Show GEN LETTER GENERAL letter of acceptance Is a well written witten and concise comici se paper but it is not no great treat nor does it convey anything original nak the writer betrays anxiety ap make himself solid with the of chinese immigration and with those thaile who have not themselves to cleveland but are dissatisfied with his attitude to civil service reform on several topics general harrison echoes the views of his 0 opponent notably on pauper Jui migration the fish cry question and trusts his utterances on the last named feint do not carmone har mone with those of the real ite republican leader in ia this campal james G blaine but as that gentleman made such a terrible blunder blander on the trust question it became necessary for Har harrimon ribon to do something to make amends for it before the public on the tariff question the only actual issue in this political fight general harrison stoops to the tactics of his bis party ile he cannot say in so many words that the democratic policy today is lor for free f ree trade but he insinuates as 14 mu much ch he raises the tran trall and battered bugaboo buga boo of something that is to be because be cannot cealus that it is he says concerning the mills bill that it is only a aea 11 but buc he tries to frighten the country by supposing something that it may lead to he says ot the democratic revenue reformers it is not what is done but what they may do this reminds us of the bashful girl in the picture who wkho is described as saying to her I 1 if feller eller I 1 I 1 I 1 let me alone cant ye jonathan why he be responds in surprise 1 I arent a touch ino in on aye ye am 1 I 11 no she artlessly replies but aint ye a goin to tariff reform must not be ran d according to general harrisons argument because it is a step toward free trade and yet he I 1 is forced to admit that the schedule must be revised that is id tariff reform is ia a ao ces sity it if that is the case then thelby I 1 by his bis method of logic the i in a revising the schedule would woula themselves be taking a step towards tree trade lie he thus offers a refutation of his own argument in his own owa mauner manner of putting it another fallacy common to republican contentions is his assumption that in desiring american competition in the ibe markets of the world they want to lose the home market every person who understands anything of this ibis ques question tiou knows that this is untrue it is a will wilful ut a aud d shameful misrepresent aidun ot toe whole subject NJ democrat expects expect sto to longor limit the home market but to extend our t ures tures by the use of tree free raw mate materially rialla no ba that tu the supply ot we the nume market with cheaper goods will be added au an opportunity to sell lu in the markets of the world the effects of which would be a wider market at and abroad aud aad tue employment ot more inore hoon labor which involves good wages because it will A nod employment for all ail wish to work general harrison refers to some ot of the claims of the democratic party in re reference reverence to the bad effects of a high tariff tor for protection but does not even attempt to disprove them in this he be shows some wisdom but n not q t very good policy tee whole letter is somewhat weak but is clear and perspicuous so far as concerned I 1 and conveys the impression that its author is eminently respectable but not endocea witti those characteristics that indicate a wan man of force capable of becoming a lagrett public leader |