The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-10-24
BLAINE ON THE ISSUES.
The Ez-Premier Speaks Through
the Public Press.
WHY THERE is LACK OF EXCITEMENT


II MAY be Accounted for by the De.
mands of pus,,os ,a =. .,
" ~"
"'o"'e '"'ure suosiuehce OF Ex-
treme Partisanship.
Nnu,vo ~. 40 ~
Nh" ioRk, oc1' so'-Mr. Blalnes long
promised utterance on the presidential
election of 1892 appears in the Noyem
ber number Of The North A,nericon Ra-
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'io"' "nioh is pupisheo Vouay. III oc-
cuples thirteen pages OF the Review.
Mr.. Blaine notes the lack of excitement
attending tho nrssep+ oloc+io,,s ,.o,,t,,,..
;ng IL with tbo t,,,,,,o;1 of intoro.. .I,a.
ao.ar;.,d a., A..
1rA4 =, az iAeu ~, .i'e campaign oi the eiaer
Harrison. Thls change OF the public in
terest in such contests, he suggests, may
be accounted for by the growth in nonu.
Let, 80 a., - poP-
,,ast n,,, a,,u sa,9 uent apsorptloh IN
~ ~ ,nn, al nit, ai;u iiiialolai oPeratiohs,
da,o i, th, niiieate supsi-
sh;,, Sb;,.0 III 'io iu'uie Vi eA'rehe partisan-
NJ, r,,a;. -. --.-,
a. Io.to..ale S'eo eP1eIai atteh.ioIi 70
0s e pN1I bes.eis VI We P!esluehIlai canolaates'
o,,a'' .ooltSns ntt taiilson ieGser ne says,
a's ae'i ot1eI .hinBS that rerhaps none
VI me PIeueceseors mas ihaue SO exhaust
" Ite, ., anu iione more clear presentation
MI o 9esSions sios,n into.yeu: ,.
ma; Gie'elaia Ietter is SnDlected 70
seatonilg seat cIlticisihs. MI; bialne mas
: enat ~ Sr9aVer huehsure that MI. mar.
fison u departs from the platform Of
ms hls parry ~ laGt, tha1 MI cleveland
,as, ,,ao nLa9e haee .he pia.Iorm upon wmcn ne Is
m NV 1eloIe ,ne people ana that Mr.
es 1xoianu ~; uetaItures from lhe positiohs
ot ms party piatlorm on the question
VI iree tIaue cohIlrlnS the impression
.I.: mncn mas pee4 general that large pro
I oi'loI VI tLe DeIlocratlc party peiieNes
III piotectioh III some iorhh'
Defends Liberal Pensions.
Mr.. Blaine makes caustic comment
| upon Mr.. Cleveland's utterances on the
currency and the state banks He up
holds the Republican policy of granting
liberal pensions to the veterans of the
war. On this point he SAYS: THE
amount we contribute toward pensions
is larger than the amount paid by any
of the European nations for standing
army. Surely the binding up Of the
wounds of past war is more merciful
and honorable work than preparinp th,.
country for new one"
me most remarkable thing In the
presnieillai cansass OF lo9s, MI; Bialne
reBarus as tne manner IN winch IN
some sectlons OF the country all other is
sues nave been put out of sight, and the
force PHI alone brought INTO promi.
nehee' ne compliments Mr Dana, OF
the New fork o1n, the author OF tins
pohcy, on ms Zeal and aDlllty IN ach1ev-
ing thls result. The representations
nhaue as 10 Ihe purpose and the effect OF
the iorce piil! however, ne declares to be
consistent NlIn the SDlr1t OF president
hafrisons letter,
MI. blaine Is lull ana expllclt IN his
treatment OF the SUBJECT OF reciprocity,
claihlhg that material increase has
Deeii cauSeu III Oniteu otates trade Dy
reciprocal trade with the islands and
countries OF america, ana particularly
by the treaties made with European
countries. Mr. Blame quotes interesting
ngures IN relatlon TO the increase OF
Iraue with tne Leewara ana Wlndward
lslahus ana Cuoa' ana pred1cts IN rela'
tlon TO Cuoa that we shall conquer by
commerce iar better than by force OF
arinlesi anu cormaily estaDllsh such
mutual interests between CnDa ana TINS
country 1lat commercially me TWO coun-
tIies VIII De one,
Jefferson as Protectionist.
Mr.. Blaine, dealing with the claim of
the Democratic party to be the ,Jeffer-
sonian party, says: 'It would surprise
jefferson if he could once more appear
in flesh to learn that he is held AS in
dorser of all the principles and measures
advocated by the Democratic party to.
day. 1t was equally true, it must be
supposed, when Mr. Buchanan, a con.
frmed Federalist was the president
elect of the Democracy, though il is well
known that the object of Mr.. jefferson s
most intense dislike was the Federal
party. In vain it is pointed ont that the
position of jefferson on any subject was
directly the reverse of the Democratic