Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1876-09-09
Weeklg gatelligeafer.
APART OF THE MISSOURI DELEGA-
TON IN THE LATE SESSION.
Not Sensational, but Good, Solid
~ Work.
Men VINO Have Had Experience,
and AreEYaiuuble Members
to Return


ICorrespondence of the ST. Louis Times.l
Nv ,smrSGrox, Aug. o, 1s1G.-The work o
lie Missouri ,iele.saiIon in the session of Con.
:sress just closed WIS ol wiissvarisiy and Srei
importance; and yet very slirtle has been sa.,
reach the Missouri people. 4 Venture TO say tina
there W re no other, Thirteen Iaenibers OF tht
furty-fcurth congress who did So much soot
service Tor II cir state and country amt received
SO little personal recognition on acc Ount OF Il
from their state as did the thirteen democrats
who re,,res ent Missouri. This Is mainly due &C
the fact that the session was marke" oS =
AsERTEs OF SENSATIONS
which conferred public attention upon the few
members who happened to be connected Win
them Ii did not fail TO the lot of any Missouriar
10 strike with his investigafory probe any one ol
the discovery of which slgnalized the session
far beyond any other III the annals of the coun-
Try. Their work happened to be OF 4 steadiei
and less obtrusive character. anu hence taited III
Attention to which it was fairly entitled. But
patient, stelriy heroisn Of the English infantry
has won all of England, battles. but the names
OF the regiments are not remembered, while
mortsiIzed in song and cmbalmed in prose. So
OF the success OF great political parties. Inc
men who mined for facts and hunted out sources
of evidence in the cOmmittee-rOoms at Washing
ton We're the infantry OF the reform democracy
in last winters campaign, but those who made
the startling reports and conducted the lmpeach-
ments carried of the laurels. Clymer, Knott
Blackburn, Banning, Lynde, Randall, Scott,
Lord, TarbOx. Whitthorne and McMahon were
tine men who gathered up the fame Of last win
1er's sensatiOna Their deeds We're blaZened IN
every newspaper column, their praise was IN the
mouth of every friend of reform and detractioi
of them upon the lips OF every enemy iuiines!
these men perlormed any more substantial Ser
vice Tor the countrytat large than did Clark, OF
Bland, or Glover, or Wells. or Stone, or De
I.nI nr None Of them llOOreu more
faithfully or wrought more effectively FOL. the.
PERMANENT INTERESTS OF REFORM.
than did Hatcher or Phillips, Rea or Backner
or kehr or Franklin. When all worked SO faith.
ious but difficult to DISCRIMINATE. 1t is my pres
ent purpose TO present briefly L few of the mos
salient points IN the record OF each member o
the delegation and may rs wei Dggln VIZ. IL,
Mr. Kerr for The craftsmanship OF the post Ollic,
committee. The task allotted to this committed
was in many respects the most difficult an,
, harrassing OF all the labors OF the Sc sion; u
involved an exh:iustlve inquiry into the affairs
OF the post -eilice department., whose processes
are more Intricate, whose ramlhcatiOns thfough
out the country nre more varied and minute, which
employs by far greater number OF persons and
which more directly touches. the persOnal con-
Germs Of tie mass OF the people, than any 2Ihel
department OF the general government Thu
department has been for many years the strong
hold of the most adrOlt and best msnaged of al
ruIe f l And that this ring had its defenders and
attorneys upon the floor of congress, Genera
Clark found out very soon after ne assalied it
ollice ring, thwarted at every turn by their at
torneys on the republican side of the committee
table and annoyed by their defenders on the fooi
CT the house But he went ON with his work
pointing out to the committee ON appropriations
where s kS &c
TaE KNIFE or FRErRESCHdENT
could be applied.without detriment to the pub
lie SERVICE until the grand total oi reduction in
Il, n the Genarlment fooled
S.. iuS, ,1UI. 1t would be lair to say thai th,
country is ln,iebted 10 John L. Clark and the
committee OF which lie is chairman in the sum o
two millions and u half saved or rescued from
republican profligscy and peculatiOn. This, oi
itself, would be sufficient record for one SEES
sion. But in addition TO this achievement Clars
prepared and put through bill repeating the
odio,,s postal measure fastened upon The country
by HsIniin and Sherman in the lorty third con
.ress The passage of his bi l may be called Il
personal achievement OF General Clark. The
IiamlIn bill was piece OF spiie-work ieSelet
against the press of the country, and by secur-
ing Its repeal General clark iairly e,rhs the
good will OF that institution.
