The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-10-31
BIaine's Arrangement.
Promise and Performance of
Cleveland's Admins
tration.
Unpatriotic and General Sur
render of American
Interests.

The following is q portion OF MI.
Blaine's mastery speech in Chicago on
Saturday, Oct. 10:
The Republicans arraign Mr.. Cleveland
for falling short Of the promises wherewith
his administration was inaugurated, ana LOT
Disappointing the just expectations which ms
words inspired.
First. they arraign him for ms failure 20
improve the civil service, as he promised In
every form of words In which official pledges
could be expressed. Instead of reform, there
has been constant deterioration. instead
of curing the system of partisan removals,
the President has developed II 10 such an
extent that more officials have been re-
moved from Office during the present admin
istration, without charge and for mere poiti-
cal reasons, than by any three OF his pre-
decessors in Office, even though three may be
Presidential chair.
The "spolls system" instead of being
rooted up, as the President promised, has
been developed more intensely than ever be-
fore. and the assessment OF ofiiceholders Is so
notorious that the chairman OF the Democrat
National committee takes his station in one
OF the hotels at Washington within sight OF
the White House, and as read from a con-
gratulatory dispatch published In Demo-
crat paper, received assurance of contribu-
lions from more than one hundred ONCE
holders la a single day. 1t has, moreover,
been charged In responsible newspapers, and
~
ate, that men Of bad character, convicted
aud pardoned criminals, have been placed In
Office under the present administration, and
that thus the civil service has been subjected
TO open shame In degree hitherto unknown.
A TAME SURRENDER
Second, the Republicans arraign the Presi-
dent for having surrendered the rights OF the
country in the fisheries Of the North Ameri-
can coast In q manner derogatory TO the dig
nifty of the Nation, and in utter disregard of
n HgbQrmen.
the fisheries has been a subject OF dispute
ever since the war Of 1872, and never before
has the country, even in its days OF weakness,
been willing TO surrender TO Great Britain
the rights which now In the day OF our
prestige and power the present administra.
ton abandons TO the sacrifice of National
honor and the destruction of the rights of our
fishermen. The American people were not
more surprised at the tame manner In which
our fishery rights were surrendered than
were the negotiators OF England themselves
when they found that obstacles hitherto In
surmountable by British diplomacy had been
the pathway to diplomatic victory made
smooth and easy to the representatives Of
England. Applause.
THE NEEDY SOLDIERS.
Third, the Republicans arraign Mr.. Cleve-
land for his cruel disregard of the rights Of
the poor and needy soldiers who incurred
their distress and their poverty In the service
OF the Nation, and who by the interposition
Of the Presidents veto were deprived OF the
pittance voted to them by Republican SEN
President vetoed the general bill passed for
the relief Of all needy and dependent sold
iers, but In nearly three hundred cases OF
peculiar and personal suffering the President
has interposed his power TO prevent these
creditors Of the Nation receiving their Just
dues. His vetoes Of the bills both general
and personal has thrust thousands of soldiers
for their daily subsistence upon the humiliat-
nS aos OF snIGy Of Or the
erican honor, no man approaching the sacri-
fee which the soldiers made for the coun-
try's unity should ever be willing TO see
man who In the ranks OF battle had defended
the Union of the states, declared public
pauper and left TO die IN the aims house.
Long continued applause.] And yet that is
precisely the condition In which thousands OF
soldiers who took honorable part In the
country's defense are left by the Presidents
vetoes.
ABUSE OF THE VETO POWER.
The Republicans arraign the President not
merely for his veto Of pension bills, but for
his general and dangerous use of the veto
power, without precedent In the previous
history Of the country, and altogether be-
yond the conception or Imagination OF those
who framed the constitution. Mr.. Jeffer-
son. whom the Democrats have politically
deified as the founder OF their party, had
eight years of administration distinguished
by troublesome periods and by events OF
great moment, and yet he never found occa-
sion even once for using the veto, so great
was his respect for the will of the people as
manifested through their representatives In
congress. ICheers.l For the long period
from Washington's administration TO the
close of Arthurs administration, the veto
was used but IS times in all. Mr.. Cleveland's
term rounds out the first century of the fed
eral government, and thus far in his admin
istration he has used the veto 80 times,
more than four times as frequently as 1t was
used by all Of his predecessors In the long
period of 90 years.
It seems to me the Presidents conception
Of the veto power is that wherever he would
vote mo" II he were a member of the senate
or the house he would veto a measure as
President, which Is an entirely new inter-
probation Of the constitution, unknown TO the
founders Of the government and absolutely
repudiated by every one who occupied
the Presidential chair before him. [Great
There Is something extraordinary in the
space which Mr.. Cleveland's vetoes will I'LL in
the archives OF the government. His vetoes
Of private pension bills Will occupy more
space in our political history than all the
regular annual messages OF Washington,
Adams and Jefferson for the first 20 years OF
the Federal government: and IL all his vetoes
on all subjects be combined the space they
will fill will be greater than the annual mes
sages OF all the Presidents from the forma-
ton OF the constitution to the close OF the
that the trainers of the constitution
never intended to make the President third
legislative power with veto that could over
ride both the others. Such use OF the veto
statesmen of both parties. Such a use Of the
| veto power would dethrone any constitu-
tional monarch In Europe. 1t was such q
use OF the veto power that gave TO that
and
| Cleveland will be fortunate II in history hs
escapes the same descriptive sobriQuet
| Applause.
DfsrRANcHIsINo AMERICAN CITIZENS. :.
Fourth, the Republicans arraign the ad
ministration for having unjustly, without
| precedent and for partisan reasons, dis
franohised 10000 American citizens In tho
territory Of Dakota. Applause 1t has beer
eminent to admit territory to the privilege,
| Of q state when II had a sufficient population
to entitle II 10 one representative In con
| gress-a habit that was naturally anc
readily deduced from clause II
variation from that except a slight detention
which occurred prior TO 1850. by the effort,
OF the slave power 10 keep an equality o.
votes In the senate, and TO force slave stat,
| ready to enter. Thus Mississippi and Indiana
/ Alabama and Illinois, Missouri and Maine
Arkansas and Michigan, Florida and lows
came IN practically In pairs In the order
But after this equality was broken by the
| admission OF California In 1850, wicked at
| tempt was made 10 re-establsh Il by tn,
| fraudulent admission of Kansas as a slav.
state. Since the failure of that conspiracy
| however, a long succession Of states has beer
| admitted with prompt acknowledgment o.
| their right TO statehood when each was abb,
to send representative to congress. Blu
now when the electoral college Is so closel,
balanced that the power Of the solid Souti
and two'or three Northern states to seize tn,
Presidency may be disturbed II 10000 citi
zens OF Dakota are admitted to their right
full inheritance, the Democrat party and tn,
National administration make combination
70 disfrsnchise that large body Of men
lGroat cheering.1
IL Is worth while, fellow citizens, 20 con
trast the condition OF Dakota with that o
other states that have been admitted to Tn
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