Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1892-09-30
AT LASTCLEVELAND SPEAKS

Grover Cleveland has at last gwen
to the world his letter of acceptance.
The careful reader will look in vain
for evidence in the letter as to why
it should have been delayed SO long.
It certainly is is not great pro-
duction, and though like Mr.. Cleve-
lands other state papers,it is q labored
effort with slow and heavy movement,
slill it would seem that even Mr..
Cleveland ought not to have used up
three months in its production.
If anybody expected that the
letter would seriously attempt to
modify or ignore the freetrade plank
of the Democratic platform, he will
be greatly mistaken when he carefully
follows the painstaking and plodding
composer of Gray Gables through
his entire composition. In fact the
most of his letter is taken up with an
exposition Of the modern free-trade
doctrine says the Chicogo Inter- Ocean.
He prefers to call it tariff REFORM
and dwells more on the objections to
protection than he does on the
advantages Of free trade. In fact it
is evident that the beauties and
advantages Of free trade were too
much for his unsympathetic and
phlegmatic pen. 1t is more at home
with words of pronunciation than those
of commentator, and mostly relies
on reiterating the stale diatribes
against protection.
After using nearly half his space in
this way he pauses and, fearing that
the people will think if elected he
will proclaim tree trade at once
assures his readers that, though
opposed to the theory of tariff laws,
"we wage no exterminating wal
against any American interests" The
people of this country are too in.
telligent to be deceived by this
disclaimer. After using half his
letter to combat the doctrine Of
protection and demonstrate that il
was contrary to the interests of the
people and of selfish and unpatriotie
origin, they will not believe but what
he is ready to wage 'war against
American interests" They know
something Of what protection has done
How it has built up manufactures in
every state and corner of the Union,
giving employment to millions Of
idle hands, and making those pro.
ducers, who before were only
consumers. They are too wise and
we'll informed not to know that nc
public man can oppose doctrine
that has done ST. much for the country
without making "war against Ameri-
can interests"
AS "a tub to the whale" Mr.. Cleve
land devotes short paragraph to Mr.
Dana's pet hobby, the election law
OF course as regular Democrat III
must necessarily oppose any law tha
might aid the people of the South ii
securing honest elections, but still il
his candidates cold words indorsine
his position Brother Dana's en-
thusiastic mind will find small
comfort. .-~
As to currency he has little to say
but that little, evidences that he is il
favor Of national banks. For silve
he has not a word. For the pension
ers he has word, but nothing tina
will induce thinking man to beliey
that he would veto any less numbe
Of pension bills than he did when Ii
was president before.
The letter indicates that lie is on
posed to most things. Like tru
Democratic letter it is rich in mega
tives, but poor in afirmations Of any
i thing. But it is only right to sa.
that Us to two great enterprises he
outspoken in their favor. The Mica
ragua canal comes il, for.a warm in
dorsement and so does the World
Fair. He evidently does not ike Il,
action Of the Democratic congress j
its attempt to cripple the undertaken
ct Jackson park.
He closes his letter with an apollo
/ 81 for its ineompleteness, aud refer
% his record as fully supplemental I
what he has said. Here are ii
words
Though much d leftsnnwritten, n