The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-09-03
REVIEW OF THE CAMPAIGN ISSUES.
THE NOMINEE DWELLS AT
LENGTH ON THE QUESTION
INVOLVED
SPECIAL STRESS ON THE MONEY QUESTION.
He Comes Out Squarely and Emphatic
'Aally Against Independent Free Coin
y1 age of Silver-Also Dwells at
p Length Upon the Tariff-EIis
Acceptance Letter in Full.

acceptance Letter III Full
Canton, O., Aug. 2G.-AIaj. McKinley's
4 letter of acceptance was issued today. 1t
is as follows:
Canton, o., Aug 90, 1885, TO Hon.
John NJ. Tnurston and Others, Members
of the Notification Committee of the Re-
publican National Convcntion-Gcntle-
men: In pursuance of the promise made
to your committee when notified of my
/ nomination as the republican candidate
for president, | beg TO submit this formal
acceptance of that high honor and to
consider in detail questions at issue in the
pending campaign. Perhaps this might
be considered unnecessary in view of my
remarks on that occasion and those |
have made to other delegations that have
visited me since the St. Louis conven-
ton, but in view of the momentous i'm
portance of the proper settlement of the
issues presented on our future prosperity
and standing as a nation and considering
only the welfare and happiness of our
people, | could not be content to omit
again calling attention to the questions
which in my opinion vitality affect our
strength and position among the govern
mentS of the world and our morality, in
tegrity and patriotism as citizens of that
been the best hope of the world and the
Inspiration of mankind. We must not
pow prove false to our own high stand
sAsftss in government nor unmindful of the
oble example and wise precepts of the
Fathers or of the confidence AMI trust
which our conduct in the past has always
INSPIRED.
n FREE COINAGE OF SILVER.
4 For the first time since 1865, if ever
Before. there is presented to the Ameri-
can people this year Il clear and direct
Issue as to our monetary system. OF vast
Importance in its effects and upon the
right of settlement of which rests largely
the financial honor and prosperity of the
country. 1t is proposed by one wing of
the democratic party and its allies, the
peoples and silver parties, to inaugu-
rate the free and unlimited coinage of sill
yer by independent actoh Oh inc p"il
of the United States at Il ratio of III
on,rces of silver Tn ono ounce of gold The
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'nere oeei'i"''oi u 'ni' p'' ro,.
menauce to our financial and industrial
Interests and has already created univcr-
al alarm If involvns oreot neril TO the
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Sreuit ana pusihess Vi TIE 'o"'''''
|peril so grave that conservative men
EVERYWHERE are breaking away from
.,rbo,r old Marty associates and uniting
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WIN other patrlotic citlZehs Ill ehiphatlc
protest against the platform of the ma
tional democratic convention as an as
sault upon the faith and honor of the
government and the welfare of the peo-
pie. We have had a few questions i'll the
lifetime of the republic more serious than
the one thus presented.
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NJ BENErll ~ l-AboI'
shou ,noosrro our vo,uos and exchange
+. nd sottIo ann ho1opoos with ono another
and with the nations of the world is of
Such primary Importance and so far
Seachlng IN Its consequences as TO Gaii
.,nd in thn end q sohnr and mnnroindiccd
Judgment at the polls. We must not he
hnisled by phrases nor deuded by false
Theories. Free silver would not mean
that dollars are to be freely had without
cost of labor. 1t would mean the free