The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-03-24
wAsIIINGTON LETTER.
what IL Thought about the New
Hampshire Eieeii0n-Cut Down
the Appropriation.
From our regular Correspondence

From our regular Correspondence
WAsHlEGToV, March 10.
Ia commencing my weekly leitpr
lhls morning, | Am reminded of nm
essay IN one OF the old school reader,
Upon lle Horrors Of War; the first
nuu OF which feads: "lhe common
soluler never sees a baltle.u This week
we march and clash OF events all
along HE line are 80 confused ana be-.
Wlluellng that your correspondent h
~ loss 10 know what first TO write
mere ~ q momentafy lul In the Bel.
hhhp hllalr. The committee II whiting
ior evidence, which Is surely coming
rom the west, through n score of post
Traders, who viii furnish proof alum.
dainty sufficient for the impeachment
.! lne eN-secretary, aud afterwards for
MS conviction In the courts.
THE NEW HAMPSHIRE ELECTION.
me success Of the Republicans in
New Hampshire was not unexpected
mere are In Washington prominent
Democrats, who have never had great
lal'h III the effectiveness of the expos.
ure OF frauds rs II political mOleE aud
WINE lhey recognize II as their duty
TO bring criminals to their punishment
tney are not so sanguine as TO expect
lhe party OF "moral ideasp TO turn It's
pack upon those Of its pals who have
Deeh 80 unfortunate rs to get caught
Honor among thieves,n you know
NO matter how great may be the
Ieal OF the party and of power, or
however great its struggle for suprem-
acy, 1t has been proved rather mon
sterously, since the war, that Il cannot
cope with an army of eighty thousand
drilled and desperate Office holders.
IL would not be leach-like or vampire.
ike for this salaried host to let 20, or
TO omit any effort to hold on with their
nails and suckers. II is natural for
man 10 struggle for u means of liyeli.
hood, and II large majority of these of.
lice holders can better afford TO nav
one fourth OF their salary for the sue
cess of the party, than 10 allow the
opposition to Gust them and force
them into legitimate work or the aims.
house. Hence it Is they ''come down.
so muniiicently on elections and
hence ii is that II Presidential contest
is no longer conflict OF opposing pc.
litical theory or sentiment, but strug.
gle of life and death between So 900
picked ollice.hoiding veterans and
their million clients on one side, and
the nation on the other; and, in these
struggles, 1t has been proved, again
and again, that in politics, as In war
a few trained men with money, can
rout u much larger force of enthusiasts.
tic civilans.
CUT DOWN THE APPROPRIATIONS.
There is but one way to secure the
disintegration of the corrupt, venal, |
criminal, canting party of "moral
ideas.n Destroy the cement that holds |
them together; cut down the appropri-
atoms until nothing is left for their
Presidents and cabinet officers, their
Hodges, Shepards, Babcocks, (but why
particulariHe, say for short the entire
party of "moral ideas") to steal. Have
they not triumphantly endorsed theft, |
and every species of official malfeas-
ance ut the polls in New Hampshire,
and thus maze themselves accomplices
after the fact, of Belknap, Babcock,
Shepard, Ct 1T 0nule genus
To cilt down the appropriations is to |
strike the very vita Is Of the party, and |
in this surgery is the hope OF the coun-
try. The Office holders are making |
strenuous efforts to prevent any reduc-
ton of their salaries. The daily papers
published here are full of tables and |
statistics to show that government
clerks can not subsist on less than they |
are now receiving; the average yearly |
expenses are tabulated, and | was
amused to see in one of the calcula-
tons for yearly necessary expenses
twenty-five dollars for religious and
political contributions. 1t would be
well for these pampered worthless to
realize that there are tens OF thousands |
throughout the country quito as |
rs themselves, who would |
consider it good fortune to take their |
places at one.third less pay.
Work has not yet been resumed in
the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
The Manufacture of fractional currency
has been suspended now for nearly II
month. Fourteen hundred operatives
and money counters have been out OF
for that length of time,
and there is of course much uneasiness
and some distress. 1t seems probable
that work in this bureau will not
be resumed, since there is disposition
to substitute silver for the small paper
now in use. This will of
course necessitate an increase Of ex-
penditure at the minis, but 1t Is
thought that the change will he
economical, since it will enable the
Treasury Department to dispense with
the Redemption bureau, which
gives employment to about four
hundred and thirty-three counters.
Work in this Bureau has already fallen
Oft very considerably since the Bureau
of Engraving and Printing has been
closed. The amount of mutilated our
rency returned for redemption is
smaller than at any previous time
since the establishment OF the Bureau,
and the employees now work only till
one o'clock instead of till four.
The prosperity of Washington City
has in the opinion of many reached Its
climacteric. There gre no manA'ac-
tories here; tie city must suoslsV
mainly on the disbursements to doV-
eminent employees, There has so far
been no reduction of pay. of these, not
withstanding the financial distress
which prevades the country and Is felt
in every other town and village But
the present Congress Will without
doubt reduce salaries and approprla-
tions until the local disbursement.
will be perhaps thirty:three and half
per cent. less than they have been for
a number OF years. During the Shep'
ard regime when money was
plenty and it was thought Washing,
ton would be great city, kind
Athens for the wealthy ana ehte,
IL .onui,nnt III, lnnl blocks of hOuSeQ |