Connecticut western news., 1892-09-29
CLEVELAND'S LETTER
IT MAKES TARIFF REFORM THE ls-
 SUE THAT LEADS ALL OTHERS.


 dency Says That Free Trade Is Impos-
 sibIe-His Views the Elections BiIl,
 Pension and Money Questions.
 BuzzARp's BAY, Mass, Sept. 27.-Grover Cleveland's letter accepting the Democratic nomination for president of the United States has been given out for publications The letter is as follows:
 To Hon. William l.. Wilson and Others, Com
 mittee:
 Gentlemen-In responding to your formal notification of my nomination to the presi dency by the national Democracy, l hope I may be permitted 10 say at the outset that con- tinued reflection and observation have con Armed me in my adherence to the opinions which have heretofore plainly and publicly declared, touching the questions involved in the canvass.
 This is a time above all others when these questions should be considered in the light af- forded by a sober apprehension of the princi. ples upon which our government is based and clear understanding of the relation it bears to the people for whose benefit 1t was created. We shall thus be supplied with test by which the value of any proposition relating to the maintenance and administration of gov ernment can be ascertained, and by which the justice and honesty of every political question can be judged If doctrines or theories are presented which do not satisfy this test loyal Americanism must pronounce them false and mischievous.
 MT. Cleveland then treats at some length the question of tariff legislation. Tariff taxes are only justihable, he says, when laid and collected for the purpose of main taining our government and furnishing the means for the accomplishment of it's legiti- mate purposes and functions, and the the ory Shat tariff taxation is justihable for the express purpose of promoting special inter ests and enterprises he pronounces clearly contrary to the spirit of our constitution. He says:
 Tarin reform is stiIl our purpose. Though we oppose the theory that tariff laws may be passed having for their object the granting of discriminating and unfair governmental aid to private ventures. we wage exterminating war against any American interests. We be heve a readjustment can be accomplished in accordance with the principles we profess without disaster or demolition We believe that the advantages of freer raw materials should be accorded to our manufacturers, and we contemplate a fair and careful distribution of necessary tariff burdens, rather than the precipitation of free trade.
 We anticipate with cslmness the misrepre. sentation of our motives and purposes insti- gated by selhshness which seeks to hold in unrelenting grasp its unfair advantage under present tsrin laws. We will rely upon the in- telligence of our fellow countrymen to reject the cnarRe that party comprlslnR the tnalor. ity of our people is planning the destruction or injury of American interests, and we know they cannot be frightened by the specter of iin- possible free trade. E# Elections, Money and Pensions. The administration and management of our government depend upon popular will Fed ersl power Is the instrument ot that will-not its master. Therefore the attempt of the op. ponents of Democracy to interfere with and | control the suffrage of the states through fed. erl agencies develops a design which no ex. planation can mitigate, to reverse the funds. mental and safe relations between the people and their government Such attempt can.
 not fail to be regarded by thoughtful men as proof of n bold determination to secure the
 ascendancy of a discredited party in reckless disregard of free expression of the popular will. To resist such scheme is an impulse of | Democracy. At all times and in an places we | trust the people As agsirst a disposition to force the way to federal power present to them our claim to their confidence and sup
 port steady championship of their rights The people are entitled to sound and honest money abundantly sufficient in volume to sup | ply their business needs. But whatever may | be the form of the peoples currency, national | or state-whether gold. silver or paper-it | should be so regulated and guarded by govern.
 mental action or by wise and careful laws that no one can be deluded as to the certainty and stability of its value Every dollar put into the | hands of the people should be of the same in. trinsic value or purchasing power. With this | condition absolutely guaranteed, both gold and | silver can be safely utilized upon equal terms in the adjustment of our currency. In dealing with this subject no selfish scheme | should be allowed to intervene and no doubtful experiment should be attempted Tho wants | of our people arising from the deficiency or | imperfect distribution of money circulation | ought to be fully and honestly recognized and | efficiently remedied. It should. however, bs | constantly remembered that the inconvenience | or loss that might arise from such a situation can be much easier borne than the universal
 distress which must follow discredited cur, | rency.
 | The American people are generous and grate | .ful, and they have impressed these character
 istics upon their government Therefore all | patriotic and just citizens must commend lib | eral consideration for our worthy veteran
 soldiers and for the families of those who have | died. No complaint should be made of the Il amount of public money paid to those actually | disabled or made dependent by reason of army | service. But our pension roll should be roll | of honor uncontaminated by ill desert and un \ vitiated by demagogic use.
 | The preferences accorded veteran soldiers iu | public employment should be secured to them | honestly and without evasion, and when caps | ble and worthy their claim to the helpful re | gard and gratitude of their-countrymen should | be ungrudgingly acknowledged.
 To Promote the Peoples Good. | | adherence to the letter and spirit of civil
 service reform, denounces vexalious stump
 tuary laws which unnecessarily interfers | with such habits and customs of our people | as are not offensive to just moral sense
 and are not inconsistent with good citizen
 ship and the public welfare, demands req
 sonable regulations for the protection oi
 public health and the exclusion of undesir
 able immigrants, advocates governmental
 indorsement of the Nicaragua ship canal | and federal effort to make the Columbian
 exposition grand success and a splendid
 demonstration of American patriotism, and
 concludes his letter in these words: | In an imperfect and incomplete manner
 have thus endeavored to state some of the
 things which accord with the creed and inten | tions of the party to which Ihave given my lifs
 long allegiance My attempt has not been tc | instruct my nountrymen nor my party, but te
 remind both that Democratic doctrine lies neal | the principles of our government and tends tc | promote the peoples good am willing to bs
 accused of addressing my countrymen upor | trite topics and in homely fashion, for believe | that important truths are found on the surfacs | of thought, and that they should be stated ir
 direct and simple terms. Though much is lef
 unwritten. my record public servant leave: | no excuse for misunderstanding my belief and
 position on the questions which now pre-
 sented to the voters of the land for their de | cision
 Called for the third time to represent tn, | party of my choice in n contest for the suprem
 acy of Democratic principles, my grateful sp
 preciation of its confidence less than ever ef
 faces the solemn sense of my responsibility Il
 the action of the convention you represent
 shall be indorsed by the suffrages of my couu | trymen, will assume the duties of the grea
 office for which have been nominated, know
 ing full well its labors and perplexities, anc
 with humble reliance upon the Divine Being
 infinite in power to aid and constant in
 watchful care over favored nation. Your
 very truly, GROVER CLEVELAND.
 Frank E. Sargent Reelected.
 CINCINNATI, Sept. 2i.-The Brotherhoo