The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-09-15
PRESIDENT McK1NLEY,s LETTER.

The letter of acceptance of President McKin-
ley was published by the daily newspapers of the
country last Monday morning. The Baltimore
american. commenting edtorially upon 1t, says
1t deserves to be studied rather than read, and
to that end should be placed in the hands OF
every voter. 1t abounds with epigrammatc ex-
pressions, which can be separated from the let
ter and used to stir the people to an Intelligent
interest Of the political issues. The President
could doubtless have made the letter shorter,
but he preferred to show in the clearest manner
and by irrefragible proof that the attacks made
on his administration have no basis except the
imagination or malice of his opponents. He Is
felicitous dealing with the currency issue, which.
IL not paramount, he says, is immediate. IL
ment The first battle for sound currency was
fought in 1895. and the same combination OF
forces invites another Inc kepnDncathh an; party ,r
remain so long as the Government IS IN charge
of that party. The President feels assured tnat
the men who overthrow this dangerous nnanclai
madness at the polls in 1895 will come 70 the res
cue of the country now, or whenever II lits lts
head, and crush it out.
istration was the passage of tariff act for rev.
enue and for the protection of American enter
prises and producers. The President shows how,
hinder this act, and the assurance that there will
be no debasement of the currency, a prosperity
has developed. which has no parallel in the
has accumulated in favor of the United states
is greater than for all the previous years OF the
life II Is mot e why the To s
| such phenomenal prosperity for a financial
| chimera. He accepts the earnest declarations
of the parties who stand for free silver and tneir
candidate Mr.. Bryan, that they will place the
| country on silver basis. TO conclude otner-
wise would be to assume that they are lnsincere'
| which would unfit them for the trust they seek.
The President, in reply to the charges OF IN IN
friendliness to the Beers. says that he faithfuly
| South African republics. but when the latter re-
quested him to intervene as peacemaker ne
] limited States was the only nation that did 30,
/ though some of the powers were asked.
He addressed a considerable part of his letter
to the merchant marine OF the United states,
| and thinks Congress, at its next session, should
| take up the matter seriously and do something
to remove the disproportion between the Amer
| lean carrying trade on the seas and all other
| kinds of American trade. He thinks 1t impera-
tive that an inter-oceanic canal should be built,
| and says Congress will be able to act more intel
| lgentiy after the commission has made its re-
| port upon the merits and cost OF the Inherent
routes. The Republican party President Me-
! service REFORM and this has been the aim or
| his administration.
"a short day is better than short dollar for
labor" The workingmau is entitled to the
! highest consideration, and he is now able to Sc
cure work at wages which are worth one hun
! bred cents in the dollar and will buy one hun
bred cents worth of goods. 1t will scarcely be
| claimed by the most ardent silverite that this
would be true were free coinage or silver es-
| tablished. Vicious trusts or mOnopOlies which
| are created to advance prices should be con-
trolled by law, but there are trusts which are
| not only harmless. but beneficial, and the sub
ject should, therefore, be handled with intelli-
| gence and caution. He refers at some length
and with evident pride to the policy of the gov
eminent in Cuba. which is about to eliminate
with popular election and a constitutional
convention, and devotes the balance of the let
ter to the charge of imperialism.
The President reviews the war with Spain
the work of the commission in Paris. with the
subsequent ratification of the treaty by the
Senate, and the war which followed in the Philip
pines, and asks his critics to point out how he
could have acted differently, or what would
they do if similarly actuated. AS for the charge
Of buying Filipinos at so much head. he says
every purchase of territory which has been
made has been similar and each one of them
was by a Democratic President. 1t is not dec
Orous for Democrats to charge the Republican
party with disregard of human rights. Repub-
licans do not have to assert their devotion to
the Declaration of Independence. That immor-
tai document remained unexecuted until the
people under the lead of the Republican party
In the awful clash of battle, turned its promises
into fulfliment. What has been done in the
Philippines is what would have been done In
louisiana Florida, California, the territories,
had the natives inaugurated senseless rebellion
and when the Filipinos have submitted Congress
will create a government for them, as it ha:
done for all new territory.