Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-07-17
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A Brief Statement OF tho Reasons
Underlying Them.

Philadelphia Times OF saturday
The grounds upon which Il 10 sought to
create prejudice against Governor Cieve-
and are his vatoes OF the five
cent fare bill, The mechauics' lien
bill and the bill regulating the
bours Of labor OF drivers and oon-
ductors Of horse cara, The bill fixing the
fares on the elevated railways al d Se cents
ahfos Rted right vested In the corpora.
tion by previous legislature. In that
act the regulation Of fares was d 'stinotly
eurYerdsrsd by the state uutil the ret
earnings should reach given cum. In
spite Of this agreement 80 the contract
the legislature Of 1888 passed bill max
ing the uuitorm rate OIL tara i've cel Is.
The governor vetoed 1t on ito kTUuad
that the Legislature could not sbrogate a
vested right. There was not the slight
est doubt that the oourts Of the state
would have taken the same visw.
That the proposed reduou MS wUfe only
Of the slightest interest to worhingmen is
shown by the fact that the rate bad long
been i've CENTS from s 80 to 30 a, IN. t,
and from 8 30 TO 730 ?. IN. The redue-
ton Of fares at other hours in the day
was q manifest advantage to bankers,
brokers, business men and amusement
seekers, but not OF the smallest interest
to laboring men and mechanics, who
already had the privileges the vetoed bill
conferred. Opposition to the veto was
short-lived, and feeling Of satisfaction
followed that one man had bsen found
who had the pluck and the intelligence
to oppose such futile legislation even at
the risk OF mourning popular disapproval.
The governor also lnterposed his veto
to the mechanics lien bill. The original
intentional Of this bill was to give me.
ohanics power to secure their wages by
the means Of liens. But 1t was 80 amended
that its purpose WAS either obscured OF
lost. II gave parties four months after
| performance OF work or furnishing Of ma.
terial to file lien, q period ridicuously
| prolonged. IL also allowed the same oostG
as in foreclosures, which in tine case Of
small bills would have bsen 30 oneroui
as to eat them up entirely. But, worst
Of all, it repealed existing mech nics
lien laws, which were far more favorable
to the working people than the new law,
II was found to be scheme to make in,
creased lawyers' bills and to diminish
tine protection afforded the mechanic Tn,
governor very properly accepted TIT
Lesser evil and vetoed the defective bill
The bill making IL hours a day.
work for conductors and drivers on stree
cars did not i'll any way prohibit tn,
making Of a contract requiring an,
number Of houis' work, AID II 1t haC
the government very aptly objected tina
IL was an interference with the rights o
the employees as we'll "a employers.
was plain that If the car drivers ant
conductors worked fewer hours the,
could receive less pay, and the bill
neither did not could prevent hat. Til
governor concluded his objections b
saying: 81 cannot think this / i'll Ia 4
the inS rest of the workiDgmen."
One charge remains against Gov
, Clevela DIS vetoes. The last legislstur
} made small appropriation Tor char
table Institution known Rs the Yves
chester Catholic Proteotory. The go'
ernor struck it out, and the charge hi
I been made that he was hostile 10 Ii
4 Catholic church as such. Mr.. Henry
t Hogust, president Of the proteotory, say
q on this question 1--WE never doubte
the sil cerILy Of the motive which induce
y Governor Cleveland to withhold h
|. signature to the appropriation
4 the protectOry. We thought the
a and think now that
d was rot sctuattd by any feeling
: bigotry or OF hostility to Ca holios or Il
= Catholic institution On the contrar.
I Governor Cleveland is liberal in the e:
q lrsme, and we are of the firm bell
d that he was led to Withholding his a
;. prevail of the appropriation solely by
Q sense Of public duty as be- viewea 1t "
2 Upon these facts are based all Il
" charges made against Grover Clevelsn
by which it 10 sought to raise objection
him among the lsboriDg and religion
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