The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-08-19

privte 1874, 900, 900 for deficiencies caused by a
| Democratic Congress in the attempt to make
| the people believe that it was economical /.
| The passage of the arrears and pensions Dill
| called for a large increase Of clerks They did
| not put on a single clerk. The Republicans
had to appropriate S34 000, 900 to pay arrears
| OF pensions, and $1,700,0OO for ad-
| ditional clerks in order to carry out the laws
| some time during the life of applicants Ii
| this is extravaganza, we had rather be extrava-
| CANT in paying out money to dependant moth
| ers, to widows, to those who had lost limos, 10
| the victims of disease incurred during the war.
| We are now paying at the rate OF 100000, O0O
| year to our soldiers. Have you more than
| paid them? You cannot overestimate the value
OF their services. The only way you can cheat
| the soldier is BY cheating the ballot box ne
| fought to save. The speaker then enumerated
appropriations for printing, Conversations Oh
| ostmasters, Indian service, mail service, ETC.,
which had to be made to meet deficiencies
caused by Democratic Congress.
THE RIVER AND HARBoR BILL.
The Boston Herald is not very lively Re-
| publican paper is it? Vet in a dispatch TO
that paper from Washington on the close OF the
| session, it is said that not single job got
through this last session of a Republican Con
| gress. That is true. Jobs do sometimes get
through in the last days OF a session under a
| suspension of the rules, but there was no sus-
| pension of the rules. But, says paper, the
| Republican Congress passed the river and har-
| Dor bill. Did it? Let me ask how did Ladd
| vote? How did Murch vote? How did the
| Democratic Senators vote? How did your Re-
publican Senators and Representatives vote?
| Every Republican from Maine voted no. Ladd
| did not vote at all Murch, who by some un-
| accountable chance happened to be present,
| paired with man who had not been in the
| House for four weeks. His one vote against
| the bill was worth two for it. lie should have
paired with two instead of one who was absent
and could not possibly have voted at all. He
might have voted nay and thus offset two votes
for the bill, which required two-thirds vote.
Aud this holy paper talks about the extrava-
gance of the Republican Congress. There
were three Democrats in the Senate who voted
no. There were some Republicans who voted
aye-a majority voted no. Ii naii OF tne Dem I'm
ocrats in the Senate had voted no with the
Republicans the bill could not have become a
law
THE GENEVA AWARD.
The war with England destroyed our ship
ping. Mr.. Frye then spoke of the negotiations
which resulted in the Geneva Award of $l5,-
100000, which was deposited in the Treasury.
OF this amount about half was paid out on ac-
count of direct losses from four or five cruisers
Then the Atlantic Insura 1ce Company OF New
York, which had got its wealth from war
premiums on ships, made fight IN Congress.
The insurance companies claimed that they
were sentitled to the balance of the award,
which amounts to about S10O0OOO0. Mr..
Frye said that while he was in the House he
served on the Judiciary Committee which had
charge of this matter, and had fought for the
interests OF his Maine constituents. Three
times he had got bill through the House,
only to have it defeated in the Senate. Thur
man, the ablest and best of the Democrats, had
led the fight for the insurance companies. The
last Congress was Democratic in both branches,
but the matter was not even reported in
either branch. This Congress the same old
bill went through both houses and became a
law. 1t will distribute 100000 in Maine.
The Republicans take the full responsibility
for this legislation. True, some Democrats
spoke for is and voted for it, but they are not
entitled to the slightest credit. Your Repre-
sentative from this District led the fight for
the bill in the House and carried it through.
APPoRTIoNMENT, ETC.
1t was the duty of the last Congress Demo
cratic) to make an apportionment. 1t failed to
do So We made one. It's fair one. We
shoulder the responsibility for that. We've
extended the bank charters. Banks are a ne
cessity. One half of our people are interested
in them, more or less directly. They are indis-
pensable to the transaction of business Their
stock ht lders are legion. There are millions
deposited in your savings banks. we want
good banks; and there is no better banking
system in the world than the national banking
system from the absolute security it gives to
the American people who hold its notes.
