,OOOOOO and bonds Wcl"
issued TO the amount Of $14 10000 TOT the purpose
OF building railroads. and not mile OF railroad was
built. To-day the people Of the old North state out
M their earnings are paying interest upon those hous
Now. that statement is news to the holders OF mil
lions OF North Carolina bonds-Quoted at cents 10
10 cents the dollar-and is inexcusabe. coming
II does from seeking the second highest Office
In the cEt Of the American people. il Mr. stevenson
would post himself. he would find that. Instead Of
paying interest the bonds he refers to- the people
OF North Carolina repudated them altogether and not
content with that they Topped off GO per cent Of their
old or anti war bonds and from rs TO IS per cert Of
the debt created after the war. making the enormous
total Of such reputation S21 .6s5.O0O. Nor vas Mr..
Stevenson more accurate when b" referred to the
record OF Alabama the very people he was add essng
and BY the way II is little singular that when In
Alabama he dates upon the nidu,ies Of Repub
lcanism In North Carolina and when in North Caro-
lima upon the inQultics of Republicansm in Alabama
In his speech at Ashcville n. c. September 10. he Is
reported TO have said
During the period extending from 1868 to 1874 the
ture, Increased from $s.oo0Qc0 TO more than
$4,000 600 large part OF th,S 'masp1neSs %
were never built BY earnest effort the state was re-
deemed by the Democratic party In 1874. aud the era
What has been the result Alabama. fourteen years
later. under the government OF her own people mas
reduced her enormous debt more than one-laif
And supplements that in his Opeiha speech By
these words
Need l tell the people Of Alabama how you were
robbed by the carpetbag legislature OF your own
Ntatcl Need tell you now tiHI 'ou.N ""l WI S""
own earnings a percentage of every dollar YOU earn
is taken 10 pay the interest upon the bonds Issued by
u Republican Legislature. and put III circulation. Whin
they were I'm power md you and your children daily
paw out Of their earrings The interest on these bonds
for which YOU can never hope TO receive dime
The fact Is. that when the Democratic party TOOK
possession of the State Government in 1874 the debt
vos about S25OOO.OOO. After figuring II for a
couple OF years they adjusted" 1t 10y the issue Of
bOnd, for about eight and one hall millions and those
who didn't take this got nothing. II Mr. Stevenson
insists upon discussing ancient history instead OF the
ISSUES of today he might well do II fairly IL u
true that carpet baggers" piled up these debts. 1t
* equally true that the Democrats repudatcd them
The people who have suffered are not the taxpayers
of North Carolina and Alabama. Mr.. Stevenson
alleges. but the unfortunate hondholdcrs' OF whom hc
was evidently not one or he would have had letter
recollection Of the facts. X. Is. Sff'l'hl'
baltimore. Nd. Oct. 20. 1902.