Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-28

present for one purpose and absent for anotner,
actual p resence and constructive absence are IS
much a legislative as they are physical 1mpossl-
bility; will count all present. And count tnem
he did. ----
A Defense of the Last Congress.
Having equipped itself for business by the
adoption of practical rules. the Fifty-frst Con-
gress proved itself a courageous. honest. efficient
and conscien tious a;ent of the people in the COZ
ception and perfection of legislation. 1t wasa
which finds expression in the Constitution ITSELF
that Its own integrity was of supreme Importance,
it conscientously but fearlessy elected usurpers,
made fruitess frauds at the bailot-box and in
Governors chairs cheated murdcrcrS of the results
of their crime and seated the men whom the people
had chosen to represent them. On no subject has
this Congress been more constantly and vilely
misrepresented and m aligned by partisan press
than on the subject of its election cases. In
no particular does 1t more fayorabiy com.
OF with is in @ e
simple justice. / speak warmly and advisedly be-
cause of this was part. In this connection let
relieve Congress in large part of the duty of try
ing contested election cases; would send such
gress only an appellate tribunal. In my humble
Judgment this would be a decided advance IN the
respect to the volume Of legislation. and with
respect to Its character and Importance as WE'LL l
Will Is with the Volume Of
legislation by itself is not necessarily indicative
of wisdom in legislative body; IT may ne the
then the rule changes.
Paying a Debt of Honor.
The debt to the soldier the Fifty-frst Congress
has put in process of generous payment by the
passage of the disability pension law which
service. his widow. his children, his dependent
parents, the Government bounty without the
necessity of proof, oftentimes impossible, con-
Meeting his disability with his army service. This
the Democratic party says is extravaganee. We
it extravagance if you viii it is an extravagance
on which nation may build as on the granite
and shall have done. The Democratic press and
our Democratic banquet orators are calling the
With little truth they are mixing good deal OF
falsehood.
In the first place the apprODriati9ns %G 9ns
reach billion of dollars. and If
they did, and were necessary to meet present
exigencies we could afford to make them. The
difficulty with the Democratic party is that 1t is
like our Berks county farmer who is still voting
for jackson, it is forever living in the past II
would apply the method of rule to 65 millions
of people that 1t would to ten millions. IN the
who are now crying extravagance, will be found
TO have voted in Congress for every expenditure
authorized and to have made fiery speeches to
show that the appropriations ought to be In
creased
But the appropriations of the Fifty Congress
are capable of justification on their merits. When
correctly stated they will be found to exceed
those the Fiftieth Congress by q less sum than
did those of the FtIieth Congress exceed those OF
the Forty-ninth, both Democratic Congresses.
If you exclude appropriations for pensions YOU
Fifty-hrst exceed those of The Fiftieth CONGRESS
by ST. 00O 0GO and odd dollars, the appropriations
of the Fiieth Congress exceed those OF the Forty
ninth bv nearly S62, 00O, 000.
The largest increase of all is for PENSIONS and
that have already sought TO justify. The differ
ence between the policy of this administration in
paying off the national debt and keeping the peo-
ple's money in circulation among the people is
marked and goes long way to ofsetting addi-
tional appropriations. During the first two years
of the present administration the national debt
reduced by SI22, 463. 7U0 more than during the
first two years of Cleveland's administration.
cannot believe that the American people will
desert the party of Lincoln and Grant and Gar
field l cannot believe that they will refuse to
trust the practical craftsmanship of the party rep
resented by Harrison and Blaine, Reed and Nc
Kinley. [Applause for five minutesJ