The Portland daily press., 1892-09-06
SOUND DOCTRINE.
President Harrison's Letter
Of Acceptance.
FORCIBLE UTTERANCES ON
PARTY POLICY.
The Benefieent Effects Of the New
Tariff Law and Reciprocity.
QUESTION OF FAIR ELECTIONS
NOT TO BE FORGOTTEN.
QUESTION OF FAIR ELECTIONS
NOT TO BE FORGOTTEN.

ton Clearly Stated-Progress of Ameri-
can Ship Building Under the New
Laws-Many Other Subjects Receive At
tention.
WASHINGTON, September 5.-President
Harrison's S letter of acceptance is made
public. In it the President exhaustively
treats of the issues of the campaign. He.
says
WASHINGTON, D. c.,
September 5, 1892.
Hon. Wns. Mckinley, Jr., and Others OF
the Committee:
Gentlemen-I now avail myself of the
first period of relief from public duties
to respond to the notification, which you
brought me June 20th, of my nomination
for the office of President of the United
States by the Republican National Con-
vention, recently held at Minneapolis.
accept the nomination and am grateful
| for the approval expressed by the con-
vention of the acts of the administration.
have endeavored, without wavering or
WEAKNESS, SO far as the direction of pub
| lie affairs have been committed to me, to
carry out the pledges made to the people
1 in 1888. Ii the policies of the admins
tration have not been progressively
fanit % has has not I been in the purpose but in
the execution; A vote OF want OF cont on
aencs y asheu oy oul os wha+ has nas
been done. Which we promptly and glad
ly accept.
Ihe great WORK OF tne DIS! congress
na,,ancra+;o 1la, bonse and tbe acts Of the
| ec,,t;ya danarfment to its scrutiny and
;nves+;oation The Democratic national
characterization was Succeeded hv Re-
,1,hl;can administration and +he fresh
ness of events rives unusual facilities for
fs;y connar;son and iudoment There
hoe saldom haen a time T think when a
CHANGE to the declared nolicies of the
nem6cratic nartv ;nvolved snch serious
resnlts 10 I The bns;ness interests of the
| country A hrief review of what has heen
| done and of what the Democratic
,.o,.t,, ,,.o,,osaS +o rndo will ins+ifv this
pn; pn;n;op =; pA'Rb Tbe Ran1,bl;can nartv dnr;nn
@ tha civil wa, dev;sed a national c,,rrencv
onos;s+;no ol,n nf IIn;ted States notes issued
o' oud reJnesn, esis abio hv tho ~oyernment M and.
aat;o,oi osu I'll ss,,ad ,Ir,n,, III, H.
saa...;t1r " ae +1a I1n;toJ States tay W..
seu;ad .nn, W. tle iss,es of The state hanks
.J A. ;,,+a,dad ras,,l+ +bot ali s,,oh
;mu o no,,1d ho .n;tb drawn yvas vailed
i'eoo' oo"'es w :"
Our Money is All National Money,
,o;obt almost saw international. for
>, ~, IL
| these piils afe iio' oliy oqu"liy anu ,no,o
criminately accepted at par IN all the
| states. but in some foreign countries
The Democratic nartv if entrusted with
-, oe - oo,oro,,+ ;s not
lne co11loi " .ie osor 4o.l n, ~, 49,. - s+ate
| hanL ;ssne with a view to nuttlnp into
circulation again under such diverse leg
isiaeioI as I1le suaoeS nlay 'opo 4Idu , ~
the wears before The war. experienced the
inconvenience and losses attendant upon
| the use of such money can appreciate
| what return to that system involves.
| Few subjects have elected more dis
cussion or excited more general interest
| than the recovery by the United States
of its appropriate share of the American
carrying trade. This subject touches not
only our pockets but our national pride.
| The great steamship lines of Europe
were built up and are now in part sus-
tanned by direct or indirect government
aid, the latter taking the form of liberal
pay for carrying the mails or an annual
bonus given in consideration OF agree
ments to construct ships, to adapt them
for carrying armament and to turn them
over to the government on demand upon
specified terms. 1t is plain to every in
telligent American that if the United
States would have such lines, similar
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