Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-01-05
RE.AssEMDLING OF CONGRESS-.

To-day the Senate ana House OF
Representatives re-assemble after q
holiday vacation extending since De-
cembcr 20. Of tho old year. Many Of
our Senators and Representatives have
been homo to spend these days with
their families and constituents. One
OF Nevads's Senators has rsposed un-
der his own vine and fg tree, and
amid his LUes and Penates, gained
strength for the arduous services to
which no will very soon devote his
time and talents. The other has pass
ed tho season In an adjoining State.
where he has doubtless likewise en-
ployed himself In recuperation from
his exhaustive efforts In other Con-
crosses In behalf Of those he worthlly
representative Central Pacific Rail-
road Company. or our W Kendall
we know little. Since his most ex-
haustive speech upon the salary grab.
q few days before the House adjourned,
the fame Of which reached eve these
benlghted lands, he has retired from
present view. and rests beneath his
his we'll earned laurels. Doubtless he
returns to his seat In Congress o
devoted to himself, more regardless OF
popular clamor" and less mindful OF
his promises. than when he stumpcd
Nevada two years since Ia favor OF
economy, Of himself aud Of the Sutro
Tunnel. Within . few days our State
will BE- honored In Congress by this H.
lustrious trio, to whom, In beauty and
intellect, the Three Graces could hard
ly hold q candle. One Central Pa
cihc Railroad attorney ; two. an anti.
corruptionist ; three. n Sutro Tunnel
counsellor. Should they fall to shed
iustre on our proud young State, we
vainly seek for lights brilliant,
for reflecters more shining and re-
splendent.
This Congress should ressscmble for
business. Five weeks have passed
slnce Il convened, and In all that time
nothing Of benefit has been accom-
plished. In the Senate u GLIB
behring's on finance, an %unavaillng at
tempt to repeal the bankrupt law, the
election of most notorious character
to preside over its deliberations. the
appointment Of corruptionists to prom
inent committees, and the ostracising
or attempted humiliation Of lncorrupt-
ible statesmen, comprise the whole Of
Its labors. In tho House even less has
been accomplished. Day after day
we have read It's proceedings. but have
failed to note any work performed. A
d~isgracciul panderlng to Credit Mo-
bilier thieves by the Speaker Ia his APP
polntment Of committees, q wordy,
personal aud most scandalous wrangle
over the salary grab repeal, n display
OF Buffers dragooning and kendall's
brass, OF Garfleld's double dealing
and Woods loud mouthed effrontery.
the passage Of that hybrid, the &c. 900
act which neither satisfies Its friends
nor It's opponents, and the House adj
journed for the holidays. Republican
Congressman, In whose hands rests
and upon whose acts depends the fu-
turs supremacy Of the party which they
represent. for three weeks occupied
themselves not In proposing or per-
fectlng measures, for public benefit.
but mainly In personal wrsngllng aud
absurd rscrlminatlons. Shall this state
OF things now cease? shall the Con-
gress OF these United States still fur
Their disgrsce Itself aud the nation /?
Shall the Republican party be yet
moro scandslized and Its supremacy
still further jeopsrdlzed. by Its chosen
representatives! IL IL possible for the
men composing the Forty-thlrd Con.
gress to rise to the occasion, throw
aside partisan blgotry, forget their
pockets, remember their constituents,
accord with popular desires and labor
for the public good, In lieu Of personal
aggrandizement? We shall see.