The Washington bee., 1892-10-29
GERMANS SPEAK.
THEY TELL WHY THEY SUPPORT
HARRISON FOR PRESIDENT.

Some Important Suggestions Which Every
German Voter Will Read Views OF
Many Prominen, German ..lnerican Cit
liens.
The following letter addressed to 'tall
voters of German descent" has been is
sued by large number of leading Ger
man-American citizens of New York:
Recognizing the great commercial and in
dustrial importance of the approaching presl-
Dental election TO our adopted fatherland, and
being fully convinced that the Republican
party not only represents the best interests of
the nation, but is ever most actively engaged
to further them. the undersigned citizens of
German descent have constituted themselves
a committee to work for the election of the
standard bearers of that party. We have no
active connection with politics, but as citizens
and business men who realize that the pros
perity of this country i due 10 the wise COM
mercial policy of the Republican party,
consider it our duty 10 give energetic express
sion to our convictions, and TO oppose the vague
theories of the free traders, which have 10
substantial basis in fact.
The Republican party has, true to itstradi-
tions, declared itself for the protection of our
industries and for honest money. The Demo-
cratic party has declared itself for unlimited
free trade and for return to that dangerous
system OIL state banks which in times past af-
fected our commerce so disastrously. 1t MAS
the small business man and the workman who
were chiefly injured by that system. and il is
these men who will be injured if it is reintro-
duced.
Both free trade and protection have been
sufficiently tested. The direct consequence of
the free trade legislation Cf lS;}5 was the mark
ed decline in our national prosperity, winch
eliminated in the great commercial crisis of
1887. Protection took the place Of the tariff
for revenue only; the country recovered, COM
merce and industry thrivcd, till in lS46 the
tariff was again reduced and the terrible p;liiic
of 1857 was the result. Again the people of Tic
United States declared for protection. The
consequence was development of all our
national resources beyond the widest eApcc-
tation and general prosperity such as the
world had never seen before.
When Grover Cleveland. true to the reac-
tionary principles of the democratic party. de
clared himself for free trade in his message oi
Dec. 6. 1857, the people. mindful of the bad
periences which it had made in the past with
free trade, rejected the Democratic party AM,
again intTusted the government Of tue uat.C!.
to the Republican party.
Never was the balance of trade so Favorable
to US as now; never was the prosperity OF the
whole country SO general; never were the wa.;r
earners so well off.
The legislative activity of the Fifty-first CO.
gress and the shameful inactivity and unccr
tainty of the Fifty-second congress sufficient,
illustrated the difference between the partics
Both the presidential candidates have be,
tried by the people; both have served fu
presidential term; their administrations belong
to history.
Every reason given in the year 1883 for the
election of Harrison Is valid today, only in a
higher degree. Through his firm stand on the
Gil inn In a1-an tha ,frI-f
great financial crisis.
Disdaining grandiloquent promises and pre-
ferring TO gain the respect of his fellow citi-
zens by blameless admiuist ration, President
Harrison has fearlessly defended the honor
and dignity Of the nation, and has once more
forced from foreign nations that respect for
the stars and stripes which had been almost
entirely lost under Cleveland. Under Prcsi-
dent Harrison civil service reform has been a
reality, while has appointments to the most
prominent offices are admitted even by his
most bitter political enemies to be unassailable.
II we compare with this the administration
of Grover Cleveland, we find that in spite of
bombastic promises of reform in the civil
service, the spolomen never since the days of
Jackson raised their heads so boldly as when
Grover Cleveland, through Adlai +. Steven
son, deposed 44.0U0 postmastCrs who had
honestly and faithfully administered their
Offices TO make room for the Democratic place
term of the presidency. Not only has Mr..
Cleveland been untrue 10 all his pledges of re-
form, but as a matter of fact he has ever
yielded to the worst elements OF his party
whenever his personal interests were at stake.
and in this very campaign we fad him allied
in the closest possible way with Tammany
Hall.
The letter is signed by DR.. William
Balser, {. f. Balzer, Julius Bien, Julius
Bien, Jr., S. Bachman, Emil BrrolzAei-
mer, Blumenthal Bros. & Co., DR.. P. A.
E. Boetzkes, Julius Brunn, Gustav Blum
& Bros, Henry Brennich, Herman Can
tor, George Dennerlein, Leopold Deutch-
berger, Alfred Dodge, Frederick FLAG
Gus, P. Goepel, William F. Grell, F. w.
Hollis, Charles Horn, G. A. G. Inte-
mann, Max Jaegerhuber, Gustave l..
jaeger, Gustave H. Jaeger, Sit. Carl
Kapff, DR.. Hermann kuGlich, Adolph
Kuttroff, William II. klenyhe, S. J.
Lesem, Lucius n. Littauer, Joseph
10th & Co., Charles Maurer,
Paul h. Mehlien. Iro:.~y -, Carl
Merz, DR.. n. ". Muller, &. W. Neuling,
George Rau, William Reichman, Henry
w. F. Schulz. Nicholas Schultz, Charles
Splitdorf, Charles Stahl, Moritz ,eclSal,
Ralph Traufmann, Edward Vorster. V =
liam Vigelius. DR.. H. J. Wackerbar'
William Wicke, Wurzburger, Go
schmidt & Co., Henry Zimmerer; frol
Newark, DR.. Edward j. Ill, Fred Kuhn
]. L. Kufer, Herman Lehilbach, Car
Lentz, Paul Roder, Carl F. Seitz, Julius
Stapf, r. G. Salomon, and from Brook
lyn, Louis BosSert, Herman Lieblnann,
Charles Naeher, John Rueger and H. e.
Roehr.