The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-11-03

CHARLESTON, w. Va, Oct 31.--Adlai
Stevenson, democratic candidate for the
vice presidency, has sent the following
letter of acceptance to the president of
the national democratic conventions:
CHARLESTON, W. Va, Oct 90 1892.
'"To the Hon. William L. Wilson, Chairman,
ETC.:
I "When in the presence Of twenty thousand
of my countrymen, accepted the honor con.
ferred upon me by the convention over which
you presided l promised to indicate by letter,
! in q more formal manner, my acceptance Of the
nomination rendered me by the assembled rep
resentatives of the democratic party Of the
United States. ..u4
'sJince that time have been engaged con.
tinually in the discussion, before the people OF
many states of the union, of the issues empha-
sized by the convention and represented by
our candidate for president Grover Cleveland.
Opportunity has thus been denied me to write
with the care would like the more formal an.
swer promised to your committee. The full
discussion of public questions commonly ex.
pected from o candidate for vice-president has
been rendered less imperative by the complete
presentation Of the democratic creed by the
gentleman with whom have the honor to be
associated as candidate on the national ticket.
His treatment of the issues now before the
country for discusscc. and settlement was so
complete that can do little more than indorse
his position and give 1t the emphasis Of my un.
qualified approval
1.-THE greatest power conferred upon human
government Is that of taxation. AL the greatest
struggles Of the past for a broader political
liberty have looked toward the limitation Of
this power Of right to tax, a right which
should always be limited by the necessities of
government, and to benefits which may be
shared by all. Whenever this power is used
to draw tribute from the many for the benefit
of the few or when part Of the people are
oppressed in order that the remainder may
prosper unduly, equality is lost sight of, in.
justice hardens into precedent, which is used
to excuse new exactions, and there arise arti.
f1 cial distinction which the benefciaries come
to look upon in due time as vested rights,
sacred to themselves.
"It is plain that our present inequitable sys-
tenn of tariff taxation has promised the growth
of such conditions in our land, favored though
it has been by an industrious and enterprising
people, a friendly climate, productive soil and
and the highest development of political liberty.
If the beneficiaries Of this system shall be able
to add q new tenure Of power to those they
have already enjoyed, the development of these
unfavorable conditions must continue until the
power to tax will be lodged in those who are
willing and able TO pay for the perpetuation Of
privileges originally conferred by confiding
people for the preservation inviolate of their
own government. There is no longer pretext
or excuse for the maintenance Of war tariff in
times OF peace, and more than garter OF
century after armed confictshas ceased. The
platform of the national democratic convention
demands the reform of this system and the
adoption in its place Of one which will insure
equality to all our people I am in full and
hearty accord with these purposes.
1.-THE convention also declared its position on
the currency question in no unmeaning words
when it said in it's platform: 'Wehold to the
use of both gold and siver as the standard
money of the country, and TO the coinage Of
both gold and silver, without discriminating
against either metal, or charge for mintage, but
the dollar unit OF coinage of both metals must
be of equal intrinsic and exchangeable value, or
be adjusted through international agreement or
by such safeguards Of legislation as shall insure
the parity of the two metals and the equal
power of every dollar at all times in the
markets, and in the payment of debts, and we
demand that all paper currency shall be kept at
par with and redeemable in such coin
"To this plan and unequivocal declaration in
favor Of sound, honest money / subscribed
without reservation or qualification. A safe
circulating medium is absolutely essential to
the protection Of the business interests of our
country, while to the wage Garner, or the farm
er, 1t is all important that every dollar, what
Its form, that finds its way into his pocket,
shall be Of equal, unquestioned and universally
excaagable value and Of equal purchasing
power.
"Another issue of great moment in the pend
ing contest is the Force bill, the magnitude OF
which can not be overstated. IT may mean the
control of the election of representatives in con-
gress by the bayonet The republican party,
by its acts in the Fifty-first congress, and by
its platform in its late national convention,
stands pledged to the passage Of this bill. That
it will pass 1t when 1t has the power, no sane
man can doubt To oil our people who desire
the peace and prosperity of our common coun-
try, this question is oil important
"Since my nomination have been In eight
of the southern and southwestern states of the
union, and have talked with men of all classes
and conditions there I found general and
growing apprehension Of evils which 1t is be-
lieved, would result from the passage OF the
I found the industries established by northern
capital during Mr.. Cleveland's administration
in a languishing condition; that the immigra.
tion of labor and the investment of capital in
vited to those states by their then peaceful con-
dition had in large measure ceased.
The enactment of the Force bill
into law, while it would threaten
the liberties of the entire people,
would undoubtedly retard the material growth
of the states at which it is especially aimed,
would incite In many communities race troubles,
and invite retalatory legislation, which would
disturb property values and discontinue and de-
stroy the security OF northern investments.
And Its reflex action upon the northern states
would result in q consequent loss of commercial
and trade relations with the vast territory now
becoming tributary to their wealth and pros
perity. say nothing now of the inherent vice
Of the un-American and revolutionary spirit in
volved in the Lodge bill, which was pronounced
by republican senator tho most infamous that
ever crossed the threshold Of the senate
II appeal to the instinct Of self-interest and
to the sense of common justice In the American
people. The era Of good feeling and renewed com
| mercial relations commencing with the election
| Of Mr. Cleveland In 1884 should not be inter
rupted by the Inauguration OF q policy which
| tends TO destroy popular representation and the
| purity Of local self-government which furnishes
| an instrument to discredited federal power %
perpetuate itself, which seeks to keep alive SEQ
tonal jeaiousies and strife, which threatsns TN.
portant and material interests, and which Offers
no excuse or palliatton for Its existence excepa
the perpetusuon In power Of political party
| which has lost public confidence.
| II accept the nomination tendeped m, end,
should the action of the convention meet The
| approval OF my countrymen. viii to the best oa
my ability, discharge with ndelity the duties q
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