The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-08-24
County Republican Ticket.
For Clerk of District and Circuit Courts,
C. J. STEVENS.
For Recorder,
J. B. NJ. BISHOP.
For Supervisor,
II. Fl. WILMINGTON,
What Sort Of House Has It Been

Congress expired quietly last evening, the
bad humors of the Democratic side of the
House having worked themselves out the
night before. The country will expert
'ence a sense of relief, that for some
months to come no more Congressional
slashingor laundering need be apprehend
ed. Considering that the Democratic
Hcuse regarded its main business to be
ehe manufacture of political capital for
the Presidential campaign, and that it 10
mixed W. its economies with electioncer.
ing clap-trap and reckless reductions,
that the Senate WAS forced to assume an
attitude of opposition to details. we may
fairly wonder that any 'tolerable result
was arrived at between tho TWO Houses.
Retrenchment Is the order of The 'day,
and it was In the power of the House to
have made large reductions without I'M
pairing materially the efficiency of the
service. Mr.. Randall made no such at
tempt. He went so far and so fast with
his slashing and inconsiderate retrench-
,ment rs to provoke the severe criticism
of Senator Bayard, who is too much of a
statesman to approve of Gripping an Ad-
iministration because it is in the hands of
'ilis opponents. The browning evidence,
however, of Mr.. Randall's unfitness for
his work, was afforded when he was
=, obliged to acquiesce in the justice of the
Presidents intimation that he would not
order the prosecution of Improvements of
local chaEactsr included ah lie the s RjSsF
have had the courage to fight the 'log-
rolling" appropriations in that bill, and to
prevent their being reported.
The same House that adopted the swol.
len and unconstitutional River and Harbor
bill, passed Bounty bill" that would
have added at least $50, O0O, 900, on to our
debt, and put nearly the whole of that
amount into the pockets of "middle-men"
These two acts of the House betrayed
the insincerity Of its profession of econo-
mical reform. 1t was willing to cripple
hostile Administration and to endanger
the very sources of revenue, for the sake
of party capital. But while it pushed its
. economy in this direction to the extreme
of reckless disregard of the public inter-
tests, it was willing to lavish twice as
much as it saved, in order to make cap
ital for its members by appropriations for
tho Improvement" of obscure creeks in
their districts and for pensions to soldiers
that have not been demanded by them,
and would not reach them in one case out
Of ten.
From the first, the Senate has conceded
to the House the right to initiate all ap-
!propriation bills and 10 make the most ex.
tensive reductions, but the House has
sought to tag on" to the appropriation
bills legislation unacceptable to the Sem
ate, unwise and unnecessary. 1t is false
that the Senate has resisted reductions.
1t has simply maintained its constitutional
and wholesome prerogatives and rights.
and has done its duty, regardless Of par
nisan clap trap.
The unftacss of the Democracy to gov.
.ern has been signally illustrated by the
House. That representative body failed
at the outset, in procuring suitable ma
serial for a Speaker. Neither the unfor-
Aunate Mr. Kerr, nor Mr.. Cox, nor Mr. |
Sayler, has begun TO approach the high
standard Of ability in that position de-
welopsd by either Banks, Colfax. or
Blaine. There are at least half dozen |
members of the minority who |
would be much better Speaker than either |
&f the three Democratic failures of last |
session
The costly failure of the Belknap I'M
parchment case showed the inconsiderate
zeal and limited legal knowledge of the
malmiB. Wine good lawyers out of ten
~uaula have foretold the Inevfta bic result.
Had rtl,e majority adhered to the old De-
necra6ic rule of ''strict construction" IT
Uarld never have committed such a
hanAAae. AaIt THE most serious offence of !
ehe Hease Was its action in repeating the
emily cleanse i'm rise Resumption Act WHICH
es~aaDxase world AsazCxnoe of our atten.
nsn 70 RagAar PAST due notes. This act
wAs all the more rcprehensible, because of
the manner in which, and the objects for
which. 1t was done. 1t was repealed at
the issuance Of the "SOft Money" candid.
sse for the Vice.tcesideacy-not Mr..
Carey, but Gov. Hendricass-for the dou-
bic purpose OF assuring his wing" of the
party that resumption was indefinitely
postponed, and OF compelling Mr. Tilden
10 say something that would render him
acceptable to Indiana and Ohio Demo-
crafts. He succeeded in both objects,
particularly in the latter, as Mr.. Tildcn
gut into his letter of acceptance
paragraphs OF. such character as to de-
light the Cincinnati I,,qs;rsr, and to COM
pei that fearless. champion of population
20 declare that no ayowed "soft money"
candidate would have dared to cay as
much, while implying more than he said.
THUS Mt. Hendricks moved the House to
drive NJ. Tilden out of his Hard Money"
and into alliance with the
very Democrats. who, one short year ago,
were cursing him, and depreca.ing his
pomination. mistakenly snpposing that
no would not shift % quickly IS the
hrssIes that he courted 70 watt him into
the White House.