The Red Cloud chief., 1892-10-28
THE ELECTION.
Mr.. Blaine's Utterance in tho North
American Review.
MIR. Cleveland Scored For Ills Letter
President Harrison Commended
but Little Difference Outside
of 1wo Points.

long prOfnlScu uJlcranCc Oh tne presf
Dental election Of ls9, appears in the
November number 9. the North Ameri.
can Review, which is To be published
to-day. II occupies thirteen pages in
the Review. Mr.. Blame notes the lack
OF excitement attending the presidcn-
tial election contrasting IL with the tur-
moil of interest that characterized tho
campaign of the elder Harrison. This
change OF public interest in such con-
tests, he suggests, may be accounted
for by the growth in population, and
the consequent absorption Is vast com.
mercial operations. and ~ may he posi-
bic indicates u subsidencc In h future
Of extreme p~artisanship.
Mr.. Blaine gives special attention TO
the letters of tho presidential candi'
dates. OF President Harrison's letter
he says mons other things: That per.
haps none of his predecessors has ma de
30 exhaustive and moro clear %presenta.
ton Of the questions involved. Mr..
Cleveland's letter Ia subjected TO
scorching criticism. MI. Blaine finds
that in u greater measure than Mr.. Hsr.
rison's IL departs from the platform OF
his party; in fact that Mr.. Cleveland
has made tho platform upon which he
Is now before the people," and that
Mr.. Cleveland's departure from the po.
sition of his party's platform, n plat
form Of free trade, confirms the impress
sion which has been general, that d
large proportion of the democra tic par
ty believes in protection in some form. !"
Mr.. Blaine makes caustic comment
upon Mr.. Cieveland's utterance 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: 1.-THE
amount we contribute toward pensions
is larger than tho amount paid by any
of the European nations for a standing
army. Surely the binding up of the
wounds of the past war Is more merci'
full and honorable work than is prepar.
ing the country for q new one"
The most remarkable thing In the
presidential canvass OF 1899 Mr.. Blaine
regards as ''the a in which in
some sections Of the country oil other
issues nave been put out Of sight and
the force bill alone brought into prom
~inence." He compliments Mr.. Dana, OF
the New York Sun, the author OF this
policy, upon his zeal and ability in
achieving this result The representa-
tions made "a to tho purpose and the
effect Of the force bill, however, he de
elares to bc inconsistent with the spirit
Of President Harris0n's letter. .
Mr.. Blaine is full aad explicit In hi
treatment Of tho subject Of reciprocity,
I, claiming that o material increase hos
been caused in tho Unissd States trsde
by reciprocal treaties with tho islands
and countries Of America and particu
larly by the treaties made with the Eu
ropean countries Mr.. Blaine quoted
interesting figures In relation to the
increase of trado with the Leeward sn(
Windward islands and Cuba and he pro
diets in relation to Cuba that tive shall
conquer by m far better thar
by force of armies, and cordially estab
lish such mutual interests between
Cuba and this country that CONNER
cially the two countries will be one"
Mr.. Blaine, dealing with the claim o
the democratic party TO be the Jeffcr
sonian party, says: 1T would surpris
Jefferson il he could nee more appea
in the flesh to learn that he is held q
indorser of all the principles and meas
ures advocated by the democratic part.
to-day. 1t is perhaps not worth Will
to enter into any elaborate argumen
ON the subject, but the democracy owe
no little of its success to the persistenc
with which its adhcrents have mad
their disciples believe this pretensio
true through all tho mutations Of thei
party. 1t was equally true, 1t must be SUI
posed, when MI. buchanan, q cOnfirme
federalist, was the president elect c
the democracy, thought is we'll know
that the object Of Mr.. Jefferson's mos
intense dislike was the federal party
In vain It is pointed. ont that the pos
ton Of jefferson. on any subject WI
directly hS reyerse 81, the -democrati
position. He is duly 1Aotod at the ne,
convention and, new oath of slleg
ance is taken to his principles. In $50
after a severe contest Jefferson cam
to the presidency as the founder IN
head of the republican party.
''The4 prefix democratic was som
times, though seldom, used. The to
acity which Jefferson held TO the pr
tectivc principle WAS only proportionc
to the necessities OF the country. II
action in 1907. when he declined to re
ommcnd the repeal or alteration Ut Il
revenue law. after . surplus of Ga 0'
600 had been accumulated, puts him
the sharpest contrast to Mr.. Clevelsn
q. who, in his term Of Office, treated 4
surplus accumulated as the acme of
evils"
In conclusion Mr.. Blaine calls atte
ton to the essential agreement of (
two parties on the great majority ut t
issues. st is interesting and sagg'
tive" he says, ITO look over h Pill
form OF the two parties, and see he
much alike they are"
There are differences In Gladston
cabinet regarding the disposition 70
made OF the Irish dynamitcrs.
Joseph Percs and other students
r---.. .>ltaDa xyarA vlavfnn tooth