Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-09-06
LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE.


the Presidency by the republican con-
vention at Minneapolis The letter is
dated September Sd.
In accepting the nomination he says
he feels grateful for the approval ex-
pressed by the convention of the acts
of the administration.
The declaration Of the platform of
the minneapolis convention in favor
of the American doctrine of protec-
tio.l meets, lie says. his most hearty
approval, and then proceeds to give
string Of figures which doubtless need
considerable revision, OF the alleged
enlargement of the trade of the coun-
try under the operations of the Mckin
ley bill. which he dreams has been
substantially felt in every household
upon every Saturdays purchase Of the
worAingman." (?) He then under
taGos :. make mountains out of the re-
- =. OF The tariff on sugar (Which no
sane man should ever have imposed
GrOlght about by the reciprocity
treaty, and in order to bid for the now
lukewaim support Of the parti-
sans Of the ''plumed knight
says: Great credit is due to
Mr. Blaine for the vigor with which he
pressed this thing npon the con9tly.o
The obvious efficacy of th,s he
imagine III once attracted The alarm
ed att iou of European trade journals
and boards of trades
He SAYS the United States now sup
PLY Cuba with 1Hout 10000 tons OF
coal annually, a..u adds that by reason
of the removal Of the sanitary rcstric-
tons upon American pork, cur expor;
of pork products TO Germany increased
during the ten mouths ending June 80
last 50. OPS ,074, or about - per cert.
Farther ON he makes the unwarrant-
BILE assertion that protection helps the
South, and says the southern States
nave had . liberal participation i'll the
benefits o. -c tariff law.
The destructive doctrine Of free trade,
as lie calls it, was not, he says, held
or taught by the historic democratic
statesmen whose fame rs American pa
triots has reached this generation
certainly not by Jefferson or Jackson.
This mad crusade, he continues,
against American shops, the bitter
cpilhets applied to American mannlac-
lures. the persistent disbelief OF every
report Of the opening Of a tin-plate mill
or of an increase OF our foreign trade by
reciprocity are as surprising Us they are
discrcdtable.'
THE Commercial Crusade of the
United States" as he is pleased to term
the iniquitous tariff measure Of his par
ty. ne assumes is alarming every other
nation. and follows with q string Of
apocryl hal figures to substantiatc his
assertions. The tin plate ana pearl
button Authorizations are magniiied into
great proportions.
The resolutions of the Minneapolis
convention in favor Of bi-metalism de
clares. he thinks, the lruc idea. He is
thoroughly convinced that the free coin
age of silver at such Il ratio to gold as
will maintain the equality i'll their COM
mcrcial uses Of the two coined dollars
would conduce to the prospeiit., of all
the great producing and commercial ma
tons Of the world.
aIr Harrison quotes the following
from his last annual message TO Con-
gress: Il must yet entertain the hope
that it i possible TO secure II calm, pat
riotic Iteration OF such constitutions
al or statutory changes as may be neces-
sarv to secure the choice OF the officers
OF the government to the people by fair
apportionments and free elections. |
believe it would be possible to consti-
tulc commission, non-partisan in It's
membership and composed ofpatriotic,
wise and impartial men, TO whom q con-
sderation of the questions OF the evils
connected with our elections systems
and methods might he committed with
Il good prospect of securing unanimity
in some plan for removing or mitigat-
inc those evils. The Constitution would
permit the selection Of the commission
t. be vcstei in the supreme Court, if
that method would give the best guar
anty of implrtiality. This commission
should be charged with the duty of in
curing into the whole subject OF the
law of elections rs related TO the choice
of officers Of the national government,
with a view 10 securing to every elector
a free and unmolested exercise OF the
suffrage. and as near an approach to an
EQUALITY OF value in each ballot cast Is
is attainable. : = : The de-
mand that The limitations Of suffrage
should be found in the law, and only
tree. - il Just demand and ojust man
Should resent or resist It,
lie then says: 1T seemed to me that
a. appeal TO our people TO consider the
question of readjnsting our legislation
upon absolutely fair non-paitisan lines
might find some effective response.
MANY times | have had occasion to say
that laws and election methods design
ed to give unfair advantages 10 Tie
party making them would sIn~ me
be usei - perpetuate in power fac
ZION OF /, party against the will OF the
majority of The people OF this we
seem To nave an illustration III the re-
cent State election n Alabama. There
was no republican ticket in the field.
The contest was between white demo-
Gratis. The Kolb party say they were
refused the representation guaranteed
by law upon the election boards, and
| that. when the courts by mandamus at
tempted TO right this wrong, an appeal
that could not be heard until after the
election. made the writs Intellectual.
Ballot boxes were thrown out for al
legged irregularities, or destroyed; and
it is asserted on behalf of one-halt, at
least, of the white voters of Alabama,
that the officers to whom certificates