Los Angeles herald., 1892-11-07
AN ADDRESS TO VOTERS.

AN ADDRESS TO VOTERS.
The Republican National COmmittee'i
Tale of Woe.
NEW YORK, Nov. 6.-The following ad
dress was issued by the Republican ma
tional committee today:
To THE ELECTORS OF THE COUNTRY -
The day of the election is at hand. To
morrow you will be called upon to deter.
mine by your votes the most important
questions fairly and squarely presented
to the country since 1861. You are to
decide between the policy of progress
and the policy of reaction in the coun-
try. You are to say whether or not the
tariff schedules are to be so adjusted as
will furnish protection to the labor and
production of the country. while raising
revenue to sustain the government, or
whether such adjustment is inadmlssa-
BILE because unconstitutional. You are
to decide between the policy of protec.
tion and free trade. The party plat.
forms leave no doubt as to the posi-
tion of the respective parties on
the tariff question. The Republican
platform favors protection to American
labor and American products. The
Democratic platform declares that such
policy is unconstitutional, and there
fore commits the Democracy of the ma
tion to the British free trade policy.
You are to pronounce for or against
the reliable, stable, financial structure
built by the fathers and founders Of the
Republican party; you are to say
whether this sound policy is to be con-
tinued or abandoned in favor OF the
Democratic scheme for the Resurrection
of state banks and wildcat currency. BY
your vote you must say you do or do not
desire to disturb the present prosperity
of the country by involving our COM
merce, manufacturing, agricultural and
finances in doubt and uncertainty for an
indefinite period.
The reelection of Harrison will in
sure the continuance of the splendid
policy under which the nation has pros
pered in every branch of life. His elec.
tion will insure continuance of con-
fidence in the policy of the government,
and will eliminate all questions of doubt
as to the course to be pursued with ref
erence to important government opera
tions in the future. The election OF
Cleveland would, on the contrary, bring
business to stand-still; involve every
operating industry in doubt and raise
questions as to the effect unknown leg.
islation might have on the economic
and financial policy of the government.
We confidently submit to the country
that no cause exists for a change, and
that abundant reasons will occur to the
mind of every loyal citizen in favor of
the continuance of Republican policies
and Republican administration.
This committee has conducted the
campaign on the issues presented by
the respective parties. Our opponents
have been driven to the necessity of
saying that their candidate was better
than their platform, and should be
trusted not to execute it's declarations
They would have the country believe,
through their candidate, that they can
procure tariff reform. while the party in
convention assembled declared itself alb
solutely in favor of free trade.
The Democratic managers would have
the country believe that their nominee
can be safely trusted to violate the
pledges Of the party in favor of the
resurrection of state banks. In short,
the Democracy of the country
has abdicated in favor of it's
candidate, and the management
hopes to win in this way by insisting that
the party does not support his platform,
but relies upon it's candidate to violate
the platform-thus hanging the pros
perity of the country on the slender
thread Of a single human lie.
Our Candidate, and the party he rep
resents, is each in complete harmony
with the other, and both candidate and
party stand in harmony with the best
interests of the republic. We dodge no
issue. We do not ask our candidate to
aid us in catching votes by promising to
violate or refuse to execute any prlncl.
pie OF the party as announced
in it's national platform. The
party nominated candidate worthy
of the confidence and respect of every
citizen, whether he be judged by his
acts on the field of battle while defend
ing the national flag. as a senator in
congress, or as the chief magistrate.
1t is gratifying to announce that the
patriotic press of the country has, to an
unprecedented extent, supported our
candidate and platform during this
campaign. Neither our campaign nor
our cause has proven popular in Eng
land or continental Europe. The Demo
cratic nominee and platform have met
with. universal approval in every coun.
try seeking to rival US in the CONNER
cial world. Not single newspaper in
England or the continent has spoken q
kindly word for General Harrison
or the Republican party. Oul
policy does not justify it, nor have
we courted favor from the champions oi
alienators. This cannot be said of oui
political opponents. We ever relied fol
support on the friends of American com
merce and not on foreign interests.
While pleading poverty, the Demo
cratic national committee has been am
ply aupnlied with funds intended to in.