Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-22

certainly not on sny occasion except such as
was in honor of the Maine statesman. For hours
before the meeting began the streets in the
neighborhood of the armory were a perfect Jam
of cheering humanity, and when the doors
finally opened the place was filed in the twink
ling of an eye.
Blaine IS speech cannot be regarded otherwise
than as the best he has made during the cam
palgn, and 1t fairly lifted his auditors out of
their seats. His merciless castigation of the
Democratic party for its many sins of omission
and commission was infinitely the most mastery
ever hears in this city, and the roars of applause
which shook the vast building as each success
slve point was made showed conclusively the
audience was thoroughly in gym athy with the
famous orator.
The parade, which was reviewed by the hon
ored visitor, was imposing in dimensions and
rem irAable the fact that nearly ever, body
IN lane cheered almost continuously, and as the
M tcherS passed. the reviewing stand, where
their itoi stood bowing and smiliug the man
from Maine YVES justified in feeling proud as
each success i've hurrah rang forth.
Nj Blainc's speech was ss follows:
Mr. Chairman and Etll0lC- Citizens OF IHin0is
The twenty-four years of Republican rule in the
United States form an epoch second only in i'm
portance to that evcntIul period between the
Declaration OF Independence and the organiZa-
ton OF the National Goyernms nt History recog-
nlzes TINS fact in assigning the first President
and chief actor IL tbs latter period rank in
craftsmanship and heroism second only to
Washington. In those twenty -four years there
was developed in the United States an advance
in every field of industry. There was a de.
Velopment IN every branch OF human pr; gress
and human effort such as has been nowhere
Shown IN any other country or age in a period
OF the same length. AT the end of that period
four years ago, the executive control of The
United states was transferred TO the Democratic
party, and the question now under discussion is
whether democratic rule shall be continued, or
whether upon its great record in twenty four
years the Republican party shall be granted a
new lease OF power.
" "Inasmuch as the history OF Republicanism
is well known and read o. all men, it becomes
us to examine the record of the democratic
party Tor these last three and a halt years and
to see whether the performance has come up to
the promises.
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
"In the first place the Republican party ar
ra1gns the President and his Administration for
tnelr failure TO keep their Obligations volun-
tarily incurred, TO reform the civil service OF
the country. Ihey promised us q new golden
era, III which partisan removals shouId he at
an end, IN which the spoils system should be
crushed, in which the whole body of the Off
cial service should be raised TO higher stand
ard than you, Mr. Chairman, or / ever knew of
III our Joint public service. Well the result is,
up to this hour President Cleveland has ra
moved for Partisan reasons more officials than
were removed by any of his predecessors even
II you take the three whose terms in the resi-
Dental chair were eight years each, and upon
the charCeS OF resp p0nsible newspapers giving
names and dates These are now seconded and
established by an Investigation by a Senate
committee. The public service has been low
ereo ana dlslonoIed as never before by the ap-
polntment oi a class of men, some of whom
are pardoned criminals, and some cf them
never pa doned laughter and applausel and
tne larger number OF whom never ought TO be
paruoneu. lIerriment snd cheers There ha :
never b5en ike in the history of til Federal
government when there WAS SO great ~. 4 Use
OF the civil service SIS at present W. 3, ere TO
have no further contributions from oifce hold
ers 10 pontlcai Campaigns. Why rad yester-
day IN Democ' attic paper a congr stIIlatory dis
patcn from Washington telling the faithful
throughout the States that the Chairman IN of the
National Democratic Committee had taken
rooms at the Al ington House under the caves
OF the White House, and on the very first day
OF his visit had received from 100 office holders
assurances OF liberal contributions for the cam
palgn. tDerisive laughter. So much for civil
service refyrm.
THE FISHERIES QUESTION
What mas been the conduct of the Admins
tratlon III regard to the fisheries oupstion in
dispute between the Government of England
ana tne united states ever since the close of the
war OF 1872 Neither in the days o; our weak
ness after that war, nor in the DAYS of onr
strength through the reign of Republican, ,m in
tne 1n1ted states mas there ever been an Ad-
iLnlnistratlon wiling to surrender the rights of
the marcy fisherman who goes down to The sea
10 SIlIs ana lncurS great danger t. secI1rn Won
i .ne luxury spread on your breakfast tables Yet
they so lar surrendered these rights in the LATE
treaty that was negotiated that the British nlen-
lpotentiaries were surprised to find that obsta-
cIes nllheito lnsnrmountable to British diplo-
macy were smoothed over and that their path
way was made easy by the compliant diSnosition
OF PRESIDENT Cleveland and Secretary Bayard
50 that question which has heretofore tvpified
ene honor OF the nag would have been lost for
generation but for the timely and h0nor ible
lnteTpositlon OF the Senators. fCheers
PENSION BILL, VFToFs
The Republicans aIraign the Presiden. upon
questions more grave than either of these and
oile that touches hum nm ture more closely and
human sympathy more tcEderlv I refer r. Tho
fact that when the soldiers who stood with vnI,
MIR. Chairman, aud with you referring TO Gen,
e1al King, OF Mary ylandI before he ranks of the
eGelny, VINO were wounded or incapacitated for
lebor OF selt-slpDort, were looking for the ms
sage q bills which guaranteed to them their
daily bread, they were denied that relief by tha
Eetoes ci the President, AfteI the Republican
senate and the Democratic House had almost
unanimously recognized their ri liable suffering
and the merits of their claims in more than tyyS
hundred cases the President vetoed the hills
and turned the veterans over to a cho;ca no
tween the generous charity Of patriotic mon or
The hard fortunes of the poorhouse Nor were
the Presidents vetoes exceptional for il was
worthy your attention that in three years and a
nall ne mas vetoed more bills than were vetoed
Dy ali his predecessors since the organization of
the Government. He has exercise a the veto
power 80 times, whereas all the Presidents be-
lore MN, from Nashingtons Inauguration to
the close of Arthur's administration used the
veto only seventy five times. In other words
President Cleveland in three years and half has
used the veto power four times as often as did
all the other Pre- sidents in ninety six wears
HIS Vetoes OF sol1leTs pensions will occupy
more space In the archives of the Government
and Ill the anadls of Congress than dis Ell The
annual lrs sssages OF Washington, Adams and
Jefferson Ill lie hr.t twenty years Of Federal
Government. II we add to these hls other
yetoes yor viii fad they viii Fl In ger space
In the COagJ6sSi' adt Record than do all the an
nual messages sent to Congress from the in.
auguratlon OF Washington to the close of the
war or 1872. Cent? men, that is too much of the
veto power because it never as designed as the
Pesldent seems TO have supposed, that the
EXECUTIVE should veto every bill on which he
would have voted " No. if he had been a mem
Der OF the Senate or House. If that were so we
would have third legislative branch in the
person OF the President, and one able to over
fuie both the otbels. That never was the de-
sign OF the Constitution of the United States If
II were 1t would break down our governmental
system. Cheers
DAKoTAS DEMAND.
The Republicans have another cause for the
aIraignment of the President. They arraisn
him and his party because of their exclusion
frym the Union or their refusal to admit TO the
privileges of Statehood the Territory of Dakota
lCheeTs.l That Territory has 20 l0JG inhabitants
voice: "All Republicans''l That Is the rea
son they are SO badly located AS old Colonel
Benton used to say My friends, YOU got your
KIN fe on the nerve the first time lL9ughter !
h9 afs tl,o