cratic-English Free-Trade tariff of 1846-

Duell's speech.

PART XIV. — Pages 42 to 43. Republican-

American Tariff Commission Act of 1882

-Text of bill-Votes in both Houses -

Mills' attempt to substitute the Democratic-

English Free-Trade tariff of 1846 for the

Commission Bill-The Democratic vote

for Free-Trade and ruin.

PART XV.-Pages 43 to 44. Knit goods

Duty on Woolen Goods-Bill of 1882

"to correct an error," opposed by the

Democrats in both Houses - the votes.

PART XVI.-Pages 44 to 45. Republican-

American Tariff Act of 1883 Votes ex-

hibiting continued Democratic hostility to

Protection.

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PART XVII. - Pages 45 to 47. Democratic

defeat of the bill to restore the duty on

wool How it came to need restoration -

Sherman's amendment to the tariff bill of

1883, and Senate vote thereon-Text of

the amendatory bill of 1884-The injustice

acknowledged by all- - More than a million

people interested - Every State appealing

for the restoration-The Democratic pledges

to the wool-growers to restore it-The vote

by which the Democrats contemptuously

broke those pledges.

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PART XVIII. - Page 48. Statistics of the

American wool-growing interest - Number

of sheep-flocks by States and Territories

Number of sheep and quantity of wool.

PART XIX. -Pages 49 to 50. Text of the
Morrison Democratic-English Free-Trade
Tariff Bill of 1884- Vote on the motion to
consider - Vote on motion to strike out
enacting clause - The Republicans kill the
obnoxious bill.

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PART XX. - Pages 50 to 53.

Secretary

Folger's report and recommendations of

1883 touching Treasury-surplus Reduction

-Estimated surplus for 1884-Such sur-

plus continuing would pay the whole debt
in 15 years Authority of the Treasury to
use the surplus-How to avoid a "heaped-
up surplus The sinking fund - Future
reduction of revenues - The principles that
should govern reduction - Inexpediency of
immediate tariff reduction - Reduction of
internal revenue taxes- Moderate modi-
fication" and "total repeal."

PART XXI. - Pages 53 to 55. Text of the

Morrison Tariff Bill of 1886, and Votes

thereon-The Randall Bill reported against,

and thus defeated.

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PART XXII. - Pages 55 to 57.

Morrison's

Joint Resolution directing Payment of

Public Debt out of Treasury Surplus -

Secretary Manning's Letter-McKinley's

Proviso-Action and Votes in both Houses

- President Cleveland's non-approval kills

it.

PART XXIII. - Pages 57 to 61. Full Text

of President Cleveland's Free-Trade Mes-

sage of 1887.

PART XXIV. - Pages 61 to 68. The Mills

Anti-Protective Bill reported to the House

"in response" to Cleveland's Free-Trade

British Free-Trade Virus-Its Workings in

America. Pages 81 to 91.

PART I.-Pages 81 to 82. President Cleve-

land a Free Trader- His Attack on "raw

materials" the Key-stone of the Protec-

tive Arch-Senator Platt's demonstration.

PART II.-Pages 82 to 85. The Mills Bill

a part of a Democratic Bargain with Can-

ada-Sir Charles Tupper's Testimony-

Millions of Dollars loss to Americans

President Cleveland's Treaty, abject sur-

render, and ludicrous "flop."

PART III.-Pages 85 to 87. British Free-

Trade Jubilation over President Cleve-

land's Free-Trade Message - Extracts from

the British newspapers, and cablegrams to

Pages 92

The Protected American Farmer.

to 114.

PART I. - Pages 92 to 96. Benefits of the
Republican American Protective System to
the American Fariner-The Proofs by
Henry C. Carey, Hon. J. T. Updegraff, Å
Canadian Farmer, Hon. Nathan Goff, and
An American Mechanic.

PART II. - Page 96. The Western Farmer

and Southern Planter, as well as the East-

ern Farmer, benefited by the Protective

Tariff Mr. Blaine's Proofs.

PART III.-Pages 97 to 98. Some of the

Existing Duties that Protect the Farmer—

Free-Trade Percentage Tricks to mislead

him.

PART IV. - Pages 98 to 100. Increase in

Farms, Farm Acreage, Farm Values, Pro-

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The Chinese Question. Pages 140 to 155.

