Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-28

town. Until recently it was no question at
all, for our opponents then openly and without
tant as can well be conceived. They wanted to
s sfnee ,ss ih Sy w y e4snr potIi IGm q th sh Sm Gays1n% 1asa'
. protective tariff ITO the modern English idea.
. tartf for revenue only. That would mean .
would exceed anything this generation has
seen. They want to reverse the fiscal policy
of the. Government since 1861 by abandontnga
part of the national prelogative in the issuing
o mcney-breaking down the best currency this
continent ever saw. the national bank notes. to
piasters. That would mean a shock to ali bank
lng and EXCHANGES. and ar inconvenience and
constant loss to every citizen that would be-
civilized one. Our opponents denounce - .
sham the reciproctty. treaties, by which We
sec secured nesw% market for our products In Cen,
return for the free admission Of sugar, coffee.
and tea to your breakfast tables. That
is itself . sham. the closing again Of those
new markets, and q high revenue tariff again
on sugar, coffee. and tea.
ing the changes they threaten. Enough is -
good as a feast; and that is the sort Of feast to
which they invite you.
changes everybody knows. But something has
happened.
They are now demoralized and almost on the
run. The letter Of acceptance discloses :
figure which our aboriginal friends of the far,
West would describe rs "Htg aide
ity and alarm on a candidate who accepts its
nomination but has not vet shown either the
candor to accept or the courage to repudtate lite
PRINCIPLES. l mean to speak of Mr.. Cleveland
with that respect which all rivht-thinking
American people wfsht to show for ono who has
clared by the majority Of American votes wor-
thy to be the Chief Magistrate of this nation.
But 1t cannot be disrespectful, and 1t is obvi-
acts toward the platform of his party as II he
were afraid that should he venture to step on
1t 1t would break through. III
Points u. tlcvciand's silence.
The three distinctly vital points in the plat
form are State bank currency reciprocity, and
lutely silent; while he writes all around and
about the third through one-half HIS whole let
ter terw wisao lsn enss BEING MSst able to say II str,s I. ! Int
constitutional. as his party declares It. or
right and expedient, as thomss Jefferson and
us that tarin reform is still his purpose. thSf
Is to say. the 9usiness Of the country must
nsys m gs .Sa , sNvs, Hth'a .I must ! be Gnce more
over again to be ttnkered by q Congress of that
party which at Chicago declared by nearly q
two-thirds majority for the English as against
the American system and pronounced protec-
tiOn uncOnstituti0nal.
He might as well have stepped bodily upon
could not have resulted worse; for what he
does say brings him. whether he likes it or not,
straight to the Platforms conclusions: "We
Democratic party that the Federal Govern
ment has no constitutional power to impose
ea5ii! d VI dsa aoSsps t sSe Ne MeR Rin5RS's ,s of sss ss tue
we promise its repeal" Are even the Demo
cratic business men OF Boston eager Just now,
this year, or even next year, for an entertain
ment like this.
the answe from MIR. Cleveland's own Commits
0fnnQr nf Labor EfptfutfCu that f1,,p{ns, III 1aoe
year in the State of New York wages have adj
vanced and production has increased. Next
iSgas wi Who rpe 9 iirst' that I y .t tie Da de.
posfts Of w%orkingmen in the savings banks
have increased; and second, that the deposits
of the workingmen in the building and loan
associations have increased. Then comes HIS
own Board OF Equalization. reporting that In
the one year 1891, when the Mckinley bill
minatine strocities. the real and personal
property OF the State have Increased over
these reports BY Mr. ciev yeISn IS: own VI De Demo- 40.
cratic officials into the briefest tabular form.
we have the following answer to Mr.. Cleve-
official reports in Mr.. Cleveland's own State OF
New York: Net increase Of wages, sG,s77, Yas.O,:
ossss an 81 sss,o ee P Ssdps depo. IT,, 81 sis lsss .;s. II:
and loan associations. .is.7ss.7ao; Increase in
erty of the State. $152.3 47. 76s.
Then come the official reports from Massa-
chusetts. New Jersey and elsewhere. showing
substantially, though in varying degrees. the
same rising tide Of general prosperity.
we deny that there has been Increase of
prosperity since the Mckinley bill went into
operation" says Mr.. Cleveland's platform.
There has been. says Mr.. Cleveland's com
missioner Of Labor Statistics. There has
been" says his Bank Commissioner. There
has been" says his Board of Equalization; and
the reports from. the officers In other States
CONFIRM 1t all. Well may Mr.. Cleveland repeat
to his officials the despairing exclamation OF
Balak. King of Moab. to Bslaam, the Prophet:
Il took thee to curse Israel, and behold tliou
hast blessed him altogether"
There is one party in this campaien. Mr..
Chairman, that does not find 1t ncedfulto slal.-
der the country: that does not seek for calaini-
ties and does not read its own defeat In the
general prosperity. There is one party that
has nothing to conceal and that says what it
means. It. has nominees who are not afraid OF
It's principles. 1t ts not trying to succeed by
getting one part of the country to vote for ira
platform and another Fart to vote only for t.
Candidates. It stands everywhere for a pro-
tective tariff, and wants no mistake about that.
It stands TOR honest money. and wants no mis-
take about that. It stands for equal rights
under the law. for.reciprocity. for revived ship
ping. Tor American wages, and for America all
the time. And.f finally. 1t challenges the YER
dict Of the American people on the cl aracter,
the ability. and the safe and brilliantly sue
cessful administration Of Benjamin Harrison.