Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-08-16
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN TICKET.
rRrRn OF THEN At LAST.

The first session Of the forty-fourth
Congress came to q close nj half-past
Z last night. Al nearly the same hour
the British Parliament was prorogued.
There is . striking contrast in the
amount and quality Of the work accom-
plished by these two great national leg
i~slaiures. The British Parliament has
passed its time In lAboring for hs'good
of the English people. and providing
for the better government of the vast
dominions which owe II allegiance. The
American Congress has sat for eight
months. and In all that time has failssi
to grappls aud settle q Of the prom
insnt questions in the solution OF which
the nation Is interested. Ii has peck
etei the public money on the p%retsnss
of earning IL. and passed its time IN
political debates aud ia. manufacture OF
political capital. A more fragrant breach
Of public trust than that exhibited by
the Democratic House Of the Forty
fourth Congress. does not appear on the
records Of our history.
Eight months of precious time thrown
away in the Centennial year. and what
has been accomplished Numerous
''investigaiions'' Of Republican office
holders have been made. and what have
they resulted inn These Investigations
are costly arrangements. Witnesses
have to 10 transported over great dis
tancss at public expense; when they
reach Washington they have TO 10 sup
ported at the public expense; anil
when they have testified. their fees as
witnesses have 10 he paid from the Ma.
tioual Treasury. Hundreds OF thou
sands Of dollars have been spent on
these Investigations during the session
Of Congress Just closed; and now the
question arises. Has this liberal ca
penditurs Of the nations money re-
suited in any good
The Democratic House. to begin with.
has not been honest with these "in
vestigstions." Their motives were ap'
parent to the dullest comprehension
from the first. They were not s'ekinf
to unearth frauds that the Government
might DO purified and our civil service
reformed. They raised that cry fo'
effect, and tried to force the American
people to swallow ii. But the plot was
too transparent. Il was apparent al
once that the object Of the Democrats
was simply to besmireh the character Of
every Republican Of prominsncs. and
thus pave the way to q Democratic vic
tory in November. They attacked every
leading Republican. from President
Grant down. before the meeting OF the
Cincinnati Convention. Their maiu
objective point was Representative
Blaine. They feared him a. u candi'
date for the Presidency. and SO they
spent the public money to ruin bis
chances. and they succeeded. Still.
they proved nothing against him: they
have proven nothing against General
Grant. With the single exception OF
the disgrscsd Bslknap. they have proven
nothing against any Of the Republicans
whom they have charged with "cor-
ruption in Office"
OF course they have been too busy
Investigating for campaign purposes
to give any attention to legislation for
the good Of the country. We are on
the eve Of Q Presidential election. and
the nation should understand that Con-
Rrsssmsn Of . time liks this have more
important business to attend TO than
investigating the dry details Of bills and
resolutions. Not M act demanded by
abe needs Of the people has been passed
at this session. The continual post
ponsment Of the Appropriation bills,
nearly resulted in stopping the wheels
OF the government. They were passed
nj last, however. in q somewhat man
clsd condition. For this we are duly
thankful to u public servants" But
We are more thankful to them fog their
generous action In sdjourning yestsr-
day. We can breathe frser now. nj least