The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1870-02-01

It is not o little humiiiating-shah We
SAP disgusting3-to Republicans genes
ally to learn that tho <chiefsof the Exe
c6live Departments 81 the national Coy.
exAuAent with the single honorable ex-
eeption of AttorRey General Hoar, hare
submitted estimates of expenditures for
the ensuing year exceeding those of the
last yea. of A. sJolnson's corrup: aud
proffgate administration. For the single
item of public works the estimates call
for s24,626, LIZ. against s4,59s.ooo last
year. AZ ~
Wow we undersxxe to say that there ~
M imperative necessity for inaugura>'
ton of TIL new public works on tue en-
ormous estimate of 624 ,000, 900, and we
cail upon members of Congress to re-:
sist this deman d and 7toacut down the
estimates of allthe departments, for all
purposes, to the lowest practicable fig
ure. 9oThe Republican party is solcmnlyi
pledged, irrevocably committed, to rig
i'd economy in the public service. The
people look to the House of Represen-
tatives for the faithful redemption of
this pledge. and they arenot in TEN
per to brook anything like carelessness
or indifference. mfr. DAWES, Chairman
of the Committee on Appropriations,apS
pears to appreciate the situation PERI
fectly. In arecent speech he said: sdt
In this House alone the pledges of
the Republican party are to be redeem
ed = They can have no aid either at the
other end Of the Avenue or at the other
end the Capitol, and he put it to the
| representatives of the peoples whether
they would inaHgnrato tho new public
works on the broad estimate of twenty.
four millions. He had right to com
plain of the other end of the Avenue,
that, with all its professions of econo-
my, and with all it's oheralding by teles
graph and otherwise of the reduction of
the debt, there was but one of these DeA
partnents that did not estimate an in
crease Of expenditures over the appro.
priaUonsaof last year. The exception
was ia favor of the unpopular Attorney
1t will be seen that Mr.. Dawes, used
very plain English, and it will be ada
initted that the occasion demanded it.
His speech, throughout, was in the most
vigorous and decided tone, and wefhope
itiprodnced some effect upon the Repub-
iican members of the House. If those
gentlemen desire tooput the knife to the
throat of their party, the most expedi-
tious way of doing it is to vote unnec-
essary appropriations. But if they wish
to prOlong Republican dominancy in
Congress, and to promote the interests
OF their constituents, they will cheer
fully respond to the appeal of Mr..
Dawes, when he called upon them to
stand by the Committee on hAppropria-
lions in the pledges which it now gives
to the country, that it would cut down
these estim atesD below the figures al
which the country took the power from
ANDREW JOHNSON @e# oa3 9eE 'l5f ed
f7H For our own part we have no soft
words, no honeyed phrases, for such a
time or such case as this We believe
the man who deliberately proposes to
take $24, 600, GOO for new public works,
when the people are grooming under the
heavy burden of taxation that now rests
upon their weary shoulders, is the very
nntipodes of patriotic-is a man not fiji
to be trusted in any place of power. II
is the duty Of the press and the people
to protest most yehemently against the
Expenditure of 8 single dollar not called
for by absolute, imperative necessity
1t may be that there are men in higl
lplaces at the Capital, who will disregard
the voice of the people, but a majority
in the House of Representatives may he
relied upon to yield to popular pressure
lif the pressure is applied vigorously ant
lpersistently. Let it be thus applied
| Wabash Express. ssa bollsA s n
T. The Springfield Republican says: eth,
Ipeop1e are with the Massachusetts mem
Der, whatever Pennsylvania and Admi-
raj Porter may say against his figures.
The Boston Journal has this par
agraph:5.. -. HIS - 10 70 Mn 80
h. The truth is, il either party has caus
to regret Mr.. Dawes speech, it is th
Democracy. They would like to sec tn
Republicans fall into that frequent AM
hard to be. resisted error of most par
iaties long in power, of protesting econo
my in platforms and neglecting it Il
practice; of using the public revenues q
if they had rained down, instead o
being set apart from the peoples hare
earnings, to be faithfully and economi
cally applied to their own national pur
poses They know too,t that the Repub
Elicans, can only be saved from this erro
Iby the conscientious and resolute states
} men of their party coming forward, q
Mr.. Dawes did on Tuesday, and speak
ing their minds, and the will Of the pee
pie, boldly and earnestly !e4sF.ss-w
@ass The Cuban Victory. aq 9as
! The Cubanse have at, least fought on
szl. Al L.