Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-10-19
WHITELAW REID
Makes Public His Letter of
Acceptance.
HE SAYS ALL ISSUES ARE PLAIN
That Platforms Win Be More Considered This
Year Than Ever.
Makes a Long Argument For a Protective
Tarin-The Silver Question The Other
Great Issue Involved Personally
oil Candidates Not In IL
SAYS ALL ISSUES ARE PLAIN

NEW YORK, Oct. 1S.-The following ,s
the letter OF acceptance OF Whitelaw
Reid, Republican candidate for vice
president:
Hon. w. Il. Durbin, Anderson, Ind.
DEAR SIR:-When the nomination
with which the national convention
hOnored me was formally announced by
the committee, accepted 1t at once.
In doing SO, | accepted also the princi-
pies set forth in the resolutions adopted
by the convention as the basis
of appeal to popular suffrage.
To do OF or less than this
is to any } o. 10 man possible. A
political 7 &s ,o13, ssociation Of cit
liens seek. "hSh a government
conducted ii. cS a. "SAo with our
views and pres. ~ HT1e, 2didates
whom IL strives toN 'fot nat pur-
pose. To accept a nj ZION with
out intending to carry out. principles
would be as dishonorable and ias Grim
inal as TO procure goods under false
pretenses. Party platforms so-called
ARE MORE IMPORTANT
this year than usual. Both the lead
ing candidates have once commanded
the approval Of the American people
in its highest form Of expression At
tention therefore Is concentrated less
on themselves and more on the prin-
ciples each is put forward TO represent
and would in case Of election be car
ried out. The declarations Of our
opponents demand still closer scrutiny,
since their victory now would give
them the first opportunity they have
lev never sibce thai date have tbev
had control nj once nj hoth the avccn-
five and legiala+ive dnnart-
ments of tbe qovernment
Tbis wear tbe election for nresident
clearly carries Win IL maiorities in
botb Houses nj congress It's obvious
that In tha common iudgment of tbe
neonle of ali narts of the country the
really vital issues which tbis year
divide the narties and demand nonular
daoisin,, aro tbosa .aio+inc 20 faritr
and c,irrencv Fnrt1nafelv both
si5as bara ,to+ad tbai,. nositions
an tbeso subiects y,itb direct.
nass si,r,lic,ty and fuiiness Wo
ta,,,,,. ,,,.a1acti,;a .srih and u,bar in
mil mower made The nresent one. Our
ont,dna,,ts Iayo,. iariT To-. ,evanue
XXI, a,,d ,ro,,isa +,,a ranoal ~ the
S,rass',,+ ,,a W. r,aiY,+.in +bat tba tnr-
n should cover the differenco in cost Of
~ il,,,, ~ fa,.iT,, ,,,,,d,,ct cansod IN,
tbe NdjTc,.ar,co IN home and foreign
uno as ior ia ,S a1,ninnod rnon 4, oar
,ts,,,,,.,t, SSs.i,,,,iI,,' ,,er,idfa+ad the
r.ip,,it;o,, ~. ,,o,,;,,,, waco be
i5'.nd Il, ~, ,,,at+a,. and daeIared
a tarifg leviad for anvthing hut revenue
only was unconstitutional. We favor
my t,,st ~ Ia, yybicb When we think tbe
s.o,,y,1,.,, IL ,!oa5,, fo,. +bo reduction and
o ebaiitiS6r ~ dntiee We insist mon
getting a corresnonding and reciprocal
advantages from foreign countries as TO
T., VI s,,' rn,:I,nts Onr an
, 49, dn1onnce tba recinrocitv as n
P onou'7 III ti,,,,afora inridSptalIv
s,itiiz t ~ 90 lie ranaai
PIN M ~ iss,,os Ans nresented for
the decision Of the American people
cover moro comprehensive and more
specifically than ever before the wide
range of consideration relating to the
protective tariff; Its constiiutionality,
| its expediency, its relation to wages,
its practical workings and the question
whether as it is from time to time re-
| duced. we should throw all the advan-
tages thusextended to foreign nations
or get something in return for them. "
The letter then embraces a lengthy
argument in favor OF the constitution
ality of the protective tariff system.
| All the advantages ever claimed for a
protective tariff were then set forth
In detail with figures, extracts from
congressional speeches, etc., applicable
thereto
Reid then quotes from the recent re-
port of the labor commissioner of New
York, showing net increase OF wages
in that state the past year, ETC., and
says;
ySThese official Democratic refuta-
tions Of the Democratic denial that the
country is prosperous are confirmed by
personal experience and observations
Of the people at large. The market OF
tbe limited States is the largest and the
rem IN THE voRr,p
Il bE4oA ~ AAAN~ " N@f%N-