The Republican journal., 1892-12-29
Letter from Washington.

To THE EDITOR OF THE JOURNALS: The
purpose of the dominant element of the
Democratic party: that is, the Solid South,
is beginning to exhibit itself. Congress
man Anthony of Texas, personally very
pleasant gentleman, has introduced a bill
to repeal the dependent pension law which
was passed by the Republican 5lst Con
gress. The principal provisions of this
bill grant pensions to sick soldiers and
soldiers widows, and it carried last year
about $50, 600, 600 into the pockets of
those old Union veterans and dead sol
>ders' widows.
There are many plans under Amusement
by the Democrats to cut off pensions. One
is to have biennial examinations of pen
sioners by agents unfriendly to their
claims. Another is to create a commits
sion to re-examine all pensions that have
been allowed. which would be an endless
work; and there are many other schemes
do not relish the idea OF paying for get
ting whipped in their effort to destroy
the | Mon.
Whether there will be enough Northern
Democratic members, or Senators, who
have large number of eX Mon soldiers in
their dist lets, whose votes they want, to
prevent these plans to repudiate the debt
which the country owes to it's war veter
ans. is not certain. That the attack upon
the pension roll has not only been con-
tempIated, but is fully determined upon
by the Southern leaders of the Democracy,
.there can be no doubt.
Equally determined are the same Demo-
a way as to most in ure the Republican
States 1t will be only necessary to refer
to the Mills bill, which passed the House
of the 50th Congress by unanimous
Democratic vote, to discover that it went
for the scalp of almost all the important
industries of Maine. 1t placed our lum-
Der, wool. building stone. and other prod
acts on the free list reduced the duties on
our manufactures, and did nothing to help
any of our farm products. while it left
high duty on sugar and rice. products Of
Che South
They mean to re-establish the old State
banking system, partly because they be-
7ieye in an abundance OF currency, no
matter what its value may be. bat more
espe, tally because they hate everything
which bears the name Of federal or ma
1ionai. whether ii be banks courts. cleo
zion supervisors, or whatever it be.
Never was the doctrine Of State rights
more firmly adhered to and taught by the
Beading Democrats of the South than it is
TO-DAY and never was there a stronger
determination on their part than at this
time to engraft it upon the government. if
possible, and to reverse the verdict of the
war by making this doctrine the policy of
the nation. 1t is the hope of many Re
publicans that the conservative tendencies
of MI. cleveland may put check upon
the ettolts that will be made in this direc-
tion. Let us hope that he will do so. and
no patriotic man. who believes that we
have really one nation, will withhold the
praise to which he will be entitled for
so doing.
Tie New England Homestead contains
4 lon- speech from William H. Bowker,
attacking our State laws for the protection
of ON menhaden fisheries from the de-
>trurt}on Of purse seincrS This would
indicate another contest on that question.
The passage of the Lapham bin, which
was efeated in committee in the first
,cs>ioi of this Congress, is the remedy he
proposes. After going over all the ex-
pl"dr arguments that have been made
tor tie p"rgie poachers. he appeals to the
farmers. on the ground that those who
N2ni(i protect the mrnhaden fisheries are
siepfiying them OF very valuable fe1til-
5zer.
render if there is any sort of dema-
2oGte, lesirous of accomplishing an i'm
propei purpose, who does not appeal to
Slle td4 fitl iol supp III, as IL tlle FARMER
cannot. As we'll as others, see through
false 81 tement or a timsy apology for an
argument He forgets to state that he is
pleading in the interest of large corpora
tons. Who wish to enrich themselves by
nlaizii;- wholesale slaughter of menha-
den a 'ng our coast and destroying of an
Industry very valuable to our people The
States which have passed laws prohibiting
puY~t- >cining know the interests of their
pe";-c and have them quite as much at
heait ~ the purse seiners or their paid
attorneys. S. L. MILLIkEN.
Transfers in Real Estate.
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