The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-10-06
Current Events.

On Monday last the President signed the
house bill excluding Chinese Immigrants
from this country. In the message accom-
panying the signature he reviews the me-
EQUATIONS for new treaty with Chin4,
which was agreed u by China, but which
WAS rejected by that country after two
amendments had been added 70 II by the
Senate. IL was agreed in that treaty that
| Chinese Immigration Of hbOrers should
cease: and the President In signing the
exclusion bill takes thIna nj its word, ex
perenCe since the BlrlinPame treaty hav.
ing proved that immigration was unsatls-
factory 10 both nations. The rejection by
China of the treaty he regards MS u pfact
cal abandonment Of that cOuntry's CO.
nperstion 10 put M end 10 the Objectionable
feature of immigration, so that the bill II
DOT only iustitlablr but necessary under the
circums Instances. lIerecommends, however,
Tint the sum OF S211, 900 be appropriated
10 nay the Chinese Outrages claims; and
that those Chiuaman with property inter>
psts here, who are now enrOute on their
return from China, should. b" permitted 10
land on certificates held 10y them
TIE President has also signed the bill
creating n board of arbitration TO settle dis
DuItS DtlNftb h''''S ''N'' S''''
CONN cree and their employees
Lew F. Morton has written and published
his letter accepting the republican nomina
ton for the Vice. Tesidency. IL Is re
markable for nothing save that II repeats
the old lie that the present CO ntest Is one
between protection and free trade.
J. G.. Blaine made speech In Detroit
on pension vetos--2OG of them he said.
He waxed eloquent, Of course and fearful,
and said some very cutting as well rs
stupid things The sum and substance OF
II all was that the president In every one
of these 206 vetoes had done cruel aud
unpatriotic act. Suppose one examines
the text of Mr.. Blaine's remarks: And
by way of preface, 1t Is true that In three
years the democrats added 1917 names to
the pension rolls more than the republicans
added in the last three years OF the Arthur
administration, and In that time paid out
S34 600, 54l 04 more than did the republi'
ems for their last three years That Is
not so bad for the soldier. But as to the
vetoes. OF course one can't repeat all OF
them, but here are few sample" vetoes
Bills pensioning Abigail Smith, Elizabeth
Kraft, Jacob Smith, Rachael A. Parkout,
and several others we're vetoed because the
bills reduced their pensions; veto saved
10 Aretus f. LOomis four years pension; a
veto saved the widow rights TO Daniel IL.
Ross wife; VIM. Dickens was saved his
back pension by a veto; Theresa Herbst
asked pension because her husband had
been soldier, but she forgot TO mention
that he deserted and served with the rebs
for 10 MONTHS President did not be-
lieve In pensioning deserters and vetoed
the bill; Ellen Shea's husband never ap
piled for pension, but she did, though he
died In Colorado snow slide In 1884,
the President vetoed the bill Anna Merits
husband served as captain until 1863,
when he resigned, dying In 1884 by sui
cIde,-the bill to pension her was vetoed
and so IL goes. As to the defendent bill
veto, the Philadelphia North american,
radical republican, says: President
C!evelands veto Of the dependent pension
bill will be heartily approved by the sober
sense of the republic. 1t will OF course be
condemned by those whom 1t disappOints,
and INSCRIPTIONS demagogues OF the baser
sort may try to make party capital out OF It.
But thoughtful and Intelligent citizens of
both parties will rejoice that the President
has had the moral courage to put this
check upon movement which threatened
not only to bankrupt the treasury but to
demoraiize the public mind, TO destroy the
spirit of manly Independence In thousands
of now self,supporting men, and TO set the
stigma of mendicancy and pauperism upon
the honored veterans of the war of the re
bellion" After all, now that Blaine's
mouth has been closed on trusts" &c,
his speeches are becoming very stupid
reading.