The daily gazette., 1882-11-14
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- ATTRIBUTES the Rsvuiufion
u,i FsfileI ,,on - with oGicinl Extrnvn-
rH Nov I3.--Major General
n IoRSS, S,.,Isr s was at the fiith Avenue
9l luIgbt, 10 excellent nealtn ,sa anJI no,,t;csl
3 sIre his views ." '''
ion. .n.e. General, do you attribute
b Ens' E of o1 tne late election ~ ne was
-, answer would be- said
w ge1,,1'r+ 80 the dissatisfaction OF
r Bu.i.i' l.,,h the manner In which tne
lioPle srnment WIN has conducted its ad-
b GOs'' as well as It's executive
srst'er r,,s Y 7 think must be the cause,
~, y ,.,,berwIse the action q .sp inc pcopas nS
" ., C,i have been so widespread .,,o ana
Dol " Ma merely local causes couid
uln0ais., ;, snch me a reacticn. There can
res',Su Snt One one thing done by the general
lesn w. - produce such an effect, and
snssI' = .ss IS'xtrayagance in expenditure 1ll anu
nSns burdens Of taxation Inc
Sol'nIf Of over 81, 100000 for every
kpOn a d.y Of the year makes
lrg VI" ,,nop the :. country that
d1u ,,a have been endured, as 1t
sSS ~ rs for q few years, by any other
~ 7 Il could have been borne py os
br!' If The enormous products OF
SssIi,,.s ,.nral =, re resources. Tits taxation
Ei,.ua,b nn ,be middle and workingmen.
.',,;S they are the largest consumers o. q
i,a',S Y vi d tobacco, upon which the burden
A,lu ~ ,eyepue falls. Again they con-
.,n'l y ,.rgest amount OF everything, ex-
" " InTnrIps ,1 on which the tariff reve-
Y s.asrted. They have borne this bur
atSout % complaint, because they sup.
!, n was o necessary consequence Oh
y = necessary for the payment OF the
inu dsbt But when they were
,a br thc passage of the river and
sDSa XII yith the expenditure OF eighteen
= ' nsssel over the veto Of the Presi-
~ rslrb denounced 1t In strong terms,
WI when Congress was not TO again
~ untIl December, they saw that
-a.t he some cause other than public
.',v I Cor such vast appropriations OF the
4. money. They naturally attributed
4 4. dssirc of those who passed the bill
Gnds TO use In their districts 10
|. me- pcuding elections. They were
.,roed in that idea By the sentence In
Ipr.Idepts veto that the worse the bill
n M more votes II got.
f IEA,n they learned, In addition to this
.,",u Of extravaganza, from the report
\, secretary of the Treasury that there
4 n be a surplus of some hundred
m, in the Treasury, the people became
III that such an amount of taxation
[sro longer be borne. They also heard
Ilsl,rel in Congress, and pressed on
',ss by members Of both parties and
Iss,ndicted, that the tariff which raised
Inor part Of this great revenue needed
I'm Yet no steps were taken to revise
diminish it. True, the Tariff
Emission was provided for, which
I 10 report its conclusions to
1 next session Of Congress, but every
|tould see that If session of Congress
Ia had lasted nine months could do sub
Rrsaly nothing but pass appropriation
unless the Chinese and Mormon bills
Il something, the session of Congress
&h lasts but three months, with holidays
A you'd of necessity do nothing. They
hat It was the intention of the leaders
I h Republican party to throw over the
Lsisraiinn Of the tariff with the incoming
Egs. which meets 13 months hence.
people learned that the purpose was to
h the tariff not revised, but kept as an
q question for the next Presidential cleo
n This has caused a universal revolt.
Thde are minor questions, such rs the
|rlion Of assessments from offlce-hold-
iHl the agitation of the question of civil
'yite reform, but these were Insignificant
prOlnciug the great result. The Star
Iu!e trauds, | think, were more potent
|n they"