MR. M'KINLEY'S LETTER Formal Acceptance of Republic an Presidential Nomination. ! PRESENTATION OP THE ISSUES. Tin* Philippine Quewtioii Treated nt Leiiictli —Self Government to lie Given the Filipino* IIN Soon IIN They Are I'reiiareil For It. Washington. Sept. 10.—The letter of President McKinley accepting the nomi nation of the Republican national con vention for the ollice of president of the j United States lias been made public. It is an exhaustive document covering j in detail the issues of the pending presl- j dential election from the Republican j viewpoint. The question of finance is first present- ! ed at considerable length, regarding which the letter says: "The stability of our national currency j is therefore secure so long as those who ! adhere to this platform are kept in con- 1 trol of the government. In the first bat tle, that of 180i>, the friends of the gold standard and of sound currency were tri umphant, and the country is enjoying the . fruits of that victory. Our antagonists, j however, are not satisfied. They compel lis to a second battle upon the same lines ! on which the first was fought and won. While regretting 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 in winning j another and we hope a permanent tri umph for an honest financial system which will continue inviolable the public fait IT' The Turin Policy Kciiflirmcil. Passing to the general policy of the Republican party, the letter says: "The Republican party remains faith ful to its principle of a tariff which sup plies sufficient revenues for the govern ment and adequate protection to our en terprises and producers nml 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 roci- i procity were the first pledges of Repub- j 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 n quarter of a century, has established a repre sentative government in Hawaii, has on 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 $25,000 for the benefit of villages and rural communities and bring ing the opportunity for profitable busi- ; ness in banking within the reach of mod crate capital. Many are already avail ing themselves of this privilege. Favors iNtliuiimi Waterway. "A subject of immediate importance to our country is the completion of a great waterway of commerce between the At- j lantic ami Pacific. The construction of a ' maritime canal is now more than ever in- j dispensable to that intimate and .ready communication between our eastern and j western seaports demanded by the nn ne.\ at ion 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 15, 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 tion, 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 prohibitory or penal legislation. Public ity will he a helpful influence to check this evil. Uniformity of legislation in the I several states should bo secured. Dis crimination between what is injurious and what is useful and necessary in busi ness operations is essential to the wise and effective treatment of this subject." (Mir Occupation of Cuba. Concerning our relations with Culm the letter says: "We have been in possession of Cuba since the Ist of January, 1899. We have restored order and established domestic tranquillity. We have fed the starving, clothed the naked and ministered to tin sick. Wc have improved the sanitary 1 condition of the island. We have stimu lated industry, introduced public educa tion and taken a 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 operation, administered by the people. Our mili tary establishment has been reduced from •115,000 to less than (5,000. An election has been ordered to he held on the 15th 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 a consti tution upon which an independent gov ernment for the island will rest. All this is a long step in the fulfillment of our sa cred guarantees to the people of Cuba. TIH 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 a government in which the inhabit ants participate, elect their own legisla ture, 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 United States and a much larger measure of self government than was given to the inhabitants of Louisi ana under Jefferson. A district court of the United States for Porto Rico has been established, and local courts have ; been inaugurated, all of which are in op eration. The generous treatment of the Porto Ricaus accords with the most lib- ! eral thought of our own country ami en courages the best aspirations of the peo ple of the island. While they do not have instant free commercial intercourse ! with the United Suites, congress com- 1 plied with my recommendation l>y re moving on the first day of May Inst 85 per cent of the duties and provided for the removal of the remaining 15 per rent on the Ist of March, 1902, or earlier if the legislature of Porto Hieo shall pro vide local revenues for the expenses of conducting the government." Mr. McKinley then takes up the Phil ippine question, which is presented at considerable length. The events which led to the acquisition of the Philippine archipelago are recounted, and the in stinct ions to and reports from American officers and commissioners in tfic islands are presented, showing what has been and is being done to bring the benefits or liberty ami good government to these wards of the nation. Continuing, Mr. McKinley says: "The American people are asked by our opponents to yield the sovereignty of the Tinted States in the Philippines to a small fraction of the population, a single tribe out of 80 or more inhabiting the archipelago, a fraction which wantonly attacked the American troops in Manila while in rightful possession under the protocol with Spain, awaiting the ratifi cation of the treaty of