Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-09-12
Deaaernale versus Republican
Adm msm1sssastoD.

fully handled this saw holds good,
and = candid examination of the
feoords OF Congress for the last
four or i've years will show the In
sstimable service which the De
cratic House Of Representatives, has
bean to the people. We are justi-
Ned In expecting, when both houses
shall be Democratic, as they inev.
'itably will be after the 4th of
March, 1879, that still greater good
vlil i1ow to . sorely distressed ma
ten.
Alarmed at the widely heralded
and gratifying growth in popular
itv which the Democratic policy OF
tadicious sconomy In governments
oxpendlturs has achieved, the Re
publican leaders are gradually
deopplng the efete cry of tht
bleody shirt and attempting 10
\ ,odwink the people into regaid'
1 & them a. patterns Of econom, /.
Not only that, but their speake. .
and writer's are bowling Demo-
cratic extravagauce with q vigol
deserving more than passing
Q edit. They declare that the 'late
Democratic Congress has been
roeklsssly sxtravagant," but theil
showing Is all one-sided. In theii
sllorts to create party capital, they
assums that the Congress was Dem.
oofatic when considering the sub.
lest Of appropriations, but when
falking of beneficial legislation
lsy give the credit to the Repup-
1.ean party. Let us examine the
1,cord.
The Senate is ami has been Re-
pub.ican since the war began: the
House is Democratic, and has been
since the assembling Of the Forty.
fourth Congress, in 1875. The ex-
ponses Of each House are separate
and distinct from the otheri eac!'
controls its own fiscal affairs. The
seventy. six members Of the Sen.
e.e cost the country during 1877,
4Al4, ,701 6l; whereas the Hous.,
with sol members, expended but
$S04, ,933 06. Thus the services oi
each Republican Senator cost the
nlblic s.. .s52 So, exclusive of pay
oad mileage, while but $l,677 81
was the cost of maintaining each
Domocratic Representative. II
. ,st the people that year Sl7l, ,le8 ss
@ pay tile salaries OF the en-
pioy6s Of seventy-s six Senators,
whiIe the 30l members af the
Heuss paid only s2O4,595 Sc
for the same service. That is
the House. consisting Of nearly
fonr times as many members as
the Senate, paid only S33,4o 81
= IRE for regular employees thar
that body For clerks to commit
tees aud pages the Senate has ex'
pended $38. .82S aud the HOUSE
SIS, ,482 01. The same ratio of re-
trenchinsnt could be- shown il
every other item of expenditure a'
between the Democratic House
and Republican Senate, the formel
four times greater than the lattsl
body.
When the Democrats assume
control Of the House, their very
drst act was to inquire into the ne
osssities of each division of thu
p .biic service, AMI the result wa:
ths discovery of q system of reck'
leas extravagance, to which thel
put an effectual bar by appropriat
Ing exactly what the experience o
years had taught to be suficisn
for properly administering each
In this way millions Of dollar,
we're saved, which, under Radisa
management. would have to bt
wrung from distressed people
Had the Democratic party
= had control of the expend
itures as well as thu
appropriations during the past foul
years, the saving to the people
would have been more than dou
blsd. The public moneys hav'
bsen disbursed by Republican ON
ciAls; bat, with the dread of Dem
ocratic vigilance, they dare MOI
carry extravagance too far. With
out controlling the expenditures
let ~ sse how Deinocratic economy
has performed its work within the
four years The net ordinary ex'
psnditures are officially reported
- follows:
s. is75-War. $41, 12o. .645 9s; Navy
$2l, ,4e7, ,62e 27; Indians, $s,3s4,
ass 81; Pensions, $29, 456 2ls %
Miscellaneous, S7l.070, ,702 SO. To
tai, $17l, ,429, 848 81.
ls7e-Wsr, sss, ,O7o, ,sss "a; Navy
SIS, ,ees, 300 81; Indians, $780,
560 II; Panalons, $2s,257 395 SO;
Miscellaneous, S73. 500. 6ol Oh. To.
tal, Sls4, 4,es7, ,s13 ss.
lB77-War, Ss7,os2,735 90; Navy,
31l,Q50, ,oS5 35; Indians, S5,277,.
IN 22; Pensions, SGT s63,752 27;
lfiscslIsneous, $5s, ,92s. .4s2 SO. To.
ri, S1A4, ,2o9. .9s3 %.
1o7e-- War, $32. 2.l54, I47 s5; Navy,
117, ,ae5, sol 81; Indians and Pen
>f~ xof n1a onn 2n. RftacolIa m