The Evansville journal., 1868-06-18
CongressIonal FollY.

OF ffie AetSFAS II fLAd EMPlgg VI eAo
| Government twenty per cent. ThiB
increased expenditure. itiis estimated
4 w4llsaggre aatenabouts a miilien and b
! hall dollars. ias mere 5aadtsllg 60 the
egtfmaeon 36f such astute finsnciers
SfT WAsHBURNEz Of this State
whe4intnodueedz the ybill .aad did his
best tosIsecurssitsspassage. The IN
fueeces, ,bfOpgtt to, bean upon young<
good looking and susceptible Con
gressmen, ike, Mr. WAsHBURN, by.
the wives and daughters, and sweet
hearts of the Washington clerks were
hard to be resisted, and'we are not
surprised ,thatso many Cengressmen
yielded themselves willing captives.
4 But every Republican Representative
who voted Tor the bill knew that be
was placing an additional weight
upon the already over -burdened party.
which had honored him with its-con-
fdeBee, that would materially eudan--
ger its success in the pending cam
paign. It IS well known throughout
the country that the style Of living
adopted at Washington by the Gov.
ernment officials aud employees-and
one Of the chief attractions which
makes the applications for positions
there so Dumerous-is most extrava-
CANT and demoraIizing, and the sooner
it is broken up. the better, for the
morals as well as the finances of the
nation. But so long as these extrav-
agances can be used as an instru-'
mentality for securing Increased pay,
that long will they be indulged in
with increased recklessness. The
high price of living may always be
urged with truth, where people live
hjgh, and just as equitably at every
other point in the country Rs at
Washington. ~
1t is known that wages in all the
principal cities and towns throughout
the country have declined Why
should they advance at Washington2l
But this is net alI HOn Monday
last the House of Representatives
voted subsidy Of three millions of
dollars to enable a steamship COM
pany in New York to sbuHd seven
steamships to run between New York
and several European pora 5. This
appropriation was crowded through,
hke most Jobs of the kind, without
calling the yaas aud nays The gem
tlemen seem to haye had mutual
understap1iaglthat they were not to go.
on the record, 50 -haf their constitu-
ehts could hold them to strict ae-
eouatsbiIity, 0aly three millions, a
mere drop ia tke bucket! 1t may
benefit she owaers of the steamships
a great deal and wealthy Uncle Sam
uel scarceiJ can feel it.
g Taen again we have a consolidated
36bbY at work TO obtain two new
Pacific Railroad subsidies. Already
the manage 9t 'tlsis ent9rprise have
realized gigantic fortunes out Of it,
il55f y.st heir 49ah-bowls are being
continually pissed up for more. "
The sam naw7 demanded Is only
$4,000 per mile, the annual interest
.onIwhieh IS $3.50 This IS only a small
loan, tits urged, which the railroads
viii refund in the progress of human
events. Such at least is the theory
The facts are that the roads are being
built in the most shiftless manner,
while the corporations and coutrac-
tors are quietly and coolly pocketing
their millions The loan will amount
in the end to a donation.
We simply say to the Republican
Congressmen that there will be a ter
mination to these things. The bread
and butter will be Knocked out Of
their hands, before they are aware Of
it, and when the slices fall, the but
tered side will be down.
We do hope the Senate will reso-
lutely vote down these shameless
jobs. The people cannot, ought not,
and will not, endure such a misappro-
priation of public funds for the ben
eft of individuals. What they now
demand is rigid and economical dis
bursement of the public revenue.
Every expenditure that is not una
voidable ought to be withheld, and
unless the representatives OF the Re
publican party carry out the wishes