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ity of two to one over HAYES and oorrup-
what the soiid south has Already
Done.

what inc SOhd south mas Already
Done.
At the last session Of Congress the Dem
ocrats, for the first time since 1861, had
majority of the House of Representatives
Of sixty-eight, including the Liberals who
voted with them. Ninety of tins number
came from fourteen former slaveholding
states so that the South had actually
majority inside the party. IL becomes of
interest now TO know how this power was
used, and whether il was to promote sec
tional or national interests. The record s
the best test on this subject
The South voted solid to reduce appro-
printions for the current fiscal year forty
millions of dollars which the Republican
Senate cut down to thirty millions.
The South voted solid TO reduce the
patronage OF the House of Representa-
tives, and thus set an example which has
not been initiated by any department of
| the Government. The Republican Senate,
on the other hand, created new offices. aud
increased the ordinary expenses SO largely
| that they average $4,000 for each Senator,
while in the present House of Representa-
ives the average is $1,000 for each mem
| Der.
Tho South voted solid for every measure
OF reform and retrcnchment, against every
| jobbing scheme that was insidiously pro-
posed on the Republican side, and for the
striotest economy in tho public service.
The South voted solid for the investiga-
tions which exposed the corruptions,
frauds, and rascalities of the Kings that
have ruled the Administration and the
Republican party Hence the tears of
BLAINE and his pluudering confedcratee.
The South voted solid against the lobby
in every form and phase, so that. for the
first time in sixteen years, not n bill passed
the House which was tainted with suspi-
cion, or which took n dollar improperly
out of the Treasury. After sitting moro
than eight months, the House adjourned,
leaving the lobby destitute and hopeless.
The South voted solid for the Pension
bill. reported by the ex-Confederate Gen.
ATKINS of Tennessee, without striking out
a dime from the estimates.
The South voted solid for the payment
of the interest on the public debt, and for
upholding the national faith on every bill
wherein IL was involved, directly OF indi-
rectly.
The South will vote solid next winter fol
a further reduction In the public expendi-
lures of twenty millions of dollars, with
the knowledge that the patronage Of Mr.
TILDEN's Administration will be dimin
ished TO that extent and the public credi
correspondingly strengthened.
Now, in regard TO the pretended
claims. upon which. all other expedi
ents having failed, the Republican mana
gers are Attempting to rally their broker
and demoralized forces. To expose thi
barefaced fraud, it Is only necessary Il
make comparison between the action o.
the last and present Congress.
! The Committee on War Claims of tn
last Republican House of Representative
, was composed as follows:
Z | WIN LAWRENCE. ONO. IA. II. SMITH, Pennsylvania
q. W. HAELEroS, wiz. JAMES WILSON. Iowa
C. L Conn. North Carolina ". 5. noLaAs. 1nclina
., sIIMoaoBTo S New York w. t. NosSIsos. iihnos
Fight Repu leans, tnree democrats. Ten No rther
o and one southern member.
That committee reporta' 80, - -,
o erinp ss~..ou exclusive OF tho bill
: making appropriations for the cases re
ported favorably by the Southern Claim
a Commission in their third and fourtl
o annual reports, which aggregated q. 1896, 800
III QUIET WOIub tno usktu
( s7.13o,3ls to satisfy the claims upon whicl
I they and the commission had passed. Som
OF those claims thus recommended mr.
scandalous jobs. One of them propose
that all the contractors for building iron
clad ships should be allowed TO bring ne,
suits in the Court of Claims, although the
had already received s5OO0,OO0 moro thai
their contracts called for, ana every cas-
had been equitably settled by Mr. WEILE,
when Secretary OF the Navy. The lobb
wanted $5O00000 more, and this Republi
can committee opened the door to tn
plunderers OF the Treasury. This case is
sample of most of the othe rs.
In the Democratic House OF Representa-
: tives, which met last December, the Com
mittee on War Claims was composed q
t the following members:
nfs o Rsaucsy + cco oEesS ha A,S,m
q. {. CABEIL. Virginia. ID. WILSON. Iowa
. +. J. ELLIS. Louisiana. q. g. HosKINs New Yors
I Seven DcYoerlts. iour Republicans l, VIII be oil
served thai four OF the seven Democrats from IL
3 Southern States.
I 1t appears from the records of this CON
7 mitteo that PSF cases were referred TO il
l claiming some twenty-six millions of do
luIs, lucluullE, ms one case, 7SU claims n
5 ported as disallowed by the Souther
Claims Commission in their Nth repor
+ amounting to 5000 49, Out OF the wblv
number, the committee reported flo s2lb.
e on but hfty-two cases, amolMad been mn
- 3Gl and of these fortNdmg Republican
proved by the only seventeen actually
, House Of.fouse, including senate bill
paSsea,G50. In point of fact, the House
s6ted altogether S74,453 to pay claims from
its own committee, the bulk Of which had
been reported on favorably by previous
Republican Congress,
These facts are official and cannot be dis
puted. Mr.. CoNGER of Michigan, one OF
the most pronounced Republicans in the
House, was compelled to pay the strongest
compliment to the committee for its faith
full discharge of duty, strict regard TO law
and the absence of all partiality. The
South voted solid in committee and il
the House on these claims ana that is il.
position to-day on those that are TO follow
The South is solid against fraud and job