Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-10-05

The Force Bill and Corruption of
All Sorts Come Naturally from
Such a Source-A Splendid Ex-
position Of the Fallacies OF the
Republican Party.
PHILADELPHIA, October 4.-Ex-Attorney
General Wayne MacVeagh has written
letter to John G. Carter, Secretary OF the
Massachusetts Reform Club, In which he
announces that he will vote for Grover
Cleveland. The letter says in part:
''As both parties have presented unex-
ceptionable candidates, there is no reason
why the differences which exist upon ques,
tions of public policy should be discussed
otherwise than in good humor, ana WIN
entire respect for each others opinions
"In the present campaign, what may
fairly be called the false alarms OF the
canvass will prove of little value because
of the general confidence in the saIe ana
conservative character OF both candidates
The writer finds himself in full accord
with the Democratic party and nnds IL
more easy TO act with them, because the
Republican party, securing It's return 10
power four years ago by promising 10
preserve matters as they were, at once
embarked upon what he regards as a reck-
less and revolutionary policy, even over
turning all the safeguards OF leglslaton IN
the House Of Representatives IN thelr naSte
TO mass the Force bill and the Mckinley
bill, both, to his mind, unnecessary auu
unWise measures.
PASSING OVER THE FORCE BILL
with a reference to the earnest and WIDE
spread opposition thereto. and noting the
advocacy two years ago OF the measure
by President Harrison, General Mac
Veagh takes up the tarif, OF which he
says; ou,,, horover GREAT Of
the Mckinney bill, and the unreasonaoles
system of protection it represents, are OF
far less importance to my mind than
the moral evils which follow
in their wake. In deciding for
what purposes the masses Of the people
NAV properly be taxed, it must not be tor-
gotten that taxes have wonderful capacl-
ty for filtering through all intervening Cd.
stacles till they reach the bowed PACK Oh
toll and resting there; and therefore Tue
giving of bounties Under any form OF TAXA.
ton, is mainly giving away the wages OF
labor. The sad truth that the curse OF tne
moor is their poverty is illustrated in moth
ing more clearly than In the undue snare
they suffer of the burdens Of taxation.
"BuU even such inequality and ln1ustlce
are the least of its evils, for while sucn a
system endures, political corruption is ao-
solutely sure to increase, as such system
not only invites, but 1T requires the
CORRUPT USE OF MONEY
both at the polls and in Congress.
"The Republican party ought to be an
honest money party, and it would be II II
could; but while it demanded Increased
bounties for it's favorite manufacturers 1t
could not refuse increased bounties to the
silver producers, as the votes they control
were probably necessary to the passage OF
the MaKinley pill. The poison Of de-
based currency is making itself daily
more and more felt in every channel OF
business and finance, and it is inevitably
driving gold out of the country, and lead.
ing us to all the evils of fuctuating and
therefore dishonest currency based upon
silver alone.
"If Congress was to levy taxes upon the
people to confer bounties upon certain
classes of manufacturers, it is very natural
that the pension agents should join hands
10 increase their fees by an indiscrimlnate
granting of pensions. The result Is tnat
nearly generation after the close OF the
war there is a steady increase OF the vast
sums passing through the pension agents
ban0s. until now, the total amount stag
gers belief, and has become Of itself
A VERY SERIOUS BURDEN
upou the treasury. Surely there is neither
reason nor justice in legislation which de-
strovs all distinction between the dis
charge of duty and the Sinking of it, be-
tween loval service and desertion OF the
colors. between wounds received in battle
and diseases contracted in the pursuits OF
peace.
"There is another great and increasing
evil. chiefly traceable to the maintenance
of an excessive tariff since the war and the
constant meddlihg with 1t to make 1t high.
or. and that is the bsinging to our shores OF
those vast swarms Of undesirable immi,
Grants. Just as the duties upon imported
9erchandise have been increased, so has
the grade of imported labor been lowered.
"As the Republican party is now def
nitelv committed to the policy OF taxing the
peopie for the purpose Of giving bounties
10 such persons or interests as can secure
tho necessary votes in Congress, so the
Democratic party is now as definitely COM
mitted TO the policy of restricting taxation
10 the needs of the Government Tor puollC
purposes alone"
Cen. MacVeagh is convinced that the
old causes in which he is interested cannot
hone Tor SUCCESS uullA NllO oNOWSN PShc-
of the Republican party on this subject is
overthrown.
"Until then the right Of each State
TO CONTROL THE ELECTIONS
within its borders will not be secure; there
is no prospect of our enjoying the single
and stable standard OF value. wnich otner
cirilized and commercial nations possess;
there is no hope of placing either our pen
sion system, or the regulation Of immigra-
ton upon a Just and proper basis; the purl.
fication of our politics will continue the
iridiscent dream which high Republican
authority has declared it must always re-
main. and any pretended reform OF the
civil service must prove a delusion anu
snare. A.h.
"Even ballot reform must share the same
fate Of BETRAYAL in the house OF its pretend
ed friends. All these good causes are, IL
the very nature of things, the relentless
80 ~ svstem of government by bountieS
TO favored interests, and such system is
their relentless foe"