The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-12-05

the Cincinnati Enquirer, was given q
the public last Sunday-just thirty.si'
hours before its delivery to Congress
The document Is lengthy one, anc
starts out with strong eulogisms to thu
party which has made resumption
such a grand and glorious success. HI
asks Congress to have the coinage o
silver suspended, aud wants no new
legislation as to the legal ratio betweeI
silver and gold. Should his desire b
carried out, silver will he virtually lie
monetized again. He wishes green
backs TO be retired at the earliest pos
sible moment wants a duty on TED
and coffee. and demands that an ap
preparation be made for the Deputy
Marshals for their invaluable services
in elections. He urges Congress not
to repeal the Federal election laws,
but to supply any defects which may
exist. A large portion Of the paper
is devoted to Civil Service Reform,
which suggests nothing further than
Hayes is a good preacher, but can not
be relied on for practice at all. Strong
measures for the suppression of polyg-
amy in Utah is suggested, and a rec
ommendation OF an increase Of the
army to 5000 men over and above
the $500 ON detached service. It
seems strange in these piping times Of
peace, but we have his word for il
that the war and navy departments
combined expend fity-three millions
of dollars annually. The pOst-offce
department requires an expenditure Of
thirty-tbree millions. We had intend
ed giving the message entire TO our
readers, in supplement form, but az
ter seeing it, did not think the docu.
ment worth the time and paper.
The Cincinnati Enquirer has an ar
ticle favoring Horatio Seymour, Of
New York, for President and Thomas
A. Hendricks, of Indiana, for Vice. |
President, and says that, although |
Seymour has declined to become a
candidate, it has reasonable grounds
to believe that he will accept a unani
nous nomination by the Democracy.
Hendricks, too, it alleges, would not,
under the circumstances, refuse to
take the second place, and thus
ticket would be formed that would
bring harmony into the ranks Of the
Democracy and be elected by a most
decisive majority. Seymour is pow
er in New York and a favorite that
has always stood the test. He carried
the State when he was defeated by
Grant in 1872, and the election Of his
sou by a good majority at the last
election shows that his influence is
still up to the mark. The ticket
would undoubtedly be a strong one. d
Hon. HENRY WArrERsoN thus
iiscourses of Abram S. Hewitt, late !
Chairman of the Democratic Nation !
Il Committee In public life he is an
Inobtrusive nobody; in private life, i
'retentious humbug. God wot, we've n
nothing against him, since he has been =
'ut out of the way and is no longer
bile to muddle greater matters than Of
himself. His business, his untruth- B
illness and his bad manners, except j.
o his iamiliars, were demurrable only n
Vhen thrust into concerns which could =
] brook the laundering Of an ass and !,
he breeding of parvenu. There is II
a more to be said, and so much, as Sc
'e observed above, is not worth the ty
aging; wherewith we dismiss this ex- OF
eeding small person to the oblivion GO
hich fate reserves for such as he. wv
GRANT having expressed himself CT
speatedly for discOuraging all Sec in
onal animosities and for an inaugu- az
ltiOn of an era of good feeling, the w
'ew York Sun says that on no ac- I,
'unt should it he willing TO see him IN
resident again. But with a good, NJ
salthy Democrat at the head of the Gi
nket--a man likely to live the four 'e'
'ars through-we could reconcils .,
Irselves to seeing him nominated on sn '
Union ticket for Vice President. re,
" Hancock or David Davis for rim
and Grant for Vice Presi- the
mt. On such ticket the Republi- COZ
ms and Democrats could unite, and
era of good feeling would dawn.
HoN. NJ. j. DURHAM thinks that
, fact that Tom Scott has let out y
0 miles OF the Texas Pacific II. II. Cir
ows that he was right in regard to
position against the Government s''
aranteeing the interest on its bonds. Wv
} has all along maintained that SO bo,
N as capitalists we're sure that the srd
I'd would be a paying one, they ST.
uld raise the money for It's con- =
uetion. 1t does look like the Judges ave
esight was about as good as the av- 'n'
&c mans hindsight
Born Houses of Congress have got trOu
down to work after a fashion, but elo'
hing Of consequence has been done ny.
4, and il is not probable that much -