The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1876-08-23
Our Washington Letter.
Special to the REPUBLICAN,.

Special to the REPUBLICAN.
WASHINGTON, d. O., Aug. 81, re.
The appropriation bills, SO long in
dispute, were all finally compromised
and passed prior to final adjournment.
BANDS silver bill reported by the
Committee on Mines and Mining did
not reach a final vote because Of the
activity and ability of its determined
opponents but the discussions to
which it led, both in and out of Con-
gress, served to enlighton the masses
upon vital question upon which even
the best informed had but little insight;
and judging from the effect of thei-
responses upon Congress, when from
their constituencies, the impression is
abroad that the demonstration of sill
yer by the act of 1873 was surrepti--
tiously pushed through at the selfish
instance of American and. foreign cap.
italists, at the expense of the indus
trial classes; and from the indications
furnished by the debates, there is hard
ly doubt that the measure, could it
have been brought before the House
and divested of some Objectionable
features, would have gone through.
A commission was provided for dur
ing the last hours of the session to
thoroughly examine the gold, silver
and greenback question, and report
at the next session. The equalization
bounty bill failed to become law.
Senator Logan made many Intellectual
eaorts to get it before the Senate.
1 suspect that if the Democratic
leaders in the House and Senate could
have foreseen the perilous direction
which debates were to take during the
last ten days of the session, they would
have taken very decisive measures
with Randall, obliging him to accept
the compromises offered by the Senate
on the contested appropriation bills,
that an adjournment might have been
reached before the Republicans could
have had the opportunity of forcing
them to declare for or against Ku
Kluxism as practiced during the last
Mississippi campaign and at Hamburg
on the Fourth of July, and to expose
the deceptive character of their reduc-
tions and economy. AS it turned out
Mr.. Randall was the recipient of many
intimations from his political associates
that his obstinacy had operated to
place his party in very distressing
situation. Either horn Of the dilemma
they were forced to take upon the
Southern question threatened TO be
fatal. If they condemned the atroci.
ties of the Ku Klux constituencies
they we're in danger of offending that
section whose votes were relied upon
to elect Tilden, and convicted them.
selves of duplicity; if they refused
they were in equal peril of offending
the North and West, without the aid
of which Tilden would be inevitably
defeated. A novel compromise help
ed them out While they "deplored''
such "lamentable occurrences" and
condemned the participants, yet the
fact that the negroes, scallawags and
carpet baggers wickedly persisted in
voting the Republican ticket in open
defiance Of the known wishes of Dem
oerats had so exasperated them that
they were unable to restrain the
promptings of their indignation and
resentment; and they were, upon the
whole, amply justifediR the measures
they had adopted to protect themselves
from Republican misrule. 10 reply
TO the loud boasts Of reduelions and