National banks of issue are necessity. In
dividually he said he was not in favor of con-
tinuiug the Greenback circulation; but ma
jority of the Republican party was in favor of
keeping the greenbacks out, and they will be
maintained. When they were necessity the
Democrats we're against them. Now that they
re not necessity they want them. BY what
means are the greenbacks kept at par. BY a
large reserve of gold in the treasury which
may be- used for their redemption. The
Greenbackers want this gold used to pay off
the debt. III that is done the greenbacks
would soon go down to fifty cents on the dollar
We must keep from 80 to 40 cents in the treas
ury for each dollar in circulation to keep them
at par. If we do not do that down goes the
greenback and panic would follow. causing
the loss of thousands upon thousands OF dollars
THE MERCHANT MARINE.
Nobody in Congress takes any interest in
American commerce. Mr.. Frye here gave
statistics of the decline of our merchant
marine. From having 95 per cent. of the
foreign carving trade we have dwindled to 16
per cent. He spoke of the bill sent to him by
the Bath Board of Trade for changing the
laws relating to the admeasurement OF our
vessels, and of the difficulty he had in hrdlng
committee to refer it to. The Committee on
Commerce was taken up with the river and
harbor bill. This measure in the interest OF
American shipping was wait, a stray, tramp.
Finally he sent 1T to the Committee on Finance
and that was its burial place. Still he kept
pegging away and the bill finally became q
the crew and by machinery shall be deducted,
and as port charges are mainly determined by
the net tonnage this law will reduce the ex-
penses of American vessels, which now pay 70
per cent. more than British ships. We will
take the responsibility of that legislation.
Mr.. Frye then spoke Of the passenger regula-
lions which our 81 amers are compelled to COM
ply with, but from which foreign steamers
have been exempt When our ships cross the
Atlantic they have to comply with British
10 hara and do tbav
please. The speaker instaneed the case Of
Philadelphia steamer which touched ground
shortly after leaving port, but proceeded on
her voyage. On arriving at Liverpool the TACT
came to the knowledge of the authorities and
they ordered the ship locked at a cost of $500.
Then they ordered piece OF the keel taken
out, and this was done at cost of $4,000.
The beel was perfectly sound, sounder than
dollar. Well, we passed law requiring foreign
vessels entering sour ports and engaging IN
the American trade to be subject to American
inspection with similar requirements to those
exacted of American vessels. AS a Repubt-
can majority we shoulder the responsibility OF
that legislation.
During the last three days OF the session we
passed resolution for joint select committee
of the Senate and House to inquire into the
condition and wants of American shipbuiding
and shipowning interests, and to devise meas
ures of legislative relief to be reported at the
opening of the second session In December
u.
mortal of Bath business men who asked Tor
the appointment of a commission, but Mr..
Dingiey, who introduced the bill, finding the
Democratic members were opposed to a COM
mission, modified the proposition to one for
this committee. We shoulder the responsible
ity for that legislation
There is an American dollar ithat is worth
only 81 cents in silver. 1t is dishonest dollar
The men who made it knew it was only worth
81 cents. 1t is a cheat and fraud.
The Democratic platform calls for the coinage
of gold and silver dollars of equal value. The
Greehbackers are in love with money. They
wanted to take piece of paper and call it
dollar. Under tho constitution you can take
so cents worth of silver and call it a dollar
The United States in coming $2O00,OOO a
month OF silver dollars makes the difference
between IS cents aud 100 cents. It is stated
that tie government has made S12,00O,O00 in
that way The Greenback platform calls for
the "full and unrestricted coinage" of silver
dollars. That means that man may cart silver
to the mine and carry away dollars. He will
make the 10 per cent. the government now
makes, and the laborer who receives dollar a
day for his wages will be defrauded to that ex-
tent Honesty is the best policy. Honesty is
right. The man who deals honestly will pros
per. The nation which deals honestly will
prosper. The speaker said he believed in a
silver dollar, ia gold dollar, and in paper
dollar redeemable in gold
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