Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-06-10
WON'T REFERENCE.


The u. S. Senate is still for extrava-
gsnce. The country is staggering under
its load Of public debts. Private obliga-
tons are daily being dishonorsd or
avoided by bankruptcy. Failing mer-
chants meet the eye on one side and on
the other bankrupt manufacturers. For
all that, the U. s. Senate refuses to re-
trench and restores the appropriation
bills to their former extravagsnt figures.
This style Of thing will come to an end
some day and very soon. In Great Brit
ain. the public service is made the con-
venient means Of quartering upon the
people for support. the impecunious
relatives connections and favorites Of
the governing classes. This evil
custom seems to have taken root in the
United States and the present Senate
seeks to perpetuate it. Before very long,
they and the rest Of the "Tite Bar
nacles." who have attached themselves
to the vessel Of State, will learn lesso n
that they will not readily forget. They
will fnd on. that delusion and they will
speedily realizs its errors. The whole
Of the public departments. need the
severest pruning and excision. They
are divided into bureaux, divisions and
what not beside,in which the object
seems to be to give Dick nothing to do
.for high pay apd ~ Tom to help him.
This like the boys and the frogs, is fun
for the boys but is death to the frogs.
The people ore taxed to death. Turn
which way you will. the tax gatherer
meets you at every turn. First its
federal, then its State, then county.
then city. then something else.
The sum annually wrung from the peo-
pie on behalf Of taxes is positively fright.
fol. II it could ever be known it would
astonish every one. But it cannot; a
very large per centage never reaches the
public treasures. OF the amount which
Is never paid into the public Golfers il
seems q struggle with those who dis
burse 1t how it can be best wasted. These
are no misstatements; they are facts.
Population and fraud has permeated
every branch OF the federal service while
wicked extravaganza controls its expendi'
lures. In fact, of all we find the Senate
resolutely opposing all reductions. Sen.
ator Buncombe and Senator Grizzlehead
have hangers to provide for. They must
be sent to suck their thumbs at some
foreign court, where it is ten to one they
will disgrace themselves and tho country
which Ia unfortunate enough to be mis-.
represented by them. Then Secretary
Sboddy, he has some friends. They
manage contracts for him and levy {
tribute Of hundreds of thousands, which
Of course the people have to pay
In spite of all these acknowledged facts
when the pruning-kniie is applied,
up jumps every official noodle, with q
mercenary subsidized partizan press o
their backs, and with 1t swear that tn,
public service will be ruined. that III,
coantry's honor and dignity will be sac
riaced. Now a little common sense
common honesty and decenoy would
amazingly assist in solving this problem
Give millions, give all that is requisit
to maintain the national credit, to main
tain proper and sufficient forces by lane
and by seq, but not cent for the Tit
Barnacles who are devouring the people
substance. Send no millions to bank
rupt swindling banking house. Repair
no more ships at twice the cost ney
one can be built. Pay no more tribute
to friends Of the Secretaries of Depart
ments. Abolish oil useless offices. Max
no more sinecures for political parson
and strikers. In word, be honest an,
faithful then the people will be relieve,
and the ill-omened shadow OF the tax
gathsrer will net always stand like Nor
decai in their gates.