Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-09-09
HARRISON'S LETTER.
The Presidents Acceptance 0
The Nomination.
HIS VIEWS SET FORTH

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5.-The fol-
lowing is a condensation of Presi-
dent Harrison's letter accepting the
Republican nomination for the Office
of President of the United States
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5. 1892.
Hon. I'm. MCKINLEY, J. and
Others, Conanaittee, Etc.
GENTLEMEN I now avail myself
of the first period of relief from pub
lie duties to respond to the notifica-
tion which you brought to me on
June Goth Of my nomination for the
Office of President of the United
States by the Republican National
Convention recently held at Min
neapolis. I accept the nomination
and am grateful for the approval ex-
pressed by the convention of the
acts of the administration. | have
endeavored, without wavering or
WEAKNESS 80 far as the direction of
public affairs was committed to me,
to carry out the pledges made to the
people in 1888. If the policies of
the administration have not been
distinctively and progressively
American and Republican policies,
the fault has not been in the pur-
pose, but in the execution. A vote
of want of confidence is asked by
our adversaries, and this challenge
to a review of what has been done
we promptly and gladly accept.
The great work of the Fifty-First
Congress has been subjected to the
revision of a Democratic House of
Representatives and the acts of the
executive department to it's scrutiny
and investigation. A Democratic
national administration was succeed
ed by Republican administration,
and the freshness of events give un-
usual facts for fair comparison and
judgment. There has seldom been
time, / think, when change from
the declared policies of the Demo-
cratic party involved such serious
results to the business interests of
the country. A brief review of what
has been done and of what the
Democratic proposes to undo, will
justify this opinion.
THE RECIPROCITY POLICY.
The President makes a lengthy
statement in regard to the recipro-
city policy. 1t Is now in practical
operation, he says, with five nations
of Central and South America, San
Domingo and the Spanish West
India Islands, aud with Germany
and Austria. Under special trade
arrangements with each, he says /:
We have only begun to realize the
benefit Of these trade arrangements.
The work of creating new agencies
and of adopting our goods, new
markets have necessarily taken time,
but the results already attained are
such, | am sure. - 81 establish In
popular favor tho policy Of reeipro.
cal trade. The declaration of the
platform In favor of "fho American
doctrine OF protection meets my
most hearty approval, The eonyen.
tion did not adopt schedule, but
principle that Ii 10 control all tariff
schedules. There may be- differ
enee OF opinion among protection.
isls az 10 the rate upon particular
articles necessary IL effect ~ equali.
zall0n between wages abroad aud ii
home, Ia some not remote national
campaigns the ISSUES have been--or
more correctly, has been made 10
appear 10 be- between high aud
l0s protective taFlif. both parties
expressing s0me solleltiOas regard
fof the wages of our working people,
md loF he prosperity VI our do