The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-15

What Nus feared a. probable has actually
come q pass in those closing days Of Con
gross The Senate and the House Of Rep
rcsoa,aliycs are striving to outstrip each
c,hos ~ rae. TO dcplcte the Treasury and
to burd the taxpayers. Bad enough
under any condition 81 things. tnis IS made
worse by the falling revenues, and the widc
difference between the receipts and the oX-
Icnd.turc-.
Tho ecnndal.u- EiVcra and Ilarborhill, with
large appropriations for trout streams and
country creeks has been =ndllrd with nearly
4 millionGnl q halt additional Ia tho Senate.
The so-callcd Deficiency bin. with three
millions for SrcoR ROuFsoNs jobbing con-
tracts made in iiagrart violation Of law,
went through the Senate without a word Of
objection. The regular guardians OF the
peoples interests were conveniently silent
or absent. II was all arranged in advance by
work which began months ago on both sides
The Sundry Civil bill has been loaded down
in the House with amendments by the same
lug-rulllng process which was applied TO the
River and lIalhor iii. and against the best
efforts of he Democratic side Of the Com
mittec on Appropriations OF course the
Senate Will swell the aggregate, and then
six members of the two bodies sitting a. a
conference committee will for FORMS sake
prune few items and let the bulk stand
These oXtrayagant results have been
reached by a combination between a faction
Of reckless Democrats and the main body Of
the Republicans in the House, and the solid
vote Of the Republican majority Of the Sem
ate. Millions will be squandercd and stolen
1.
tho more offensive from false prctcnce that
suffering labor is to be benefited by a pro-
CESS which Increases taxation, and thus adds
10 the load which the poor man, in his
struggles with adversely, has to carry.
Rings, contractors, and jobbers, with their
concealed conicderatcs in and out of Con-
gress, will be the real benecares OF these
schemes.
The true friends of rctrcnchment have
fought this prodigalty at every step, but
when men separate from party and
forfeit their pledges, 10 combine for OBJ
jects like these with their adversaries, re-
slstancc Is useless.
Mr.. ATKINS charged openly on the floor OF
the House that n paper had been carried
round and signed by members on both sides
for meeting to perfect IA plan TO defeat the
recommendations Of his committee In other
words, similar influences to those which OPP
Grated in regard TO the Army bill at the ex-
ira session, and again recently, were cxertcd
TO Increase the appropriations for public
buildings, for the robson contracts, and
for rivers and harbors. These various in
tcrests and others in different forms organ
lied common pool, and thus made ma
t..safe, t..
they might choose to support.
IL viii not be difficult TO separate the black
sheep IN this llOck when the record Is fully
made up. The country will then see who
have been fathless to their professions, who
entered into bargains for raid on the
treasury, and who are responsible for de-
ieaung the policy which was inaugurated in
t.' last Congress by the Democratic House
"h''i Inc facts are plainly exposed, as they
certainly Will be, the constituencies will bc
apt TO take care Of the treacherous Renre