National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-09-19

months with the government OF Spain for u
revision OF the reciprocity treaty, which re-
suled In failure aud a snlb to our minister by
that nation. 1t Is sutp1cted that Bismarck is
cranly bringing about II wlr with Spalu Tor
the purpose of scilng the island OF CuhL II
IL therefore recommended that we adopt the
European plan Of selling Cuba ourselves, Gnd
afbitra,ing after.
RErRFsI STATIvEs: You constitute the only
body by which the people have n direct voice
IN the management Of the government. For
that reason especially the constitution requires
that all appropriations Of money shall cmanato
from the House Of Representatives.
Having been elected by the people as n re.
former, economy has been made the leading
object of my administration. Secretaries Lamar
aud Garland found in their respective dopirt-
men;s n lot of Old wagons and horses. Under
such circumstances they patrlotlcally preferred
to walk. The property was, therefore, duly al
vcrtiSod, sold at auction, and the sum received
covered into the treasury Of the United States
Secretary Manning hos made great reputa.
tion ns fnancier. The price Of washing tho
towels Of the Treasury Department has also
been reduced several hundred per cent.
during his administration. l deem II my
duty to recommend to the representa-.
tivcs OF the people, as rule, to make small mp
proprlatlons, for 1 find that Democratic oill-
cials aro about as handy in spending all such
| amounts as Republican officials, and what ag-
gravaics the circumstance is that the former,
from want of experience, do not collect the
revenue MS we'll MS did the latter The follow
| ing authorized statistics will demonstrate the
soundncss of my Recommendation; During
the first six months of my reformed Demo
cratic administration we spent seven millions
more. and collected ten millions less, than the
"rascals' under President Arthurs admins
trGtion did in the same period last year. Under
these circumstances, have no heart to make
nny definite recommendations concerning
the tariff or the weight of the silver
dollar have stated, and repeat
that Secretary Manning is the great American
flnancier. To illustrate When Manning and
Jordan counted the public moneys, or caused
them to be counted, and found every cent in
tact, they became overwhelmed with the re
sponsibility. Then 1t was that they discussed
the feasibility of turning over these hundreds
of millions TO the cashiers Of irst-class banks
1t did not take the form OF action. ns the
statutes interfered with the plan.
There is another item of finance that ny bt
proper to call to your attention. The bonded
debt hos been reduced during the six month
of my reform administration about twenty
nine millions of dollars. To accomplish thl
the Secretary Of the Treasury borrowed slI
millions of gold from tho New York banks
My predecessors, for the corresponding 81!
months of 1881, reduced the bonded debt forty
nine millions Of dollars
These figures in my mind give singuln
force to my recommendation in favor of small
appropriations. Postmaster General Villas ha
managed, by hook and by crook, TO keep tn
money in the treasury that was appropriate'
to pay for carrying the mails on the ocean
With Villas as Postmaster General and Samuc
J. Randall as chairman fthe committee o
appropriations, both simon pure Democrats
the government has saved five hundred tho
sand on moneys appropriated for the construC
tion of cannon, and four hundred thousand NJ
propriated for Carrying the mails on the ocear
making total of nine hundred thousand do
lars. There was an attempt to obtain fou
steel cruisers from John Roach, at a reduce
rate. Inthis effort the Secretary of the Navy wa
ably assisted by the opinion of Attorney Ger
eral Garland. Uncle Johnny Roach happone
to be little too quick for the boys and mad
an assignment
Any further information or recommendatio
that may deem necessary will be made b
} special message.
THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN,.