Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-12-04
THE MESSAGE.
Mr.. Cleveland Sticks to HiS
Tariff Reform.
THE MURCHISON MUDDLE.
The Late Chinese Treaty and
Its Fate.
THE FISHERIES REVIEWED.
The Abuse Of the Immigration Laws
Called Up With Other
National Matters.

National Matters.
Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD.
To the Congress of the United States:
As you assemble for the discharge of tn,
dutie. you hava assumed as the representa-
tives OF free and generous people, your meet
ing is marked by an interesting and impressive
incident With the expiration of the presen
session of the Congress- the first century o
our Constitutional existence as a nation viii
be completed.
THE CONSTITUTION AND THE PEOPLE.
Our survival for one hundred years is r o
sutf cient to assure us that we no longer have
dangers to fear in the maintenance, with all III
promised blessings, of government founded
upon the fir. .edom of the people. The tint
whether IN the past we have always closel!
kept in the course OF safety. md whether w W.
has before be us and clear
When the experiment of our Government
was undertaken the chart adopted for Ou
guidance, was the Constitution. departure
from the lines there laid down is failure. 1t IL
only by strict adherence to the direction they
indicate and by restaint and keeping within
the they y Ted Ike that we % th
can people for self government
The equal and exact justice OF which we
boost as the underlying prime, pies a OF our insti
of our citizens to each other. The Government
itself is under bond to the American people
that in the exercise Of its functions and powers
manner scrupulously honest and fair, and
absolutely just. 1t has agreed that American
to Justify the claim of equality before the law
and that no condition in life shall give rise tc
discrimination in the treatment OF the people
by this Government.
YE oLDEN TIME.
The citizen of our republic in its early day
rigidly insisted upon full compliance with
the letter of this bond and saw stretching Out
before him clear field for individual en-
deavor His tribute to the support of his gov
ernment was measured by the cost of its econO
mical maintenance, and ne was secure in the
enjoyment of the remaining recompense Of his
toll and contented Herewith. In those days
the fIugality of the people was stamped upon
their government and was enforced by the free
thoughtful and intelligent suffrage OF the citi
zens. Combinations, monopolies and as grega
tions of capital were then avoided or strongly
regulated and restrained. The pomp and gilt
ter Of government less free offered no tempta
tion and presented no delusiOn to the plain
people, who side by side in friendly competi
ton wrought for the ennoblement and dignity
of man; for the solution for the problem of free
government, and the achievement of the grand
destiny awaiting the land which God had
given them.
THESE DEGENERATE DAYS.
century has passed; our cities are the abid
ing places of wealth and luxury. Our manu-
factories yield fortunes never dreamed of by
the fathers of the Republic. Our business lneI
are madly striving in the race for riches, and
immense aggregations OF capital outrun mag
ings; W. v,s,v with n,,ds and ,a.,st.otior ,b,,
bright picture OF our country's growth and
prosperity, W lille only clo.e scrutiny develops
a sombre shading. Upon more careful inspec
ton we find the wealth and luxury of our ties
mingled with poverty and wretchedness and
unremunerative toll. A crowded AMI con
stantly increasing urban population suggests
the impO, erishment If the rural sections, and
,r,lk1 1,Ik.. H.
farmers son, not satisfied with his fathers
simple and laborious life joins the eager chase
for easily acquired wealth.
TRUSTS AND CLASSES.
We discover that the fortunes realized by
our manufacturers are no larger solely by the
reward of sturdy industry and enlightened
foresight, but that they result from discrimin =
ton, IN their favor. by the, Government. and
are largely based upon undue exactions from
the masses of our people The gulf between
employers and employed is constantly widen
ing, and classes are rapidly forming; one com,
another are found the toiling poor.
AS we view the achievements of aggregated
capital We di'cover the existence Of trusts,
citizen is struggling far in the rear, or is tram
pied to death beneath an iron heel. Corpora
tione, which should be the carefully restrained
creatures of the law and the servants of the
people, are fast becoming the peoples masters
Still congratulating ourselves on the wealth
and prosperity OF our country, and o0mpla
inseparable from those conditions, it is oul
duty as patriotic citizens to inquire. at the
the Government, made with the people, hal
been kept and performed.
ovER-TAxATIoN.
Instead of limiting the tribute drawn from
our citizens to the necessities of its ecOnOmica
administration, the Govern ment persists in ex
acting from the substance of the people mill
ions which, unapplied and useless lie dorman
in its Treasury. This fagrant injustice, ant
\, oif n obi dc 20 nv
tortion the danger attending the diversion O
the currency of the country from the Legitimate
channels of business.
Under the same laws which these laws arr
produced, the Government permits many mil
lion more to be added to the cost of living o
our people, and to be taken from our consumers
but powerful minority. The people must still
be taxed for the support of the Government
under the operation OF tariff laws, but to tn
extent that the mass OF our citizens is inordl
nRtely burdened beyond any useful public pun
pose and for the benefit of
A FAVORED FEW.
The Government, under the pretext of an ex
into Partnership me- With Ts those % fsyorites to the
advantage, and to the injury of q vast majorit
Of our people; This is not equality before II
health OF our entire body polite. 1t ltifes i
those all patriotic love OF country, and subst
tuts In Its place self-greed and grasping avaric'
sake, and for what 1t should accomplish, as
motive to our nations advancement and tn
happiness of all our people, is displaced by tn
assumption that the Government, instead of be
ing the embodiment of equality, is but a
instrumentality through which special an
individual advantages are to be gained
cealed. It appears in the sordid disregard Q
all but personal interest; in the refusal t
abate, for the benefit of others, one iota of Sc
fish advantages, and in combinations to pc
petuate such advantages through efforts
control legislation and Improperly control tb
suffroge OF the people.
THE OPPRESSED MILLIONS.
The grievance CT those not included with
the circle of these benefciarles. when full
realized, will surely arouse irritation and di
content. Our farmers, long suffering an
patient. struggling In the race OF life with th
hardest and most unremltting toll, will not ia
to see In spite OF Misrepresentation and mi
leading fallacies that they are obliged to q,
cept such prices for the products as are 6xe
in foreign markets, where they compete wit
the farmers of the world, that their lands ar
declining in vslue, while their debts increas
and thas without a compensating favor the
are forced by the action OF tho Government
pay for the benefit of others, such enhance
return OF their labor fails to furnish their su
port or leave no margin for accumulation
Our w0rkingmen, disenchanted from the d
lusions and 70 longer frightened with the cl
that their we ges are endangered by just 7
vision of our tariff laws, will reasonably d
mand, through such revision, steadier er
ployment cheaper means OF living In the
dren from tho doom of perpetual servitud
and an open door to their advancement b
yond the limits OF laboring class.
Others OF our citizens whose comforts Bn