Los Angeles herald., 1892-08-30
HIGH PRAISE FOR CLEVELAND.
German-American Leaders Issue Strong
Address to Their Fellow Citizens.

| Address to Their Fellow Citizens.
New YoRK, Aug. 23.-The following
address, signed by Carl Schurz, ex-Sec
retary of the Interior, and ex-United
States Senator Oswald Ottendorfer, the
famous editor, William Steinway, the
millionaire piano manufacturer, Henry
Willard, the capitalist and railroad mag
nate, Louis Windmuler and Gustsve
H. schwab, has been issued:
TO O1r German American Fellow Citizens:
Impressed with the unusual import
ance OF the coming Presidential election,
We regard it as our duty to give you our
reasons for believing that the welfare Of
our adopted country requires the elect
ion of Grover Cleveland and that he
deserves the votes of the nsturalized
Germans.
Above all we believe that he is a
thoroughly honest man, which fact even
his most bitter enemies do not dare to
dispute. No one ever attempted to cre-
ate the slightest suspicion in this re-
spect.s When he returned to private life
after having held the highest position
in this country, his name was as unsul-
lied as that of Washington. Among his
most marked characteristics are his
undaunted courage and his adherence
to his convictions. In his career as
governor of the state of New York and
as President of the United States he
demonstrated in the most impressive
manner that in this respect be ia second
to no other historical character of this
country.
AS a bearer Of the executive power be
invariably subordinated party interest
to the common welfare. He never he
STATED to solve the most important
questions according to his own unbiased
convection, resisting all pressure from
members of his own party. On severe
occasions, seeing his danger of being
misled, he successfully and unhinch-
ingly withstood their pressure without
considering the opposition of party lead
ers. We need only refer to the firmness
with which, Notwithstanding the strong
tendency of his party in the south and
farwest to bring about an unlimited coin
age of silver, he unhesitatingly warned
them of the dangers liable to arise from
such policy. His innate sense of duty
can not be better proven than by the
fact that during his Presidential admin
istration, as we'll as during his second
candidacy, he never was favorite with
machine politicians, whose aim was
their own welfare.
Grover Cleveland also distinguished
himself by a more than ordinary meas
ure of political ssgacity and states
manlike foresight. 'Tis not only by his
determined stand on the silver question
that he has shown himself to be an ad-
mirable exponent of those qualities, but
by his highly creditable treatment of
the tariff question he forever secured for
himself one of the most conspicuous
places in the history of this country.
He keenly recognized in the protective
tariff system, fostered by the Republi-
cans for many years with the tendency
of levying still more oppressive duties
as steadily growing evil that required
immediate and strong remedies, and he
fearlessly expressed his views in his
celebrated message to congress. 1t was
owing to his intelligence and courage
that tariff reform was inscribed on the
banner with which his whole party
was united and led to glorious victory.
There is no doubt that by following the
same banner it will win another victory
at the end of the present campaign.
Therefore we earnestly beseech our
fellow citizens to aid us in securing the
election OF Grover Cleveland, the indie
pendent, far-sighted statesman, the true
patriot, the honest and courageous man.
We expect hearty cooperation on the
part of the German-Americans the
more so as we are convinced they par
ticularly should favor his candidacy ss
true and immediate expression of the
will of the people which. at Chicago.
triumphantly prevailed over all party
usage, Notwithstanding the opposition
from the delegates from his own state.
as we'll as the politicians in general.
We do not hesitate to make this an
peal to our countrymen, because the
platform of the Democratic party is en-
tirely satisfactory in regard to the main
question. It calls for civil service re-
form; it advocates that gold, silver and
paper money be placed on an absolutely
equal basis, and that the obnox-
ious so-called Sherman law be
repealed. 1t aims at the refor-
nation of the existing protective
system that only tends to enrich the
owners OF industrial establishments and
to impoverish the masses of the people,
and tries to establish the good old prin.
ciple of limiting the amount of duties
levied to the actual requirements of the
government.