The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-10-05
WAYNE nACYEIGH.
Garfield's Attorney General
Comes Out for Cleveland,
AND WILL VOTE FOR HIM.
And in a Manly Way Sets Forth His Reasons
The Mckinley Bill the Princi-
pal One.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 4. = Ex-Attorney
General Wayne Mscveigh has written a
letter to John w. Carter. secretary OF the
Massachusetts Reform club. in which he
announces he will vote for Grover Cleve-
land. The writer finds himself in full &C
cord with the Democratic party, and finds
it more easy to act with them because the
Republican party, securing its return to
power four years ago by promising to pre-
serve matters as they were. at once EN- :
barked upon what he regards as reckless
and revolutionary policy, even overturning
all the safeguards of legislation In the
House of Representatives In their haste to
pass the force bill and Mckinley bill, both,
TO his mind, unnecessary and unwise meas
ures.
'"rhe economic evils, however. of the
Mckinley bill and the unreasonable
system of protection 1t represents are OF
for less Importance to his mind than the
moral evils which follow in their wake.
In deciding for what purpose the masses of
the peoples property be taxed, it must not
be forgotten that taxes have wonderful
capacity for tltering through intervening
obstacles till they reach the bowed back of
toll and resting there, and therefore giving
bounties under any form OF faction Is
mainly the giving away of the wages of
labor. But even such inequality and in
Justice are least OF its evils, for while such
system endures political corruption it is
absolutely sure to increase, as such system
not only Invites, but requires the corrupt
use of money, both at the polls and IN Con-
gross.
The Republican party ought to oe the
honest money party and would be if it
could, but while it demanded increased
bounties for favorite manufacturers it
could not refuse increased bounties to the
silver producers, as the votes they control
were probably necessary to the passage of
the Mckinley bill 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 leading US to all
evils of functuating and, therefore, lessen
currency based upon silver alone.
The pension agents have joined hands to
increase their fees by thesindescriminate
granting of pensions. The result is that
nearly g gendration after the close of
the war there Is steady increase
in the vast sums passing through
pension agents. hands until now the total
amount staggers belief and has become of
itself very serious burden upon the
treasury. Surely there is neither rerson or
justice in legislation which destroys all
distinction between discharge of duty
and the Sinking of it; between legal ser-
vice and deserton colors; between wounds
| received in battle and diseases contracted
in pursuits of peace.
There is still another great and increas-
ing evil, chiefly traceable, IN his opinion, to
the maintenance of the excessive tariff
since the war, and constant NEEDING with
| 1T to make it. and that is the bringing to
our shores of the vast swarms of undesira-
BILE immigrants. just as duties upon i'm
ported merchandise has been increased. so
has the grade of imported labor been low
cred. He is convinced that the causes In
which he is interested cannot hope for sue
cess until the avowed policy Of the Repub-
lican party on the tariff ia overthrown.