The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-12-06
Reports and Recommendations Of the
President to Congress.
A Sensible Tariff Revision Adroc a.
ted at Some Length.
Domestic tranquility and Peace With
alt Nations Prevail.
Synopsis Of Reports Ofths Hsads Of
Various Departments


interesting and impressive incident.
With the expiration of the present ses-
sion of congress the first century ofour
constitutional existence as a nation
III be completed.
Our survival for one hundred years
is not sufficient to assure us
that we no longer have dangers to fear
in the maintenance with all its prom
Used blessings of government
founded upon the freedom of the PEG
pie. The time rather admonIshes to
soberly inquire whether in the past we
have always closely kept in the course
of safety and whether we have before
us way plain and clear, which leads
TO happiness and perpetuity.
The citizen. of our republic, in its
early days, rigidly insisted upon full
compliance with the letter of this bond
and saw stretching before him a clear
field for individual endeavor. His
tribute to the support of his govern
ment was measured by the cost Of its
chart, economically maintained, and he
was secure in the enjoyment Of the re-
naming recompense OF his steady con-
tentment.
In those days the frugality Of the
people was stamped upon their govern
ment and was enforced by the free,
thoughtful and intelligent suffrage of
the citizen. Combination, mOnopolies
and a2gregations of capital were either
avoided or sternly regulated and re-
strained. The pomp and glitter of gov
ernments less free offered no tempta-
ton and presented no delusion to the
plain people who, side by side, in
friendly competition wrought for the
enoblement and dignity of man, for the
solution of the problem of free govern
ment and for the achievement of the
grand destiny awaiting the land which
God had given them.
A century has passed. Our cities
are the abiding places of wealth and
luxury; our manufactures Weld for
tunes never dreamed of by the fathers
of the republic; our business men are
madly striving in the race for riches,
and immense aggregations of capital
outrun the imagination in the nlagni-
tude of their undertakings. When the
experiment of our government was I'M
dertaken the chart adopted for our
guidance was the constitution. De-
parture from the lines there laid down
Is failure. 1t is only by a strict adj
herence to the direction they indicate,
and by restraint within the limitations
they fix. that we can furnish proof to
the world of the ability of the AMeFi-
can people for self-gOvernment. The
equal and exact justice of which We
boast as the underlying principle of
our institutions, should not be confined
to the relations of our citizens with
each other. The government itself is
under bond to the American people
that in the exercise of It's functions
and powers it will deal with the body
of our citizens in manner scrupulous-
~ honest and fair, and absolutely just.
1t has agreed that American citizen
ship shall be the only credential neces-
sary to Justify the claim of equality
before the law, and that no condition
in life shall give rise to discrimination
In the treatment of the people by their
government.
DARK PICTURE.
We view with pride and satisfaction
this bright picture of our country 5
growth and prosperity. while only q
closer scrutiny develops sombeI
shading. Upon more careful inspec-
tion we find the wealth and luxury OF
our cities mingled with poverty aud
Indebtedness. n crowded and con-
stantly increasing population suggest
the impoverishment of rural sections
and discomfort with agricultural pur-
L nO = SUI. nOI 6dLl6uCO
with his fathers simple and labOrious
life, Joins the eager chase for easily
acquired wealth. He then denounces
the aggregation of money by trusts
and fears that the existence of the ma
ton is threatened by corporations
which are calculated to bring commun.
ism to the land. He thinks the surplus
in the treasury a constant menace as
the people will rise to throw off the
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den upon them. He accuses the gov
eminent of entering into partnership
with the rich by which all the poor are
made to succumb to the combination,
and the love of the country is stified
He claims that the farmers are daily
growing poorer through the deteriora-
ton Of their lands and the lowering OF
the prices of their products. He says
that the working men are crying for
relief and demand steadier employ.
ment as under the present system they
are fast approaching perpetual servi
tude. He thinks this condition will
surely bring an uprising against the
the government If some relief is not
given.
THE TARIFF.
a Just and sensible revision of oul
tariff laws should be made for the re
lief Of those of our cOuntrymen who
llc DIC56llL CO0UlIlODo
Such revision should receive the sup
port of all who love that justice anC
equality due to American citizenship
OF all who realize that in this justict
and equality our government finds il.
strength and its power to protect tn,
citizen and his property; of all who be
lieve that the contented competence anC
comfort OF many accord better with tn,
spirit of our institutions than colos.
1aN frW-a ens,- a Il a.
hands or few, OF all who appreciate
that forbearance and fraternit,
among our people which recognize thu
value Of every American interest ar.
the surest guaranty of our natioDa
progress; and of all who desire to Sc,
the products of American skill and IN
genuity in every market of the world
with resulting restoration of Ameri
can commerce. He insists that n fai
and honest reduction of revenue Shout,
be made. Experiments should be con
stantly made until an equitable list i
arrived at that would be lust co al
classes. lie thinks the indiscriminat,
expenditure of government money fo
private claims and for the erection O
public buildings should be stopped err
the evil becomes too great to Withstand
PUBLIC LANDS.
Repeated recommendation hav
been submitted for the amendment an,
change of the law relating 10 our puh
lie lands. so that their spoliation an
diversion to other uses than as home
tor honest settlers might be prevented
While measure to meet this cor
coded necessity of reform remain
awaiting the action of the congress,
many claims to the public lands an
applications for their donation in fave
of states and individuals have bee
allowed.
recommended by those we'll infoTme,
rs containing valuable features
furtherance of the solution of tile II
dian problem. has thus far failed ,
legislatiEe sanction, while grants