, 1875-05-13

Tho arst eTant, tinancslly, ia tho rapport Of
Tho sccEetArY Of the Treasury. It would he A
spend tho summer in celebrating D plan of
nnanee based ~ once upon souod theoretical
pflncples snd upon tho proved conclusionh OF
na.oFY: !la kno"s too *etl that thcra Ia ~ alo-
teresta and fancl,x Which gnvo,n Congress. Any
enoet'se fos'ar ol tho raHt would Involve con-
aute OF that body. winch might bs thought i'm
rottsinasent Any p!sn fur TIM future must tocxon
WIN TIE LOBBY. E1cnp:. therefore, \ faw anR-
geat,ons Of tbs most general character tho report
IL ,lttlo 'noFe than statement Of account Noxt
come" the appo'nttnent Of the standing commit
nsm: .9s. IL y ssfsstly opon 10 any ono Of 800
any topic, financial or other, uhsnee It results
that tbs number Of mcasnles presented oyer7
sessIon amounts to three or four thnutaud. IA
tl'ere IN nothing. nhatover to give to any ono Of
thess = prccedont over any othef+ and ~ OBJ
.iouhly Tiny cant,ot all be discussed. the se.
lection must b. loft to this committees, from
which foliovs tho extraordinary consequence
that nothing cRn receive tbs attantion OF Congieaa
or ths Government untsRs The ashnnt of \ COM
rnIttec n previously obtained. TheBe commit
tees are appointed by tho Speaker. making That
osicor BY far tho most powerful individual in the
Government, though he has no d!sact reaponsl-
hl'ity for the rssusta OF biz appointments. OF
course, tbs uajuritias In committee arc on the
aatne sla with tile najorlttes Of tho House.
Thore arc sixteen cofnmtteos OF tho House upon
nHbtects more or less connected NTH finance,
-" ""'S ""N tAG@aHI oib AphI VPIt&tl HabhlHR
sud currency. commerce, post.Oaicc. raanufac-
tu1en, agriculture, public expenditures, aud pop-
stons. besides aoyen oshcrs on tho expenditures
Of tho different departments. 0f tho Senate
peiati.nf commerce, manufactures, and tbs
Post Office, Which seect - being mora espc-
ciatty connected With financial a1atrs.
1t might be- expected that thnss committees
to be presented to Congress when It assemblies.
Not Ut all. Nothing wlatorcr Ia doue TIL Com
Eresa meets, when the whole crude nsass Of
propositions Including tho secsetary's report.
to the commit ees. Each mstnber Of theae COM
M,ttces represents locality. not tho nation.
EAch can khitk individual resrnna,bll.sF for ths
decisions Of tho COMMITTEES. Finally nlmoat Ill
The committee reports. nescrthelesa: carry great
weight. aud tn tie last few days of tlIs d sson \
sirIEsing mnb fixes what IL called \ fl71nc,al
policy. Uebtte Ia ettAus[ed.
We might DRIFT Oh tot long tina With q bad
tariff or ; clumsy management VI tile pational
dobs. But ths evi! Of Iucanrertib!o cnrreucy.
which ruba tho poor, sud, nhlie anriehinG tho
few, posnns tho cup by making their. prosperity
rs nnstable NJ 'rater; which IL nctu.lly turning
back the tide Of emigration from Europe tlas
las Addod 20 much 10 cur wealth "hie! for
year and = half has kept comuc,ce nud iuduet1y
pash}5zed with fear; aud which Inns turned the
strean Of rovtv'ue enterprise towards tue epocu-
iasion Of tho htock-mArkotB,-th1s oyil caunot
much longer be neglected. Bus whother it an.
uuses for. ono ycar OF twsnty, am saro that
| ths,e Is but QUO way Of dealing NTH It. All
tie oxtedeats Witch linaucsal etuGenta hayo
suggested break uonn Congress lito Idle w.nds
| upon tho eeaahoro. II nnv proyres. ia
aver to be mado. th4 1inanciai officer OF tho Gov
ernultnt nus: meet Congreas On It's Arhs Rsseu,-
bling With matntsd plau, having references 70
uo Other ,nuat 10 fully sud thoroughly dIsctss.d
publilr, that the country NAV iudIe uf snut.ses
individually. that ths taIenfe aad character ot
| each mao may 6e publicly developed. II tho
plan fails to command approval, another it,3i-
,ilua must be inyitcd to submit another Mas,
10 be thoroughly a,ftod by like public debate.
