Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-06
'HARR|SON'S LENGTHY EP|sTLE,

injustice OF his employer tempts tne
workingman to strike back. he should
be very sure his blow does not fall upon
his own head or upon his wife and chill
dren. The workmen in our great indus
tries are, as a body, remarkably intelli-
gent, and are lovers of home
and country. They may be reused
by injustice, or what seems to be such,
or led for the moment by others into
acts of passion, but they will settle the
tariff contest in the calm light OF their
November firesides, and with some ref
erence to the prosperity OF the country
OF which they are citizens and OF the
homes they have founded for their
wives and children.
! THE president next dilates on the
benefits of protection to the south, calls
attention to the benefits to the people
by the enlarged free list, especially as
regards sugar, and denies the assertion
that the policy of protection has shut
| the American producer out of the mar
kets OF the world. and then takes up the
coinage question
BI-METALIsM.
The resolution of the convention in
favor of bi-metaliem declares, think,
the true and necessary conditions OF the
movement that has, upon these lines.
my cordial adherence and support. /
am thoroughly convinced that free coin
age OF silver at such ratio to gold as
will maintain an equality in the COM
mercial uses of the two coined dollars,
would conduce to the prosperity Of all
the great producing commercial
nations Of the world. The one
essential condition is that these
dollars shall have and retain equal
acceptability and value in all CONNER
cial transactions. They are not only
the medium of exchange, but the meas
ure of values, and when unequal meas
ures are called in law by the same name.
commerce is unsettled aud confused,
and the unwary and ignorant are
cheated. Dollars of unequal commercial
value will not circulate together. The
better dollar is withdrawn, and becomes
merchandise. The true interest OF all
our people, end especially the farmers
and working people, who cannot closely
observe the money market, is that every
dollar, paper or coin, iseued or author
lied by the government, shall at all
times and in all it's uses, be the exact
equivalent, not only in debt paying, but
in purchasing power, of any other dollar.
1 am quite sure if we should nov
act upon this subject independently OF
other nations, we would greatly pro.
mote their interests and injure our own.
The monetary conditions in Europe
within the last two years have, think,
tended very much to develop a senti-
ment in favor of the larger use of silver,
and was much pleased and encouraged
by the cordiality, promptness and una
nimity with which the invitation of this
government for an international confer
ence upon this subject was accepted by
all the powers. We may not only hope
for, but expect, highly beneficial results
from this conference, which will soon
assemble.
NEW FORCE BILL.
The president next enters into dis
QUESTION on free ballot and fair
count, and points to the recent election
in Alabama, as an example of the need
of greater restrictions around the ballot
box, and concludes:
| / shall again urge upon congress
that provision be made for the appoint
| ment of non-partisan commission to
consider the subject of apportionments
and elections in their relations to the
choice of the federal officers.
Civil service reform and public educa-
tion are next touched upon, and then
follows praise of the work done by the
agricultural department, under the pres
ent administration, and next comes a
declaration on the
NICARAGUA CANAL PROJECT,
as follows: l have often expressed my
strong conviction of the value of the
Nicaragua ship canal to our commerce
and to our navy. The project is not one
of convenience, but of necessity. It is
quite possible, believe, if the United
| States will support the enterprise, to
secure the speedy completion of the
canal, without taxing the treasury for
any direct contribution, and at the same
time secure to the United States infu-
epce in its management, which is i'm
! perative.
~ FOREIGN RELATIONS.
It has been the purpose of the admin
istration to make it's foreign policy not
matter of partisan politics, but of
patriotism and national honor, and |
have very great qualification in being
able to state that the Democratic MEM
bers Of the committees on foreign AFFAIRS
responded in true American spirit. The
administration did not hesitate to con-
suit freely with them about the most
confidential and delicate affairs, and l
frankly confess my obligations for
needed cooperation. They did not re-
gard the patient but firm insistance up
on American right and upon immunity
from insultand injury for our citizens and
sailors in foreign ports as policy of
Irritation and bluster." They did not
believe, az some others seem to believe,
that to be q Democrat one must take the
foreign side of every international ques-
tion, i Republican administration is
conducting the American side. The
Chilean incident, now 30 happily and
honorably adjusted, will, do not doubt,
place our relations with that brave peo-
pie upon more friendly basis than ever
before. This already appears in an
agreement since negotiated by Mr.. Egan
for the settlement, by commission, of
the long unsettled claims between the
two governments. The work OF Mr..
Egan is highly advantageous to the
United States. The confidence which 1
refused to withdraw from him has beea
abundantly justified.
In our relations with the great Eu-
ropean power, the rights of the United
States and our citizens have been insist
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