pei\ce by the sen ate and which has since "been in active, open rebellion against the United States. Wo are asked to transfer our sovereignty to a small minority in the islands without consulting the majority and to abandon the largest portion of the population, which has been loyal to us, to the cruel ties of the guerrilla insurgent hands. More than this, wo are asked to protect this minority in establishing a govern ment and to this end repress all opposi tion of the majority. We are required to set up a stable government in the interest of those who have assailed our sovereign ty ami fired upon our soldiers and then maintain it at any cost or sacrifice against its enemies within and against those having ambitious designs from without.. "No government can so certainly pre serve the pence, restore public order, es tablish law, justice and stable conditions as ours. Neither congress nor the execu tive can establish a stable government in these islands except under our right of sovereignty, our authority and our ting. And this we are doing. Self Government Promised. "We could not do it as a protectorate power so completely or so successfully as we are doing it now. As the sover eign power we can initiate action and shape means to ends and guide the Fili pinos to self development and self gov ernment. As n protectorate power we could not initiate action, but would be compelled to follow and uphold a people with no capacity yet to be alone. In the one case we can protect both ourselves and the Filipinos from being involved in dangerous complications, in the other we could not protect even the Filipinos until after their trouble had come. He sides, if we cannot establish any govern ment of our own without the consent of the governed, as our opponents contend, then we could not establish a stable gov ernment for thera or make ours a protecto rate without the like consent, and neither the majority of the people nor a minority of the people have invited us to assume it. We could not maintain a protectorate even with the consent of the governed without giving provocation for conflicts and possibly costly Avars. Our rights in tin- Philippines are now free from outside interference and will continue so in our present relation. They would not he thus free in any other relation. We will not give up our own to guarantee another sovereignty. "Our title is good. Our pence commis sioners believed they were receiving a good title when they concluded the treaty. The executive believed it was a good title when he submitted it to the senate of the United States for its ratification. The senate believed it \vas a good title when they gave it their constitutional assent, and the congress seems not to have doubt ed its eofiipleteness when they appropri ated $20,000,000 provided by the treaty. If any who fuvored its ratification be lieved it gave us a bad title, tliey were not sincere. Our title is practically iden tical with that under which we hold our territory acquired since the beginning of the government and under which we have exercised full sovereignty and establish ed government for the inhabitants. .11 list Accept Olil Itin i ions. "There were those who two years ago were rushing us on to war with Spain who are unwilling now to accept its clear consequence, as there are those among us who advocated the ratification of the treaty of peace, but now protest against its obligations. Nations which go to war must he prepared to accept its result nut obligations aud when they make treaties must keep them. "Those who profess to distrust the lib eral and honorable purposes of the ad ministration in its treatment of the Phil ippines are not justified. Imperialism has no place in its creed or conduct. Free dom is a rock upon wkich the Republican party was built and now rests. Liberty is the great Republican doctrine for which the people went to war and for which a million lives were offered and billions of dollars expended to make it a lawful legacy to all without the consent of master or slave. There is a strain of ill concealed hypocrisy in the anxiety to extend the constitutional guarantees to the people of the Philippines while their nullification is openly advocated at home. Our opponents may distrust themselves, but they have no right to uiscredit the good faith snd patriotism of the majority of the people who are opposing them. They may fear the worst form of im perialism with the helpless Filipinos in their hands, but if they do it is because they have parted with the spirit nml faith of the fathom and have lost the virility of the founders of the party which they profess to represent. "The Republican party does not have to assert its devotion to the Declaration of Independence. That immortal instru ment of the fathers remained unexecut ed until the people under the lead of the Republican party in the awful clash of battle turned its promises into fulfill ment. It wrote into the constitution the Amendments guaranteeing political equal ity to Ain&rican citizenship, and it has never broken them or counseled others in breaking them. It will not he guided in its conduct by one set of principles at home and another set in the new territory belonging to the United States." In conclusion Mr. McKinley says: "The obliteration of old differences, the common devotion to the flag and the com mon sacrifices for its honor so conspicu ously shown by the men of the north and south in the Spanish war have so strengthened the ties of friendship and mutual respect that nothing can ever again divide us. The nation faces the new century gratefully ami hopefully, with increasing love of country, with firm faith in its free institutions and with high resolve thus they 'shall not