The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-02-03
HE WILL VETO THE BILL.

Nothing is impossible with God.
Doubtless the Almighty could have Gre
ated a man and pIastered him up with a
greater amount of cheek and stuffed
him fuller of egotism than are boasted
by Grover Cleveland, but history makes
II plain that He never did so mar the
world OF so inf1ict its inhabitants. Ihere
is but q month left of the official domln-
ancy Of this bunptioals prodigy OF sell
conceit. and the hope had come to the
American people that a personal retro
spection of his many monumental dun
ders had so paralyZed his conscience
that he would remain quiescent Tor
these few remaining days. But this
anticipation like every other predicat-
ed on his manhood, has been shattered.
He opened his bleery countenance long
enough, day before yesterday, to say
that he still knows more than the ma
iorities of the United States senate and
house combined, and that-4S will veto
the immigration bill. Again this SEM
blance of dignity who has disguised the
world and impoverished his country
thus humiliates congress. Recreant 10
every trust reposed in him, he has dis
rupted and well nigh stranded the party
which he had impelled TO crown him
tyrant. BY his memorable object les
son" he plundered the poor in the inter
est Of the rich, and depleted the United
States treasury in the interest of for
eigners. He has torn the roof from the
cottage of the lahoring man that the
palace of the pIutocrat might be Silded
more gorgeously, not forgetting either
his own house or purse.
In the absence Of any power upon the
part of the people to impeach, they
ought to concurrently resolve to stimuli
taneously meet at their respective
houses of worship, at public halls, in
their homes, anywhere, everywhere
throughout the land. on the 4th day OF
March and manifest to heaven, in the
most earnest manner, their thankful
ness over the passing of this ruler, who
from the hour he abandoned the victim
of his lechery in Buffalo To lis last
privy seance with the dethroned in
triguant of Honolulu, has been the en-
bodiment Of pretense and hypocrisy.
While posing as a patriot he has burth- |
ened the people with conditions which
have Frustrated their industries, palsied
their enterprise and then heaped them
with national debt mountain high in
gold bearing bonds, in which, ii has
been openly charged, lie personally |
profited. Whether he so personally |
profited or not we do not know, but |
everybody knows that his personal and |
Wall street friends realized millions |
from the deals which he engineered and |
enforced. OF his minor sins of omission |
and commission, they are too numerous |
TO mention. The war to put down the |
rebellion did not cost the country as |
much, by half, as has the administra- |
ton and policy of this man Grover Cleve |
land, not as much in shrinkage of val
uOxS. III iOoo III ploptli..
despair. If it could be correctly ascer-
tanned, it would be found that the act
ual taxable valuation Of the property
Of this entire country is less than half |
what it was at the beginning of Cleve-
lands rule of pretended patriotism and
humbug civil service reform, to say
nothing of the distress of the impover-
ished millions of poor who are holding
up their hands and crying in vain for
work, for bread. He declares he will
veto the immigration bill. 1t is said
that he would veto the free homes bill.
He has vetoed pension bills by the hun
dreds. He has been vetoed himself by |
all self-respecting and honest people,
and however bright the sun of the 4th
of next March. however full of hope
and happiness the day may prove Gro
yer Cleveland, his fraudulent fame, his
deeds and name, will be swallowed up
by cloud so dark and ignominious
that the greatest calamity possible for
him or his family would be the reveal
ment Of its dispelling.