Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-04-15
Orr WASHINGTON LETTER.
WAsHTyoTvN d. g.. March y 80.
ron. SAN. 7. BANrALI.

ron. san. !. BANDALL,
Chairman Of the House Committee Oh
Appropriations. has more than fulfilled
the expectations, Of the people. in re-
ducing expenses IN every department
Of the Government. OF course he IS
roundly abused by the Republican press,
and. to some extent, as | am sorry to
see, by Democratic papers This is
very unfair. The press ana the people
have been, for years, bowling for re-
retrenchment, reform, the cutting down
Of salaries, etc, and now that we have
at length got man in the chair of the
Committee on Appropriations with
nerve enough to perform an unpleasant
but necessary duty, many papers and
persons that screeched loudly for re-
form, are abusing him for having iuau-
ourated it. The fact is, every man is
anxious to have his neighbor's salary
cut down, and will even mildly approve
of a reasonable percentage being Topped
of from the salaries Of his Wifc's Iola-
tons, for the public good, / have to
meet, however, the first man III govern
ment employ who thinks that he, him
self, gets too much for his services
But, far better thsra-a reduction of sal
aries is tie reduction Of the to,ro that
Mr.. Randall proposes in nearly every
department. The Heads of Depart
ments called for 3,015 employees. Mr..
Randall cuts this number down to SOL,
Thus saving 10 the Government the
salaries Of | .00l employees.
THE INDEPENDENT PRESS.
is going TO exert mighty and unprec-
edented influence in the approaching
campaign-a fact that the nominating
conventions, and politicians generally,
will DO well to make a note Of The
number of newspapers entirely untram-
melled by party ties has been rapidly III
creasing from year to year; as has also
been the case with papers popularity
known as Republican OF Democratic pa
pers, which, on proper occasions, pitch
into the leaders andrcpudiato the meas
uros Of thciI respective parties, nearly
rs often as into those Of their oppon-
ents. These papers. of which there
are some two thousand, daily and
weekly, in the United States, Will Ger
tainly throw their influence in favor OF
/ the best mun. OF course, few NAV be
! bought up; but large number will act
on their respective convictiC Is. BIT
/ the important fact to he considered hy
politicians is that these papers are sup
/ ported by 4 constituency, without
whose aid they could not live. It is
reasonable, therefore, to presume that
the newspapers reflect, meastTablv, Tie
views of their constituents. Again.
here in Washington, we see men, every
day, from all parts Of the Union, who
express, substantially, the opinion that
their respective districts will give ma
jority for the L.J mu,. irrespective q
/ party. Men, North and South, who
have been democrats from their birth
would Willingly vote for Abraham Lin
coin, if lie wsIc alive now; not because
Of sympathy with his political princi-
pies, but because of his unquestione1
/ personal integrity. On the other hand,
Republicans who PRAYED, and even some
who, as Senators, voted, for Andrew
Johnson's conviction, in 1868, now re-
gret his untimely death which deprived
them of an opportunity to urge his
nomination for the next Presidency by
the Democratic convention, simply be-
cause he had the deserved reputation,
through life, of being an honest man.
The man who, above all others. is at
tracing the attention of the indepen-
dent voters Of the country, is Samuel
j. Tildcn, the present Governor Of
New York. 1t is pretty hard for Re
publican to swallow q e-long, dyed
in-the-wool Democrat, like Tilden; but
the sterling integrity of the man. and
the widely known fact that, in pursu-
ing to conviction and punishment, year
after wear, the Tweed Ring, and the
\. y. Canal Ring, he has entirely ig-
no1od politics, have created strong
impression in his favor, al over the
country, among men who had never
before thought it possible that, under
any circumstances, they could be in
duced to vote for a democrat,
4 'rHOUGHTFUL BROTHER.
The Natiouql RepuW.cal has an article
to-day. in which it says, of President
Grant: . He is a kind husband, a
tender father, a hougiifW J5-ofho,, and
most loyal friend. HiS nature Is q
generous o1'e This cannot be denied,
whatever else may be said against him.
Didn't he make his son, just from West
Point, Lieut.. Colonel over veterans
twice his age and send him to make
the tour Of Europe? What was it to
Grant if he violated law and regula-
tons? As for being a " thoughtful
brother didn't he write to his dear
brother, Awful Grant, all about those