The Detroit Tribune Publishes The

Mines of 18 veteran soiaier, ..-- ployed in the mail service in Michigan, T,he have been discharged by this adaiinistration-aU claimed to be expeTienced and faithful men, but men who ould not desert the time-honored ripies for which they foughtin the days of tbe Btruggle forthelife of this Union. That is civil service reform as Cleveland A Co. transact it. Xa following table shows the I oer of private pension bilis vetoed by 1 ha respective presidents since Lincoln, I rith the percentage of such bilis to the hole number acted on : Vetoe. Per cent. j Uncoln 0 0 Johnson - ■ . ,,, Srant (eight years)... 8 i- Garfield A.rthnr ,n ö Cleveland 175 13.06 Of Grant's eight vetoes five were in ihe interest of the beneficiarios. Cleve!and, in addition to these direct vetoes, isapproved of 156 bilis without returning.and killed one by a pocket veto; oal 281, or 29.61 per cent. disapproyed; ome of them with ribald and croel neere. And yet he poses in official reisoxte as the soldier's friend 1 Bob. Fkazkb'b Irish enthusiasm has I ranted well on the Bumerous occaaions inwhich hehas addreesed Repub(ian meetings in the east. At a big meeting in New York recently he told ühern why an Irishman is a Uepublican, in a way that convinced his hearers jjtat there was a good reason for it. He id. "1 am a Republican, becanse I m for protective tariff. ( Applause ) I am S a protective tanff. because I am an American citizen. (Cheere.) I am for vrotective tari ff, because I beheve ihatit benefits the American working. r. 11 connected with nim. (Cheers.) I stand by the next Goveraorof iiew York tonight and I congratulate the Republicana of New York that they have at the head of their iicket a man brave enough to face very issue. (Loud applause.) God bates a coward and so do the people of New York and the people of the country. (Cheera.) I stand here the son of an Irish immigrant to advocate the cause of the Repubhcan Prty-the son of a man who carne here fleem? from the oppression of England He taught me that the country which gave him the privilege of earning a home and livin for his wife and children had a rtht tomy allegiance. I don't know what in thenatne of God make wj Iri.hman a Democrat The London Times has said that the Ineh people wen of no use at home to England and that the only use they could be put to was to send them to America to vote fi. Dpmo.ratic ticket. (Gheers and laughter.) I'd have Inshmen look back „pon their own country's hwtory belore the Union of England and Ireland. Free trade drove every manufactory from Ireland and has made : it the panper nation of the earth. Where does ihe get her help from m d.stress? From free-trade F.ngland? No bhe knoeks at the door of protection Amerioa. (Applause, culminating in three cheers for the man from MichigaThe American market is the best in the world.. England_and the South have eone into partnersmy w :j it Endand and the South united in 1861 and the South put free trade into ita constitution. Tbey tned to drive free trade down our throats with the bayonet. (Great cheering.) The alliance of 1861 met its defeat at the hands of the Union army (cheere) and the game alliance of 1888 will meet a similar fate at the hands of free, unpurohaaed voters of America. (Loud cheering ) Wewhippedthe combination in lSbf and we will whip it again in 1888. I (Three more cheers for the Michigan man.) _____