Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-06
TERMS OF THE DIsPATCH.
PI7T-rl'R,:. TUESDAY. SEPT. 9. 1892
TWELVE PAGES
AN INCISIvE LETTER,

The letter of President Harrison accept
ing the Republican nomination for sec
ond term is the most complete and inciS-
sive discussion of the issues of the day
made of late years. 1t reviews the whole
list of questions to be decided by the
pending campaign, and constitutes an ex-
haustive statement of the Republican
attitude.
The President shows keen Judgment in
taking up first of ali the need of preserv-
ing stable and uniform national cur
rency. The sop thrown by the Demo-
cratic platform to the Southern hunger
fer imitation, by proposing to revive the
old State bank issues, is too favorable a
chance to be neglected The letter con-
vincingly shows the evil of reviving the
old system under which man in PittSburg
could not be certain what the bank bills in
his pocket would be worth if he journeyed
to Cleveland, and plainly places be-
fore the people the results of voting
for such policy. The Importance of
reviving the ocean carrying trade is next
discussed In connection with it the ex-
tension OF commerce with American ma
tons is fully set forth with q graceful
acknowledgment of the great credit due
to Secretary Blaine for the vigor with
which he pressed that policy to success.
The statistics presented as to the increase
Of exports of agricultural products under
this policy are fresh and convincing.
From this point the Presidents letter
naturally takes up the great and controll-
ir1rr Of fra
Here again the President is not slow to
take advantage of the opening afforded by
the Democratic platform, He recalls how
the majority report in the Democratic con-
vention recognized the maintenance of a
difference between American and foreign
wages by the tariff and conceded the de-
penGence of many industries upon pro-
tective legislation for their continuance
But the convention declared its supe-
riority to such considerations, and
practically asserted that Demo-
cratic supremacy means tar
iff law without any regard either
for wages or the maintenance of industry.
The President sets forth in plain Ian
guaCe the Gestructiveness and disaster
comprised in the authoritative Democratic
policy of "a fight of determination"
against al protected industries. The
statistical evidences as to the beneficial
effects Of maintaining the policy of pro-
lection are cited briefly hut effectively.
Altogether the letter is the strongest as
well as the most exhaustive presentation
Of the Republican cause that can be pre-
scnted. 1t is noticeable that the legisla-
ton stigTnatized by the Democracy as the
force bill is retired to the rear while the
President brings into prominence the fatal
errors of the Democratic position on
currency and the tariff This is not
only good politics, but it is political
justice. The Democracy having gone
back to Bourbonism for their principles on
bank issues, and still further to Calhoun
ism for their attitude Oh the tariff, it is a
public service to expose the viciousness of
their platform and the destructive results
Of their policy if it were given a chance
TO make itself felt
By this letter the President forcibly and
aggressively puts the Republican party in
an attitude to push the campaign to vic
tory. 1t puts the Democracy on the de-
fensive for their economic heresies, and
exposes the fatality with which that party
puts itself in the wrong whenever it hopes
for success.