, 1876-08-14

haa boon equally conspicuoua. During the
cnsirs session Of nino months, no schomo Inns
been sorioasly considered for providing n
ayRtcm Of currency TINT sllall inauro m even-
ness and pcrmanoncy Of yn!uea, allay rnhlic
apprehension, and restore public oonfltlouco.
Al the vory last, nt,tler t,q whip OF The infla-
tion wing Of the Domocratio pnrty, lill waa
p"sacd in tho House (knowing It could not bo
passed In tho sonate) repcnling the date OF
resumption in the net Of 1875, md leaving
tho grcenbncks, in theory as vol as practice,
simply irrcdooinnblo. No plan wns suggested
IN riaea Of the repeal. Even bill to rcstoro
tho coin1go Of tho silver dollar-n plain nntl
fair rroposition-cou1tl not secure hearing,
but another bill, postponing tho discussion
and providing for an Investigation Of the
rnntter. was adopted. Thus there has boon
nothing hut procrastinatfon antl dotlging on
ovory rhnso Of tho financial problem that Inns
been presented 10 tue Democratic House.
.. Flo record OF tho Investigations ismoro-
" record Of slar, practices. Beginning
with tito 13ELRrAr exposure, the House Com.
mittee that ran acroas 1lfa individual fniquity
30 conducted tho caso % to permit him to
escape the ponalty OF conviction on impoach-
mont. In tho case Of RoBEsoN, the Commit
tee having tho ,natter in charge have sproal
abroad report filled with allegations Of
unlawful aota, but have &akon no stops to
bring RonEsoN before Tho Sonnte for trin1,
and thus afford him IN opportunity to be
heard in biz own behalf. Tho very Banle
course Inns beon pursued by BARNEY UAuE-
FIELDS Committee, which roporls that
President GnAar ,as unde nm unlawful uso
Of Government funds, but does not olfsr to
inpcach him. Tho purpose hns boon merely
TO got charges before the public for campaign
use and hold thom there, knowing full VOL
that they would DO diasipatcl IT brought
to trial or an opon investigation. An con-
tomptiblo IN instance of thia as Inns boon nf-
fortlosi was in the case of A1r. On7u at tho
time lie WIS tho Republican candidate for
Governor Of 1nliana. Tho Committee rro.
fesscd to have evidence duplicating him In
dishonoratlo transactions it.connection with
tho Venezuela Claims; and since lie could not
obtain from Congress M opportunity for pub
licly vindicatiug himself, lo preferred to
withdraw rather tlian havo Ills party suffer
from tho charges. But tho moment Mr..
onTn Ind Withdrawn, tho Foreign Aaairs
Committee resolved unanimously to strike
out from their report everything in relation
10 ORrus connection with tho Vcuozuula
matter. It would be hard to conceive moro
disroputab1o attempt to dofa1ne private CHAR
acter for partisan purposes.
4. Willis pretending 10 desire to reform
thopnblio morals, this Democratic House hns
refused to taxa action On tho cases Of
SoHussAKER, of Nov York, mud K1No, Of Min
nesota, two members whose connection
with tho Pacific Mail corruption fund was
nbundantfy established. The reason Of this
il TINT ono of those corruptionists is Demo-
crat. Had K1sa atnod aloue or Ind 10th
boon Republicans, there Is 10 donbt that ths
House would layo voted for thoir expulsion,
% 1t ought to lavo done. Bat in order to
aayo lncmbcr Of thoir own party, they sac
riace tho interests Of good Government and
public morals, md refuse to discharge plain
duty to tho country.
8. III tho most thorough and sweopfng
reform Of the day-the prosecution Of the
whisky thiovos--tho Democrats in Congress,
both in their Committees and out
sido tho House, did everything in their
power to cripple tho work Of reform and
broak down tho Secretary Of tho Treasury
who was directing tho war, And now TINT
the Whisky ring Ia broken up aud the chief
operators are eithor in tho Penitentiary or III
o1ile, their Democratic friends in Washing
ton are oudoavoring, undor tho guiso Of an
investigation, to impugn the motives Of tho
Administration mud brenk tue force Of tho
reform.
These aro few samples Of tho Democratic
tendencies betrayed by an absolute control Of
one House Of Congress- in session Of almost
unparalleled longth. They will aid tho im-
aginatlon In conceiving what may bo expect
Cd II tho enttro Government is turned over
into tbs hands OF the Domocrats.