The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-09-01

lions In almost every conceivable way IN
which dishonesty was possible. The trans-
fer 81 funds 10 London 10 sustain the bank
inE-hOu-e 81 JAY Cooke a. Go. and the luiq-
uitous and cunningly c0uiriyed and con-
csilcd partnership between Secretary Robe
.0n aud Catfcil were especially denounced.
And 10 was found bat We possess the most
rotten aud worthless navy ~ any respect
able nation on the globe, although, during
the llst seven year. We have spent
more on Do than Tor the eleven year.
before the war. and wc have expended
since the war ended S-;sl, IL, $40 -, ~
against >ilg. 4Jti. 80. Is Tor the fourteen
year. before the war began. Far more in
tcrcstiug. II ~ less practical importance,
was tie glimpse which the committee inFes-
ti-afiug The ahtirs OF the Treasury Depar'-
meut gave u- % the inner workings a the
Administration. the plots and counter plots
~ Grant and Bri~tow, Babcock and Blufprt
Wilson and their respective associate The
whole story ~ the espionage 81 one upon
another, TIE theft % paper, the intrIeues
with women, the cOnc-alment - shameful
secrets, and the various Fici,situde- ~ the
crusade against the whiskey ring, with IT,
result upon The political fortunes % those
who took part in 10 or against IL. read, more
like romance OF some middle age court
than a judicial examination into modern
republican administration. Ii would. how
7 ever. be tedious 20 dwell upon the vast labor
which the Foriy-fourth COfgress has gone
through with IN the process Of examining
into how the public bu-ine,, has been con-
Quoted during the last few YEAR,. Merely
To name the investigation into the Affairs OF
the District Of Columbia, the discovery Of
the method in which the secret Service
Fund was mi-ApPiitd iu New York cts and
iu the south, the eNpo-urs or the Freed
mans Bank fraud viii suggest the wide
field which has been 20 well COY cred.
TIE TARIFF, TIE CURRENCY. ETC.
f Next 10 reirenchmeut Of expenses and in
vestig1iions. these subjects occupied the At
teniion Of the House anu although NO lsiii &C.
forming the present uuscientinc tarih sys-
TEN wa adopted one was prepared by the
I Chairman 81 the Committee on Ways and
Means. with great care and labor, and j. in
sucha condition that II can be put upon H.
passage early next session. IL promises re-
lief without radical or dangerous change.
and must be considered good woTS fairly
begun. On the currency subject great az
ference % opinion among the members %
both parties In Congress, and mulutuues OF
bills Of every description were introduced
some FOR restoration 81 specie payments,
some FOR p1stponement % n. some for the
establishment % grecuback- a. tee perma-
ueut currency II the country. some Tor the
construction 81 new systems u banking.
Amid sli this confusion q good and evil
counsel the House has preserved a wise and
AAANIh.A~ kfflANN anu IAfAfAAFAA ~ AaAA-A -
lirtie 81 possible with the medium ~ eN-
change. II has simply set the stamp a IL
dis1ppTOval upon the measure appointing a
date for resuu -tiOn and making no pTOFl-
lion. for the work II resumption ;
and although this may seem thing
easily done. 10 would not be easy 20 eNlg-
cerafe the amount % argument, study. az
itaiion and Congressional management
which has been expended on the currency
is-ue from the introduction % Hale Teso-
lutiou- Go the nnal pas-A,c ~ the repeal 81
the resumption clause. Two offhe subjects
which occupied much % the time % Con-
-ress and the attention ~ the public were
the Amnesty till and the Centennial appro-
priafiuu. Inut DO Wa 80 Wa due 10 the
conduct % the minority. The Amnesty
bin. a. presented hy Mr.. Randall. had
passed the last Republican Congress without
opposition. and should have been allowed
% pas. this without debate. There Wa
no reason For change 81
policy ON tie par ~ The Ad-
mini-triiion party. hut Mr.. Blaine suddenly
conceived hat t0 oppose the measure would
afford him au Opportunity 81 Winninc ui-'
tirction. lie therefore set q work deip-
erateiv t0 insult The >outheuer, in Congress
with the hope % exciting their passions
To come extent be- succeeded. ard fht
stormy di.eu --ion which followed diverted
Congress from better business Tor some time
and made Blaine ever after. until the time
.IA Ml~ n hNNa H'AAA AAA 90 +Aa
WAY - tlc routine work n tue session.
The Centennial appropriation till took ~
more time in Congress. and Ike the one ius
mentioned the prUtraCtcd discussion wa
due - the minority. which. true % IL IN
stiucts in favor % subsidies. advocated thi-
the only one passed by the Iouy-f0urtl
Congress. with desperate energy.
/ oONCLCsIoS.
The iaiors q the session have already
. been summed UP In these columns. II ap'
, pears that there were introduced into th'
House .l05 bills. ard To- joint resolutions,
and into the senate .oij bilis and twenty
five resolutions. OF these. 40 public act
and I'D private. thirteen public Joint reso'
. buttons and i've private Joint reso'
luton. have become law. In a cOuntrl
/ veNed with too much legislation this recorC
will appear acceptable. And when We con
: slider that Congress has distinguished ltsel
. ma les by what Il ha> RETAINED from doin.
than by what Z; has done. we may well b
. proud Of It, work. II has put no vicious ol
. oppressive laws on the statute book. IL liza
not -oiled the reputation 81 the country by
, single act 81 bribery or eorrup
( ton. II has only passed on
act giving away part ~ the public money
snd that at was passed by the vote u tn
r Republican minority, combined VIII
Z Southern democrats. who were persuaded
, that \ refusal 20 grant monty IN aid 81
Centennial celebration would he assumed A
an evidence % bitterness and discomfort 81
? iheiT part. T. has preserved the public do
I main untouched. In q word. the Forty
= fourth Congress has retrencned the publ
. expenditure. exposed the methods o
. public corruption. and reiuined from an
. act ieopardizing the public safety or tar
. nishin- the public honor. This : $ goo
! beginning. Next winter we shall look con
! fdeutly FOR something even better AZ IL
= hands.
A New Use for Iron.
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