The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-05-30
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
More About the ProhibitOry Duty on Steel
BlOOns-Mr. KelIey's MethOds-CiViI Ser.
vice RefOrm-The Party Tyrsnnized OYerS
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The News
Hon. Stanton J. Peelle:
The law by which you imposed an in
creased duty on imported steel blooms bears
harder upon the steel.rail mills of the West
than l thought when l wrote you last. I
have been informed by a railroad builder
that he can buy steel rails of the Pennsyl-
vania monopoly FOR $50 per ton. The in
creased tax whlOh you put upen blooms,
simply to favor that monopoly, makes the
blooms cost in the yard Of our rail mill here
in indianapolis $3I per ton. / spent an
hour recently in going through that mill,
which has been put in running order at an
expense of several hundred thousand dol
lars The ponderous machinery is in
splendid condition, skilled workmen are
ready for service, there is home market for
steel rails, but your law says not rail shall
be rolled in Indianapolis. Our Republican
National platform Of 1880 says:
We reaffirm the belief aYowed in 1876 that the
Dc ties levied tor the purpose of revenue. should
Is the labor employed in Johnstown Pa,
American lsbor, and the labor seeking en-
plOyment in an Indianapolis rail mill for
eigD labor 1t would seem so, Tor you have
deliberately shut our Indiana mills and have
told rsilr0ad builders to go to Pennsylvania
and hHy their rails. say you did thisdeliber
ately because you have never yet confessed,
Ignorant vote for a measure which lnficts
such injustice up0nyour imme iiaUe coastitu-
ents.
The fsct is the Republican party must call
3 halt and consider whether Mr. Morrill,,
Mr.. Sherman and Mr.. Kelly are safe leaders
in this matter OF the tariff. Whatever hap
pens 70 Indiana or other parts Of the coun-
try, you viii observe that these gentlemen so
manipulate every tariff enactment that it
puts more money into the plethoric pockets
of their constituents st the expense OF the
public. I do not wonder that Mr. Kelly &C
Complishes so much, since I have been told
that he accepts office with the distinct under
standing that the business 81 peddling offices
IN mis- District is to be committed TO other
hands. The roster CT Department clerks ap-
pointed at his solicitation is smaller than
yours, 6ut you may be sure that If he were
representing the Indianapolis District the
machinery Of our steel rail mill would not
be rusting Tor want OF use.
And here let me improve the time to say
word about civil service reform. Mr..
X kelly retains popularity with his constitu-
ents because he declines to NEEDLE with app
POintments- Some of our most useful public
men have appointed themselves out of office.
In tbs first successful race the Congressman
is popular with all bis constituents. When
be has appointed one set of PostInasters his
popularity begins to Wane. Men who in
sisted on entertaining him at their houses
during the first canvass turn the cold should
er TO him during the second, and on the
third round, if he is not beaten for the
nomination, he finds that be is not on speak
ing terms with a good many people who at
first were his Varnest supporters. General
C0burn, who represented this district so
ably for four terms, and against whose record
in Congress as q legislator nothing was ever
said-cculd trace his defeat to three or four
GOOD but unpopular appointments. Aside
from the interference with the proper duties
Of your Office Of Legislator, the distribution
of patronage viii sooner or later retire you
20 private life.
But this by the way. To return to our
frieEd Dir. Kelley. The Republican party
must learn to resist the pressure of Mr.. kel-
| lev and his Pennsylvania lobby. They care
| nothing for the party when il can not be used
| TO make money for Pennsylvania msnufac-
turers at the expense OF other States. Il
| matters not what issue IS before the country,
| Mr.. Kelley never makes a stump speech in
| Congress or out, which is not full OF his
! peculiar tariff notions. When President
I Johnson was trying to force his policy
! upon Us, and Republicans in the North were
/ fearing that the fruits Of the War would be
! FILTERED away by concessions 70 the South.
| blr Kelley made a tour through the South,
/ ern States, and was n the South when the
/ celebrated riots occurred in Mobile. he
/ went home 5y way of indianapolis and was
/ prevailed upon to stay and make public
+ address here. A brass band was hired to
parade the streets, with the announcement
/ that Hon. William d. kelieW would deliver
an address at Morrison's Opera House. The
! place was packed with q Thong of anx-
ious people. who came to hear from
4 an eyewitness wha. was 60
ing on ia Alabsms-and what did
! they hosrg A hArRDgue Of tKo hours about