Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-12-12
HIS LAST N ESSAG
President Oleveland's Parting
Words to Congress-A Re-
view Of National Affairs.
The Encroachments Of Capital Re.
ce;ve Full Attention and Trusts
H. Are Given 4 Blow.
10 Rsitsratss Ms Suggestions That The
raria Laws Need Revision Too Much
Heed Given 10 Local Legislation.
His Version Of the Saskatchewan AfEAir
Tho Fisheries 0aestion-Ths
Surpius-Other Topics. ~

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Tho Fisheries 0uestion-Tho
Surpius-Other Topics.
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A CENTURY or FREEDOM
WAsHINGTOM Dec, a-The following 10
President Cleveland's message to Congress-
delivered vt the opening session:
To TH1 CONGRESS or THE UNITED STATES:
As you assemble for tho discharge Of tho duties
you have assumed as the Representatives. OF .
tree and generous people, your MEETING 10
incident. wiz the expiration Of the present.
oonst1tut,onal lisienoe A. : Nation win BE-
Our survival for 100 years Is not sumctent to
sssuro 10 that We no longer have dangers TO
Tear In the maintenance, with all its promised
freedom Of the people. The time rather "a: "a.
monishes US to soher,y inquire whether In the
past We have always c.osely kept n the course
way pia d and clear which leads to happ,n nc s
" The Citizen q our Republic in it. carly day
letter letter Of this bond, and saw stretching out
endeavor His tribute to the support
Of its economical maintenance. In these days
the frugal ty OF the people was stamped ii on
their Government and was enforced by the
citizens noSopoiies ana agree az
cations Of capital wore either ayo ded or
sternly regulated and restrained. The pomp
sad oss tree of
delusion to the plaiN people WHO, side
BY side in friendly competition, wrought
man. For the solution Of tho problem OF
free government and for the achievement
OF the grand destiny awaiting the land
passed. Our cities IRE the abiding places Of
wealth aad luxury; our manufactures Weld
fortunes never dreamed OF by the fathers OF the
IN the saco for riches, and immense aggrega-
lions OF capital outru1 the imagination in the
magn tude OF their undertakings.
When the experiment OF our Government
was undertaken the chart adopted for our
guidance was the const tuition, aud departure
only only BY strict adherence to the directions
70 the world ' Of "" th Sn Illness Illness PROOF Of
Ths equal 'G sas Ss : :sTog
which we boast as tho underlying primo: pie OF
our INST tutions should not be confined to the
to other Inc The
its functions ana powers Il H1e vii Il deal al
With the body OF our cit zens in manner
just. 1t has agreed that American cltizensh, D
shall be the only credentials necessary to JUST
that no condition OF life shall give rise to dis
or minat on in the treatment Of the people
by their Government.
DANGER AHEAD. ,-
We view with pride and satisfaction this
bright p cturo OF our country's growth and
prosperity, while only a closer scrutiny de-
veiops somber shading: Upon more careful
OF our cities mingled with poverty and
wretc:ednes and uuremuDerative toll.
ana b,
sections and scOntcnt with agrlcu tural pur-
suits The farmers son. not satisfied with his
s1ps sna @ joins the
We discover that the fortunes realized by
our na az are no longer solely BY re-
wa5d Of hn and fore
mating favor Of the Government and
are largely built upon undue exact on from
tho masses of our people; The gulf between
widening. and classes are rapidly forming, one
compris ns the very rich and powerful, while
in another arc found the tolinR poor.
AS we view the achievement of aggregated CAPT.
tai we q. scoyer the existence OF trusts, combi-
nations and monopolies, VIII lie the citizen is
struggling far in the rear or is trampled to
death beneath an iron heel Corporations, which
should be the carefully restrained creatures
OF the law and the servants OF the people. are
fast becoming the peoples masters. Still con-
graduating ourselves upon the wealth aud
prosperity Of our country, and complacently
contemplating evesy incident of change in
separAhac from these cond tons, it IS our duty
as patriotic cttzeas to irquire ut the present
stage Vt our progress how the bond OF the Gov
ernlncnt made With the people has been kept
and performed.
Instead Of limiting the tribute drawn from
our citizens to the necessities Of its economi-
al I'D mi,,istration, the Government ersgsts in
exncillg rom the substance of the people
millions which, unappl'ed and useless, lie dor
mant in its Treasury. This fragrant injustice
and this breach OF faith aud obi CATION add to ex-
tortion the danger attending the diversion OF the
channels of business. Under the same laws by
which these results are produced, the Govern
ment permits many millions more to be added
taken from our consumers, which unreasonably
minority. The :ople must St IL be taxed Tor
aton OF tariff Law ,but not to the extent that the
mass of our Cit zsns are Unfortunately bu ,.dened
beyond any use III public purpose and for the
benefit OF favOc I'd few. &
The Government, under pretense of an oxer-
else OF its TAXI powers, ente gratuitously
into pa Itnership with these favori1es to their
Of our people. This is not equality before tho
law. The existing situat on IS injurious to the
health OF our entire body polite. It stiles In
al pa s Of sssn saa sns
grasping avarsce. Devotion TO Amer,-
can citizenship for its OWL sake
motive to our Nations advancement and the
happiness Of ali our people Is displaced by the
assumption that the Government instead OF
instrumentalltv through which especial and in
divIiual advanta res are to be gained. The arr0-
gance of this assumption is unconcealed tap
pears in the sordid disregard of all but personal
interest n the refusal to abaie, for the benefit
of others, one iota of selfish advantage, and In
combinat' ons to perpetuate such advantages
through efforts TO control legislation and I'M
properly Influence the sut1rages of the
people. TIE grievances OF those not
Included within the circles OF these bone
fcarie:, when fully realized, W IL surely arouse
irr tation and discomfort Our farmers by long
suffering and patient struggling III the race OF
life with the hardest and unrem,tt Ing toll will
not fail to see In spite of mtsreprese ntattons
and mislead ng fallacies that they are obliged
70 receive such prices for their products 90 are
fixed in fore gn marke where they compete
with the farmers of the world: that thor lands
are declining in value while their debts IN
crease; and that without compromising favor
they are forced by the action of the Govern
ment to pay for the benefit of others such en-
HANGED prices for the things they need that the
scanty returns OF their labor fail to furnish
their support or leave no margin for accumu-
lat on. +!
Our worktng-men, enfranchised from all de-
lus ons and no longer frightened by tho CRY
that their wages are endangered bv just re-
vision of our tariff laws. will reason, bly, de-
imand through such revision steamer employ
mont, cheaper means Of living IN their homes,
freedom for themselves and their children
from the doom OF perpetual servitude and an
open door to their advancement beyond tho
limits of q labortlg class. Others Of our citi-
gems whose comforts and expenditures are
measured by moderate salaries and fixed In
comes will insist upon the fairness and justice