The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-07-18
GROWERS BACKBONE.
The President and the Private
Pension Bill.
MR.. GARLAND's RETIREMENT
The Attorney In Bad Odor-SIr Goodr
and the Notwithstanding
toms "Summer GIrIs.1


Correspondence Of The HERALD:
on account Of his having vetoed so
many private pension bills. President
Cleveland is perhaps the best anu ed
man in the country at the present time
By many Republicans in both Houses
of Congress he has been severely criti-
cised on account OF some Of the yetoes,
at least. Notably was this the case ia
the House on Friday last, when a mum
Der of the vetoed pension bills were
taken up and discussed. Ii any stran-
gers listened to the debate. IL would be
difficult to imagine what their feelings
were in regard to it. II they
entered the House under the i'm
preston that the President of the United
States should be a great man. a good
man. an honestman, they must, after
hearing the debate, have come to the
conclusion that the present Chief
Executive of the nation was the yer V
worst man that could have been found
for the position. 1t is by no means Ger
tain, however, that all this fuss and
feathers" on the part of the Republic
cans will amount to very much IN the
end. The hue and cry will serve for
campaign purposes to a limited degree,
but when both parties get fairly into the
field, / am inclined to believe that tie
men who are now standing by the Pre- l.
dent and sustaining his action in veto
ing so many private pension bills viii
/. he . hot nil ka daFa I'D 4
the polls. The party in favor OF re-
q enchment-the party who zealously
desire to guard the money IN the United
States TTeaSury-the party who object
to gigantic steals, such as are said TO
have taken place in years gone by will
not likely be the party to get left. a
great many people affect to believe that
the President, in yetOing these private
pension bills, is engaged in small
business, so far as the amount
of money that will be saved
TO the country is concerned; that il he
desires TO make a record for economy.
he might attack something big, and
leave the veteran soldiers alone. That.
however, is not the question. President
Cleveland is satisfied that n certain
abuse exists-the reckless passage By
Congress of private pension bills based,
ready have been rejected bv the Bureau
of Pensions-and he has determined to
do his part to eradicate il. What has
annoyed the Republicans in this bust
ness, believe, more than anything else
is the hilarious style in which some of
the yetoes were written. The President
found so many ridiculous reasons given
for the granting of pensions that he
actually made fun of the thing, and
this has naturally nettled the pension
committees to q very high pitch. They
feel responsible for having reported
favorably upon bills which were So
flimsy on their c!ai, for consideration,
and TO put themselves right il seems TO
be in order, on the floor OF DO b Houses
of Congress, to abuse the President
without let or hindrance. The country,
however, will sustain his action.
Reform is a thing that is demanded by
the people, and they will support the
man who will introduce IL in every
legitimate way.
! In some shape or form the President
seems to have some kind Of trouble on
harUall the time. and withal he keeps
ID qqihbrium. There have all along
ben yh,rie rumors in regard to dissen-
sions in the Cabinet, and still no one
has heard Of any designations except
that of Secretary Manning. Attorney
General Garland has been in bad odor
ever since his alleged connection with
the Pan-Electric Company came to the
surface. ard now his name Is again
prominently before the country in the
same connection. the subject having
been revived by the report of the com
mittee on the Pan-Electric case. Ii l.
currently rumored that before very long
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resignation, and already two men are
spoken of in connection with the Office
II refer TO eI Senators Mcdonald and
Thurman. Is is true that the chairman
of the Pan committee has made a report
generating Mr.. Garland and bis Pam
Electric associates from all charges, but
il is said that the President does not view
the report with much favor. The New
York Tribune, in fact. in a special from
Washington the other day, says:
The Official announcement at an early day
i OF Mr.. Garland retirement from the Cabi-
net need not be surprise. There Is good
reason for saying that his resignation would
have been acceptable to the President at
any time since his relations to the Pan Elec-
| trio speculation were exposed in the Tribune
last fall. There was q time last winter when
Mr.. Cleveland had determined 10 ask Mr..
Garland 10 resign, but he was prevailed upon
10 reconsider his determination. and so the
Attorney General has been allowed 10 re-
main But there is reason TO believe that
at. Garland mss not enjoyed the Presi-
dents confidence since that time. Indeed
there Is good authority for the statement
that for months past the President has re-
Trained from consulting the Attorney-Gen-
eral in regard 70 matters which cis,omar-
lily wouldbe referred 20 the head OF tie De-
partment of Justice for his advice and re.
commendAt on; and that this omission has
At last made an impression upon the some
what obtuse Attorney-Ge eral, who has Goa
suited some OF his friends about IL and
asked their advice as 10 the proper course
for him to pursue
The above seems pretty authoritative
and inclines one to say that where
there is so much smoke, there must be
big fire." But the trouble in the De
partment of Justice does not appear to
be alone confined to Mr.. Garland; for
Mr.. Goode, the nominee for the office Of
Solicitor-General.s seems also. for some
cause or other, to have. been in the
Presidents black books, and to crown
all his nomination was rejected by the
Senate on Friday last by vote of % to
.. Mr., Goodies case seems TO have
have been bad one, and
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