The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-04

A. is invested will be withheld when their
exercise is deemed necessary t. maintain
our national credit or avert financial
disaster.
Closely related to the exaggerated con-
fidencs In our country's greatness. whi ch
tends TO the disregard of tue rules Of
national safety, another danger confronts
us not less scri,us.
l refer to the prevalence of popular
disposition TO expect from Incorporation of
the government especial aud direct indi-
vidual advantages.
The verdict OF our voters. which con
demned the injustice Of maintaining pro-
lection for projections sake, enjoins
upon the peoples servant the duty OF
exposing aud destroying the brood Of
kindred evils which are the unwholesomo
progeny of paternalism.
This is the bane Of republican institu-
tions and the constant peril OF our gov
ernment by the people.
IL degrades to tho purposes of willy
craft the plan of rule of our fathers, es-
tablished and bequeathed to us as an OBJ
ject of our love and veneration.
IL perverts he patriotic sentiment OF
our oountrymen and tempts them to
pitiful calculation of the sordid gain to
be derived from their governments
maintenance.
1t undermines the self reliance Of our
people aud substitutes in it's place depen
dence upon governmental favoritism.
1t stiles the spirit Of true Amerioanism
and Supplies every ennobliDg trait OF
American citizenship.
The lessons of paternalism ought to be
unlearned aud the better lessons taught,
that while the people should patri otically
and cheerfully support their govern
ment, its functions do not include the
support OF the people.
The acceptance Of this princlp le leads
to a refusal Of bounties and subsidies.
which burden the labor and thrift Of
portion Of our citizsns. to aid lll-advised
or languishing enterprises In which they
have no concern.
II leads, also, to a challenge of wild
and reckless pension expenditure, which
overleaps the bounds Of grateful recog-
milton Of patriotic service and pi ostitutes
TO vicious uses CT the peoples prompt
and generous impulses to aid those In
jured in their country's defense.
Every thoughtful American must re-
alize the inportai CO OF checking at its
beginning any tendency In public or pri-
vate station to regard frugality and eco
nomy. as virtues which we may safely
out grow.
The federation OF this idea results in
the use of the peoples money by their
chosen servants. and encourages prodi-
gality and extravaganza in the home life
OF our couutrymen.
Under our scheme of government the
waste of public money is a crime against
the citizen. aud deplorably saps the
81 irength aud sturdiness of our National
character.
1t is a plain dictate Of honesty and
good government that public expeudi-
lures should be limited by public ne
cessity and this should be meas
ured by the rules of strict economy,
and IL Is equally clear that frugality
among the people is the best guarsnt, of
contented and strong support Of free
institutions.
One mode of the Interpretations of
public funds Is avoided when appoint
ments to Office. instead Of being the
rewards of partisan activity, are awarded
to those whose efficiency promises a
fair return of work for the compensation
paid to them.
To secure the competency OF appointees
u Office and to remove from political ac-
tion the demoralizing madness for spoils,
civil service reform has found a place in
our public policy and laws.
The benefits already gained through
this instrumentality anl a further use
fulness it promises entitle it to the hear ty
support and encouragement of all who
desire to see our public service we'll per-
formed, or who hope for the elevation of
political sentiment and the publication
of politicai methods.
The existence of immense aggreg cations
Of kindred enterprises and combinations
Of business I'M erests, formed for the pur-
pose OF limiting production and fixing
prices, is inconsistent with the fair field
which ought to be opel to every indie
pendent activity.
Legitimate strife in business should
not be superseded by an enforced conc.s-
sion TO the demands Of combinations
that have the power to destroy; nor
should the people to be served lose the
benefit Of cheapness, which usually re-
suits from wholesome competition.
These aggregations aud combinations
frequently constitute conspiracy against
the interests of the people, and in all
their phases they are unnatural and op
posed to our American sense OF fairness s.
To the extent that these can be reached
by Federal power the general govern
ment should relieve our citizens from
their interferences aud exactions.
Loyalty TO the principles upon which
our government rests positively demands
that the equality before the law, which
1T guarantees to every citizen should be
Justly and In good faith conceded in all
parts of the land.
The enjoyment of this right follows the
badge OF citizenship wherever found, and
unimpaired by race or color it appears
for recognition To American manliness
and fairness.
Anxiety for the redemption of the
pledges which my party has made. and
solicitudc for the complete justification
of the trust the people have reposei
in US, constrained me to remind
the with whom / am TO cooperate
that we can't succeed ia doing the work
which has been especially set before us