PART I. Pages 140 to 141. Koopman-

schap's servile-labor contracts Early his-

tory in California of Democratic love for

the Chinese coolie laborer-Democratic

legislative record in California in 1852-

In 1856 Democracy rebukes white labor and

pats John Chinaman's back-In 1862 and
1869 Democracy refuses to protect white
labor, but embraces the Chinese Embassy.

PART II. — Pages 141 to 142. In Congress

Republican anti-coolie legislation of 1861,

1867, 1868, and 1870-Democratic obstruc-

tion in 1871-Subsequent Republican leg-

islation President Grant's anti-coolie

message-Democracy deaf to an anti-coolie

legislative appeal.

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PART III. —Page 142. In National politics
in 1876-Republican declaration against
the importation of Mongolians-The De-
mocracy forced to follow Republican
investigation by Senate committee.
PART IV. Page 143. The "Fifteen-Pas-
senger Act"
Presidential veto The

second National Republican declaration

The Pecksniffian Democracy again "boldly"

follow―The Republican Treaty-Commis-

sion and Treaty.

PART V.-Pages 144 to 147. Chinese ex-

clusion legislation of 1882- The Twenty-

Year Bill passes both Houses President

Arthur's veto-The Ten-Year Bill passes

and is approved-Text of the chief pro-
visions of this Republican Anti-Coolie
Importation Act - A Democratic Supreme
Court justice's partiality for the Chinese

Text of the Supplementary Chinese Im-

migration Act of 1884-Votes in Senate

and House on its passage-Approved by

President Arthur.

PART VI.-Pages 147 to 148. Anti-coolie

Legislation of 1884 upset by the Supreme

Court-Further Republican efforts in Con-
gress in 1885, 1886, and 1887, and Demo-
cratic obstruction

The Homestead Questión. Pages 156 to 164.

PART I.-Pages 156 to 157.

The great

question of 1858, started by Free Soilers,

1852 Reasserted by Republicans, 1856-

"Land for the Landless"-The Grow Bill,

and vote defeating it - Pre-emption Bill of

1859, and vote by which Grow's amendment

was carried Vote by which the Democrats

killed the amended bill-Mr. Cavanagh's

fearless opinion of their action.

PART II. Page 158. The Republicans

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demand "Free Homesteads for Actual Set-

tlers," and pass the Homestead Bill despite

Democratic opposition - The vote in the

House.

PART III.-Pages 158 to 159. The strug-
gle over the Bill in the Democratic Senate

- The vote to consider, carried - The vote
to lay it aside carried by Democratic votes,
aided by that of the Democratic presiding
officer (Breckinridge).

PART IV. - Page 159.

Another fruitless

struggle by the Republicans to have the bill

considered Forcible words from Messrs.

Seward and Wade-Democratic hostility

succeeds.

PART V.-Pages 159 to 160. The Repub-

lican homestead principle again triumphs

in the House - The Grow Homestead Bill

passed - Vote on its passage.

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Its counterpart passes the Senate, and is
smothered by Belmont's committee - Col-
loquy between Morrow and Belmont-
Treacherous Democratic "Assurances "
Senate and House Resolutions of March,
1888, prodding" "the President as to a
Chinese Treaty - President Cleveland's
Chinese Treaty at last appears.
PART VII. - Page 149. Text of the new
Chinese Treaty as sent to the Republican
Senate by President Cleveland.

PART VIII.-Pages 149 to 151.

sentative Morrow's letter (touching Chi-

nese Immigration) to the Senate Commit-

tee, showing the Inefficiency of President

Repre-

PART VIII.-Pages 162 to 163. The scep-

tre falls from Democratic hands-The poor

man's homestead triumphs in Republican

success- Analysis of the votes by which

the Republican Homestead Act of 1862

passed both Houses- Abraham Lincoln's

approval.

PART IX.- Page 163. Bill of 1866 to ex-
tend the Homestead Act- Analysis of vote
in House on its passage Soldiers and
Sailors Homestead Act of 1872- Holman's
attempted obstruction fails.

effects of the Homestead Act demonstrated
by statistics of entries and settlers-In-
creased wealth, population, and power thus
brought to the Nation.

CHAPTER X.

The Public Lands-Grants, Forfeitures, etc.

