Telegram-herald., 1888-10-30
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the zadlsncs uEAl ths 0lss ClQ0 made It's
appearances. Ths latter sung two Or three
Songs. snd Hon. \. A Earle then All
Boaneed that tue sudiencs vas specially
favored ia having. ia addition 10 he ali
vertissd speakers. Hon. F. B Stockbridse.
our United States Senator Who would make
= short address.
Mr.. stoekbridge said that be could not
resis, coming along with Mr.. Burrows Ii
was a pleasure 10 look upon the honest
faces OF Michigan audience after ten
mOaths ~ Washington during the warm
weather. he did not wish 10 interfere with
the speech OF Mr Burrows but a. the risk
the attitude OF tie administration toward
the soldiers. Il was claimed that while Ar.
Cleveland Oidn't 80 10 the war be sent a
man. and took great interest IN the sol
dlers. IL Was trus that Mr. ClegelAnd's sd-
mInlstTstiOn had issued more pensions
than aDv other administration in the same
time Under former administrations the
Pension Department was run IN the inter
est otthe soldiers. The present officials pur-
sue COURSE he dirct opposite OF this. They
look upon every applicant as fraud, and
rule ont testimony as rlgidly ss a court
would on = criminal trial. In consequence
many deserving applicants are rejected
owing 10 some technical omission. IL is
for that reason that so many private bills
ars introduced. These bills go to the Pres
ident. who Is supposed 10 carefully investi-
gate each separate case. The President.
however, does nothing of toe kind.
lie refers them right back 10
the pension department. Most of the old
experienced clerks. the one legged soldiers,
are no longer there-they have gone home
to see their friends. Those who make
these Investigations are these long haired
fellows, mostly from the South. They
know nothing about looking up these mat
,ers. but their reports are what the vetoes
are based upon. No one doubts the Consti-
tuLlonai right of Congress TO grant these
pensions. aud il is an unwarrantable as
sumption of power TO veto them on the say
SO OF cnisf clerk. The last Congress
passed LOO private pension bills. The
President vetoed 2i0, and pocketed 40.
The President is entitled TO no such praise
for signing 800 bills as his friends claim
for him. HIS veto Of over 450 bills shows
how near to bis heart are the old soldiers.
The Senator then gave q history OF the
Mills bill, how u was concocted in secret
session by the Democratic members OF the
committee, most of whom were from the
South. and contrasted il with the open aud
careful manner in which the Senate bill
was formed after fully hearing represent
atives of the various industries affected.
In introducing Mr.. Burrows, Mr.. Earle
said that in the late session of Congress an
attack had been made upon Grand Rapids.
The man who should have defended the in
terests Of the city, ioiued hands with those
who attacked il. Fortunately in Sir. Bur
rows Michigan had man capable of de-
Tending the whole State. He took as much
pleasure in introducing Mr.. Burrows to the
audience as he did years ago in casting his
first Congressional vote for him.
Mr.. Burrows said in substance that the
contest IN which we are engaged is not one
of men. but of measures. III it was merely
a contest between candidates, the audience
Il
hall. Ii il a mighty confess of 6O, 900 900 of
people in the solution of great industrial
problem in which they were never so
divided, nor so deeply in earnest. Ii is a
contest not between the Republicans and
Democrats of the North, but between the
Solid South and the North. The South
was never moresolid nor more earnest than
today. Ii be could induce his audience To
vote as patriots he would accomplish all he
desired. lie could account for the election
of Cleveland in no way except through
party passion. Only twenty-five years
after the war il was a turning over Of the
Government 10 the men who only regretted
that they bad not destroyed it. He would as
soon think of inviting a burglar to take
possession Of his eutire premises.
The Republicans entered the contest
under disadvantage. one hundred and
fifty three votes are pledged in advance to
tae Democrats from the Solid South.
Abraham Lincoln once said this was q
yoyernpe of the people, for
the people, by the people. That
voter in the country dared to cast bis vote.
and could he have had it counted. Blsi ne.
not Cleveland. would have been Pres dent.
The Ccpederstes shot down the fiag-the
bsll0t-box suffer asssssinates the liberty Of
toe people.
Forty thousand votes would be cast in
this Congressional district. The same num-
Der should be cast in every Southern dis
trict Yet Ia Mr.. Bluni's district only /. 200
votes were cast lie could name twenty
I've members from the South whose c m
binsd vote was less BY 10000 than was cast
for the delegate from Dskots. Yet those
members voted against the admission of
Dakota, because she has not sufficient popu-
lstion.
The head Of every importsnt committee
in Congress Is n man from the South.
Under this economic administration a
hundred millions more have been sppro-
prisisd than under Chester A. Arthur.
Enough az war claims have been presented
70 wipe out the surplus. and there would
long ago have been = deficiency, were is
Rot fer RsDBblican minority in Congress
who knew how to fiiibusfsr
The capital invested ia manufactures in
Texas, sbsre Mr. Nils resides. = nine mil
hous in Men gan 70 - tvsntv-fhree mill
Ions. I8 Texas 1900 hands are en- pl0ved
Ia msnB fsctursS, IN Michigan there sre IS
coo. The wages paid Texas amount 20
81 4s4 0ro: in Michigan the smount = s.. =
00o. rae etotai capital Invested IN he
sK Soathern states reorsssntef in he WsTs
and Nss1s Com nittes - $4,000 90 in
.tt,s Nes jersey slone tie amount = S1f0
ost0no
The speaker denounced Speaker Carlisle
and TIE Administrators a. engaged u =
free trade consDiracy.
Containing. the speaker spoke q he Bill
70 refund the direct tsK, and told boz tte
northern Democrats wers rhipQed into
Inc ~ Oates. = men ber from tne South.
Is eos Michigan be said 5slf = ril80a
dollars % send I've DsmocFstic Congress
men 70 NzshinetO1
He denounced tts Democrats foT keep 1s
p k3ss. vita e0.so rsopie. 0at Of The
Enloa. whiis fdst pretea Fl 20 syn "a aixs
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