The daily gazette., 1879-06-17
SECOND EDITION
From the N. Y. sun.
a5 Privileged Glasses.

The tenuency AZ w aoHn5 :,
class legislation and to class distlhctions,
and It Is wholly foreign to the spirit OF
our institutions. This habit does not
seem to be confined to any particular
party, for the practices of one are reaaliy
adopted by the other, especially wheh
personal privileges and dement's ioliow
in their train. The Senate has chailSeu
from Republican TO a Democfalic ma
iority. but the extravaganza, the nepo-
tism. and the indulgences are quite as
consnicuous now as they were before the
4th of March last. The outs nave CONF
in, and they claim every advantage en-
joyed by their predecessors, fofge1tihS
ali their professions of reform ana all
their charges against the late lhcuih-
bents.
Salaries In the Senate range from
TWENTY-FIVE o a hundred per cent. high
ar than those of the House for the cor
responding service but when the latter
sends over bill to equallze them, the
former answers that there is no time TO
toucb such matters at this session,
though nearly three months have been
expended in speechnaking and sllrren-
der. Come what may, no matter
whether the majority be on one side or
the other, the Senate stands by It's order'
asserts exclusive rights, and affects su-
periority, which is passively permitted.
The long contest over the army had al
bottom class interest which ha' been
pow erfu enough to overcome every ell
fort at reduction, d to MAINTAIN by So
cial a, d other influence. its deman nds, in
the face of general distress duling the
last five years, and a constant pressure
from the country for reduction in TIE
pubic expenditures. 81 it NAV be said
Of the navy, with one officer to every
three or four sailors, and pay roll ex-
ceeding seven millions year.
The diplomatic and consular service,
which is the laughing stock of the civil
lied world, puts on high airs, and Minis
tiers like Clerical Error Stoughton come
home to tell us that tn efforts of a
downtrodren peop to at ain the tirst
condit on of liberty are the vaporlngs Of
miscreants, aud that despOtsm in an alb
solute form is the choicest of blessings.
Of course, Kasson fr sh from Austria,
and Birney from Holland, and oilers
who are earning large salaries by sport
ing their diplomatic costumes at home,
have poor opinion OF a country that
has no titles, no high rank, AMI nothing
but bogus arstocracy of p'etenders.
They want the genuine article as it is
seen at st. Petersburg, Vienna, the
Hague, Paris, and elsewhere.
The signal service looms up as a spe ,
ial class, with OILY thret-qua tiers of d
million or more a var to slurge on.
But Gen. Myers, who is travelling II Eu
rope at his ease, like Gen. GRAFT, wi ]
come back with load of information as
to how they do thirgs in the Old World,
and probably with plans to embellish the
officers of his magnificent stall. Before
long he will want department to him
self, like the mighty lie Due of The tgri-
Gu tural shop for distributing poor seed
and worse literature on the mauufactur,
of sugar from bad corn.
Take the latest illustration of thi.
class business. 1t is not very large, bu
it is signifi ant, and serves to point q
moral. A bill from the House pa. Sc,
the Senate on "Wednesday, which author
ICES the Secretary OF the Treasury, at th
request of a Senator Representa- i've, O
Delegate in Congress, the head Of Dc
paltment or bureau, art association or !
bra J TO furnish impressions from an
ppr,rail or vignette which is now or ma
hereafter be a part Of the engravrd stoc
of the bureau OF Engraving and Printin
at such rates and under such condition
as lie may deem necessary to protact tn,
public interests.
Here is an offensive discriminate
drawn between the servants Of the pc,
pie, supported by the taxes which the
pav, and the people themselves. I'll
leads of departments and bureaus an
members OF Congress may apply to Il
treasury and get these impressions fro
the Engraving and Printing Office f
mselves, but no citizen, however di
tlnguislied he may be, is perhlitted to e
jey that poor privilege. This Is not der
ocratic legislation, neither is it fair to t
taxpayer. 1t belongs to the miserat
class system, and its authors and suppc
RS deserve to be denounced as u
worthy of confidence.