The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-03-16
NO.. l3.
From our regular Correspondents
WASHINGTON, March 3, 1894.

FROM our regular correspondents
WASHINGTON, March 9, 1894.
Representative Grout, of Vt. in d
speech on the Pension Appropriation
bill, now before the House, presented
some statistics showing the Pension
policy of the present administration
to be against the veterans, in man.
ner that could not be truthfully con-
tradicted. He presented figures show
ing that pensions are granted only
|one-fourth as fast by Commissioners
Lochren as they were by Commission
er Raum, the latter rejecting on an
average only one case out of every
four applications, while the former
rejects two applications for every one
granted, in order to carry out the
mapped out by Mr.. Cleveland, of re-
ducing pension payments by with
holding certificates that should prop
erly be issued He called attention to
the recent democratic estimate that
$26, 100000 would remain uneXpend-
ed at the close of the present fiscal
year out of the appropriations to pay
pensions, "and significantly enough"
said Mr.. Grout. "that is just about the
amount Mr.. Crisp said, in his speech
in favor of the tariff bill, would be
saved by reducing expenses" No
de mocrat attempted to reply to these
statements, hut Mr. Meredith, of Va,
made foolish speech in which he re-
peated Mr.. Cleyeland's libel of there
being thousands of fraudulent pen
sioners, and he went a step further
and said he had personal knowledge
OF these frauds. He was interrupted
by Mr.. Funk, of ILL.,, who told him
that if he knew of fraudulent pen
sioner and failed to denounce him to
the authorities he was not a good citi
zen, to which he, after clustering and
talking about fighting, made the
childish reply that he was not requlr
ed to act as spy or an informer and
that he declined to do so. Now
wasn't that like democrat?
1t is certain that no administration
of the United States was ever so uni
versally condemned after only one
year of power as that of Mr.. Cleve-
land is. Here are few of the con-
demnations of it by members of Con-
gress: Senator Teller: "The most
signal failure of any administration
we have ever had;" Senator PETER:
"Has been series of blunders that
might have been avoided" Senator
Wilson: ri do not think the country
will want repetition of such an ad-
ministration. There is no doubt what
ever that we shall have CHANGE"
Senator Cullom: "Has been made
unfortunate, and characterized by a
greater number of blunders than have
occurred under any other administra-
tion;" Senator Dolph: "Has proven
disasterous failure, having no parallel
in our history" Senator Power: ''Mr.
Cleveland's free trade policy has made
the cup of the American working
men full of misery" Senator Proctor:
"The esteem in which the people hold
Mr.. Cleveland's first year of admins
tration is shown by the recent cleo
tion in Pennsylvania" Senator Hig-
gins: "For our present miseries we
have to thank the democratic party,
which is, it seems, never so happy as
when trying to run sword through
our industries ;" Senator Pugh (demo-
crat): "I condemn Mr.. Cleveland's
financial policy in toto;" Senator
Fryer: ellis. Hawaiian policy and his
attempting to force the Wilson Bill
through Congress have wrecked his
party, and to this extent Mr.. Cleve-
land is public benefactor;" Senator
Hale: ''The only hope of business
men is the expected total overthrow
of the democratic party at the fall
elections" Senator Platt: "Incompe-
tent and bad;" Representatives, Bow
ers: "May the good Lord save us from
three more such years." Bingham
"He has lost the good esteem of the
people by his pique and bitterness as
we'll as by his attempts to control the
legislative branch of the government
contrary to the Constitution" Payne:
"The only good thing accomplished is
the decentralization of the party which
placed it in power;;' Walker: "The
record of the year is little short of
disgraceful;" Hepburn: "No admins
tration has ever gone out OF power so
little regretted as will that of Mr..
Cleveland" Storrs: "Is great fail
ure," and Marsh: elias been a hell
! upon EARTH"