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that the Democrats did not vote against.
That was certainly not party question.
WILL THEY pECREAaE PENSIONS?

Then there are $500 900. an increase in
pensions Don't you think that it would
have been fair II Judge Parker had mentioned
IN the expenditures? Does it lie in his mouth
to say that the Democrats expect to reduce
when he Proposes in his letter Of aoceptance
proposes to the Southern Democracy-to
increase the pensions from thirty TO forty
not everybody in the, sound Of my voice and
does not everybody else know that the public
will, not listen to decrease in the pensions
while the heroes OF the war are still alive and
EeceIve sustenance from the Government
Il is impossible for anybody to say that and
mean II.
THE NAVY INCREASES.
Then, there is ss2, 200 900 increase IN the
S SEy s nsw % Ss4y hssr it b sSHa
under Secretary Chandler. as far back as
Mr.. Arthurs time. But that is disputed by
S With 3Rtnegy
to concede that Secretary Whitney, was an
Seet y of es ere aad .ne
icy &C. 'S1 pr n Of s But +
favor Of the navy II they are in favor of
the navy. then they are not In favor OF paying
the sIpsn sesthSt Is as the Republicans
the Democratic position TO be in favor, Of
something and not be willing to meet the
expenses of it. and the navy is one OF the
The navy increase is $50. GOO. 600. In 1855.
the first year of Mr.. Cleyeland's Admins
in commission or those. thirty four were
wooden vessels and one vas steel vessel q
SSS i @en ah To- eh we have n al
do not know exactly how many 6attieships,
blink thirteen or fourteen. with six or seven
all making 81 vessels, and the number Of
is e1ss would do b BGs Rap oe
'ave 24l vessels and it takes 10000 men instead
OF 5000, we ought to tie those vessels UP
In the harbor and discharge the men ana get
That is $4,000 increase in sailors. 4 sailor
costs above 81 900 year for pay eoulpmeIn ~
an increase of So, oOo, 600 and il cost a great
deal more to repair al vessels. especially
tons mIs' instead sss ID of $500 tons and less
Then there is an item of increase OF sSs
100000 in the construction OF navy accord tio
Administration Of Mr.. Cleveland IN his first
with old buildings sixty or seventy Or eighty ;hty
it ia wise to build a new Naval Academy which
will cost million and a half dollars: That
The truth ia that none of the annual appro-
priations ia matter Of Democratic obJeotion
No. there is $50 900 900 Which no pem SSioh
there IL now no specihcatioh'
SOME WAR DEPARTMENT ITEMS.
Then we come to the War Department,
and when our Democratic friends reach the
War Department they do specify that +,
they believe that the expenses there can be
reduced Be reduced to what? To q point
historically found to be sufficient. Laugh
ter Perhaps You know what that means.
m not exactly able to give it, daughter
and applause; s,ows an increase
from ssi o00, 900 to si5,ooo, 600 ssi .ooo. 900,
Don I YOU think IL would have been fair Tor
Judge Parker don't you think II would also
he fair for that distinguished gentleman from
West virginia whose memory goes back SO
i'm that War Department expenditure Is
$50, 900, 900 for rivers, and hHrbor, because
the War Department lends it's army engineer
70 SUPERVISE the construction OF rivers ana
harbors | venture to say that that lund mas
secured to the Government money worth
TO the dollar in the expenditure" OF money put
in harbors and rivers
Now. are the Democrats gong 70 com
form. 1t Is in their platform that they
are in favor Of large appropriations Tor the
waterways and rivers OF th,s GoHntIN lane ana
lIaughterl, They say they are strongly
IN favor OF n permanent IMPROVEMENT OF
the mississippi River. That would require,
90 the en- gineers cs innate, het ween OOW0ooo
and 5000. 600 600 Well. ] don't object to erect
ing those expensive. dikes barriers. leve"s,
the farmers and the lands Of the Louisiana
plantations and the Arkansas plantations
and the Mississippi plantations. If ! were
n strict constructionist OF the Constitution,
I should say, this WAS purely state purpose
which would not be fair and would be
OF tho Treasurv Of the United States, Jap
plause and laughter,