Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-11
ISSUES STATED BY MORTON
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Accepts Republican Nomination for Cover
nor of New York.
Pleads for Economy, Tempercncc and
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Equai Rights-Increascd Expendi-
ture Under Bs~.ocratic Rule.

MIR. Levi p. Morton has given the follow
ing acceptance of the nomination by the re-
publicans for governor of New York:
RHINECLIFF, n. Y, October 9, 1894.
Hon. Warner Miller, Chairman of the Re-
publican State Convention.
Sir-I have been officially informed within
the past few days Of my nomination for
governor by the convention over which YOU
presided at Saratoga.
Grateful for past recognition and for this
friendly evidence of their confidence. ac-
cept the trust the republican party has non
ored me with, pledging my hearty cooper
alton in their efforts for an honest and eff
Gent conduct of affairs.
The platform adopted by that body Is a
just but temperate, arrangement of the dem
ocratic party, now for the first time in
many years In full control Of ali branches
Of the national administration.
The issues involved in the pending can
vass are clearly defined and of paramount
Importance. They are related to both state
and federal concerns. They affect the re-
wards of labor. the security of capital and
the safety of society. Within our borders
Is the metropolis of the continent, and New
York state is first in commerce and manu-
features. and only second in agriculture.
During the whole period of its existence
the republican party has been distinguished
llS utbOllOH 10 the pTlnClpic Oh pTOIcC-
ton to home productions. Variations In the
rates of duty on imports have, from time
to time, been made, as the needs Of the
government and the condition of American
Industries have required, but the prin ciple
itself has been intelligently and stea lily
viDdicated by every republican Congress
The last republican administration had
given statutory expression to the American
doctrine that duties should be laid upon
foreign products competing with like articles
of home production, and that articles ex-
clusively produced abroad and not 80 COM
peting should be admitted Free for The ben
eft of the consumers. After the passage of
this law the nation was at the summit Of
Its greatness and prosperity, with its name
respected throughout the earth, and peace
and plenty in all Its domain.
1t is not claifned that this statute, any
more than any other human ordinance, was
perfect in'1ts details, nor that all its rates
OF assessment of duties should nave been
maintained, but the notifications suggested
by time and experience should have been
left to the friends of the measure.
Menace to Industry.
Peril to American Industries was an
nounced In the change of administration.
The menace, alone, which it's advent her
aided was sufficient to still the looms to
darken the furnaces, to stop the wheels Of
business. and to ,precipitate a financial
stringency unparateleH in our annals for
severity and duration!
Inc menace, with ttSaccOmpanylng unrest
and disaster, throughout eighteen months,
In which democTatie Congress sought to
undo that which had been so well accepted
by It's republican predecessors, and In spite
OF the repeal of the siiYer-purchasing clause
OF the so-called Sherman act, which was
only rendered possible by the aid Of the re-
publican party, 1t vas evident that perma-
nent relief could not come while the stabili-
ty OF our industries was threatened.
A measure was enacted, false alike to the
promptings of true .Americanism and to the
professions Of the democratic party. The
bill which originally passed the House of
Representatives had al least the merit of
election promises made to the people by the
democratic national convention, but that
which finally prevailed Is a thing of incon-
grulties. patchwork of protection and free
trade-of protection to favored localities and
OF nurture to trusts, but Of hostility to the
masses or he workingmen of the land.
RepUdlated by its principal Trainer. char
acterized by democratic President as bill
OF peIfdy and dishonor, denounced by the
senior Senator from this state, and unat-
tested by the signature Of the President,
proclamation Is already made that Ii Is only
the beginning of the attack. which will be
persisted In, upon American wage-earne-s.
In the confusion of democratic councils
and the adversely of democratic legislation,
II Is plain that the only wise course for the
country to pursue is to restore the manage
ment Of Its affairs to that party which for
thirty years has developed its resources,
upheld its good faith, cared for those who
fought for its integrity. and guarded the
rights and fortunes of its citizens.
State Issues.
When we turn from the nation to the
state. the considerations in behalf Of repub-
lican supremaev aiso Impressive. They