Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1889-03-08

come very burdensome, and its wise aid efficient
discharge fill OF difficulY.'~sr have a right, ;
think, that those who volunteer are invited to
give advice as to appointments shall exercise
consideration and fidelity A high sense Of duty
and ambition TO Improve the service should
characterize all public officers. Honorable party
service.wi certainly euot be esteemed by me q
disqualification for public ONCE but IT will in no
case be allowed to serve as a shield of official
entirely creditable to seek public oficeb by proper
methods. - =. .,A ~lA 49,
1t Willie bhe duty OF congress wisely to forecast
and estimate our ordinary expenditures and to so
ADJUST OUR REVENUE LAWS
that no considerable amount Of surplus will re-
main. We will fortunately be able to apply to the
public debt any small and unforeseen excess of
revenue. This is better Than K. reduce our in.
come below our necessary expenditures with the
resulting choice OF another change Of our revenue
laws or an increase Of tie Pntaic debt. q. ::
The construction of a sufficient number Of
MODERN WAR SHIPS
and of their necessary arfnanents should progress
as rapidly as is consistent with care ana perfec-
ton in plans and workmanship. We should en-
courage the establishment Of American steam
ship lines
OUR. PENSION LAWS
should give more adequate and Discriminating re.
lief the Union soldiers and sailors and their
widows and orphans. Such occasions as this
should remind us that we owe everything to their
valor and sacrifice.
1t is subject Of congrat,llation that there is q
near prospect of the
ADMISSION INTO THE UNION
Of the Dakotas and Montana Gnd Washington
territories. This act Of Justice has been unrea-
sonably delayed in the case Of some Of them. The
people who have settled these territories are in
tailigent, enterprsing and ratriot.c and the &C.
cession of these new states will adj strength to
the nation
) THE FREEDOM OF THE BALLOT!
'tsu condition Of our national ,-and ne:powee
vested in congress or in the executive 70 sec,Ha
or perpetuate it should renaatDunused upoDqpeas
sion. The, people Of all the congrsssionaldis-
tricts lave an equal interest that election In
each shall truly express the views and wishes Of
a Majority of the qualified electors residing With
in it. The results of such elections not local
and the insistence Of electors residing in other
districts that they. shall be pure and free not
saver at all Of impertinence..
! do not plistruSt tho future! Dangers have
been in frequent ambush along ours path. but We
have uncovered and vanquished sthsm aile Pas
sion has swept some Of our communities, but
only to give us a new demonstration that the
great body Of our people are stable patriotic and
law abiding. No political purity can long pursue
advantage at the expense Of public honor or by
rude and indecent methods without protest and
fatal disaffeclon in its own body. The peaceful!
agencies Of commerce are more fully revealing
the necessary unity Of all our communities and
the increasing intercourse of our people is pro-
noting mutual respect. We shall find unalloyed
pleasure in the revelation, which our next
crns.s ) Il !::!kr vr ti:c wifi development
of the great resources Of some Of the states
Each state will bring its generous contribution to
the great aggregate of the nation's increase and
VIXEN the harvtsts from the field, the cattle from
the hill and tine Of the earth shall have been
weighed, counted and valued, we will t,1rn from
them all to crown with the highest honor the
state that has promoted. education, virtve, Jus.
,ice and patriotism among its people.
The crowd Immediately about the
platform remained with heads uncovered
during the delivery Of the entire address
aud frc';'lei,tl: interrupted the president
with voctcrou.; applause.