The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-11-04

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49, e eesons de duties 81 statehood. Il has
!. 49, aooe. a conformify with that plsdgs ~
" mlteed me territories Of Wyoming and
g =. .1.oo during The present congress- and The
g snoae etaees now adorn our nag Jap
Ne pr0mised the exclusion Of consract L.
noe ana ali other forms OF cheap and degraded
, = 1llls Tor this purpose have paused the
~ aooee Ct representatives. and believe will 30
come 49, ln I'll Of the years Of Democratic
c0nttot Ct the HcuDe OF Representatives IL did
nos &c - mach for labor q the Republican
n fcs Ct congress- did In : single week.
We promiasd 10 extead the pension system
snd g perfect II 70 meet the requirements Of
yusuces equity and gratitude. II hes been done.
Al - dlttonal sum OF $8kO0QOoo has been laid
asade iof the benefit Of quarter Of million
elaamanm heretofore excluded from the rolls.
1ne pensions Of $500 other old soldiers whose
names were already on the rolls have been In.
creased from = Z month 70 IS . month The
pension list r. enlarged TO an aggregate Of 7Uo.-
0W bsne6ciaFiea. and the annual appropriation
for Their relief = us0.ooo ooo. OF every IS COM
ing into The treasury Of the United states e win
50 70 the Union soldiers, whose names appear
On thai master roll Of heroes known q the PEN
sl0a list IApplause.l
"A she eyes Of the Democratic party, against
whose bitter protest Republican congress and
Republican president passed this pension
legislation. sueh liberality may seem 4 crowning
MANY n the eyes Of every patriot Republican
q Democrat y i acrownfng glory. Jap, lause.I
We promised the restoration OF silver 10 IT.
money $50 Il has been done fApplausel
n accordancs with the recommendation Of
sne admtntetration this matter has lad attention
. the earliest moment The desired result was
eneeteo IN spite OF Democratic hostility,
noseiiity quite In keeping with the anti-silver
policy Of President Cleveland, but fn violation
OF Democratic pledges in platforms and on the
oeump In the last presidential cam paien The
ptice q silver Wa on . descending scale during
Democratc ascendency. when Presideut
Harrison entered the White House and Secretary
Window the treasury department, the price OF
silver was only s332 cents per ounce
ana the bullion in the silver dollar
IVES werth only y Is centa In view Of the Re-
publican restoration and the GROUND taken In
ievor OF silver BY che president, the price had
f1een &0o cents per ounce before congress met
In Decsnbss, and she bullion value Of the 81
yer dollar y - 71zS cents. Now the price Of sill
yer has advanced. ranging from l07 TO III cents
Per ouncos and the value of the silver dollar
has been estimated q high - 90 cenfs The
monetary stringency In Wall street affects It bat
temporarily. The country has therefore 20
thank the Republican party for thus raising the
prlce Of silver. adding largely to the wealth Of
portant producta tApplause.l II the Repub-
lican administration and the Republican con-
eress had done little more than this its title to
public confidence would be clear It has been
estimated that the passage of the silver act has
tncreaaed the value Of full legal tender silver in
the United States about 75 600 600 and that Of
subsidiary silver coin about $4,000 Goa, total
increase Of about $50 000. 900 In the metsic value
Of oar silver coin. Meanwhile the wholesome
enect = seen % everybody's satisfaction in the
opening Of new mines the reopening of old
ones (which had been closed by the operation
OF the demonstration act) and the general slim
ulation Of every department Of industrial 60
hvity. fCheerz
We promised the revision Of the tariff in con-
formity with the principle of protection to
American industry. It has been DONE The
Democrats fought AZ tooth and nail in the very
trenches Of free trade. from which We drove
them In 1854 II the Cleveland rout Of that
year taught them anything it did not teach
them the temper of the country on that subject
lCheersl II was their old fight in opposition to
industrial Independence. and In behalf of the
subjugation Of labor. No effort was spared to
divide the Republican forces, and turn first one
Of our tanks and then the other, but our lin !.
was never broken tof more than moment, and
before the bill was taken into the
conferences committee every Republican
vote in congress was cast for = thoroughly
Republican, . thoroughly American bill-a bill,
In the apt language OF the distinguished senator
from New York, Mr.. Hisc0ck, who helped in
committee to perfect It, (which in every duty
bearing paragraph insures TO tie American
farmer. the American manufacturer and the
American mechanic better market for the
product Of the farm and factory" fApplause1
The measure OF protection given is that most
consistent with the health of the industries af-
fected, and in every line patriotism stands
guard alike against the moDopolist OF our own
country and the avarice and pauper labor Of
other countries tApplausel
For year1 the Democratic party has filed the
atr With cries for the revision of the tariff bat
when in power hss always proved unequal to
the task The Republicans have talked less.
but have done the work, and with results 20
satisfactory, on the whole. that everybody ID
looking forward under the operations OF the
new tariff act TO an era Of prosperity almost
unprecedented In our countrys history
OF Al the Queries that were heard while this
good work OF forming tariff bill was going on,
none Of importance is now heard, except the
growl OF foreign countries, which, il seems,
have yet % learn that the party now making
and administering laws in this nation 10 con-
sidering first Of all American interests, and re-
CARDS the interests of ever other nation under
heaven - subordinate thereto. tApplause.l
AT the same time. in the consideration OF the
tariff question, We have not been mindful OF tae
advantagea that would accrue to US from OPEN
Ing new markets for the products of our farms
and factories Instead Of free trade We Offer to
foreign countries that form of fair trade which
Is popularity desert bed - reciprocity. There has
been an attempt on the part of the opposition 10
make II appear. that, in embracing the principe
of reciprocity. the Republican party has ADAM
doned its old line OF battle. Nothing Of the
kind. On the contrary, it is simply q strength
ening and extension OF the old line. Applause
Toe distinguished statesman from Maine, who
stands first in the affections of his party. and
foremost among living Americans In the
estimation Of the civilized world, Mr.. Blaine
fspplausel woald be the last to claim patent
right upon the idea OF reciprocity. Columbus
did not invent America, bat he found it in the
nick of time. when the hand on the clock OF the
worlds progress pointed at the right hour. So
Mr.. Blaine in the fullness of time, in the exer.
else Of that function OF the genius of statesman
AMP which does the right thing at the right
moment chose the right time to unveil aud
apply the theory of reciprocity. So far from
being antagonistic to protection, reciprocity IL
the handmaiden of protection. Applause
The Republican administrations of Grant.
Ha, es and Arthur, IS well ~ that OF Harrison,
have proposed treaties to carry IL into effect and
but for its withdrawal by Cleveland Q treaty of
reciprocity, negotiated by Arthur, would prob
ably have been adopted. Applause. A ripper
public opinion aud new commercial conditions
make its application now more desirable than
ever, and the only differences on the subject
among Republicans are as to what countries
and under what conditions the experiment shall
be made. As Republicans, We are practically
unanimous in desiring freer exchange OF COM
modities with those countries which supply
what we consume aud will buy what we have 70
sell. That 10 the situation in nutshell. Upon
that issue We appeal 10 intelligent people. AL
49, 81
Of reciprocity not oniy by partisan bodies. but by
hosrsis Of trade labor unions and organizations