Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-01-30
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cove REssfONAss JOINING.
Soue t~enty yeffs aee-pore or le,s-
then came to lows from the state OF I.
asga. and took charge of f.ms', scade-
mr.. we have been to ere James Harlan.
Wnsn h 'ef. that S'ste, aaa for many years
a. er, - Rev. J.mes TOR we belieye he
vas p-esc4e-, also, :. 70 make u'e q
bonn Is espresso a. as poor IS a church
mouse. N.Hh.r tea h 9 nor preaching
paid m1ch to spess ot-benes. upon hear,
ing, as he supposed, loud call from the
poliiica, church, A. We might say, he Quit
the school room aad the pulpit, went forth
ints the Political shambss and got into
Congress, and eventually worked into the
upper branch Of that body and took the
sea, Of q Senator, which has since remainsd
vacant. politician, however. he has
been q decided success. Though . posr
man ~hen h. went to Washington, and
thsusl h.. sala- y has b,en barely aiequsts
to The support Of his family in tina, cxpen-
siv- locality, he vas an acute finsncier-
one wise in his gsneralion-and taking
great advantage OF his situation, hs va.
not slow 10 AJAX fat in the filthy lucTe OF
h sei world. Besides being Cons
gtessmsn, h. wss, for some time. Secretary
81 The lateroF a Cabinet officer. The
- .,.,f
&, Work po.r man into ne i.3e 81 tie
upp5T toa. What nesas lie found TO make
a..nse'i r.a we ctnaaf sly, tu', At al
waits, il u .vil-n. thu. he esnld not have
become wealthy in tie savings Of his ofic
o. salaries while IN public position. Yet
we have heard II stated that he has one Of
the finest and best furnished dwsllngs-a
property valusd q. from forty to City thou
sand dollars something like . half q mil
lion Of G,v.'nment bonds. which furnish
sa comfortable income. This evidence ni
prosperl,y-,he rapid rise from strusgl.
10 eb'a'n income enoughte keep up sen.-
respectable appearance, to 4 fortune OF
large Dimensions may have al resulted
from fair aud legitimate agencies, but the
people will keep upa thinking. if i. is not
al~ays charitable.
We have thus briefly alluded to Nr. Ilar.
iaa's history, 10 introduce following tdto>
rial f'om ia.e number Of the New York
T,ot.e, which may have some interest IN
this 'nnec'ion. That paper says:
Inc Washington correspondent Of the
C'actan,ti Gss.fte m ,de CERTAIN statement,
c,ncefnihg Tho land grants Of Cpngress in
AL oi raii'o'd-, winch We rspnb ished. ",
also ts'k leave the supon IL say that, II
these st.te'nsnts were true, Congress had
b'ci ghiity OF Reckless and shan, l,s~ leg
isiston. We Remain Of the same opinion
stil. nota,' h,ttnding the Two hours APP IA,
b. ,caa ots yesterday IN cx blaming thing.
We r-.fe, ,aat these explanations weat
oniy - his point oil denying any personal
iuter"s' - the matters IA question. The
h 'no. .br senators ,ngh, better have de.
vpisi tn tnseives to- TIE eharee, that wer.
mtte 1t was sad tina, ,h- friends OF
SON. oi them had large interests in Ger.
tam very qiesa anahle trta>aeuens 10
pa hoc ,afer Sta we're squanlerea when
IN rush the Senator'S snd plead 1--WE
dIn'. se suy Of III, money yan nu.l
nat httnens. W eaa note mt the Al
Ssst Appropriate or sufficient Nj Har-
Ian. sevcr, hai aaother line OF defense.
l. ~as 10 dstvrs essay on the different
varieties OF nesspa. tor correspondents, and
msiiacya correer ndentS aud idssaront COT
"A -.
roma had anything AGAINST HIN. lie, us
sussrst another clss .itcation. There be,
q learned SIR. three kinds Of Senators
your brilliant Senator, your mediocre Sen
ater. and your IA troae Senator, and, OF
course. only the tas.sroae defends bimsel
ags'ast one chargc by DENYING smother,
aud e. lowing th,tup with abuse of persons
quite hisa IN station, aud quite rs hon
or .nle IN ch,rtctcr a. himself
We are not willing inst these lands
gran, transact.ons shall pass out Of notice
behind the cloud raised by his personal de
fcise. We call attention once more to the
A,s,smcnts which we have published -
Whenever they arc refuted, we shall b.
~ IRE than happy TO publish the retutation
Til thea, the public men lmrl Gated mus
nvt Sex es,,pr from Just responsibility
IN liir issues"
Thr I'rahuae is right These land grant
specuianons, MS has BEEN vel sad by a
Etiich cptemporsrv, should not pass gu,
q shi behind the marc cloud # clsona
'yplaaauan, that d. ne. r.a i the POINT n
i1ine. Face j. responsibility somewhere
isrtae caerma ~Niadhn. that has its m.
tcrniiy ~ ~ sran's .. Congress ii aia 0
iifrtas. The report II the Director Il b,
tafla ractiic Railroad, presents the eyi>
dercc tina: s,msho ~ has, or bciics, have
rsap-d arch harvest from that speculation
with the probability that the Government,
that j. to say, the ,ax-payers-wil u
cheated out Of every dollar that has been
advanced . the enterprise. The eAplana.
IONS Of Senators in reference 0 the charg, ,
that have been arraysd against Congress
do not satisfy the people. How does. il
happen that members OF Congress 1.-Two in a
style that their salaries will not sustain
I'D yet they gov rapidly ia wealth with
out any wy by which th, ' explain Their
sudden accumula,ions. The Washington
correspondent II the Cincinnati 0asekie hae
done good services in exposing tho 81 ind ing
ny wrch the rings" in Washington hav,
bbed tho Government dir. cdy. and the
hxpns's indirectly. u immense sums OF
money. And how Dies Senator and e..
Rsvesend liuian answer such chars.s,-
IaNesd Of responding to them, he delly.rs
an essay on tbs different classes Of news
paper correspondents. lie may ridicule
them as much ~ he p'cases, but such aryu.
meats vii not satisfy the public that Sen
crs AID Representatives have not prof I'd
by the grants Of lard and snbs,d,e. thev
have voted 50 literally u railtc "a commas
lies. TIE Tsbune has the independence
10 'a>'s. upon satisfactory explanation Of
tho statements that have been made in
regard 70 the dsnbta, lohs to which
coagtes. hiss given all and comfort. ana
uHtil members clear their skirts Of Tia
charge of speculation, TO uss a mild tenn
upon which they have b-en srraisned. Ia,
kusei 'iJn that they have used their position
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