Show THE STRAIGHT OF IT the springfield republican Is under contract to defend the president in everything no matter how heir absurd or how wrong in its hatred haired of the tariff and of james 0 maine blaino personally it adopted mr cleveland han ho he was first a candidate for president and has ever since held beld him to its heart as a mother holds holdi the long lon lost prodigal when he returns rel unit here Is art an item from the republican it Is a u fair continent comment on Clev elands ex ul LIE 11 ito I 1 t of 0 national honor in international rc lations to ti call CAH attention to our dealings with ith china national honor has not had the chance in race face of the iho or of the dalric const coast and tho the of 0 from other birta of f tile the country the geary bill was waa 1 congress Conc rosis and by harkloo Harr loo a thought of tho the treaty obligations it directly 1 wo we have settle 1 this chinese question in accordance anc itla the lite doctrine that might makes maka right that congress Conf froaH has han the can latu dional power to exclude foreigners from this his country countr yi and treaty obligations to the c contrary in the fees of this record clevel ands appeal to ill con greeen to settle tile th IIa ia maltin lu estI on the basis or of national honor mounds almost absurd the above la Is worth just juat tills this much the of the pacific coast does not noi liappes to pr prevail evall the men of the understand thi the chi diesto quest question ibn and they aie ai e dealing doallas with it Intelli intelligently Vently as they always have 1 and I if congress rushed tile tho geary bill through without a thought thouR lit of the treaty obligations it directly violated there Is 1 this ihla to say about it in the first place tho the chinese themselves violated the fiefty obligations continually tile steamship companies brought them to the tha coast north and south mouth of oc our atilt they continued to acroca cros ille abo borders late into vur fagid ail ani the goard law it as aa re a nece mity baity in the second place Conr cHi ailts lilts gt a prefect PI feet right to violate a 0 tresty treaty obal atlon that Is it t boa ho 4 ralrh to make maka any afif laws it e 1 sea for or aho lh I 1 wad good of country even een it if such euch lais lab overthrow a treaty power 1 barbena I td ba in congress FM it we have settled bottled the chinese question in accordance danco with the doctrine that might makes make right we have bare dono done no moro more than any other race or individual doea when it or he resorts to the th a law I 1 aw 0 scalf if preservation which li the oldest and most mosi sacred law gar eov arning the race binally ri nally mr cleveland this president nho can to do no wrong deliberately violated tile geary la law and made it ft a dead letter in our statute sta lute books for months montha and months and did what would have brought ilia hla impeachment had lie he been a republican president ident and had congress been con call as ag it 1 li 15 5 pow now |