San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-04-28
GROVER TAKES WATER.

The recent declaration OF boil
branches OF congress. that the Law
authorizing the secretary Of the treas
ury to use the surplus In purchasing
bonds is a valid law, has compelled Mr.
Cleveland to yield his ground and order
the purchase Of bonds under the very
law which he has so long disregarded
This action taken so late will not avail
to relieve him of the just criticism
passed upon his former refusal, nor from
all such charges as naturally and neces.
sarily grow out of that refusal. The In.
ference grows increasingly strong, and
the fact increasingly clear, that Mr..
Cleveland's refusal to order his treasury
clerk to purchase bonds with the &C.
cumulating surplus of the country was
for political effect, and to make capital
against the republican party as the
authors OF excessive taxation, and
against the tariff system Of that party in
the interests of his own free trade ideas
and recommendations. - .--..
His message to congress had for its
keynote and its keystone as well, the
surplus in the treasury, its burden upon
the industries of the country, the neoes-
sity Of reducing the same BY reduc-
ing the revenues and gradually lower
ing the tariff Of the country to free
trade point. He declared that the law
passed by congress, authorizing the Sec
rotary Of the treasury to purchase the
outstanding bonds of the nation at such
figures as the holders would sell for,
was not valid and so continued to pile
up the surplus in the treasury vaults,
paying interests upon government loans
when he had the money In the treasury
to pay off the principal and cancel the
debt. and charging the republican party
with having oppressed the country by
collecting revenue largely in excess OF
the wants of the government. His at
tention was again and again called to
the existing law, empowering him to
expend the surplus month by month in
the debts of the nation and
SO decreasing the interest charges
against the people, but he chose to dis
regard the law and pile up the surplus,
and keep up the interest charges. rather
than obey the law, reduce the surplus
and discharge the debt.
The only reason assignable for this
culpable disregard of his duty to the |
people, is that he wanted to make CAPT.
tai for his free trade policy before the
and for his party before the
people. He has signally failed. TIE
aw declared by congress good and suf-
ticient now, was good and sufficient
then. His obedience to that law
now that congress forces him no longer
TO disregard it, proves that it was his
1uty to have yielded obedience TO it al
ways, as no change has been made in its
provisions Congress is democratic and
las failed to rebuke this disobedience to
aw on the part OF the chief executive of
he nation, because he ia democrat and
hat would be impOlitic, but the con-
iemnation ia there virtually, and the
PRESIDENT must face the record. Cleve-
and had no right to assert that a surplus
existed when had he obeyed the law
here would have been none, and the in
crest charges against the nation have
'een reduced by 80 many millions. This
8 the plain meaning OF the late con-
.ressional action. 1t simply shows that
Dir. Cleveland has descended to subter.
uge to create an impression unfavorable
o republican methods, and has refused
bsdenoe to law in order to create capl-
al for his own free trade administration.
lie aims to make his own violation of
litigation and neglect Of duty plea be-
ore the country for the condemnation
f his political opponents and the ap-
roval of his own free trade policy.
uooess upon such grounds cannot be
cry certainly predicated.
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