The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-01-27
THE CENTENNIAL APPROPRIATION.



The centennial bill' approprating ST.
500, 600 to the great exhibition at Philadel-
phia, went through, yesterday, LAG to 1870
There could scarcely be much doubt of
this result from the very first, and the re-
fusal of aid would have placed US in
rather sordld attitude. -Sprinafeh Repub-
lean.
1t would have been much more gracious
and more gratifying to the patriotic pride
of the people if the grant had been made
more promptly and with less appearance
of giudging. AS rule, we think the
people, like Colonel Sellers, Ego in for the
old flag and the appropriation. '-Boston
Globe, republican.
An analysis of the vote will show that it
had its chief support on the republican
side, in proportion to the relative strength
of the two parties in the house, and that
majority of the southern members were
against it. Pennsylvania will be quite apt
to remember these facts Washington cor.
Springfield Republican.
1t seems as though the democratic mem
bers rose almost en- n,asse, and the friends
of the bill were for few minutes greatly
alarmed for its safety. But the republi-
cans were almost unanimous in favor of
the bill, and they, with a few of the more
liberal democrats, saved 1t from such a
fate.- Washington cor. Of Tribune
1t will be seen that the majority of each
test vote was very small, and the record of
ho opI oh hot al . ba
main body of the democrats stood firmly
against the appropriation while the repub-
licans voted solidly for it, yet it was car
ried by the action of an element of the
dominant party in the house. Washington
cor. NeD York World, dem.
Would it have been wise to allow the
project to end in miserable failure -? We
think not. AND we believe, as we have
always done, that the exposition will be Of
immense benefit to this country in hun
dred ways, and will amply compensate the
people for the aid which has now been ex-
tended to it by congress.-Nep York
Times, republican.
1t was noticeable that in all the votes the
hostile forces almost wholly came from the
democratic side of the house. Republicans
were not unanimous in support of the bill,
but the exceptions were comparatively
lew, and in some cases, as for instance two
negative votes from Vermont, quite unac-
countable. The vote against the bill was
concentrated in the south and three or four
western states<p Washington cor. Of Ne,o
York Times.
The only consolatory circumstance in
the centennial job is the fact that through
out the coming campaign it will now be
impossible for the republican press and pol
iticlans to charge, as they were certain to
falsely charge upon the democratic party,
and especially upon southern democrats
voting against the centennial appropria-
ton, lack of patriotism and of national
feeling That gun 10 spiked and it is the
only consolation we see for the passage of
this unconstitutional, unnecessary and ex-
travagant centennial job.-Nen York
World, democratic.
The exhibition OF southern sentiment on
the war question, as typifed by the speech
OF Ben Hill, and the counter arragnment
| OF MIR. Blame, seem to have influenced the
vote OF the southern democrats against the
BILL II they had really intended to vo e for
| 1t at all. Ii the vote of the southern demo-
Gratis is to be taken az an index of southern
feeling respecting reconciliation, which
the leading southern democrats insisted
would be the fact, 1t shows that a very
small percentage of southern democrats 10
congress are disposed to forget the past in
| centennial celebrations. -" Perlev" in Bos-
ton Journal, rep.