The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-01-13
SHERMAN ON CLEVELAND.

WASHINGTON, jan. AT 12:45 Senator
Sherman began his speech in the Senate en-.
the Presidents message.
The President Of the United States. he.
said, departing from the Practice Of his H.
lustriOus predecessors, dropped from his
recent animal message all reference to the
foreign relations Of the country, and the in
teresiing questions in national affairs, even
emitting the usual recOgn ton OF the Su-
pre,ns Ruler OF the Universe, postponing.
all things celestial and terrestrial, until
the surplus revenue he got rid of.
This extraordinary message he mr.
Sherman) felt called upol to consider: To-
inquire whether the dangers spoken OF i'll
it were exagger atei or mott and to exam
inc the remedies proposed. The existence
Of q surplus revenue had been constant
occurrences before and since the close OF
the war. Instead of its being q danger it
was an indication Of the continuous III
crease Of the domestic productions OF the.
country, and its foreign and domestic
commerce, and of the steady improvement.
Of its financial condition. When,,
in 1899, Pres dent jefferson had the good
fortune Of surplus revenue. he ask u On,
his message to Congress) to what purpose
the surplus should be applet. and ex-
pressed his belief that the patriotism If
the people would prefer the continuance OF
the imports ant the application of the
money Ito great purposes of the public edl-
cation, roads, rivers AMI canals
General Jackson. when he had the Ike
good fortune. had recommended the distri-
button Of the surplus among the States,
and bill for that purpose had been intro
duced by Mr.. Calhoun. had passed both the
houses by large maj critics. aad had been
signed by President jackson. Larger sur
pluses had frequently been dealt VIII; wise
ly by Republican administrations, being
either applied by the executive authority
to the payment OF the public debt, or its acr
emulation, having been prevented Ov Con- .
gress, from time to time by the reduction
or repeal Of taxes. These simple remedies
had been applied In the administration of
each Of ClevelaDd's predecessors, Since the Z.
close OF the war, without other matters
being neglected or 4 cry OF alarm icing
raised. All such reduction of tiAeS had
been made by the Republican party. Tia
Democratic party had now control Of ting
House of Representatives, since the SUGGEST
of the mississippi plan" except for two
years, and had not In that time originated
or pr opposed ii reduction of taxes. The only
Republican Congress in ten years had, by
the act of March, 1855, largely reduced both .
Internal taxes and customs duties to meet
the very difficulty which now So alarmed.
the President. Why had not the President
followed the example of his predecessors
by using the powers conferred upon the
Secretary of the Treasury and applying
the surplus TO the reduction of the public
debit
Instead Of that and though outstanding
bonds were redeemIblc 1t pleasure, his adj
ministration had charged the form If the
debt statement so as to conceal ueariy ihir-
~ mill ons Of money as unavai able assets
and bad swellei the surplus for nearly
year until friend and foe alike cried oct
against it. III the President regarded this
growing surplus as u danger, why mad he
not, as soon as pos,itl,, brought his
influenc, to bear upon Congress 10 pro-
vide reduction of taxation. And
why had not Congress applied
the remedy The Forty-ninth Congresses
had lived its two years and d.e,i. Mr.
Cleveland was then President Of the United
States. The House OF Repre- ,entatives con-
taihei large majority OF his political
friends. They alone had the initiative
the constitutional power to introduce u bl.A
to reduce taxes. Why had not that been.
dOnei The only answer was that q con-
trolling majority Of the Democratic
party would not allow G bill to be
reported .un'ess i. contained provisions
which Tin the opinion OF majority of the.
members OF the House, would great m
jure or destroy domestic production, Gre
ating real distress. and reduce wages. TX
IT had been the desire to reduce taxes,
without reducing American production.
the task Was easy; but the enormous
powers Of the new Speaker Of the.
House were used to prevent even the
presentation of such bill; and in this the
Speaker had, it was understood, the hearty
sympathy and supper: Of the President
and the Secretary OF the Treasury. He,-
Mr. Sherman, had called the attention Of.
the Senate on the 18th of July. 1856,
to the precise difficulty and danger
OF the situation and to the readi--
ness OF the majority OF the Sem
ate to provide for the reduction OF taxes
and the application Of the surplus; and II.
it had not been for the action OF the Presi--
dent and his Administration {ncluding the
Democratic majority in the House of Rep
resentatives), the taxes would then have
been reduced without endangering domes-.
tic industries.
Even without reduction OF taxes the
surplus revenue might have been applied
for great national objects but for the vetoes
of the President, FOR the failure OF the Sec
rotary OF the Treasury 10 exercise plainly
discr etiOnary powers conferred upon him
by law. and for the failure Of tie Demo
cratic House OF Representatives to make.
appropriations for some Of the highest ma
tional objects demanded by the PEOPLE.
Tie President hal, on VIVA. he (Mr. Sher-
,lnV f,tt- ,lf,,c
fused his signature to the River and Har-
Dor bill, which would have appropriated
more than ten millions for pressing pubic
works, and by his veto OF the Depende ut
Pensions bill he had withheld from Union,
soldiers appropriations made for their re-
lief. The House had refused to provide for
system Of coast defense, foc . proper in
crease and building Up Of the navy and Of
the commercial marine, for postal COM
municatiOn with the South American
States, and for the encouragement and sup
port OF schools 1t had also neglected or
refused to appropriate for eight millions
OF Deficiencies admitted to be due. or tc.
pass the Senate bill for the refund
ing to the several States the direct tax
levied in 1852, sl4. 0OO,0O. And these sew
eral appropriations, sanctioned By the Sem
ate, been made By the House and approved.
by the President, and had the residue x the
surplus been applied to the purchase Of the
public debt, the condition of the treasury
which so alarmed the President would not
have existed, the public debt woulI have
been greatly reduced, and improvements
Of vital importance to American commerce,
would be in course Of construction.
Nebraska Railroad Conmi ssioners.
LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. 4.-Some days since
the State Board Of Transportation made an
order, requiring the Union Pacific Railway