The Leavenworth weekly times., 1877-11-22
HAYES On HAYES.

HAYES On HAYES.
In President Hayes letter Of coDgratula- !
ton to Gov. Rice over the result in Massa- !
chusetts, he says: at is an example OF
what the Republicans can do when they
unite, in spite of the blunders Of the PFesi- |
dent"
THE Pr REslDENT AND THE GOLD
LOBBY.
There seems to be no limit to the impu-
dence and assurance of the Shylocks who
are ra ding Washington for the purpose OF
defeating legislation in the inserest of the
people. The idea that a little coterie OF
bond-holders and money-lenders in New
York should 60 to Washington and assume
To instruct the President as to his duty, and
demand promise from him to veto lin ad-
vance Of its passage by CongressJ measure
which is demanded by at least four -tifths OF
the people of the United States, shows de-
gree OF assurance that is magnificent almost
beyon comprehension. The following re-
MARKS on this subject by the Chicago irib-
une, W copy for the purpose Of adding our
hearti st endorsement:
II does not seem to have struck the mono.
metal lobbyists from New York and PEiia-
q .lph.a a, who are bounding the President to
exiort a promise from him in advance that
he will veto the silver bill in case II passes
Congress, that their demand is indelicate,
Impertiuent aud insulting. In what sort OF
attitude would il place the President to have
him proclaim in advance that he intended
TO veto great measure before Congress before
II had passed that body, and while IL was un-
der discussion ana amendments A Presi-
dent who would do such a thing would al
most deserve to be impeached. We are sur
prised that Mr.. Hayes permitted himself to
be ad dressed by lobby delegations proposing
SO proper and insulting an act. He should
hav. ordered the doorkeeper TO show tn EN-
out TO the street. If these brokers and specu-
iators find pleasure or profit in their pilgri-
mage TO Washington, they have sufficient
reaso for undertaking it but if the Presi-
dent were foolish enough to mistake their
voice for the voice. of the country, he would
not be so easily excused.
The foregoing expresses our sentiments,
\ duu tuS sCltluiChtS VI thC thAS
subject, and the only matter of surprise is
that such audacity is tolerated by the
President. The Tribune continues:
The Atlantic cities are filled with specula-
| tors, stock -jobbers, and Adventures, who
make it a part of their business to run down
| To Washington half-a-dozen times during the
session and "help the Government out of
| iu,t N. Thair nd nai hnri-
ty are self-constItuted, but are not the less
real md dignified in their eyes on that ac-
count. The fact that they have not been
elect, by the people to represent any body or
anything does not at all initiate, in
their opinion, against their claims to be
heard with special difference. But they are
| in the eye of the law, and according
TO the fundamental theory of our Govern
| ment, no better than the same number of vo-
ters rom the shack counties" They repre-
| sent nobody and nothing but themselves.
The Government is intrusted not to them,
but to President and Congress who repre-
sent The whole country equally, and who are
bound TO consider the will OF one section as
| weiglty as that of another.
This broker-lobby from Boston, New York,
and Philadelphia is fast becoming public
| II iids Ho DusihtsS III
| Washington. 1t is not recognized in the laws
| or Constitution as the adviser of the President
| or The Senate. II is a hindrance to the proper
discharge of the functions of Government,
and is no more entitled 10 public sympathy
| or Iespect than any other lobby organized To
promote special interests or advocate special
| measures.
The trouble about this crowd of men
who, if it were not for their money-would
be politely termed "bummers" that, like
the three tailors, they imagine themselves
to be the people, and suppose that the whole
machinery of this great government is, or
ought to be, run in their especial interest.
Their ideas of the geography of the coun-
| try are as contracted as their views of the
| public interests. Boston and New York, to
them, are the United States, and they are
Boston and New York, hence whatever they
want the county wants, and rice Versa. We
quote the Tribune again, in reference to this
mischievous and audacious influence:
| The origin and growth of the Eastern city
| influence in Washington have been no Sc
crets in the West for many years and to
| them is due the temporary favor which the
proposition to remove the Capital enjoyed in
| this section of the country. Ifthere were not
| reasons against moving the Capital even
more powerful than this one in favor of doing
so, III, re is no doubt but that the proposition
would have been accepted and adopted by
| the West before this. We have seen one
| President after another, and one Congress
| after another, pass under the shadow of tn e
Eastern influence. Through their 'eminent.
| ly respectable citizens" their syndicates,
| their railroad Offices, their newspapers, and
| the pilt-edged coterIes of Faneul Hall and
1 Cooper Institute, they have shaped more than
one Important piece of legislation, and have
| taken credit TO themselves for doing so.
| Meanwhile the West and the South, which
| contain interests vastly more important and
contribute in vastly greater degree to the
| support of the Government, have been neg.
| lected ana unheard, except in the halls OF
| Congress. This fact In inself makes the halls
| OF Congress the proper place to arrive at the
| opinions of the people, and gives to the votes
OF that body an authority and dignity which
ought not TO be affected by the winnings OF
all the money-changers in Christendom. II
is not foG any New York delegation to pro-
nounce deliberate vote of Congress ..idiotic, u
and urge the President to veto II on that SIM
pie ground. Much more appropriate would
be "A vote of Congress overriding any veto OBJ
tained on such representations.
In view OF the overwhelming majority by
which the silver bill vas passed in the pop
ular branch of Congress, and the we'll known
majority of the people in support of the
same measure, the assurance, the sublime
impudence, OF these ''eminently respectable
old fellows, who are now raiding Washing
Ton, and asking that the welfare of the
whole people be sacrificed to their personal
interests, is without a parallel in history.
They should receive such treatment at the
hands of the President and Congress as their
conduct deserves.
The questions that now concern the Pres.
ident and the Senate, are What do the
people demand; and, Shall the demand be
complied with? On these points the Itib-
ane says:
The way to ascertain the desires of the peo-
pie is through the votes OF the popular
branch OF Congress. The Bland Silver bill
passed in that branch by a vote that was
simply overwhelming. The exhibition of
| strength made in that vote astonished the