The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-03-12

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taxation authority the stocks, bonds and
other securities Of the United States, be
and are hereby declared to mean and in
tend that such bonds, notes, stocks and
other securities oil the United States shall
not be taxed by the States as such so aa
to prevent their circulation or discount
and il was not meant or intended by said
acts and parts Of acts that said stocks,
bonds, notes and other securities Of the
United States should not be taxed as prop
erty to the same extent as the States tax
other property Of their citizens, or TO
exercise the unconstitutional power ol
declaring that the States should not tax
for State purposes any species of prop
erty held by their citizens.
HEWITT DISCUSSES THE DIPLOMATIC SER
| VICE.
The House went into the Committee Of
the Whole, Mr.. Cox, of New York, in the
Chair, on the Diplomatic Appropriation
| Bill.
Mr.. Hewitt, Of New York, said he
would not have spoken on the bill ex.
cept for recent event which startled the
whole country. That event had been q
decision in the case Of the Fishery Com
mission by which the large sum Of $5,.
500, 900 had been awarded aa damage to
Canada for the privilege enjoyed by the
United States fishermen. He pictured
the array Of the leading lawyers who had
represented It at the late arbitration with
Canada. Respectable gentlemen, 1t was
true, but the gentlemen who had never
been heard OF before, while the represen-
tatives OF Canada had been amongst the
shining lightN OF the law. 1treciprocity
were put off for twenty years by the
blunders OF men selected to represent the
United States abroad il was time to as
certain whether the diplomatic system
was worthy OF respect. The present sys.
TEN was expensive, unnecessary, and in
most cases a useless sham. The news.
papers had the place Of old fashioned dip.
lomatic service twenty years ago. The
United States used to send abroad great
and distinguished men, while in these de-
generate times foreign missions were q
refuge for played out men. He was In
favor Of having but two European Mis-.
lions; one at London, az the centree OF
the commercial interests Of the world,
and one at Berlin, as the centre Of the
political power; he would have them we'll
paid 80 they would not feel humiliated
In their association with other Ministers /;
he would then have Secretary's at the
other different ports who should report
| to the Ministers. he stated that OF the
twenty important treaties made with
the European powers, all blt one had
been negotiated by Special Envoys, thus
showing the inutility Of the present
diplomatic service. lie regretted much
that there was no reciprocal treaty be-
tween the United States and France, since
this country would have SO much TO gain
by such a treaty. He was in favor OF re.
tanning the Missions to the South Ameri-
can States, because those countries were
constantly In n state OF revolution,
and the Ministers weie necessary
there to protect the citizens OF the
United States. Wherever the diplomatic
service could subserve the interests Of
commerce he would sustain II, but where
1t had only to deal with political ques-
,ions be was in favor OF cutting down
the expense OF the service and consolida.
ting its departments. The regulation Of
the whole diplomatic and consular SER
vice was in the hands OF the President
under the Constitution. He could make
that system an honor and source oil I'M
mense value and prosperity to the coun
try.
Referring 10 civil service reform, he
sent 10 the Clerks desk and had read the
civil service order OF President Hayes,
and then stated that the Fifth Auditor Of
the Treasury had been making political
speeches in New Hampshire. He did
not propose to make any comment on
that TACT. No President ever made such
promises az Mr.. Hayes had. No Presi.
dent was ever so bound by every consid.
Grafton OF justice to keep the pledges
which he had made. It had been a
matter OF wonder to everybody on
both sides that these pledges had
not been kept. Here was Pres.
ident who came into office not by the
ordinary mode and came rather BY the
CGIarian operation, and he owed TO both
sides, not only to his own side to which
he made those pledges, but TO that other
and greater party 10 the country which
had with forbearance and self.control
unparalleled in modern times kept their
faith with him. Had he kept his faith
with the people2 Men had puzzled their
brains to explain why he had not done 1t.
II was not because be wanted TO reward
his own party, for he had trampled his
own party under foot. II was not be.
cause he wanted TO come into the arms Of
the Democratic party, because be knew,
while that party sternly did its duty to
humanity, II wanted no recruits from
that direction. He had said that he
would not give appointments for politi.
cal reasons. That was TO the party that
nominated and which tried 10 elect him,
and within very narrow limits he kept
the pledge rs to that, but there had been
more than one campaign carried on IN
1876. There had been campaign OF
election and q campaign Of electoral &C.
tion, and when his appointments were
turned 10 II would be found that he had
rewarded those who had secured his
counting into the high office Of President
Of the United States. To begin with his
Cabinet, there could be found there two
Secretaries who had been counsel on the
Electoral Commission.
Mr.. Frye-As the gentleman is maxi
ing an attack on the civil service reform
Of the President, hope he will zee TO 1t
to give the friends Of the policy sufficient
time to reply. [LGughterl.
Mr.. Hewitt said he was not making an
attack on the civil service reform ot the
President, because he thought that he
had no civil service policy. Among his
other appointments were those Of WellP,
Anderson, CassAnave and Kenner In
Louisiana, and OF Sterns In Florida.
The President had alec broken his pledge
by appointing three personal friends
Moves, who had put Hayesln In nomination,
as Minister 10 France, Comfy, who had
discovered Hayes, o. sMinister to the
Sandwich Islands, and Lee as Consul to
Frankfort.
Mr.. Hewitt then sent to the clerks
desk and had read = letter from Comfy 10
private friend, in which he wA pictur.
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