perish from the earth.' " BREVITIES. Rev. J. T. Griffith, one of the former pastors of the English Baptist church of Freeland, has resigned his charge at Lansford. Next November he will re move his family to Bethlehem, where he will make his future home. Miss Annie Dever, a popular young lady of town, was received Into the Order of Sisters of Mercy at Ua/.leton convent this morning. She will be as signed, during her novitiate, to St. Ann's convent at YVoodside. Thomas Campbell leaves on Wednes day to resume his studies at Villanova college. William Rlnker, of Delano, has been appointed section foreman by the Le high Valley Railroad Company to suc ceed James Gillespie, whose resignation was necessary on account of ill health. One of the most successful lawn par ties ever conducted in town was held on the lawn of St. John's Reformed church Saturday evening. Gentlemen, for hats and caps go to A. Oswald's, lie has a nice varietv. True bills have been returned by the grand jury against Tony Loinbardo and J. Spalone for murder and against Michael Decosmas as accessory after the fact in the case of Joseph Modena, who was murdered near Drifton last April. A little daughter arrived yesterday morning at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Burger, North Centre street. The Butler township property and farm lands of George and Annie Sauer wore disposed of at sheriff's sale at Wilkosbarre on Saturday. The pur chaser was Mrs. Ilerrman Holland, of town. Try Iveiper's ice cream soda. The Citizens' band, of town, has been engaged to play for the Ilazleton fire department on Firemen's Day, Septem ber 19. Mrs. Edward Murphy and Misses Rose Gillespie and Mary McGill and F. 11. McGroarty enjoyed a drive to Buck Mountain yesterday. A labor meeting will be held at Drif ton tomorrow evening and another at Highland Thursday evening. The members of the Upper Lehigh Valley Pastoral Association are in ses sion today at the homo of Rev. J. J. lvuntz, pastor of St. Luke's Lutheran church. Miss Jennie Carlton, of Lehigh Tan nery, formerly of town, will be married at her home today to John Krail. Buy your ice cream at Helper's. The picnic of the Park M. 10. Sunday school at tiie Public Park on Saturday gave a number of people an opportunity to spend a pleasant day at Freeland's pleasure ground. A glee club is being organized at the Y. M. C. A. All singers, whether mem bers of the association or not, who wish to try for the club, should leave their names at the rooms not later than Sat urday next. A new fifteen horse-power engine has been placed in position at the Salmon Iron Works. The Junior Mechanics of town will hold their annual banquet on the 25th inst. The Harvest Home services at St. John's Reformed church attracted many people yesterday, the attendance in the evening being especially largo. Hannah, the fivo-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Meehan, died on Friday at the family residence ou Adams street. The funeral took place yesterday afternoon. Interment at Si. Ann's cemetery. George Shambora, who recently re tired from the grocery business, is pur suing a course of studies at the Free land School of Music and Languages. Mr. Shambora Is a bright young man who is destined to make his mark in one of the professions. Prominent Republican Dead. Onconta, N. Y„ Sept. 10. —Mnjor U. P. Root, n prominent Republican and owner of 20 butter and cheese factories in this county and well known to all produce merchants of New York city, is dead at his home in Gilhertsville, aged 00. Dur ing the civil war lie was recruiting offi cer at Norwich, N. Y., and later com missioned by Governor Seymour to go to Vicksburg, Miss., and secure recruits I among the blacks and disaffected whites. j His record shows him to have been one j of the most successful officers in the gov- > ernment service. Woman Killed by Train. Rochester, Sept. 10. Mrs. Nellie Ilougli, aged .'l2. was struck and instantly killed by an cast bound freight train on flie Now York Central at Field's crossing. ! Mrs. Marguerite Guyon, a cousin, who was crossing the tracks with Mrs. Hough ! at the time, was also struck, hut escaped i with a broken rib and internal injuries. Both ladies had been in the city on a shopping tour jiiul were returning home. Rochester Coed School. Rochester, Sept. 10.— I The University of Rochester henceforth will he a coeduca tional institution. Susan B. Anthony, j Mrs. W. A. Montgomery and Mrs. Lewis j Bigelow appeared before the executive j committee of the board of trustees yes- [ torday and announced that $50,000 had been raised for an endowment fund con ditioned upon women being permitted to ?nter the university. Weather Forecast. Fair; temperature moderate; westerly j jrinds. Subscribe for the Tribunal THEATRICAL. Harry Martell's big southern produc tion, "South Before the War," will be tho opening attraction at the Grand tomorrow evening. This play Is entire ly different from anything of Its kind that has been produced. The combina tion of darkys, big and little, number ing fifty people; the performance em bracing a great variety of music, buck and wing dancing, camp meeting seenes, superb singing by four quartettes with a chorus of forty voices; a genuine cake walk which creates uproarious laugbtVr, arc some of the features. A carload of new scenery depicting a cotton field in full bloom, Frog Island and the old Mississippi steam-boat, Robert E. Lee, and several new ones that will be a surprise, by their true realism, and is a revelation in the art of stage craft, making the production the most realistic and to those of the younger generation who have often heard what a plantation was in ante-bellum days, this play will give a most comprehensive idea. There