Sooner or lxtar lnau wlll he found whoHs prop
oeasloIa eau stand tire Al once from tho point os
| view OF honesty, capacity. and techuica! hkill.
and when he is found public opinion Will take
| care that ho is not troTncaten Or oyerriideu by
| any forco OF lonby or private Interests.
In tue way o. such process there stands but
it should be ceatly soen. It Is The tenaei:y With
| Which Congress. like every other legislative
| body, ollngs to power: u cannot he too strons-
1yusged thai the conflict is nos octnoen ti.a Rs
| publican aud Democratic parties, nrithcs ct
which Is prepared or aims to DIAL with the real
| altncultT Of the situation. It is 4 qneetlon be-
tween the peoplo and Congrcsa. "a reaponsi-
bio finance minister" 'Sstonal rnauascmens Of
tho fnances," "Iho pcorio ~. tho libby"
| "Governmoot for the whole and not for paEt :"
| Financial policy anl 10. ,ii,ancal claoa,' y
"Delintts and re-pontlblo porcr in plaue OF We
cret aud Irresponsible"
| THE rArER DEBATED.
| At tho concIuslou Of ILLS papcr debate
| followed. Prof. Adzms, OF Aun Arbur, aa!i
that tho reason the prominn on eoll in England
At tho titns mentioned by Mr. Bradford nae ~
I por cent, whilo In America it was oncs lgJ was
| that ths United States wns then engaged In a
| cs,l War. and that its reault was doubtful and
hocause moro paper nan issued By tho United
States IN proportion to her resources than BY
England. Mr.. Adams, too, affirmed that tho
worst plan, well suck to, is better than tha hevt
plan changed often. In America ~e dou't send
| our bost mon to Congress. At least do not 40
| carefully select tacm al In EpCiand They solect
members to Harlismout. Psople nnst 10 edn.
| cated 10 rhooha well.knonn Ana tAvurnblv known
men. alr. bradford heEa supplemented hss pa
per By short diecnnrre On the method Of English
| elections, and tho nlaohiuasT OF Parliament.
synxrr urEns,
Of Chicago, then took the 1oor aud discussed the
| question At lcngth. 1l4 referred 10 tho state
tnent n1sde by somo writer tbat there bad bonn
no progress in monetary ssatoms bince tho in
seution Of bills OF s1hange. He objected to
this btoad Gtatcmtns. aud cited numerous In
| ntanceh Of financial Advantages Of lato nrigla.
Ha wonld hoist his oolors. ana nay he beloved in
a gold basis, conveztoia currency, and
believed It wks cotnlne.-tho time would como
| when gold would 10 the atHndara a.,d test OF
the introconvert!l1e hutnhuc Of Wondell Phillips,
nor In Judge Kelter's 3.G3 rIau. It wAs All er-
ro1eouB ttlea that LAWS AIT alwAJs male IT WasA-
iuEson. TLcy sro sometimes male thousands Ut
tnliea from these. Soa,etimes they Rlo 1nads by
| the third hoMse-the lobby.
Ar Myors g4ro sauo statistlcs to show the
comparative growth Of the banks OF England
and Franco, aud compared thom with tho bauss
Of America. lio taen proceeded 10 show that
the poopIe Of tho Uuited States, aud not the
bauka. ate respouribls for coutraotions Of the
| currency.
Mr.. ifYers WAS granted an oxtansion Of time,
and continued lis ramHrks until tho close OF the
| afternoon session.
MEDICAL 1NapEc1oR OF SCHOOLS.
The following project for q law establishing
| the office Of Medical Inspector OF 6choois was
| submitted:
FrAt-ie shall be apro!ntod BY The hesd OF ths Do
pa!tnent Of Public 1nsefnct!on,
Sfeoad-TeEm OF o1lce three Scar1,
1hlrd-1tust 10 physician.
Fottr&h-11 eIrtcted to deyota biz tprs tins to tho