The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-10-22
AWFUL ARRANGEMENT
o,.bs Cleveland Administration
5y las. c. Blaine at Chicago.
pg SUPPORTS EVERY CHARGE
#, roimpcachabIc Tes'imony-Ho"
,,,,. have been Violated and the
salionnI Honor Sacrificed.
,busc of the Veto Power.

CulrIGO, Oct. -U'-NhI' DaA'"S 0PVnS
~, Isrgc aud enthusiastic audience Mt
,.nory D here last night. The brief
'bchad taken had evidently been OF
..,,t benefit to him, rs his voice was
,,o,opl resonant, filling every part of
%.roll Ills speech had evidently been
,,n,rpd with great care, and was deliv-
XII f,.I slowly and distinctly. SO that the
,aliencc might have time to grasp its
a,in ooin.s. Republicans think it was
'naoi | his best efforts. 1t will be widely
.',,nlo,ed as campaign document. He
Tho twcptv.iour years Of Republican
in thc United States form an epoch
IISoorG Iuo onIy in importance to those great
s,,r. 'r,mGyehended between the Declar-
,,;nn nj Independence and the organi-
@,S% A,,;ao nj the Federal Government. His
t'.'., .a.,. r.r6gnizcs this by assigning to the
s% W, President, and chief actor in the
hitter period Il rank second only IN
tneriran statesmaushtp and heroism
IA m Washington himself. The twenty:
~ ;'rr ycari reach from 1861 to 1885, and
"" s"rs distinguished by the advance in
orary n,'g Irnlrtment OF industry, and by q
WI v,,,o,, ia every field OF human effort
myT inors extraordinary than were ever real
;,sj I within like period in any age in
sny rnurtry. At the conclusion OF
,I%!oty.iour I years the executive power
'G,%sn nation was transferred TO the Dem
%rotic parts, and the political campaign
in (which the American people are now
"nwred is to determine whether the
Democratic rule shall continue or
Thcthcr the Republican party on its
,.rorIoi achievements shall be intrusted
with new lease OF power. The Repub-
Iirsns contend that the general welfare
oitbrwhole country has not been pro-
mo,,l by lhc Democratic administration,
and that the DemOCratic promises OF re-
form have been signally disregarded
and tmmped upon. They contend that
tbe administration has been against the
General welfare of the country, that it
bas not maintained the National honor,
and that il threatens the impairment OF
our industrial system whereby under a
pmtectiye tariff tho country has adj
yarred so rapidly in power and pros.
prrity. The Republicans arraign Mr..
Cleveland for falling short OF the prom
ises wherewith his administration was
inangurated, and for Disappointing the
lust expectations which his words in
spircd.
First, they arraign him for his failure
to improve the civil service as he prom
ised In every form OF words in which
official pledges could be expressed. In-
stead Of reform there has been constant
deterioration. Instead Of curing the
system Of partisan removals the Presi-
dent las developed it to such IN extent
that more officials have been removed
from office during the present admins
tra,ion without charge and for
MERE POLITICAL REASONS
than by any three OF his predecessors in
office, even though those may be selected
who were eight years in the Presidential
chair. The "spoils system,' instead Of
being rooted up, as the President PROM
ised, has been developed more intensely
than ever before, and the assessment Of
OiicchO!lers is so notorious that the
Chairman Of the Democratic National
Committee takes his station in one OF
the hotels at Washington within sight
Oithc White House, and rs l read from
acOngaluatory dispatch published in a
Democratic paper, receives assurance OF
contributions from more than 100 office
holders in Il single day. 1t has, more
over, been charged in responsible news
papers and proved before special COM
m,tee Of the Senate that men OF bad
character, convicted and pardoned Grim
iHals, have been placed in office under
the present administration, and that
thus the civil service has been subjected
tOOpen shame in degree hitherto un-
known.
Second, the Republicans arraign the
President for having surrendered the
rights Of the country in the fisheries Of
the North American coast in n manner
derOgatory to the dignity OF the nation
and in utter disregard OF the rights Of
the fishermen. The question OF the
fisheries has been question OF dispute
eYersinCG the war OF 1912, and never be-
fore has the country, even in its days OF
weakness, been willing to- surrender TO
Great Britain the rights which now in
the day OF our prestige and power the
present Administration abandons TO the
sacrifice OF national honor and the de-
struction Of the rights OF our fishermen.
The American people are not more sur
prised at the tame manner in which our
fisheries rights were surrendered than
were the nesotiators OF England them
selves when they found that obstacles
hitherto unsurmountable by British
diplomacy had been removed by the
present administration and the pathway
toa diplomatic victory made smooth and
easy TO the representatives OF England.
JUSTICE TO SOLDIERS.
Third, the Republicans arraign Mr..
Cleveland for his cruel disregard OF the
rights OF poor and needy soldiers who
incurred their distress and their poverty
in the service OF the nation, and who, by
the intcrpositiOn Of the Presidents veto,
We're deprived Of the pittanCe voted to
them by Republican Senate and DEM
ocratic House. Not only has the Presi-
dent vetoed the general bill passed for
the relief OF all needy and dependent
soldiers but in more than 200 cases OF
peculiar and personal sutlerings the
President has interposed his power to
prevent these creditors OF the nation
receiving their Just dues. His vetoes Of
the bills, both general and personal,
have thrust thousands OF soldiers for
their daily subsistence upon the hnmili-
alIns alternatives OF private charity or
the public pOorhouse. No man, jealous
Of American honor, no man apprecia'
ting the sacrifice which the soldiers
made Tor the country's unity, should ever
De willing to see a man who in the ranks
oolbattle, had defended the Union OF the
States declared n pauper aud left to die
IN the almshOuse. And yet that is pre-.
ciseIy the condition in which thousands
Of soldiers who took honorable part in
tlecountry's defense are left by the Pres
dents vetoes.
The Republicans arraign the Presi'
dent not merely for his veto OF pension
0lIIs, but for his general and dangerous
use otthe veto power, without precedent
IN the previous history Of the country
and altogether beyond the conception OF
Imagination Of thnup Xrbn framed the