Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-10-04

1 VETO POWER AND THE SURPLUS.
Mr.. Blaine Crisicizes the Adminlssra-
tiOn-POints from His Detroit Speech.
An immense crowd assembled at the Rink build
ing IN Detroit yesterday to listen 70 Mr. Blaine.
He was given an ovation. Cheers rang through
the hall when he appeared, and many times be
was interrupted by loud applause. He was intro
duced by Governor Alger
Mr.. Blaine said that despite the honorable Don
Dickinson the men OF New England would still
venture 70 call the men OF Michigan fellow citi-
zens. 1T was said at the beginning Of our Gov
| ernment," he continued, shat the veto power
was an anomaly in a republic. It gave the Presi-
| Dent power In the Senate and the House eQuiva-
lent TO one-sixth OF the whole legislative power of
| the Government. power SO extraordinary was
naturally used with great caution BY our earlier
Presidents. On. Washington in eight years used
JEFFERSON ADAMS yeqr newer use1 Il at AZ
| ern democracy as their great prototype In eight
years never used 1t at all Madison, IN eight years
| John Quincy Adams never So that in the first
Lorty years OF the national Government, measuring
, ,n washington to jackson, from 1859 TO 1920,
| 1ue veto power had been used only six times
dnen came In the great leader OF the present DEM
ocratc party as 1t has been organized for the last
| sixty years-General Andrew jackson.
JAcKsoNs NAME APPLAUDKD By DEMOCRATS.
| upon the mention Of Jackson's name number
ol democrats In corner of the hall set up shout
| Vi applause TO which Mr.. Blaine replied: 'Gen-
| Sral jackson was man worthy Of your cheers.
De , however, his contemporaries, or those
| Certain great questions, they remember that the
!rst Efforts OF the disunionists were strangled In
the cradle by that grand old hero"
TneSe remarks were received by the great
audience with an outburst OF hearty cheers MIR.
Dlalne continued: 's1n the next forty years the
eeo was USED sixty times, and OF these sixty over
nity OF them were by democratic Presidents. Jap
p,ausc.I so That the party which processes TO be
one WhieG democratic has been uniformly the
tnwart the popular will. Up TO March 4, 1885,
when the present President Of the United states
Inent had been used in all about seventy-f1ve
Times; that was from 1850 70 1SS5-One hundred
years. lacking Tour. And now Mr.. Cleveland"
APPLAUSE AND Kisses FOR CLEVELAND.
AZ this point number Of people in the gallery
gave applause for Cleveland, which was drowned
by deluge or Kisses from the body Of the audience
Resuming, Mr.. Blaine said: "Mr. Cleveland In
three and 0ne-haf years has used the veto three
hundred times, and OF these vetoes by President
Cleveland There have been used two hundred and
SIX 10 prevent pitful pension OF 81 month or s.
q mohth-a lew OF $l2 mOnth-to worn-down
lCheersl And ne Is the first President OF the
United states that ever vetoed bill for the relief
OF solder that had offered his body TO The cannon
shot and shell Of The enemy OF his country.
lCheersl Every Case had been passed through a
republican Senate and a democratic House. 1t
would De hard TO Imagine more impartial legisla-
lion than that should produce, aud yet they met
every time with the absolute veto OF the Presl-
dent"
Mr.. BLAINE CRITICIZss TIE ADMINISTRATION.
Mr.. Blaine then criticized the course OF the Ad-
ministraton in placing deposits In the national
banks, which he said was giving away a gratuity
OF 81, 100000 year. On this subject he said: al
feau tniS morning that the chairman OF the demo-
Cratic national committee, Mr.. Calvin Price, very
surplus In his bank. Laughter and applause
Well, that Is worth $4,000 year. II anything
e woac asnP1 man 70 Dc chairman Of the demo-
would 20 little way toward 1t. (Laughteri II
any republican secretary since Salmon r Chase
was nrst appointed by President Lincoln mad done
Win Sixty odd millions OF the public money as
secretary Fairchild has done, democratic House
~ power wEud have moved his Impeachment"
lCries VI Ihats So" and applause.l
THE SURPLUS
I'll, he continued, SHAT money had been used to
reduce the public debt by buying the bonds OF the
Government, you and and every citizen OF the
United States now living or yet to come would
nave the advantage OF Ii; and have reckoned
nastly mat II The Claims OF the 2O6 pensioners
tnat were stopped by the veto or President Cleye-
land Had been allowed, and the pensions had Oeen
pau anu nad ali run for twenty years, the total
amount or that inestimable reiler to those poor.
slch and sometimes Starving families Of soldiers
VINO Dared tueir breasts Tor your country and
mlne-lcheersl-the whole OF them would not have
constituted one-slxtL part OF the money which the
lavOrltes OF the Treasury Department Will receive
IN single year from the interest Of the money
characterize this act any further Its de-
scrlptlon Is It's Characterization l wish to
90 no more than TO state the facts and leave
their further consideration and treatment to
the voters OF the country. The President OF the
United States Is now TO answer before the people
and The people OF Michigan and the people OF
Maine tcheers], who are gong 10 pull together in
THIS great national contest (cheers], must decide
whether the surplus money OF the United States
had not better go for the relief OF the poor and me
suffering among the Union soldiers than TO the
rich democratic BANKERS In Wall street who are
receiving unlawful gain from your money and
NINE"
Upon the close Of the speech, three cheers were
given Tor MIR. Blaine. Gen. Aiger stepped to the
'front.' OF the platform as Mr.. Blaine took his seat
and inquired:
whats The matter with James G. Blaiue?n To
which tue audience responded thunderOusly:
HES all right" and then there were further
cheers.
Mr. Blaine was followed by Gen. Adam E. King.
OF Maryland, and others
While In Detroit Mr.. Blaine is the guest of Gen.
Alger. The party, consisting OF Mr.. Blaine, his
son Walker, Gems AIger and King and a few
others, Will go by special train this morning TO
Adrian, where the distinguished statesman will
address mass-Ineeting From Adrian the parry
Will return 70 Detroit, and on Friday will proceed
10 East Saginaw, and from there perhaps TO Ish-
pemlng, on the northern peninsula.
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