Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1888-10-25

urv Department for arraigning them MS
the first who has ever entered upon y
policy OF personal favoritiSm at the ex-
peiise of The Treasury. (Chcers.)
But. IN a larger scale, an'l rs hriwe, n
communities and indiyillutls 70 what
tha Secretary llas DOM lie has pi ced
in tue Stale Of New York, in banks OF
his own selection, nearly Sl3,0O0.000 OF
Treasury funds, and in this great West-
ern body Of States, comprising limo {.
Michigan. Wisconsin, Mirnes.iia, l,wa,
Kansas and Nebr ska. with
DOUBLE THE POPULATION or NEW YORK.
and in special need OF ready money at
this time to move the crops forward to
market, the Secretary he's givtn hut liz
lie ovtr $4,000 600; the rule Of ile Sec
rotary apparently being that to state
OF political Importance e. the Admins
iraiion SIS, 200, 600 rs given. alll t0sevea
States with double the popul ton, that
are hop lcssiy Republican, considerably
less than bali that amount (Appituse
and cries, Its u shame } Such loit-
ical gambling ard porsoael sporting
with funds Of tie common Treasury ot
the United States has never been
dreamed Of before in this country
Think for moment; if any had pre-
posed law that, with all balances IN
the Treasury beyond tie inme cia'e re-
quirement OF the government, the Stcre-
tary might loan them, Without mi rst.
under the euise of deposits, to whom be
pleased and placed Them where he
pleased Was there ever II Senator or
Representative bold enough to vote for
that measure? Aud vet it is precisely
what Secretary Fairchild is now doing
with the surplus of the Treasury. Gap
| plause and cries OF Its robbery
9 Lastly, the Repub leans arraign the
President for a deliberate atiempt
TO DESTROY THE PROTECTIVE SYSTEM
Of this country by using against il Us an
argument its tendency to produce a SUR
| plus in the Treasury, when hot s Of
surplus would be hero If the moncy had
been lawfully expended ia reducing h
public deot, Instead OF being loaned .
pet banks or for The benefit Of pc iical
favoritps The friends Of the President,
apparently authorized by himself, pend
ing his election, gave the people Of the
United States pledge that tie Demo-
Qra'ie party would not, during his ad-
ministrston, assault or endangcr tue
protective tariff, il therefore came
upon the people rs genuine surprise
when tie Pr, sident charged he protect
I'VE 81 81, m with being ihecau eol The sur
plus. Which had been indnstrionsly aecu
INFLATED 10 the neglect # grave dairy, IS
I ave described. (Cheers, aud cries
of You described it iight'
TIE preiense that there WIS no au-
thority 10 buy bonds at q pr,mium was
long ago exposed ia both houses ii Con-
/ press, aad the people now soc that
money loaned for an indeiinlie perl d 10
! Mr. Jor,an's Bank ia New York. ar
placed in the Cos ngtan banks to aid the
election Of Mr.. Carlisle, ought long ago
to have been used for he purchese of
Unit d States bonds and the reduction Of
the public debt. (Cheers)
INMY JUDGMENT
the people of the Uuil,d States are not
to b. hurried into free trade 10y Pam
icky cry from President or Secretary
Too many great Interests are dependent
upon il; inteles Of capital aud labor,
interests ia the East, interests IN the
West, interests in the North, iniere s.s III
| the Souih-gteat interests common to
tie whole Union. ! shall not to night
argue the gu stion further than 10 ar.
raign the President for pr cipitaiing it
ia an unprecedented manner, and for
having used exiraord nary means to ere
ate prejudice agains, the protective sys-
tom. and with delusive arguments to
commend the delructive tn orirs of free
trade to the people. When understood
Ly TIC people, the Presidents method Of
approaching the question wilstrengthen
the cause of pros ctian, and net weaken
it, and will, in my judgment, in tic end
prove one of the potent causes Of his de-
feat at the approaching election. IRE
mendous cheers