Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-06-20

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patience have her perfect work.
while the quibbling goes on below.
A simple objection kills a measure
for the remaining session, and there
are many in Congress upon whom the
mantle of Holman (ex-member from
Indiana, commonly called "The
Great American Directory seems to
have fallen, not to mention the num-
bers with spites to crafty and axes
of their own to grind; those chroni-
cally predisposed to ''the contrary
side," whatever it may be, and bound
to thwart every measure OF the enc
my, however just and others whose
breakfasts have disagreed with them,
or upon whom last nights dissipa-
ton hangs heavily, and who are con-
sequently as cross as a school ma'am
after a protracted visit from her
''vltal spark" Upon the adjourn
ment of the present Congress there
will be many ~heartaches the passage
of private claims, bills and lobby
schemes will have been few and far
between, and with no better pros
poets in store for the three short
months of a third session yet remain
ing to complete the Forty-fifth Con-
gress, the memory of which, if 1T be
remembered at all, will go down to
posterity as a very bungling and in
perfect piece of work, silverlined
penchance, but With an Indifferent ex-
tension of papied mach, III spiritual
parlance, mot sufficiently material
ized," CT, as the gamin would say,
''TOo thin"
An audience estimated at from
5000 to 5000 people, the latter be-
ing nearer the truth, assembled at the
east front of the Capitol last night to
enter a protest against the adjourn
ment of Congress without giving
some material aid to the toiiing mass
es IN the fearful struggle now waged
by them against enforced idleness,
suffering and poverty. The passage
of the eight-hour law and the repeal
of the resumption act were the salient
points of demonstration intended to
he made, and the great number pres
ent, the earnest, manly appearance
of the crowd, and the c%ermonious re-
speet paid by them to the require
ments of law and propricty comman-
ded the commentator of all who
were present. The steps and portico
of the main asst entrance to the
Capitol, and the wide open space in
font far beyond we're packed with
people, the vast majority of whom
we're w~orkingmen out of employment.
Too little consideration has been Civ
en- during the present session to ques-
ti0ns in which the masses are Dir" a
'""StiOp" .piIICt- ~
Y interested q"u4op,.n which mean ,
o them something NOR. than politics. i"
What are politics To them! They u
ire not loaves of bread that they can 9
,at they are not labor rolls on which |:
heir names are placed for daily work =
md daily pay they are not offers OF
assistance wieu the wolf of hunger y
guards the door and haunts the health. S
should be- made not only 5
'or the imposition of taxes, not only n
or the collection of revenues so pro- :,
sided and not only for the campaign
success Of this or that party, but also d
for those important questions which |
affect the life and well-being of the G
masses. I
This species Of legislation has been ,
forgotten or else temporlzed
in a most pusilanimous manner, {
and those gentlemen of both houses, /
who 90 to their homes after the adj I
jOurnment, must pass through the ,
bitter ordeal BON of a dissatisfied
constituency and a 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
TO work out, and they are will c
ing to appear at a disadvantage be-
fore the country at resent rather |
Than allow themselves to be e%ntrappcd
in the snares OF the manipulators of /
this investigation. The friends of
the administration are confident that
everything doubtful will be explained
and that President Hayes will come I
out all right at the close, bat the ;
country must not be surprised if a
cloud should temporarily be thrown
on the leading members OF the admin
istratiCn. There was a great deal of
crooked work in Florida and Louisi-
ana, especially in the latter state, and
those who profited by the illegiti-
mate doings will be objects of Il great
deal of suspicion. And ven promi-
nent Republicans are frank enough to
admit that first appearances will be
against their party chiefs, but are
satisfied that the final conclusion of
the investigation will be II vindication
of the Presidents personal friends.
The extraordinary order of the
Senate Stanley Matthews Investigate
ing Committee, excluding all news
paper representatives except an AS
sociated Press reporter, may possibly
have been given with a view to pre-
venting a similar occurrence to that
graphically described in Matthew
XIX chapter. ''And there was a
named Stanley Matthews which
was the chief among the Republicans,
and he stood up before the elders in
the temple. For, 10! he had fallen
into the hands of the children Of
Moab" f,
And they could not see him for
the press"
This may be a practical solution of
the question: "Why VAS this strange
mandate lssued?" but then it's really
a thing that no fellow can find out.
No one but the investigators them
have so far been hurt by the
Potter Committee. General Butler
has displayed unusual energy during
the week in the examination of wit
nesses brought before him, yet moth
ing new has been discovered which
had not been reported by the press
Immediately after the Presidential
election.