Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-12-23
REPUBLICAN POLICY.
Protection for All or for None
to be the Keynote.
THE PENSION RACKET.
A Peculiar Petition From a Promi-
inent Democrat,

THE PENSION RACKET.
A Peculiar Petition From a Promi
inent Democrat.
From our regular correspondent
WASHINGTON, Dec. IS, ISo3.--"Pro
lection for all or for none.'' This i.
the motto the Republicans in the House
have inscribed upon the banner under
which they will make the tariff fight
After careful consideration they have
come to the conclusion that it would
not be fair to the interests of the
thousands who will be deprived o.
protection by the Cleveland tariff bill
should it ever become law, for them
to vote with the fifty or sixty Demo
cratic Representatives who are trying
to get protection for certain industries
in their respective districts, by amend
ing the bill. They will work to defeat
not to amend the bill; if the dissatis
fled Democrats are patriotic enough tt
vote with them against the entire bill
well and good; if not, let their constit
uents take their dose OF free trade
along with the rest of the country.
Mr.. Cleveland has not made single
new friend for his Hawaiian policy
which has few enough old ones, HEAVIER
knows, by his tardy answer to the
demands of Senate and House for the
papers in the case. Notwithstanding
the great mystery with which the ad
ninistration has sought to surround
the whole business there is little il
either the special message or the &C
comranying document thatwasnot pre-
viously known, and absolutely nothing
that excuses the extraordinary policy
ofthe administration. If blood be shet
in Hawaii, and the latest news seem.
to indicate that it will be, the Ameri
can people will rightfully hold Grove
Cleveland responsible for it.
Democratic Representatives are al
ready going home in droves for tn,
Christmas holidays; they want to as
certain what their constituents thinl
of the Cleveland tariff bill.
Uncle Joe" Cannon and other Re
publican members of the House Com
mittee on Appropriations gave Com
missioner Lochren, of the Pension Blu.
reau, very bad half hour when he
appeared before the committee to en-
deavor to explain the reason for the
deficiency appropriation of $500, 900
which he had asked for to pay special
examiners. "Uncle joe tried hare
to get the Commissioner to give a sen
sible reason for suspending a man:
pension before its illegalitv was inves
tigated, but didn't succeed, for the
same reason that a sixteen-yea ole
child doesn't believe in Santa Claus
there isn't any. Mr.. Cannon and Rep
resentative Lacey, of Iowa, made tell
ing speeches against the administra
ton pension policy in the House Sat
urday. A member from Georgia ap
peared to be about the only friend thu
policy had
Speaking of pensions, William A
Taylor, late Democratic candidate fo
Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, ha
presented a memorial to Congress
asking that the treatment of Ohio pen
sioners by this administration be in
vestigated. Mr.. Taylor does not mine,
words in saying that he believes sucl
an investigation will establish as in
controvertible facts, among others
THAT the government has been place.
in false and cruel attitude by its &C
credited and authorized agents anc
representatives that the Pens ion Offic,
was deceived into this false attitud,
by conspiracy of such audacity anc
magnitude as to stagger belief" Mr.
Taylor does not say so in his memoir
al, but, if there was a conspiracy sucl
as he charges, the chief conspirato
was Grover Cleveland. Mr.. Taylo
says further in his memorial that tn,
charges upon which Ohio pensioners
were suspended were "a part of tina
conspiracy" and were made without
investigation or a desire to investi
gate" The Democrats of the House
Committee on Invalid Pensions, O
which Representative Martin, of Iudi
ana, is chairman, to which this me
mortal was referred, made an unsuc
cessful attempt to prevent its being
made public, but Mr.. Lacey of Iowa
made it apart of his pension speech.
The secret is out. For time those
not i'll TIE secret were at loss to un
derstand the action of the House Com
mittee on Rules, in reporting contin
uing orders giving the right of way te
the bills for the admission to statehood
of the Territories of Utah, Arizona, and
New Mexico, but they are no longer
at a loss to account for it. These or
ders, which enabled the bills in ques-
ton to get through the House in suoh
a rush. were the result of bargain
having for its object the gaining OF
six votes for the Cleveland tariff bill
in the Senate. The compact being
that the administration was to put
the bill through Congress at once, and
i'll return the Democratic bosses of the
Territories named pledged themselves
to send Senators who would vote Tor
the Cleveland tariff bill and all other
measures supported by the admins
tration. The House part Of the bar
gain has been carried out without any
loss of time. 1t remains to be seen
what the Senate will do. There are
Senators who favor the
admission of all these territories,
if Oklahoma be also admitted, but it
is not probable that they will allow
them to get in, in time to send Sena-
tors here to vote on the tariff bill