River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-10-25


great Battery ID meeting IL Chicago. on
the 10Th, 70 ad iress tho immense audience
gathered 70 welcome him ami hear him
discuss the issues OF the campaign. he was
gree. eli with applause that shook the
bu ding 70 its foundations. Il was a
most fatiering testimonial 70 the states
man When the applause subsidei ne
sad:
The tweIty-four years OF Republican
rule il the United States form an epoch
sec nd only In importance 10 those great
years .mprehendei between the Declara-
OF Independence and the organic ton OF
the FeIeral Government History recJg-
nizes this by assigning % the first Presi-
dent aud chief actor in the late period a
rank second only in American statesman
ship and her1ism 20 Washington himself
The twelty-fOur years reach from 1851
% lSoj and were q distinguished By an ad-
vance in every department OF industry ami
b. progress in every field Of human
EFFORT more extraordinary than were ever
realized within like period IA any age in
any other country
Al the conclusion OF the twenty four
years the executive power Of the Nation
was transferred 10 the Democratic party,
and the political campaign in which the
American people are now engaged Is 70 de
termiue whether the Democratic rule
shall continue or whether the Republican
party on IT'S record OF achievements shall
be iutriSted with a new lease OF power.
fCheer- The Republicans contend that
fhe general welfare or the country has not
been promoted BIZ the Democratic Adm n
istratiOn, ana that the Democratic prom
isc- % reform have been signaiIv .sre-
gardeI and trampled upon. They contend
that Tie 4 mini STRAIT on has been against
..H
IL has not maintained the National honor
and that IL threatens the Impairment Of
our Industrial system, whereby, ,,ader a
protective tariff. the country has advanced
50 rapidly Do power and pro- parity.
lCr.es Of That's truc."l
TUE civil SERVICE
The Republicans ARA fgu Mr. Cleveland
tor falling short OF the promises where
with his Adm uisfrati0n was luaugurdted
and for sapp0iuting the Just expectations
which las yorjs inspired
First Eley arralgn hirl for his failure
T. improve { e civil service as he prom
ised in eve-y form Of words in which Of
hc.M pledges could be expressed Instead
Of reform there das been constant deteri-
oratius.- Instead Of curing the system Of
part sar. removals the President has de
velopcu % 70 such an extent that more
officials hive been removed from office
during the present Administration with
out charge and for mere political reasons
than 0y ans three Of his predecessors in
Cffiec CvCu though three may be selected
who were eight years in the Presi iential
CbHE ICr..s 81 ''ThJt's ght.-'l The
spots system, fnsteal Of being rO0te up
Is taa Pres dent promised, has been de-
velCpcd more intensely than ever before.
and the asses smeut Of Office holders is so
notorious that the chairman Of the Demo
cratic National Committee takes his sta
t.ou Gil one Of the hotels in Washington,
within sight Of the White House. and. as
read from c0ngratulatory dispatch pub
l-hed ia Democratic paper, receives as
suralce Of cont ibUtiols from more than
one hundred ofice-h5iders in single day
ami proved before a special committee Of
the Senate II has moreover been charged
/. rcsP5us BILE new papers that meu % bad
character. even convicted and plrdoned
criminals, have been pl5ced in , nj e under
the present Administration and that thus
the CIV . serv az has been subjected to
open shame ia q degree hitherto unknown.
iCries Of You're right-'I
THE FISHERIES QUESTION
CSecoud-The Republicans arraigr the
President Tor having surrendered tho
right, Of the country in the fisheries Of the
q
atory 10 the dignity Of the Nation and in
utter disregard 20 the rights Of the fisher
men The question Of the fisheries has
been q subject Of dispute ever since the
war Of 1872, and never before has the
country. even in its DIS = Of weakness.
been vii ing q surrender 70 Great Britain
the r ghts which now i'm the day
Of our prest ge and power the
present Administration abandOns, 70
the sacrifice ~ National honor and
the destruction % tho rights Of our brave
fishermen Applause The American
people were not more surprised al the tame
manner in which our fishery rights were
surrendered than were the negotiators OF
England themselves when they found that
obstacles hitherto iusurmountable by
Br fish diplomacy had been removed by
the present Administration and the path
wa l.. n pi0mat.c victory made smooth
o." easy to the representatives Of England.
Applause and cries Of shame Shame
vrroE- oF PENSION HILLS.
Thir TIE Republicans arraizn Mr..
Cleveland FOR his cruel III reg ,rd Of the
rights of poor and needy soldiers who in
CURED their distress and their poverty in
the service Of the Nation. AMI who By the
interpretation Of the Presidents veto were
deprived Of the pittancc voted 20 them BY
a Republican Senate and a Democratic
House Not only has the President vetoed
the general bin passed for the relief Of all
needy and dependent soldiers. but in more
than PHI eases Of peculiar and personal
sIfTeriurs he has interposcd his power TO
prevent these creditors Of the Nation re
..eIvins their Just dues. His vetues Of the
bills both eucral and personal has thrust
thOusau Is of soldiers FOR their daily sub
si-teHce upon the Illuminating alternatives
IF private charities O. the public POOR
house No man. Jealous ~ American hon
or NO man appreciIt M the sacrifice which
the soldiers made Tor the country's un ".
should ever be willing % see man who in
the ranks Of battle had defended IN Union
81 the States declared public pauper and
left 20 die iu the almsL ,Isc. And vet that
is precisely the condition in which thou
sands Of soldiers who took honorable part
In the c'uutry- defense are left by the
Presidents ve.1rs- Cries OF You're
riEhtt' That's true - etc
kEr~E or PRIVILEGE
The Republicans ARA IN the President.
not merely fr his veto Of pension
bills. but for his general aud dangerous
use uf tbe veto power without precedent
iu the previous history of the country and
altogether beyond the conception or imag-
nation Of those who framed the coustitu
ton Mr. jefferson. whom the Democrats
have politically defined as the founder Of
their party. hat eight wears OF Adminjstra-
tion distinguish 10y Troublesome periods
ami by events 81 great moment. and vet he
never found occasion even once for using
the veto. 50 great was his respect FOR the
Will cf the people As manifested through
their repre- CutItives InCouCress Cheers
For the long period from Washington in
au uratiou 90 the close 10 ArtEur's Admin
istratiNu the veto was used butlsevsntv I'VE
times in ala Mr.. Clevciaud's term rounds
out tho century ~ the Federal Govern
meut aud Thus FAR in his Administration
he has used the veto three hundred and
ten times more thIu four times as fire.
guCutly a. j was used br an % his preie-
CesSors in the long period 81 uuCty-six
wears IL seems % me the Presidents con
Ccptiou 81 thu veto power Is that wherever
he would vote be- No ? 81 ne were q member
Of senate or House he would veto a meas
urC a. Pres dent. which il an entirely new
Interpretation Of the constitution. unknown
60 the founders Of the Government and
absolutely repudiated 10y every one who
has occupied the Presidential chair before
him che r and cries Of You're right"
amt That's So.
There i something Extraordinary IN the
space which Mr. Clevslaud's vetoes will Ill
in the archives Il tine Government. His
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