Pages 164 to 168.

PART I.-Pages 164 to 166.

Land Grants

and their History-What the Records show

The first grant - Land aid to Railways

adopted as a Policy - The Trans-Conti-

nental Railways-Speeches of Morrison

and Hendricks-Votes, etc.

PART II.-Pages 166 to 167. Land Grants

by Democrats compared with Land Grants

by Republicans - The former have granted
twice as many acres as the latter.
PART III.- Page 167. Land Grant For-
feitures-Falsity of Democratic pretences
- Land Commissioner Stockslager's absurd

statement-Congressional and Presidential

Action on Land Forfeiture Bills-The

credit due to the Republicans.

PART IV.- Page 168. The System_of
Land Grant Forfeiture suggested by Re-
publicans, not Democrats - Recommenda-
tions of Land Commissioners Drummond
and McFarland and Chairman Reed.

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CHAPTER XI.

Pensions and Bounties. Pages 168 to 187.
PART I.-Pages 169 to 170. The Republi-
can Pension Act of 1862-Subsequent leg-
islation for the Union soldiers—Republican
gratitude in action - Hundreds of millions
of dollars for pensioners.

PART II.-Pages 170 to 171. The Repub-

lican Party puts a guaranty of national

gratitude into the Constitution - Democ-

racy, violating its canting promises, strives

to keep it out-The vote of Thomas A.

Hendricks and other Copperheads—Equali-

zation of bounties in 43d and 44th Con-

gresses-Democratic opposition-The true

record.

PART III.-Pages 171 to 172. The so-

called "Democratic record," and what it

amounts to-Re-enactment by Democrats

of a few old Republican measures— - Demo-

cratic "aversion" to pension bills - Demo-
crats themselves admit it- Letters of Rep-
resentatives Beltzhoover and Ryon.

PART IV.-Pages 172 to 174. The Repub-

lican Arrears of Pensions Act of 1879-

The fraudulent Democratic claim to its

paternity and enactment exposed-The

conclusive vote in both Houses.

PART V.- Page 174. Another Republican

Arrears of Pensions Bill-The vote by

which the Democrats in 1879 defeated it.

PART VI.-Pages 174 to 176. The Modi-

fied" Arrearages" Bill-It is put through

the House by the Republicans-A majority

of the Democrats vote against it-Senate

action and votes

The Democratic attempt to pension ex-

Confederates, including Jeff. Davis-The

Republicans defeat that attempt.

PART VII.-Pages 176 to 178. Text of

Democratic bill granting Pensions to sol-

diers and sailors in the Mexican, Creek,

Seminole, and Black Hawk wars- A sec-

tion in it that would allow ex-Confederates
on the pension rolls-Antagonizing the
Mexican War Pensions Bill-Action and
votes in House.

PART VIII.-Pages 178 to 179. Text of
bill granting Pensions to soldiers and sail-
ors of the Mexican war- -It also contains
a section allowing ex-Confederates on the
pension rolls-The bill passed by the
Democratic House-The vote-In the
Senate, the Republicans for the Union sol-
diers, the Democrats for the ex-Confederates
- The amendments and votes-The bill

with Senate amendments in the House

again - How the Democrats antagonized it

with the Mexican, Creek, Seminole, and
Black Hawk bill (see Part VII.) and pre-
vented its final passage.

PART IX.

Democratic Love

for the Confederate Soldier Jefferson

Davis's wail in 1884 over his exclusion from

the Pension Rolls - Pensions to Union

soldiers only, is "Offensive Favoritism"

Confederate Threats.

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PART X.- Pages 180 to 182. Legislation

of 1887 pensioning Dependent and Disabled

Soldiers President Cleveland vetoes the

Bill-General Bragg's attack upon Union

soldiers-McKinley's defence of them-

The solid Democratic vote sustaining the
veto-Bragg's Reward.

PART XI. —Pages 182 to 183. Astounding

comparison of Approvals and Vetoes of

Private Pension Bills by Presidents Grant,

Hayes, Arthur, and Cleveland - Extracts

from President Cleveland's Veto Messages.

PART XII. - Page 183. Tabulated State-
ment of Votes by Democratic and Repub-
lican Parties respectively on Pension Bills
from the Forty-Sixth to the Forty-Ninth
Congresses inclusive.

