The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-10-05
REID IN BOSTON.
He Talked at a Ratification Meet
ing Last Night.
OLD CHEsTNUTs WARMED OVER
He Eulogizes the Mckinley Idea and De
nounces Tariff Refosm-Oiher
Political Notes.

BosToN, Mass, Oct. 4.-Music hall and
Fanueil hall were both filed to overflowing
tonight when the Republicans ratified the
speeches by Whitelaw Reid, Governor Nc
Kinley, and others. Mr. Reid was given 8
fattering reception. He spoke in part as
follows:
Mr.. Reid eulogized the achievements OF
the Republican party and dwelt upon the
changes threatened by the declarations OF
the Democracy in their platform.
1t has been said the Democrats do not dc
what they say. II you take that, now that
party that does not intend to do what it
promises and if its promises are worthless,
what guarantee have you if you give ii
power again of its going further than it
has threatened3 Is the tiger so amusing
and 80 playful a creature that it is worth
while TO turn him loose out of mere curl
osity to see what he will do?
That the Democratic party demanded
these changes everybody knows, but some
thing has happened since last Tuesday.
There has been Democratic letter of ac.
ceptance which discloses ifs ure which
our aborigines of the far west would de-
scribe as "big man afraid of his platform, u
and the party gazes in perpleXity at their
candidate, who accepts his nomination. but
has not yet shown other than accept or
courage to repudiste its principles
The three vital planks in its
platform are state bank currency
reciprocity and tariff. On two of them his
letter is absolutely silent, while he writes
all around and about there through hall
his letter without once being able to say in
straight forward language whether protec
ton is unconstitutional as his party de
clares it, or right and expedient as Thomas
Jefferson and Andrew jackson declared it.
But he does tell US that tariff
reform is still his purpose. That is to say
the business of the country must have ne
peace, every thing must be once more IN
settled and the whole tariff must be turned
over again to be tinksred with by congress
by that party which at Chicago declared
by nearly two-thirds majority for the
English as against the American system
and pronounced protection unconstitu
tional
No qualifications or omissions or vague
generalities OR assurances of harmless in
t9ntion can blind voters to the fact thai
however much Mr.. Cleveland may regre
it as an honorable man, he is bound hanc
and foot to his party's platform, just as the
world knows he is today bound to the ear Of
triumphant Tammany of New York. We
deny that there has been an increase Of
prosperity since the Mckinley bill wen,
into operation, says Cleveland's platform
New YOrk's commissioner of labor stats
tics, bank commissioner and board of equal
ization say there has been and reports
from officers in other states confirm ii ell
Speaking OF the discussion of the cleo
| tons bill. Mr.. Reid said the question in.
| volved is: "Shal every citizen of the
United States lawfully entitled to vote be
permitted to vote and have his vote fairly
countedg" The Republicans say this the
Democratic platform practically says no
| Cleveland in this case has the courage
! frankly to say ''ditto'' to his platform. II
this Democratic opposition means anything
it means notification of the fourteenth and
fifteenth articles of the constitution.
Speaking OF the restoration of the mer
chant marine, Mr.. Reid said the Republi
can party has frankly adopted the methods
other nations found necessary and voteC
subsidies TO our snips carrying our mails
moreover, two of the fastest aud largest
| ships in the world had been secured for 8
trans-Atlantic line, four more are to be
constructed, and even with the six we shall
have line equal to the best that enters
English ports. That is the Republican
position In this respect. Wha. does the
Democratic platform say about it? Moth
ing. What does Cleveland say about til
Nothing.
There is one party in this campaign tina,
does not find it needful to SANDER the
country, that does not seek for calamities
and does not read its own defeat in gen
eral prosperity. 1t has nothing to conceal
and says what it means.