The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-02-23
REBS HOLD THE REINS
GETTING READY TO DRIVE INTO
THE TREASURY.
Co igressman Moses of Georgia Offers a
Bill Under Which the Men who Fought
to Destroy the Union Shall Receive PEN
sons.
saving Money for the south.

Saving Money for the South.
Now that the Hawaiian and tariff
questions are settled so far as the House
is concerned, the action OF that body
upon other questions of minor impor-
lance compared with the two above
named are matters wi ich are interest
ing the members of that body. OF all
the bills. that have been so far intro-
duced by members of either party, that
introduced by Representative Moses,
Of Georgia, seems likely to excite more
sectional strife and bitter feeling than
any that have so far been introduced.
says a Washington correspondent OF
the Chicago Journal. This bill pro-
vides that sect on 47l6 of the Revised
Statutes of the United States which
provides that no money on account of
pension shall be paid to any person or
the widow, children or heirs of any de-
ceased person who in any manner
voluntarily engaged in or aided or
Allotted the late rebellion against the
authority of the United States, be and
the same Is hereby repealed.
The passage OF this bill through the
House will mean the opening of the
vaults of the Treasury of the United
States to those persons who openly
used their energies and wealth in the
destruction of the Union. Thousands
OF bills are now pending urol the cal
endars of tho House and Senate for the
relief of these people. If this bill be-
comes a law, as it seems likely to, it
will admit thousands of dislOyal
Southerners to the pension rolls of the
Government and swell them to at least
one-third more than they at present
amount to. Petitions and memorials
have been coming in from all the Grand
Army posts OF the country protesting
against the passage OF the measure. In
spite of all this, however, the indica-
tions at present a.e that this bill will
be pas Ell through not only the House,
but the Senate.
The passage of this bill will be the
more Odious when it is understood that
the members of this Congress-at least,
the members of that party in control
are reducing the expenses of all bills
for public improvements to the very
lowest notch. 1t Is safe TO assume that
the Northern States will not secure an
appropriation of any considerable
amount for the erection or completion
of public buildings during the continu
ance of the Demo cratic party in power.
This seems to be rather strong state
ment, yet it is the prediction of all the
ablest members of the Republican party
in the House of Representatives to-day.
The Champaign OF Education"
The campaign Of education which
the Democratic party has been carry
ing on for years seems to BE- drawing
to close. In 1892 it seemed to have
fulfilled its purpose in the election of
Grover Cleveland and Democratic
Congress, but that was not the end.
1t remained for the Democratic party
to educate the people in Democratic
methods of fulfilling promises. -Four
years more of GrJver and then we'll
be in clover" epitomizes the promises
which the Democratic party exchanged
for good solid votes. We have Grover,
but tho people have been looking in
vain for the clover. The Democrats
promised tariff for revenue only and
have produced tariff for deficit only.
They denounced the Mckinley tariff
as the eliminating atrocity of class
legislation" and are now engaged in
eliminating the elimination by impos-
ing an income tax upon a small class
of American citizens who have been
thrifty and Industrious. They prom
ised the poor workingman great re-
lief from his burdens by the removal CT
taxation and propose TO heap upon
him the worst of all burdens, the re-
duction Of wages or the utter lack OF
employment. They promi. ed bread
and enlightened foreign policy, and
their admin Stration in less than one
year has become the laughing stock OF
the world for its attempt and failure
to destroy a recognized foreign govern
ment and set up throne in its place.
The list of promises broken and pledges
disregarded by the Democratic party
might be indefinitely extended, but
these few points will illustrate the lat
est pha es of the Democratic campaign
of education.
Now for the results. Last fall, cleo
tions were held in several States in
which the question between Republi-
can protection and Democratic tariff
reform was placed distinctly before the
people. In Massachusetts and Ohio
this was practically the sole issue, and
the Republicans carried the elections
by Overwhelming maiorities. The
Democrats, however, refused to accept
the verdict and declared that the
mandate" of 1892 was as binding as
ever upon the Democratic party.
chusetts and Ohio gave any evidence
of popular Change of mind on the tar
if question and profeseed to believe
that the plain people were with them
in any kind of crazy legislation which
they might propose. Congress went
ahead and perpetrated the Wilson bill,
mongrel measure for protection for
favored interests and free trade for OBJ
noxious interests and have added to
it the odious income tax. The results
of this feature of the campaign OF edu-
cation were apparent in Tuesday Con-
gressional elections in New York. A
Republican was elected to Congress
from the commercial metropolis for
the first time in twenty years, and
Democrat was returned by less than
one-half the majority given his prede-
cessor. The Democratic organs, how
ever, still persist in their campaign of
education by denying the significance
of the result, evading the lesson which
it teaches and brazenly clamoring that
the voters do rot know their own
minds. And this campaign of lying,
evasion, and misrepresentation is to be
l. -. l.. lt.L fe.