Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-03-05
THE IOWA VOTER.
The Mission OF Real STATES
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the chief maxirns Of strategy.
The Opposition, both in and out Of
Congress, are pursuing the Fabian
policy of mastery inactivity. For
the purpose OF hindering Congress
from entertaining the great questions
Of the day, and for the sake Of EN-
ploying the public mind with scan
dial aud small things, a formal on
slanght has been inaugnrated upon
the contingent expenditures Of the
executive and legislative branches Of
our Government.
One Journal insists upon counting
the cakes Of soap that are used, an
other cries out against the cost OF
towels, third observes that there
are too many scrub women, as II
scrub women were employed either
on account OF beauty or the advanta-
ges Of patronage; others again rec
ommend that the sheets Of paper
which are issued TO the clerks should
be duly counted, and that there II a
great waste In street car fares, which
Is likely to bring the nation to grief
and bankruptcy. Even the use Of a
carriage for official duty by each De
partment, which has come down
from times antecedent TO Jackson,
has been complained Of And in
this manner, by the Inauguration OF
a tedious and acrimonious debate, oil
great measures are to be DISTRACTED
and postponed, and the people,
whose intelligence is vastly undefra-
ted, are 10 be fed on scandals This
little game would work very well il
the Republican party could be Undue
cd TO Join, but we have every evil
dence that the present Congress,
composed as II is very largely Of men
81 high intelligence and noble pur-
pose, viii, as soon as the committees
have perfected the proper measures,
put an end to these complaints by
placing before the public measures OF
vital Importance.
The scrutiny Of public expenditure
Is very well in its place, aud we have
no doubt the appropriate committees
will do their duty IN preventing ex-
trayagance and waste, but they will
not permit themselves 10 become
parties to the inagnifcation Of infin-
iteIy small things 10 the detriment
Of the great public measures now
pending. And IL is the height OF
inbbceility on the part of the Opposi-
tion 10 endcavor to tear down great
political organization and to build
another upon the stationery, soap,
twine, and towel question.
The great deeds Of history which
have made nations illustrious and
which have woven chaplets Of fame
upon the brows Of men, would never
have been accomplished had their
authors expended their mental re-
sources upon trivial domestic affairs.
The money crisis Is passed. The
late pane, which was only real
among stock jobbers and matter OIL
feeling and imagination on the part
of otherclaeses, has become chapter
OF history.
Several hundred millions OF BUSH
els OF graln are stored in our Western
granaries awaiting the opening OIL
navigation; and in the far interior
of Iowa the bushel Of wheat brings
upward OF dollar in the home
market. Our country, with it's un.
limited resources and its teeminy
population OF energetic working men
- entering into new era OF prosper.
ity, ana the Opposition, whose bank
ruptry in craftsmanship is by far
more complete than Jay Cooke 4
Co.'S financial failure, will speedily
ne taught the lesson that, when the
people are prospecting aud doing
well, their pitiful stories about ex-
travi.sant expenditures in ice and
brooms win fall upon unsympathiz.
ing ears.
The Republicans IN Congress know
quite well that when they shall meet
their constituents face to face next
Tall the question viii be asked,
what have you done?' And that
u Congress, for whose action IN ay are
held responsible, should fritter away
us time upon the questions of In.
contingent fund and the dlmlnution /
81 elerkships, they will present but a
beggarly account of empty boxes.o
The attempt TO stop the fault-ind-
ing Of the Opposition by entering a
defense for every detail would be es
futile us the endeavor to stop up ev-
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