Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-10-20

NEW YoRE, Oct 1s-TTon. Whitelaw
Reid, Republican candidate for Vice.presi
dent, has Just wntten 5,000-word letter
of acceptance to W. I. Durbin, chairman
OF the committee appointed to notify him,
IN the course of which he says that, in nc
cepting the nomination. he also accepts
the principles set forth in the resolutions
adopted BY the convention as the basis of
his appeal to the popular suffrage. TO ac-
cept nomination without intending to
carry out the principles declared by the
convention would be as dishonorablc and
as criminal as to procure goods under false
pretenccs.
The party platforms-so called he says
are more important this year than usual.
10th the leading candidates have once
commanded the approval Of the American
people in its highest form of expression.
Attention is, therefore, concentrated less
on the men themselves and more on the
principles each is put forward to represent
and would, in case of election be required
10 carry out.
IL Is obvious that i'll the common iudg.
ment of the people in all parts Of the
country the really vital issues which this
year divide parties, and demand popular
decision, are those relating to the tariff
ana the currency. Fortunately, both
sides have stated their positions on these
subjects with directness and frankness.
The market Of the United States is the
largest and best in the world, because our
people, in proportion to their means and
numbers, arc the largest purchasers. The
reciprocity policy so far adopted by the Re
publican party simply provides that where
we nowtake of duties and give foreign pro-
ducts free access to this market We shall
btlpulate for corresponding advantages to
our products in their markets. How an
intelligent and candid man can object to
this is incomnrehensiblc but the Demo-
cratic party has formally denounced it as a
sham.
Mr. Reid says that if the Democrats
elect a Presidentthis time they will clearly
have the House and Senate, too and will
thus be placed in absolute control for the
first time since 1889 with nothing to pre-
vent their carrying ont the threats they
have made against both the present tariff
anu the present currency.
NOMINATIONS IN NEW YORK.
New EoRK, Oct lS--rhe local political
campaign was opened in lively STYLE to-
day, when three tickets were put in the
teld, respectively, by Tammany Hall, the
County Democracy and the Republicans,
as follows;
Tammany Hall-For Mayor, Thomas +.
Gilroy; President of the Board of Alder
men. George Il. Mcclellan Register, Ferd-
nand Levy Judge of the Court Of Common
Pleas Leonard a. Geigerich; County Clerk,
Henry ID. Purroy; Additional Surrogate
Frank r. Fitzgerald; City Judge, Rufus Is.
Cowing.
County Democracy-For Mayor, John
QUINN President of the Board of Alder
men, Isaac Ii. Klein; Register, Isaac NJ.
Elliot; Judge of the Court of Common
Pleas, Leonard A. Geigerich; County Clerk,
Charles \. klemens; Additional Surrogate,
John W. Golf; City Judge, Rufus b.
Cowing
RepIblicans-Fo Mayor Edwin Elm
DrlgiInDt m 81 ,,F A
G. Nolney King; Register, Captain Hugh
Coleman County Clerk, Henry C.sBotty;
Judge of the Court Of Common Pleas,
Leonard A. Geigerich; CITY Judge, Ruins
u. cowing; Additional Surrogate, John
Sabin Smith.
The yoorhis Democracy tonight in.
dorsed the regular Tammany Hal. city and
county ticket.
TO BUY WEST VIRGINIA.
WASHINGTON, u. c., Oct. 1S.-An i'm
portant conference of Democratic leaders
was held here to-day regarding the stua.
ton IL, West Virginia and the methods the
state.
The conference was attended by Senator
Gorman, Senator kenna, Col. McCorkle,
Democratic candidate for governor of
west Virginia, and Mr.. Chiffon, chairman
oil the Democratic state committee
1t is said the Democrats have discovered
what seems to be Il systematic and wide
spread scheme of the Republicans to cor
rupt voters by the use Of money. Evidence
oil this is now i'll possession of the Demo-
cratic leaders in the state, and it is prom
ised that the facts will ali be made public
IN few days and that they will impllcate
Republicans OF national prominence. To-
days conference was held TO determine ON
a plan of action that will checkmate the
Republican scheme.