The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-06-28

aid to the toiling masses in the fearful
struggle now wsged by them against
enforced ijleness. suffering and poverty.
The passage of the eight-hour law and
the repeal OF tia resumption act, were
the salient points of demonstration IL
tended to be made, and the great num-
Der present, the earnest manly appear
srce Of the crowd. ard the cerenonious
resp paid by them to the require
menis vi law and propriety commanded
the commentator 0: all who were
present. The steps and portico of the
main east entrance to the Capital, and
the wide open space in front far beyond
We're packed with people. the vast ma
jCrity Of whom were workipgmen out
of employment Too little considera-
ton has been given during the present
session 10 questions in which the masses
are directly inter >ted; questions which
mean 10 them something more than
politics. What are politics to them
They are not loaves Of bread that they
can eat; they are not labor rolls on
which their names are placed for daily
work and daily pay; they are not offers
Of assistance when the wolf of hunger
guards the door and haunts the hearth.
Legislation should be made not only
for the imposition of taxes, not only for
the collection of revenues so provided
and not only for the campaign success
of this or that party, but also for those
important questions which affect the
life and well being of the masses.
This species of legislation has been
wholly forgotten or else temporized
with in a most pusilanimous manner,
and those gentlemen, of both houses,
who 60 to their homes after the ad-
iournment, must pass through the bitter
ordeal born of dissatisfied constituent
cy AMI depressed trade.
Before the Potter Committee the
reticence of Matthews and Sherman is
due to the fact that they are aware of
the plot which the Democrats are try
ing to work out, and they are willing to
appear at a disadvantage before the
country at present, rather than allow
themselves to be entrspped in the
snares of the manipulators of this in
vestigation, The friends of the admin
istration are confident that everything
doubtful will be explained. and that
President Hayes will come out all right
at the close, but the country must not
be surprised if a cloud should tempo
rarily be thrown on the leading mem
bers of the administration. There was
a great deal of crooked work in Flori-
da and Louisiana, especially in the lat
ter State. and those who prOfited by
the illegitimate doings will be objects
of great deal of suspicion. And even
PROMINENT Republicans a'e F~ank
enough to admit that first ap.,,"i .nces
will be against their party chiefs, but
are satisfied that the final conclusion of
the investigation will be vindication
of the Presidents personal friends.
The extraordinary order of the
Senate Stanley Matthews Investiga-
ting Committee, excluding oil news
paper representatives. except one Asso-
ciated Press reporter, may possibly
have been given with view to pre-
venting similar occurrence to that so
graphically described in Matthew XIX.
Chapter, And there was man named
Stanley Matthews, which was the chief
among the Republicans, and he stood
up before the el'ars, in the temple.
For. 10 he had fallen into the hands
of the children of Moab"
And they could not see him for tie
press"
This may be "a practical solution of
the question, why was this strange
mandate issued?" but then, it's really
thing that no fellow can find out.
No one but the investigators them
selves have so far been hurt by the
Potter Committee Gen Butler has
displayed unusual energy during the
week in the examination of witnesses
brought before him, yet nothing new
has been discovered which has not been
reported by the press Immediately
after the Presidents election.
The day of adjournment of Congress
is likely to be postponed until the Goth
as it is held to be impossible to get
through by Monday, the day originally
fixed.
AUGUST.