is also a parade at noon tomorrow, and to miss it will be missing a treat. X X X Joe W. Spears will present the well known Irish comedians, Murray Wes ley, at tho Grand next Thursday even ing, In their latest success, "The Irish Pawnbrokers." It is promised full of color, movement and melody. As farce comedy stars Murray and Wesley have been counted among the best, and they have always been surrounded by a large and capable company, this season being no exception to the rule. As in the past they will introduce many specialties, both concerted and individual, almost every member of tho company being a performer of more or less prominence. No pains or expense have been spared to make their now comedy the "hit" of the season in its line, special attention having been paid to the scenic and mechanical effects, adjeunts not usually found with a farce comedy, but which work wonders In the way of augmenting the attractiveness of a play or comedy of any kind. ROUND THE REGION. The Luzerne County Democrat gives notice in advance that it will not sup port Judge Woodward If he receives a renomination, because, as it alleges, he did not support Bryan in 1890 and has given no assurauce that he will do so this year. To prevent consumption quickly cure throat and lung trouble with One Minute Cough Cure. Grover'a City drug store. J. M. Frink, the iron founder of Seattle, who is the Republican nominee for governor in Washington, was born in Luzerne county in 1855. The most dainty and effective pills made are DeWitt's Little Early (Users. They are uncquul ed for all liver and bowels troubles. Never gripe. Grover's City drug store. The Mauch Chunk Coal Gazette and Dally Times newspaper plant Itas boon sold by the (). B. Slgley estate to George E. Gray, of Lehighton. The emergency bugs sent by ji church society lo Kansas soldiers in the Philippines contained among the necessities a box of De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve, the well known cure for piles, in juries and skin descases. The ladies took care to obtain the original DeWitt's Witch Ha/.lc Salve knowing that all the counterfeits arc worthless. Grover's City drug store. The United States recruiting station at Shenandoah has succeeded in secur ing only two volunteers in three weeks. Large sun spots, astronomers say, caused the extreme heat this suminer, and doctors declare nearly all the proptrutions were induced by dis orders of tiie stomal). Good health follows good digestion. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests what you eat. If you have indigestion or dyspepsia It will ouickly relieve and permanently cure you. Grover's City drug store. Tho census shows Scranton's popula tion to bo 103,020, au Increase since 1890 of 26,815, or 35.05 per cent. Poisonous toadstools resembling mushrooms lm\ e caused frequent ileal hs I bis year. He sure to use only the genuine. Observe the same cure when you ask for DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. There are poisonous counterfeits. DeWitt's is the only original Witch Huv.le Salve. It is a safe and certain cure for piles and ull skin diseases. Grover's City drug store. One Fare to Philadelphia and Return Via the Lehigh Valley Railroad, ac count State League Republican Club's meeting, September 17 and 18. Tickets on sale September 15, 10 and 17 for all trains except tho Black Diamond ex press, good for return to September 22 inclusive. For further information con sult Lehigh Valley ticket agents. The progressive nations of the world arc the great food consuming nations. Good food well digested gives strength. If you cap not digest all you oat, you need Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. It digests what you eat. Vou need notdiet your self. It contains all of tho digest ants combined with the best known rouicsundreconstmctive*. It will even digest all classes of foods in a bottle. No other preparation will do this. I' instantly relieves and quick y cures ail stomach trouble. Grover's City drug store. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Digests what you eat. It, artificially d igests the food and aids Nature in strengthening and recon structing the exhausted digestive or gans. It isthe latestdiscovereddigest ant and tonic. No other preparation can approach it in efiiciency. It in stantly relievesand permanently cures Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Heartburn, Flatulence, Sour Stomach, Nausea, Sick Headache, Gastralgia,Cramps and all other results of imperfect digestion. Price 50c. and ,1. Largo size contains 2H times small size. Book all about dyspepsia maiiedf rto Prepared by E. C. DeWITT CO. Cb'cago. j Grover's City drug store. _____ TXJsrGr Promptly Done ut the Tribune Office. I Sietpii Redictions 1 @ HP I i Ml Lines. 1 |lfl pi raj Our remaining lots of Summer Goods are fg]J t® offered at prices so low that they will astonish 1® H y ° u - [i If you wish comfort, come to our store g |3j and we will fit you out at prices so moderate ral] I® that you will not miss the money. !■:rand or XX flour always In stock. Latest Hats and Caps. All kinds of household utensils. N. W. Cor. Centre and Front Sl*.. Freehold. DePIERRO - BROS. OA-ZETZEEL Corner of Centre end Front Street.. Gibson, Dougherty, Kaufcr Club, Itosenbluth's Velvet, of which wu h vo EXCLUSIVE SALE 111 TOWN. Mumm's Extra Dry Champagne. Hennessy Brandy, Blackberry, Gins, Wines, Clarets, Cordials, Etc. Ham and BehueiUer Cheese Sandwiches Sardines, Etc. MEALS \AT - ALL - HOURS. T. CAMPBELL. dealer in , Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots and Shoes. I Also PURE WINES H LIQUORS FOR FAMILY AND MKDIVINAL PUItFOSKS. Centre and Main strcels. Freehold. 81.50 a year is all the Tmbune costs.