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.coallaasa !sIoa pass one
ma Canal And hasing fulfilled those
two ptonlises. was In fors ~ and be-
fore i got through II had agreed TO u
continuous performance or eight or1
ten speeches o day, for upwards OF 40
days. IL you have ever tried thai, and
slept; on board a train all but 4 ors55
days iotS that 80 days. yott will under
stand what nm experience * have had
4 know q great deal more than when
Isstarted. All that can 4 hope E3ts1
that intaddition to the knowledge and
instruction II have received from die
people in the various parts sois Il the
country, that \ have been able to-
give them some idea OF the ( Issues
thatfhaye occupied us In; Washington
andjrender some account OF our stew
ardsship ~ rs;
thissa administration came into
power there was a deficit on the first
OF July following Of fifty SKI million
dollars.5 Then we passed, the Payne
bill and put on the corporation tax,
and held down the expenditures, and
the next year We had changed that
deficit from ffty-six million to four.
teen million surplus, "a And the next
year, being last July 1st we had S;in.
creased the surplus to forty.six mil
lions. Had we failed to wipe out that
deficit, and had that continued, we
should not have had much Y cash / at
Washington. But as 1t Is, we are now
very comfortable SO farI as expendi-
lures are concerned. i.
The postofi flee department, In which
youiare ;all.interested, has extended Ats
usefulnes into the postal savings bank
and will, ! hope, extend Its usefulness
further into sa parcels post 1. /
sssIns the meantime, the ! deficit, which
two. years ago was nineteen million
dollars, and has always existed for up
wards Of 25 years, was reduced last
year to eight millions, and this year
has been wiped out and we have a
surplus OF one million. iiii
n llcould discuss other issues OF the
government, Il time permitted, with,
reference to this year,-that Of that
ptariff bill, the. necessity for protection
and for not changing. any tariff bill
until we have adequate Information to
Justify our action In that regard. Our
business L. on a. protective tariff bas.
es, and. before We pass any tariff yblll
We ought toa know that what we do
will Snot so 5tinjure those businesses
dependent on, protection that the in
Jury. Mill extend. to all the business OF
the country. HENCE, l. vetoed the three
tariff bills presented to me at the
last session and i shall continue, to1
veto ythemt until Il have i Information
advising me; that they are not tin1ur.
ious to- the country. F(Ap).*I should
not make this cause quarrel With
any man that believes in free trade
forif he believes In those principles,
| submit that he should ssign. such
bills but ASH was. elected on. a. pro
!tectiye platform and am a modern pro
,tectionist and pledged to- maintain
that polioys !; propose long as Ire.
main; President to carry 1t iout, even
though my democratic friends; may
feel 1t necessary to, call me a tyfant,
and Georgesthe Third, 2, The We u pow
err does not come from, George the
ard, or George the 5ths,SsIt comes
from that instrument we regard with
isacredness, the. greatest instrument
ever devised by Z the minds Of men,
that says when. a bill shall, pass both
houses; 1t shall be-. presented to the
president for his signature. :. Ifs.he
approve the same he shall sign it
II he. dlsapproye 1t he shall return ID
to the house with his objections.
seems to Impress on the Pres.
'ident the duty, should there be any
,dlsapproyal Of the measure, of We.
,toing It: Therefore 4 shall continue
to veto measures that ! do not APP
prove, whether 1t makes me like Geo.
rye the 3rd or not. Il get my mandate
from the people Of the United States
who elected me-. Now my friends,
goodby. didn't come here to make
a craftsmanship speech. hut to explain
what I have done. congratulate the
people Of West Virginia, again on, their
great prosperity and on the future
before them, and may everything come
out as they would have It. Goodby.
NO CAUSE TO DOUBT