Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-09-10
Mr.. M'KINLEY'S LETTER
Formal Acceptance of Republic
an Presidential Nomination.
PRESENTATION OF THE ISSUES.
The Philippine Question Treated at
Length-SeIf Government to lie
Given the FiIipinos as Soon as
They Are Prepared For 1t.

Washington. Sept. 10.-The letter Of
President Mckinley accepting the nomi-
nation of the Republican national CON
vention for the Office of president of the
United States has been made public.
1t is an exhaustive document covering
in detail the issues of the pending preSi-
dental election from the Republican
viewpoint.
The question of finance is first present
ed at considerable length, regarding
which the letter says:
THE stability of our national currency
is therefore secure so long as those who
adhere to this platform are kept in con-
troll Of the government. In the first bat
tie, that of 1896, the friends of the gold
standard and of sound currency We're tri-
umphant, and the country is enjoying the
fruits of that victory. Our antagonists,
however, are not satisfied. They compel
us to Il second battle upon the same lines
on which the first was fought and won.
While regrctting the reopening of this
question, which can only disturb the
present satisfactory financial condition
of the government and visit uncertainty
upon our great business enterprises, we
accept the issue and again invite the
sound money forces to join i'll winning
another and we hope permanent tri-
umph for an honest financial system
which will continue inviolable the public
faith"
The Tariff Policy Renfirmed.
Passing to the general policy of the
Republican party, the letter says:
THE Republican party remains faith
full to its principle of a tariff which sup
plies sufficient revenues for the govern
ment and adequate protection to our en-
terpriscs and producers and of reciprocity
which opens foreign markets to the fruits
of American labor and furnishes new
channels through which to market the
surplus of American farms. The time
honored principles of protection and recl-
procity were the first pledges of Repub
lican victory to be written into public
law.
",The present congress has given to
Alaska a territorial government for
which it had waited more than a quarter
of a century, has established repre-
sentative government in Hawaii, has en-
acted bills for the most liberal treatment
of the pensioners and their widows and
has revived the free homestead policy.
In its great financial law it provided for
the establishment of banks of issue with
a capital of $4,000 for the benefit of
villages and rural communities and bring
ing the opportunity for profitable bust
ness in banking within the reach of mod
crate capital. Many are already avail.
ing themselves of this privilege.
Fnvors Isthmian Waterway.
"a subject of immediate importance to
our country is the completion of a great
waterway of commerce between the At
lantic and Pacific. The construction of
maritime canal is now more than ever in
dispensable to that intimate and ready
communication between our eastern and
western seaports demanded by the an
neXation of the Hawaiian Islands and
the expansion of our influence and trade
in the Pacific.
"Our national policy more imperatively
than ever calls for its completion and
control by this government, and it is be.
lieved that the next session of congress-
after receiving the full report of the
commission appointed under the act ap.
proved March 3, 1899, will make provi.
sions for the sure accomplishment of this
great work.
combinations of capital which control
the market in commodities necessary to
the general use of the people by sup
pressing natural and ordinary competi-
ton, thus enhancing prices to the general
consumer, are obnoxious to the common
law and the public welfare They are
dangerous conspiracies against the public
good and should be made the subject of
prohbitory or penal legislation. Public
ity will be "A helpful influence to check
this evil. Uniformity of legislation in the
several states should be secured. Dis
elimination between what is injurious
and what is useful and necessary in bust
ness operations is essential to the wise
and nIipItiyp Of thi,
Our Occupation of Cuba.
Concerning our relations with Cuba the
letter says:
1--WE have been in possession of Cuba
since the LIST of January, 1899. We have
restored order and established domestic
tranquility. We have fed the starving
clothed the naked and ministered to the
sick. We have improved the sanitary
condition Of the island We have stimu-
lated industry, introduced public educa-
tion and taken full and comprehensive
enumeration of the inhabitants. The
qualification of electors has been settled
and under it officers have been chosen for
all the municipalities of Cuba. These
local governments are now in opera ton,
administered by the people. Our mill
tary establishment has been reduced from
$4,000 to less than 5000. An election
has been ordered to be held on the 10th
of September under a fair election law
already tried in the municipal elections
to choose members of a constitutional
convention, and the convention in the
same order is to assemble on the first
Monday of November TO frame consti-
tuition upon which an Independent gov
eminent for the island will rest. All this
is a long step in the fulfillment of our sa-
pal a,n,t ,t,,.. t, I., l.. g
Ths Government of Porto Rico.
''We hold Porto Rico by the same title
as the Philippines The treaty of peace
which ceded us the one conveyed to us
the other. Congress has given to this is
land government in which the inhabit-
ants participate, elect their own legisla-
turc, enact their own laws, provide their
own system of taxation and in these re-
spects have the same power and privi-
leges enjoyed by other territories be-
longing to the ITnitp1 States and n rnucb