The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-01-12
DENOUNCES PRESIDENT CLEvE-
LAND FOR INSINCERITY.
Devotes Two Hours and = Half to Abus-
Ing Democrass-Th Ensanguined
Garment.
SENATE.

erly be made by the United States to OBJ
tain the cooperation OF European Gov
ernments in establishing a common ratio
money. Laid on the table.
The following bills aud resolutions
| were introduced and referred:
| By Mr.. Manderson-To increase all
invalid pensions to - per month. A
statement accompanying the bill says
that it will increase the pensions of 146, :
363 persons now carried ON the pension
rolls, and will increase the annual PEN
sion payment by %, ,753 1852.
| By Mr.. Riddleberger-Fort the erection
Of public building at Newport News,
| 100000.
Mr.. Hoar offered resolution request
| ing the President to transmit to Congress
the report of the Pacific Railroad Com
mission. Adopted
MR.. FALE ARISES TO SAY.
The resolution offered by Mr.. Hale, on
December IL, for a select committee
tion of the Civil Service, and Mr.. Hale
addressed the Senate in explanation and
advocacy of it. He declared that his OBJ
| ject in Offering it was to secure an inves-
tigation with a sincere purpose of bring
ing before Congress the present actual
country, and also the performances of
certain high and low officials of the
Government. Hale charged President
Cleveland with insincerity in his public
utterances in favor of Civil Service re-
form, and accused him of having violated
all his personal pledges and those en-
bodied in his party's platform upon Tins
subject. He quoted from table pub
lished last June, showing the sweeping
changes that had already taken place in
all departments of the public service
among officials subject to executive ac-
ton, and said he hoped to have in a few
days further table showing how this
conquering march of the Democratic
party in pursuit of Office had continued
down to the beginning of this year.
This showing, he said, was unexam-
pied in any other administration in
American history.
THE PRESIDENTS LETTERS.
Mr.. Hale criticised the Presidents
letters, written during the recent politi-
cal campaign in New York city,
that to Edward Cooper, in
which he said the newspaper clippings
which had been sent him by Cooper did
not amount to enough to raise a doubt
Of his desire for the success of both the
city and State tickets of the united De-
mocracy, and that read at the Demo
cratic ratification meeting, regretting
his tCleveland's) inability to be present,
and expressing the hope that every can
didate 'on the excellent ticket of the
united Democracy might be triumph
antly elected.
IEvYING ASSESSMENTS.
Passing ON to the subject of political
assessments. Hale quoted from the
Washington Post (which he spoke of as
the organ of the administration of No
vember last, in regard to the collection
of contributions for the New York cam
paign, and also q communication in the
Washington Republican describing how
assessments for that campaign were
being levied in the Government Print
ing Office. From all this, he said, some
thing ought now to be plainly seen by
every man who was not stone-blind.
The value of the cry of Civil Service re-
form has ceased to be of any estimation
| in the minds of the leaders of the Dem
ocratic party. The old methods, he said
would prevail.
HE QUOTES FROM ECCIEsIAsTEs.
This year the land would rock with eff
| forts ON behalf of Presidential candi-
dates. He affirmed his belief, and ven
tured prediction, that no means and nc
| appliances that had been in years past
used by the Democratic party would fai
| to- be resorted to this year. Intimida
ton, outrage, murder Gf needetD woulC
| open again the bloody grave in which
| would be entombed new free ballet o
| South? THE thing which has
been is the thing which will be, ant
there will be found no new thing under
the SUM-" The means and appliance.
and practices of the Democratic party
would all be resorted to in its desperate
attempt to retain its hold of the Nationa
Government. In the mean time wher
would the Independents be:
Hale's speech attracted great and un
usual attention in the Senate Chamber
but few of the seats ON either side bein,
vacant during its delivery. which occu
pied about two hours and half.
MR.. HALE's RECORD.
AS its conclusion Mr. Butler sent b
sent out in 1878 by authority of the Re
publican Congressional Committee 10
which Hale was member), calling o
Government employees for political cor
tributions.
Hale justified the circular and sal
that it directly and explicitly exclude
the idea of extorting contributions.
The Blair Educational bill was the
taken up.
COKE ON THE BLAIR BILL
Mr.. Coke spoke in opposition. II
said it was evident that the purpose {
the bill was not alone to provide none
for the support of schools, but to folio
the money to its expenditures. 1t wa
not proposed to stop with handing IL
money over to the States and Territori,