The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-10-29
RE1D'S LETTER
Accepting the Republican Nomination
for Vice President
The Party Platforms This Year of Unusual
Imporrance-Attentio Paid Less to the
Men and More 60 the Principles
Tho Tarin and Currency.

New YORK, Oct 19.-Following is
the letter of acceptance, in substance,
Of Hon. Whitelaw Reid, republican can.
aidate for vice-president:
HON w. T. DURBIN Anderson Ind.-Dear
Sir When the nomination with which the ma.
tional convention had honored me was formally
announced by your committee, I accepted IL at
once. In doing SO l accepted also the principles
set forth in the resolutions adopted by the CON
vention as the basis Of its appeal TO the popular
suffrage.
To do other or less than this, TO any honor.
able man, is an mpossibility. political par.
ty is an association OF citizens seeking to have
the government coId ducted In accordance with
its views, and presenting candidates whom il
strives TO elect for that purpose. To accept its
nomination without intending to carry outfits
principles would be as dishonorable and Grim.
inal MS TO procure goods under false pretences.
There will be no misunderstanding as to the
purpose Of the republican party in this contest,
and no doubt as to the attitude of its candi.
dates. What It intends 1t has set forth in Ian.
guagc that can not be mistaken; and they will
strive by all the lawful means in their power to
enforce its plainly expressed will. Since my
interview with your committee, further refec-
tion and careful attention TO the arguments on
both sides in the current public discussion have
confirmed my belief in the wisdom of the repub-
lican declarations, as well in the lucid candor
with which they have been presented.
The party platforms, so-called are more Inn
portant this year than usual Both the leading
candidates have once commanded the approval
of the American people in its highest form of
expression. Alteration is therefore concen-
trated less on the men themselves and more on
the principles each is put'forward to represent,
and would, in case Of election, be required to
carry out
The declarations OF our opponents demand a
still closer scrutiny, since their victory now
1svtvrg tnr., 1. a.
had since 1853 TO put in practice their policy
Never, since that date, have they had control at
once both in the executive and legislative de.
partments of the government This year tho
election Of president clearly carries with il
majorities in both houses of congress.
1t is obvious that, in the common Judgment of
the peoplein all parts OF the country, the real
issues which this year divide parties and de-
mand popular decision are those relating to
the tariff and the currency. Fortunately both
sides have stated their positions on this subject
with directness, simplicity and franIness The
issues thus made between the rival candidates
for the popular suffrage are specially sharp and
distinct
We favor protective tariff, and when in full
power made the present one. Our opponents
favor q tariff for revenue only and promise the
repeal Of the present one
We maintain that the tariff should cover the
difference in the cost of the home and foreign
and foreign wages for the labor employed upon
1t. Our opponents distinctly rcpudated the
proposition that American wages should be
considered in the matter, and declared instead
that tariff levied for anything but revenue
only was unconstitutional As the London
Times of September 2S very naturally re.
marked, this policy, If fairly and logically car.
ricd out, is not to be distinguished from free
trade in the practical form in which we are
familiar with it"
A sham is as unpatrotic as it Is untruthful.
1t is for the people who are so generally bene.
fitted by 1t air eady, and must see its promise OF
the future, to decide whether they should now
intrust the care OF IT to the party which threat.
ems one and destroys the other
The one subject Of the currency, the issue be-
tween the republican party and its opponents,
is almost as sharply defined as on the tariff
We demand that every dollar-paper, silver or
gold-shall be made and kept as good
as any other dollar Our opponents
while protesting the same desire, demand that
the national bank currency shall be broken
down by the repeal of the 10 per cent tax on the
issue Of state banks. The lamented Garfield
proudly claimed, in 1880, that our paper cur
rency is now as national as the flag, and every
where equal to coin. The proposal of our oppo-
nents is TO sectionalize it again and thus return
10 the state bank system, under which it was
rarely equal to coin, was often as a ruinous dis
count and often worthless. No human being ever
IOSb uOllaT OF u cent Dytne note OF n National
bank, solvent or otherwise. The losses by state
bank notes have been counted by tens of
millions, have touched all classes and reached
every corner OF the country. 1t is true that the
gradual payment Of the government bonds may
require some change in tho securities demanded
as guarantee for tho national bank notes.
The party which devised the system and made
II magnificent success may be relied upon to
meet that emergency when it arises and the
ono party that assurody could not be relied
upon in the matter is the party which has now
formally proposed, as its remedy for the dill-
Guilty, return to the semi-barbqrous condition
OF the heterogeneous state bank issues before
the war. There is good reason to hope for some
practical union of effort for n common solution
OF the silver problem, with an increased use OF
silver through the renewed International Silver
conference, which the wise policy of the present
administration has secured from the leading
commercial nations of the world. But in any
event. the country has learned in all such ques-
uons to trust the financial skill and integrity
OF the republican party and 10 distrust its op
ponents. The republican party, in raising tho
funds for prosecuting the war for the union, in
devising the ma tional banking system in resum.
ing specie payments in providing the great
sums FOR giving just pensions to the soldiers and
its whole policy for the last thirty years has
shown the greatest financial successes attained
has, therefore, right 10 claim the popular con
ndence now.
CORBETT'S REPLY.
He Will Meet jackson Provided IL Ia Tn,