The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-10-04
The Maine Statesman Speaks
at Detroit.
CLEVELAND AND THE SOLDIERS.
The President Held Up to Ridienie
for His Levity in Writing Messages
Oseraauiing Pensiea Legislation
An Inferrursien Turned To Aasan-
tage.

GE1r rck s1f tAlS GIaefAn@ EFam l2e NO
raent the Maine statesman appeared at the
entrance Until he stepped on the platform.
the great audience maintained a contIan-
Gus cheer, and when he reached the plat
fcrsa great sell Of Wslcone sssszc4 him
he was sacng friends,
6sev. AiEeE iztroaGeea Blaine. who
spoke as follows: sMr. CAsirnsan aud fell
low eitIxens- Despite the Hon Don Dick
iEsen the men Of New England stiil ven
ture 10 call the nlea Of Michigan their fef
leE-eitixens. Applause and iasshtcr.. Il
was said 81 the beginning OF oaE goFesn-
neat that the xsso paaer vas sn eaaraly
"a The republic in assuring the preserfs-
tioa Of Constitutional isfeEiy IN that great
document. our ancestors copiel from Er.s-
ISL rseeetsenis thcir ancestry haa brought
With item when they cosac %
Annerses. In New England there
had not t.eeB 4 veto by tse crown
OF any act Of parliament Siuee the ravula-
ticn ~ los. 30 FearS ago talS yesr; - Il
struck the mass gf people IA fse colonies.
accustomed as they were IS British iIg.
faai 70 give tae president iae right 10 veto
aag act q congress and a. require the vefes
Of taoIhirGs u the senate and tsgo othiySis
0f the house 70 override that veto. was 10
eeafeF upon tse president q mcst extra
0rtinaty power. II gave him power iu
the senate and house equivalent 10
oI.e-sixih OF the whole legislative power
Of the government. he difference bs-
tween a majority oi ear and vote Of
two thirds amounts 20 one-siNth at fAe
whole power Of euugresS. So thet cur
president to-day wIei3S the legislative
power OF Is senators and q Representatives.
IN the executive capacity be vetoSs 81
viii.
A power - extraordinary was naturally
used with greaf caution hy eur earlier
presidents General Washington in eight
years used il two tisles. The first Adams
never used il al all jefferson. considered
very erroneoasiy, but sfIn considered by
modern nemocraey as their great proGo-
type. IA eight years never used Il al Sli,
Madison Il eight years used a three tines.
Monroe used Il oaee a1d John Quincy
Adams never. 20 that is the first % years
Of the national government, measuring
from Washington 10 Jackson, from i5Sq 10
iS-9. the veto power had been used ouly
six times. Then came in fhe great leader
of the present Democratic party as i has
been ergsnized for the last 90 years-Sieu.
Andrew Jackson =
Tpou the mention Of Jacksen's name a
uHmesr OF vocifeFeus Democrats In e
eoruer OF the hail set up a yell of applause,
70 which Blaine replied: .'tSen. Jackson
was Elan worthy OF your cheers. because
however his contemporaries Or those who
have succeeded him differed from him oa
certain great questions, they remem hercd
that the first esfoFfS OF the disunionist we're
stfangled in the cradle by that grand old
hero.
This quick and happy retori upon the
WouiG-be disturbers o1 the neeiiug was re-
ceiTed bv the great aHdierre With an out
hsIrst u hearty cheers, After these had
sunk iato qisiet Bisine continued as fel-
lows
'.In The next 20 years the VETO vas used
t0tinrs. and Of these % over 20 OF theiu
were by Democratic presidents. iAp-
plause - that party which pretgSsss q
~ intensely Democratic has beeu uut.
formiy one which resortgd 10 one snan
power O. thwaft the popular Viii,
up to March I, fs'Ss, weeH the president
of the United states WIS iuaug1iratea, the
veto power of the government ha1 been
used tn all about = linles, GhEt WRs from
i7s1 u lsss--fG9 years, lacking fast New
clevelsnd-H
At this point the diseonieutra element in
the gsiiary, A. Il By concerted arrange
nsut, broke ont with applause for GleXe,
land, which was followed hy q deipse Of
Kisses from thc body Of the audie8ce
Resaming, Blaine said. cleveland. IN
three and oIie-i1aif years. has used the veto
over 200 times ieheers and cries Of hear.
hear !, oz hal when left New fork the
day before YESTERDAY. How many times
he has used II since ! do not know.