Bland, of the ff1h district, did not begin to
loom up until late IN the session But when he
did begin he bioomed sad blUssomed out into
national celebrity in very short time A
chairman of the committee ON mines and min
ing Bland SAW an opportunity TO do what the
committee on banking and Scurr. ncy IOr some
unexplained reason failed to do, that is to pro.
tect the interests Of the peoplesiganse what will
eventually pass into history asthsmost gigantic
holders to demonetiZe silver and yabolish 'tht
constitutional double standard of coin, had il
succeeded. would have practically ADDED S2si
OO0 COO 10 the public debt OF the United States, L
to say nothing Of the disasters that must inevl-
taby result TO every business interest of tn,
country from the terrific contraction Of value:
lAvaiin:: himself Of the peculiar jurisdiction o
his committee, Mr. Bland .. ..
II BROUGHT FORWARD A MEASURE,
the effect oil which was to block the programme
of the gold contractionists for the time being
and To provoke 4 discussion the result of whicl
cannot fail To he Il defeat of their designs. Their
may be faults in the bill itself, but in its gener,
scope and purpose it is most a1mirable meas
IRE and one calculated to protect the Interests o
the great body Of the people ut a time when the,
ned protection. Tie coming session will Wit
ness great struggle over the rsilver question ;
the measure with which Btand's name Is identi
fled.
Among the younger members of the delega
tion there Is none of fairer promise than Charlie
ii. Morgan, of the Sixth. IL theunvpryins tes
timonyO of his fellow members and of ali VIII
are led into official transactions with him goe
for anything, Mr.. Morgan must be rated rs on
OF the most active, useful and popular of all tn
, new members of congress. L learn that he ha
no opposition for the nomination from his dis
trict. This practically IHsures Mr.. Morgan IS re
turn to the fOrty-ffth congress, and the uni
versal prediction OF all who know him and hav
watched his career is that he is bound to rise I
commanding position in the house. Young
active, intelligent, ,tireless in his devotion I
duty, unremitting in his attendance at his pos,
courteous in his demeanor, temperate in hi
takes, Morgan [& - IA 2
HAS EVERY ELEMENT OF SUCCESS,
and requires only the opportunity afforded b
continued lease OF power TO become one OF tn
best and most illustrious Representatives tina
ever looked after the interests of Missouri
Washington He has a close district and a- bar
fight before him, but he can not be defeated Ut
less the peopIe.of the Sixth district are really
m of,
by any party.
Upon Franklin, Rea, De Bolt, Kehr an
Philips the same general eulogium of close a
tenlI6n 10 business and active interest in all til:
concerned their constituencies might be uttered
OF Missouri 5 thirteen represen tatives in til
forty fourth congress SIX are new men, which
spect. But in no case have the new men in
state delegation acquired the influence or wo
tried statesmen whom Missouri sent to the ie,
ernl capital last Decembef.- Perhaps Colon
Phillips, of SedalIa. by reason of the impO
tance OF the committees upon which he W,
placed. found more opportunity to distinguis
himself than did any other OF tbs six. In Il
publication of our public affairs which Is no
going on, the Seventh district could not ha'
any voice potent rs that which would proce,
from Colonel Phillips as u reelected represel
tatlve. -.
Returning to the veterans, it would be almo
n waste of space to pass an encOmium upon III
Wells. Occupying place In the most impO
tant committee OF the house, and exerting in l
councils an influence ut all times oil great al
sometimes of paramount weight,
MIR. WELLS SERVICES - -
to the nation at large have been equaled on
by the Usefulness he has been able to dspl,
towards his immediate constituency. In d
committee on appropriations Mr.. Wells steadi
insisted upon policy OF discrimination in Il
matter OF ofreQucing the public expenditures. L
declares that y distinction should be made, al
wide one, between those departments of e
penditure in which the public funds were swa
lowed up in profiigacy and peculation, and tho
in which the labOring classes found honest Ell
. plOyment. He made O strong and successi
light TO protect those appropriations which so
pay the industrial classes for Labor perfOrm
public buildings and grOunus and ut I
ON setting the minimum limit to all appropri
tiOns designed for the support Of useless Otlic
holders and the maintenance of corrupt ring
The great experienced and strong person
character of Mr-Welis have made him one
the legislative landmarks OF Washington, u
there Ia no member of the present congress wnG
withdrawal from public life could create u wiz
vacuum that would his. In point of innuen
and general recognition do not know q man
the state who would not rattle arnnnd'' Gu
siderably if lie were put in Wells place
congress.
1 have already worn out both the space of
paper and the patience OF the reader, and 5,
will close by repeating the editorial remark
the Times, some days ago, to the elect That
best thing the state can do is 10 return to co
gress mot only her best men, but those W
nave been trained in the intricacies Of fede
legislation \. C. Il
Right under his own nose, while Tilden v
chairman OF the New York democratic st
COMMITTEE Tweed stole $50 900, 600. TIlt
mIghthave prevented it II he would. Such
the record of rilden thetsham reformer-TI
publican ENcharlne.=s.