PART XIII.-Pages 183 to 185. General

Hovey's Arraignment of the Democratic

Party, 1888, for its Opposition to all Pen-

sion Legislation - Republican Representa-

tives in vain petition a House Committee

to allot "three or four days for considera-

tion of General Pension Legislation"!-

"If you (the Democrats) will not give the

Soldiers bread, give them at least the

stones; give them your rocks and your

mountains."

PART XIV.-Pages 185 to 186. The In-

crease of Pension Certificates To what

Measures and to what Party it is Attribu-

table? The "Widows' Arrears Act" of

1888-Commissioner Black and Democratic

Campaign literature.

PART XV. - Pages 186 to 187. Senator

Vest's Venomous Speech in the Senate,

1888, showing that Democratic Hatred of

the Union Soldier still burns in the South-

PART I. Pages 140 to 141. Koopman-

schap's servile-labor contracts Early his-

tory in California of Democratic love for

the Chinese coolie laborer- Democratic

legislative record in California in 1852 -

In 1856 Democracy rebukes white labor and

pats John Chinaman's back-In 1862 and
1869 Democracy refuses to protect white
labor, but embraces the Chinese Embassy.
PART II.-Pages 141 to 142. In Congress

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Republican anti-coolie legislation of 1861,

1867, 1868, and 1870-Democratic obstruc-

tion in 1871-Subsequent Republican leg-

islation President Grant's anti-coolie

message Democracy deaf to an anti-coolie

legislative appeal.

PART III. —Page 142. In National politics

in 1876-Republican declaration_against

the importation of Mongolians-The De-

mocracy forced to follow - Republican

investigation by Senate committee.

PART IV. Page 143. The "Fifteen-Pas-

senger Act

Presidential veto The

second National Republican declaration

The Pecksniffian Democracy again "boldly" |

follow-The Republican Treaty-Commis-

sion and Treaty.

PART V.-Pages 144 to 147. Chinese ex-

clusion legislation of 1882-The_Twenty-

Year Bill passes both Houses-President

Arthur's veto -The Ten-Year Bill passes

and is approved-Text of the chief pro-

visions of this Republican Anti-Coolie

Importation Act - A Democratic Supreme

Court justice's partiality for the Chinese

-Text of the Supplementary Chinese Im-

migration Act of 1884-Votes in Senate

and House on its passage-Approved by

President Arthur.

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PART VI.-Pages 147 to 148. Anti-coolie

Legislation of 1884 upset by the Supreme

Court-Further Republican efforts in Con-

gress in 1885, 1886, and 1887, and Demo-

cratic obstruction The Morrow Bill-

Its counterpart passes the Senate, and is

smothered by Belmont's committee - Col-

loquy between Morrow and Belmont-

Treacherous Democratic "Assurances

Senate and House Resolutions of March,

1888,"

prodding" the President as to a

Chinese Treaty - President Cleveland's
Chinese Treaty at last appears.

PART VII. - Page 149. Text of the new

Chinese Treaty as sent to the Republican

Senate by President Cleveland.

PART VIII.-Pages 149 to 151.

Repre-

sentative Morrow's letter (touching Chi-

nese Immigration) to the Senate Commit-

tee, showing the Inefficiency of President

The Homestead Question. Pages 156 to 164.

PART I.-Pages 156 to 157.

The great

question of 1858, started by Free Soilers,

1852-Reasserted by Republicans, 1856-

"Land for the Landless"-The Grow Bill,

and vote defeating it - Pre-emption Bill of

1859, and vote by which Grow's amendment

was carried- Vote by which the Democrats

killed the amended bill-Mr. Cavanagh's

fearless opinion of their action.

PART II.- Page 158. The Republicans

demand "Free Homesteads for Actual Set-

tlers," and pass the Homestead Bill despite

Democratic opposition - The vote in the

House.

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PART III.-Pages 158 to 159. The strug-
gle over the Bill in the Democratic Senate
- The vote to consider, carried - The vote
to lay it aside carried by Democratic votes,
aided by that of the Democratic presiding
officer (Breckinridge).

PART IV.- Page 159.

Another fruitless

struggle by the Republicans to have the bill

considered Forcible words from Messrs.

Seward and Wade-Democratic hostility

succeeds.

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