Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-10-17
POLITICAL DISCUSSION.
REpunLIoAN rRoMIsEs ruLFILLEp


Few promises made In the Republican
national platform Of 1883 will remain un.
fulfilled il the second session of tho present
Congress is as fruitful as the one just end
ing. The record of important measures
passed-and passed in spite of bitter oppo-
sition from an obstructive and filibustering
min )Sity--eclipses that of any other Con-
gress since the war. IL inoiudeo first OF all
the Mckinley Tariff bill, framed and con-
cluded in full accord with the idea that
protection is n sound principle Of govern
ment, and not merely policy to be put on
or off like q shoe. This bill redeems tho
party pledge which was foremost in public
considers alton when the voters of tho
country returned it TO power. The De
pendent and Disability Pension bill prob
ably ranks next in Importance, and is sub
stantial evidence that the Republican
party does not nterd 10 see the old soldiers
in wait or need. The Customs Admins
trativc bill saves the manufacturers of the
United States from the unjust competition
which they suffered from traudueLtunder-
valuations and other corrupt practices, and
is the fuldllment of the platform ledge
that Gu ,toms duties should be honestly
collected. The party also promised to take
steps for the restoration OF silver TO its Old
and monetary position, and the bill provid-
ing for the monthly purchase of $780, OO
ounce of silver by the Treasury Depart
ment is an advances movement in that
direction. Pledges TO tho Territories to
enGow them with Statehood have been re-
deemed in the admission of Wyoming and
Idaho The Antitrust and Anti-lottery
bills have been further fulfillmcnts of the
partys pledge that the course of its repre-
sentatives should be in the interests Of the
people and for morality.
There arc other measures pending,
which have passed one or the other branch
of Congress- and have every prospect Of
being enacted into law at the next session,
which will distinctly redeem platform
pledges. Such are tho Federal Elections
bill, by which free ballot and fair count
will be assured in every State; the Ship
ping and subsidy bills, by which the crea-
ton OF an American commercial feet will
be encouraged, and the Bankruptcy bill,
which is so generally urged o. conscrva-
tive busin ess men.
The labor Of Congress asde from these
measures which looked 10 tho redemption
OF Republican pledges has been full OF
wise and beueficeLt legislation. The bills
which were passed providing for meat in
spection, for land grant forfeiture, for en-
abling the States 10 control the original
package traffic, for the add ton of six war
ships Of various grades TO the navy, for a
quadricentcnnial celebration of the dis
covcry of America by Worlds Fair at
Chicago, for the Classification of worsted
cloths as wooden, for the prevention of thu
introduction OF contagious diseases from
one State into another, and for establishing
international rules to prevent collisions AZ
sea, as recommended by the Maritime Con-
ference are fair examples OF the character
Of the general work Of the session.
The voters of the country, if they deter.
mine their ballots by reason, must surely
iudorse this record y returning another
Republican majority TO CT ntinuc the excel.
10 CO Of the reco. Of &, ngrcssiona woik
We have had nothing TO cen pare with, it
from Democratic Congresses