San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-30
LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE.
OF Candidate II. Grass, For Congress
In The Eleventh District.

Or Candidate Ill. GrdSS, tOr congress
In The Eleventh District.
Corpus Christi, Texas, Aug. 20,1S96.
To G. C. Pierce, Chairman of the Elev-
enth Congressional District, James
o. Luby, Capt. b. L. Crouch, ]. B.
Armstrong, Otto Buchel, ]. Il. Hex
ter. and Calvin Brewster, EXecu-
tive Committee.
Gentlemen: II herewith formally
accept the nomination for congress in
the Eleventh Congressional District,
which was rendered me on the fifth
day of August 1896, by the Republic
cans in convention assembled in Cor
pus Christi, Texas.
| heartily endorse the National Re
publican platform adopted at st. Louis
June 10th, 1896, and also endorse the
platform adopted August 9th, 1896, by
the Republicans of the Eleventh Con-
gressional District of Texas.
The Democratic platform submits
for decision by the voters of the Uni
&d States, two issues, e:
1.-The free coinage of silver at the
ratio of sixteen to one, and
.. Tariff for revenue, without even
an incidental protection and in their
discussions they ignore the question
of tariff and say that it is not an issue,
that it is settled, etc.
From this view of the tariff question
l must dissent and / now serve notice
upon the opposition party that they
will find it very live issue in the
coming campaign.
Both the Democratic and Republic
can parties agree that the major part
of the money to defray the expenses
of the government should be raised by
duty on imports, but disagree as to
the adjustment of the duty; the Dem
Ocratic party advocates placing the
duty on all imports alike without ref
erence to whether commodities of
like character are being manufactured,
raised or produced in this country;
and without reference to whether such
commodities would be injuriously af-
fected when put in competition with
the imports of the cheaper labor of
other countries, while the Republican
party is in favor of so adjusting the
tariff as to protect all industries in
this country against the product of
cheaper labor of foreign countries and
StCuEe lllc uth VI
America constant work at remunera-
tive wages and to the American stock
men, farmer and producer the benefits
of an American market.
And within this limit of securing for
the government sufficient revenue only
to pay current expenses and the in
tefest on the national debt without
having to resort to the sale of bonds
to protect it's credit, will, if elected,
use my best efforts to secure legisla-
ton that will give ample protection to
the raisers of sheep and goats and
producers of wool, hair and hides, and
thus make valuable a vast domain in
Texas that is now worthless to the
owners and to the state and give prof
liable employment to large popula-
ton that is now idle.
l will vote for such protection to
cattle raisers as will protect them
from competition with the cheap
grown cattle of foreign lands and in
this connection / will vote to change
the ad valorem system of levying duty
to that of specific duty, for the rea-
son that under the ad yalorem sys-
TEN by under valuation the govern |
ment is defrauded of great portion |
of its revenues and the stockmen of |
Texas are more easily and readily in
jured by importation Of cheap stock. |
Cheap raw material means low wa
ges to Texas laborers and ruin to most |
Texas industries, as we have little to
sell that is in the form of a finished
product.
/ will vote to protect all raw mate
rial that must come in competition
with the imports Of cheaper raw ma
terial
l am in favor of such protection to
the manufacturers as will enable them
to set in motion every spindle and
loom and light the fire in every fur
mace and cause to be opened and
worked every mine in all this land,
thereby securing employment to our
people so that no man shall be COM
PEELED to tramp the roads seeking for
work or be compelled to beg for bread.
With a tariff so adjusted as to give
to all industries alike that need it
without regard to locality and with
no discrimination for or against any
article because classed as a fininshed
product or as raw material, the devel-
opment of our country would be &C.
CELEBRATED and the opportunities of the
people for lettering their condition
would be greatly enhanced.
Confidence in the stability of our
monetary system would be restored
and money would flow out to meet
the demands for the payment of labor,
the purchase of raw material and for
the movement of the products of the
ranch, farm and mine, the value of
which would be increased by reason
of the better home market thus crea-
ted.
The laborer is a hearty eater and a
ready buyer when employed at good
wages.
am in favor of employing our own
people and buying the goods they
manufacture and keep our capital at
home and we will then hear less cry
about a scarcity Of money.
II will 10 M Inn 1ferro TON