FCheeFs aud laughter Those vetees
by President Cleveland have been used 20
times t. prevent pitiful pension Of - orsS
q month, few. believe, Sla month. 70
worn-llowu and starving soldiers Of the
United States leheeFS and cries Of .'hear.
hear ( and &c wss the first president OF
the Juitsd states that ever vetoed bill for
toe benefit OF tae soldier that had offered
his body 10 The canncu-Shof and she'll OF
the enemy OF bis country. | wish ! had
- a III
upon them. They have at been
Issued in pamphlet and furnish q
sacciuct exposition ot the difference be
, tween the Republican and Democratic par
parties Bs % ths manner 81 treating soldiers
81 the republic. commend Il a. t6e best
political document ia print. Mark. Mr..
Chairman, there was not in oue Of these
yetees. believe, charge that the men 20
whom the pensions had to b given had
not been soldiers, and there was no qnes
li0n that the men who were to be relieved
sy the pensions sought were IN sore and
pressing need Of bread. There was not in
any case the slightest question Involving
the constitutional power Of congress 70
grant pensions.
Every one Of President ClevelaHd's
Yetoes of pension bills reads rfccisciy as
though tiey xere decisions u the com
missioner Of pensions fgr an application
I for pension Under the existing laa- We
knaw THAT from the foundation oi the
government tine general pension iaw pro-
yifies for general class 81 eases
We DO the best by the general
g4x 10 rsae1 AL cases bHf in
= GENERAL rsliug shere Uin aiways he
found exceptlons. ard evrry one Of these
~ That met a veto from President Jicve-
land fame outside 81 the general Iaw. hut
not outside The personal merit 81
the men who applied fer relief tAp-
I8iaifss Egefy case hHs isesn hnfefg
= - q = 9
senate Evsry case had oeea before q com.
friFter Of the Democratic house. ard every
Z eses had fsscR uasse1 through tife EcFu1ii-
easf senate and fae belnaeralie house. u
Uasiid De- had fa Imagine more Impartial
E laztsiati1u thar fhsf should produce. aud
( vas thew faef eSerg f3nse with aH ahsaigfc
veto frara fae president Some of tseia
we're regnaFhSkie fer fseir Eftluess and
some far their eTaeityl aud, filiak, soma
hal spite 0f huwaT IN them. ! recall
+ e.iil-i gsissi had it hers--fE snitii g ntsii
hai fallen y.cttta n ne1Ts ga - al a. 1tsa
fgte and g. aiisY the Faias ne i1ok oFiaics.
He Was faaRd dead IN bis 1-ed. ard
the question Has @hetle7 ae ia
cured bis disability in ;ae nac
os duty, ehelher dc ale4 ~ rai1
{ ~ Of al overdose ef the oflafe, auG 4 el
( the latter. whetaeT if ass taken ialoeenilg
az with saseidal latent Laughter Mr..
F cleveland rs kiz veto rse<saGe satf it Nculi
F f,e serH das prafefteGt Ia grant the widow
aud chi4sfen Gf That man 3 pension, tc-
{ Gauss. of esarse. yun kagsY. Mr. GhsirmAu,
3 q esss 81 this Kidd might - often repeated
Win dGe respect 70 the president. carried
nay mind 81 tl4e yaItnigi days wagn used
Z Ia frequent the laeaffc rnEfre faa1 o. isfe
aud saw the play ! thinR "l'aal Fry.,'
baf I'm sare Of the part Of ihe
t.rofasssasssI s.hllanthr0pisi who re-
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F subscription sar the relief ef the widow u
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hoase ~ here he wsS EoFkiae. fecause. a.
+ this philaathTssast szia. II sGB relieve the
widow and children Of This hyieklnyer
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