The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-10-17
They Also Want the Coun,ry's Present Pres
perity 10 Continue. and Will Vote with the
Party Of Protection and Prosperity.
Address from the Leading German
American Business Men 0fNew York.
Reasons Why Harrison and Reid Should Be
Elected and Cleveland and Stevenson De-
feated-StatiS,icS of Manufactures.


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lean organization of this city, composed of
business men of high standing, has issued
the following address:
Recognizing the great commercial and
industrial Importance OF the approaching
presidential election to our adopted father
land, and being fully convinced that the
Republican party not only represents the
best interests of the Nation, but Is ever
most actively engaged to further them, the
undersigned citizens of German descent
have constituted themselves a committee
to work for the election of the standard
bearers the Republican party.
We have no active connection with poll
tics, but rs citizens and as business men
who realize that the prosperity of this
country is due to the wise commercial
policy of the Republican party. we con-
slider it our duty to give energetic express
sion to our convictions, and TO oppose the
vague theories of the free-traders which
have no gu bstantial basis in fact.
The Republicapsparty has. true to its ira
ditIons, declared itself for the protection
OF our industries and for honest money.
The Democratic party has declared itself
for unlimited free-trade and for q return to
that dangerous system of State banks
which,, in times past, affected our
SO disastrously. 1t was the small business
men and the workmen who were chiefly In
jured by that system and 1t is these who
will be injured, If 1t be reintroduced.
Both free trade and protection have been
sufficiently tested. The direct consequence
of the free-trade legislation of 1888 was the
marked decline In our national prosperity,
which eliminated In the great commercial
crisis of 1887. Protection took the place of
tariff for revenue only; the Ountr rccOv.
cred, commerce and industry throve. till in
1916 the tariff was again reduced and the
Again the people of the United Stat es de-
clared for protection. The consequence
was q development of all our national re-
sources. beyond the widest expectation,
and q general prosperity such as the world
When Grover Cleveland, true TO the re-
dictionary principles of the Democratic
party, declared himself for free trade in
his message of Dec. o. 1887, the people,
had made in the past with free trade. re-
Jected the Democratic party aud again H.
trusted the government of the Nation to
the Republican party.
PROSPERITY NEVER 81 GENERAL.
Never was the balance of trade so favor-
able to us as now. never was the prosperity
Of the whole country SO general. never
were the wage-earnera 80 well off, as the
extraordinary increase in the deposits in
the savings banks proves. Foreign capt.
talists have come to MS, have built facto-
ries. and are paying the American work
inRman three to four times as much as
they had to pay their work people In
Europe. The inquiries of the finance COM
mittee of the United States Senate demon
strate that wages have risen and the neces.
saries of life become cheaper under the
Mckinley bill. The Democratic chief of
the Labor Bureau of the State of New
York attests that wages in our State have
risen over six millions, while the value of
products has increased over thirty milf
ions the very first year after the Mckinley
tariff became law.
In the face of these inc~ontrovertible
facts. what sensible man can vote for the
introduction Of a policy of free trade,
which wonld bring about a revolution In
business, cause d general cessation of work
and enterprise. and such a terrible depreci-
alton In the value OF property that the
consequence cannot be foret0ld.
We are all aware that leading Democrats
openly declare that their party will, in no
case, carry out the platform adopted by the
Democratic national convention at Chi
cago. This more than doubtful position in
the most important issue OF the present
campaign. which can have no other pur-
pose than to mislead the voters. is. after all,
only an empty promise. but nevertheless
one more reason for US to support the he
publican party, which, in startling con-
trast to the Democratic party. possesses
the courage of its cOnvlcti6ns and stands
by the priuciples which it laid down in its
party programme.
The legislative activity. of the Fifty-frst
OOukICoo duu " nOCtiOu hHu
uncertainty of the Flfty-second Congress
u efficiently illustrate the difference be-
tween the parties.
Both the presidential candidates have
been tried by the people. both have served
q full presidential term; their administra-
tiOns belong to history.
Every reason given In the year 1888 for the
election of Harrison is valid to-day, only in
@ higher degree. Through his firm stand
on the silver question he saved the country
from m Uyaaf fipQnclal Crlata
Disdaining grandiloquent promises. and
preferring to gain the respect of his fellow
citizens by q Dlameless administration,
President Harrison has fearlessly defended
the honor and dignity of the Nation. and
has once more forced from foreign nations
that respect for the stars and stripes which
had almost been entirely lost under Cleve-
land. Under him civil-service reform has
been a reality. while his appointments to
the most prominent offices are admitted,
even by his most bitter political enemies,
to DO unassailable.
CLEVELAND RULED BY HIS PARTY.
If we compare with this the administration
of Grover Cleveland we find that. in spite
of bombastic promises of reform IN the
civil service. the spoilsmen never, since the
days of jackson, raised their heads SO
boldly as when Grover Cleveland, through
Adlai Stevenson. the present Democratic
candidate for the vice-presidency. deposed
A. 900 pOstmasters who had honestly and
faithfully administered their offices to
make room for the Democratic place-hunt-
ers who were to help him TO a second term
of the presidency. Not only has Mr.. Cleve-
land been untrue to all his pledges of re-
fOrm, but, us q matter of fact. he has ever
yielded TO the worst elements In his party
whenever bis personal interests were at
stake. aud IN this very campaign we find
MIN allied in the closest possible way with
.Tammany Hal.
1t was Grover Cleveland who, elected be-
cause of his promises to reform the civil
service, retained q Garlnnd i'm office.
1t was Grover Cleveland who, having de-
clared himself I'm most explicit terms
against O second term. handed over the en-
tire machinery of the government to the
spoilsmen In ORDER TO secure his own re-
nomination.
Finally, let us consider the two candi-
dates for the ice-presidency. In Whitelaw
Reid We have the tried patriot. the expe-
rienced diplomatic. who. through his own
ability and force of character worked him.
self up from among the people TO the high
est positions of trust. The candidate of the
Democratic party. on the other hand, vas
an Outsp0ken enemy of the Union during
the civil war. He advocated ard INTRO
duced the most reckless financial system
ever known. and finally. AS the trusted
henchmen of Cleveland. prostitnted public
office for party purpose. The possibility
that one of these two men may succeed TO
the presidency should be gravely con-
sid~red.
With these facts before M, and being con.
WINGED that the introduction of free trade
ITO which the Democratic party. according
TO it's Chicago platform. 10 pied gedl would
give an element of uneerta,nty 10 all busi-