Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-03-16
NATIONAL LEGISLATION
C;evelasA Wsa tie First psDsesatis
President 10 Oppose Prstsetivs
rafsR Methods.


President to Oppose Psstsesivs
rarlR AstAe<s.
wAsnrxuruz, March Is Mr.. P,amh
sens 10 the cleik's desk and had read
this morning . letter written By .
Washington drm cf pension claim
aeeuts to . Kansas ex.so,dief. sAyins
that aoase time ago TREY had vriisct 10
him asAine to b alloVed 70 take bis
pension claim fos A.p. They would
acv say that they vere convesssnt With
his claim aud believed that, II prcpesly
pre- nted, congress would not refuse q
SPECIAL pension; their fee wAa tSA $los
which Vas payable in advance that c63
special pension bills we're passed bs the
iase congress, and q still larger number
would probably be pAksed By t,e prcs-
ent congress; that this Was jass the
time for the presertatiou OF cases 20
congress, ~ the 0ouesey vAs on the eve
Of Q presidential election and the par
ties and Individuals we're On their metal
TO make q record. Mr.. Pinmb expessscd
the eelief that large amounts we're being
obtained through such representation.
although the writer ceuld render no
service whatever. Not only would an
attorney not be permitted to appear be-
fore the pension co0mittee, ont be
could perform no useful service vhAt
ever IN connectton With the special cen
sion cAses. ID vas an outrage (putttua
ID mildly fer MEN 10 be Imposed upon
ia that way. He asked that the pen
sion committee take the letter and con-
slider II aud make report 10 the senate.
90 that such swindline Of ex soldiers
should bos bo continued.
After Q farther discussion, In which
Mr.. Dolph referred TO claim aeent's
agreement which be bad seen 10 receive
80 per cent. Of the direct tax to be re-
funded 10 q certain state, the letter
Sas referred 20 the oommittee on pen
0ious.
The following we're among the bills
reported and placed on the calendar:
TO ratify and confirm the agreement
With the 0fos Veutre and other Indians
In Montana, for the fosmstiou and I'D
mission into the union Of the states 1T
Washington and North Idaho With
minority reports, the house bill for the
purchase Of certain swords OF Major
General James Shields.
Mr.. Dolph offered . resolution. which
vas laid over. calling on the secretary
OF the treasury for Information 20 to
the prohibition Of fur seal fisheries In
the waters Of Alaska and Behrina 80
beyond marine league from the shore.
Mr.. Teller proceeded to address the
senate on the subject Of the psesidents
message. He said that he had noticed
that the senators Who bad spoken on
the presidents side Of the question bad
shown disposition TO avoid the real 10.
soc presented By the president, ana had
attempted TO make II appear that the
message Vas nst Of the ohafacte. which
every body outside Of the ofheiAl circles
at houe and abroad bad declared y toi
be. Il would not do fer the friends OF
the administration TO assert that this
vas On attempt on the paft Of the prest-
dent aud his friends 70 modify, revise
or correct the tarifi. No such intent
could Be gathered from bis message. u
had beeu received every vhefe 20 an At
task NOT on . defective tsrih. not TO
remedy Inconsistencies, bus TO destroy
The psoseosive system. The president
himself had spoken Of that systsm -
vioscus, int quitabls and illogical. Ills
secretary OF the treasury haA spoken OF
is as q brutal method. Tho defenders
u the message had spoken 10 terms Of
oppsohrium, contempt and deteesation
not Of the tariff OF its inconsisteuctee or
iucougruities, but of the protective sys-
TEN. Il vas, therefore, understood out
side Of the senate chamber 10 DO an A.
tack on o system which protested Amer
loan labor and Ame1icAu manufacturers
against coon petition with feestgn labor
aud foreign capital. lt hsd bern slated
BY the senator from Georgia (Oolqoiti)
that the Democratic party bad always
been q free trade party. ue denied
that. George Washington had been .
pronounced protsc i've tafh man, b1s
De kneu bis Democratic friends DID not
care much for that because they did not
regard George Washiraton ~ bavinR
bad correct views Of the fundamental
priuc,ples Of the Rovesppeut. Frank
liu, Hamilton, Jederfon, Madison and
Monroe bad oil been protective tArin
men. In fact, there nsveg bad been .
Democratic president uottl Grover
Cleveland Who had not at some stage Of
bis dolitical history been an open advo
cate Of protective tafin.
Ia the national Democfstic platform
Of 1872. when the Democrats nominated
the Eost active progressive psseecttse
tariff man on the continent, Horace
Greeley, It Vas stated that the protec
tive tssid Wss Q question 10 to left 70
the ngressional districts without any
interference from the executive. 10
1876, when the Democrats nominated
Mr.. Tiiden. TIE party had declared
itself for the nsst time tn tts history, IN
favor Of tartd for revenue only, which
vas synonymous with free trade. 10
1850, ID vas inpossible for anyone 20
ssy What the Democratic platform in
tended to say on she subjsct. In 1884
nobody supposed that the Democratic
party in its platform intended TO au-
pooos docsriue Of free trade. Nobody
cop,6 ssy that il attacked the docsipe
of protection and nobody could have
supposed that the e1ecutivsd elects on
thai platform would ever have delivered
the message which Mr.. Cleveland sent
to congress last Dscsmbef. when tee
past twenty -6ve pears OF American hts
tory were examined no man vas j7sSt.
ned IN speakiuR OF the sSstem OF
political eoosouy which had wrought
such resalis - "a illogical, tniqnitous
or OBQt8l WetuO0. Ao0 Ak1csfC80 W.
rIe had progressed faster than any
other people IN the world. Lss The
senators 1ho tslked about free trade
roipt TO him any nation that secumu-
lated money ss this had. In What
other country was labor % we'll paid
aud 90 much respected , What other
people had engaged iu such enterpTises5 :
d d shs senator on tue other side want
Eoaiish methods 20 Be adopted In this
ooapsry. He wss not ashamed 70 point
10 the great results Of twenty seven
years Of experiments under the psotee
live system 70 shos THAI II Vss petiheS
vicious. illogical or iniqui'ous. bus thss
il had brought TO tbs people OF this
ocuutry q richness. . content and glory
90 o,h.f syrsen had bfoaght upon any
other peopie.
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