Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-09-09
BLAINE HAS LETTER TOO.
He Cannot stump it butHe Gives His View



Augusta, Me. Sept. Ga letter was
made public tonight from las. g. Blaine
to Chairman Manley OF the republican
state committee. Mr.. Blaine says:
Not being able, for reasons which I
have explained to you, to deliver pub
lie speeches in the present campaign,
l take the liberty of submitting my
views on the iSSues which / regard as
being the strongest for the republicans
to urge before the people.
FirSt-The issue of the greatest con-
will continue to be until settlement
is effected by a majority so large that
it will show general acquiesence. The
republicans are aggressive on this sub
ject. Two years ago they passed Il gen
eral enactment known as the Mckinley
tariff which for a time failed to meet
with popular approval and was regard
ed with a certain degree of distruSt by
those who always upheld the protective
system.
But powerful reaction has come III
consequence of 4 vindication of the Nc
Kinley tariff by experience. 1t is
found to have worked admirably and
within the last year has produced a
greater volume CT business, internal and
external, than the United States ever
tranSa cted before. Notwithstanding
J the character and extent of the Oppo-
sition to it, agriculture is remunera-
tive, manufacturers are prosperous,
and commerce more fiCuriShing than
at any previous time. This is vindi-
eating the Mckinley tariff by an in'
I:rcsSive and undeniable series of facts.
Against this tariff the democratic party
has taken a position.
Almost without parallel in the history
of the country. They reject entirely the
! doctrine Of protection, pronounce it a
fraud and mathematics it generally.
a resolution to this effect was adopted
by the democratic convention against
q report of the committee on resolu-
tons by a tWO-thirdS vote, thus man
ifesting the intelligent anticipation of
every man in the convention Some
times resolutions may be adopted i'll
haste, or just when Il convention is
adjoulning it may fail to receive the
attention of its members; but this res
olutiOn was debated, pro and con-
adopted after u contest and was per-
fectly understood by the convention"
Mr.. Blaine quotes the plank of the
democratic platform denouncing pro
lection etc, and adds: IF any one will
take the trouble to read the resolutions
by which Calhoun sought to defend his
notification scheme in 1888, he will
find the tariff platform of the demo-
cratic party in general harmony there
with and if he examines the subject
further he will discover duties i'll the
compromise tariff which reconcIled
Calhoun and appeased his angry fol
lowers in South Carolina, were more
comprehensive i'll character than those
contemplated in the democratic reso-
! luton of 1892.
'"Thc democrats are in the habit OF
| naming Jefferson as the founder of their
party; and yet on the subject of tariff
they are in radical opposition to the
principles laid down by jefferson. To
ward the close of his administration
| the question was what should be done
! and should the tariff be reduced or
should the surplus he maintained?
! Jefferson pointedly asked, shall we sup
| press imposts and give that advantage
! to the foreign over the domestic manu-
! facturer? For himself he recommend
! ed that the imDOstS be maintained
and the surplus created be appropriated
| to the improvement of roads, canals,
| rivers and educatiOn.'
If the constitution did hot give sutfi-
cient power to warrant the Sc appropril-
| tons, jefferson went so far as to rec
oinmend it to be amended. This pre-
SCENTS the strongest condition of affairs
upon which a protective tariff can be
| justified, and Jefferson did not hesitate
! TO recommend it. The democrats of the
| present day, it is needless to SLY, are in
! direct opposition to the policy which
jefferson thus outlined and adhered to.
''Second-When the principle of recip-
] rocal trade was first proposed to be
! introduced into the tariff system the
! democrats showed a most generous
! appreciation of the question, and gave
| their support as long as the republicans
refused to accept it, but when the re-
| Fublicans came to approve Of 1t, the
democratic support vanished. But in
| spite of democratic opposition we have
attained through reciprocity a new and
valuable trade and the system has de-
! mOnStrated its many advanta ges'
| Then Mr.. Blaine goes on at length
to show the practical advantage of re-
! ciprocity.
Third-AIr Blaine says in substance
! that the war with all its calamitics
brought Us one great blessing-a bet.
! tering Of our national currency. He ex-
pressed surprise that the democratic
| party should deliberately pass rcsolu-
tons for revival Of state banks.
| These are the three issues on which
! he would arraign the democratic party.
IF CHOLERA COMES.