Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-04-14
naiIp Ncnnsbet Journal.
Augusta, Monday MOrn'g, April IA, 1879
Greenbackism i'm the House.


tanned their reward for supporting the ar
my appropriation bill, by change of the
rules so that they can bring their financial
schemes before the House at any time and
press them to an immediate vote This
shows that the nfationists are in large
majority on the democratic side of the
House, and that the sound money portion
of the party must consent to be ruled by
imitation leaders and doctrines if they re-
main connected with the organizations
Reports from Washington represent east
ern democrats as much chagrncd and dis
satisfied at the situation in which they find
themselves, but it is too late for them to
save their party from the influence of
greenbackism They have toyed with and
encouraged and allied themselves with il
to such an extent that it seems at last to
have become their master instead of their
servant. evil communications" have
borne their legitimate fruit. Such at least
is the appearance in the ease presented at
Washington as between the democrats and
greenbackers.
This triumph of the greenbackers is 60
ing to do just precisely what for the in
terests of the country and the restoration
of business prosperity ought not to be
done 1t is not alone that the introduce
ton and discussion of the financial schemes
of the greenbackers will lengthen the ses
sion of Congress and prolong the banelul
agitation which it keeps alive but beyond
this there is the damage to business which
the element of uncertainty and distrust
caused by renewed agitation of the cur
rency and other financial questions will
occasion. The business of the country is
improving, though struggling under many
difficulties. and would continue to improve
if no obstacles were thrown in its way:
but if the currency is to be tinkered the
national banks assailed. a large body Of
paper added to the circulation and specie
payments threatened with setback then
business will come to stand-still and la
Dor will seek in vain for something to do
The Maine Standard speaks very glibly
now of the double mileage as ''swin-
die" ''scandalous republican practice,
''swag," mileage grab &c, and APP
plauds highly the veto of the Governor
and the decision of the Supreme Court in
relation to mileage. But before the Gov
ernor vetoed the double mileage, the Ma
tional democrat, with the same editor as
the Standard, and virtually the same paper,
published an editorial in which double mile
age was in effect sustained, and the
Governor advised not to veto it. The pre-
else words of the Democrat upon the latter
matter were: an riew Of Mc eristiag
complications on Hc subject, he best dnd
The shortest, i nof The only road ont If the
difficulty, IS IN orr Judgment FOR TIE
GOVERNOR To FoREGo Ills INTENDED
VETO &c. Now, we submit. that the Stand
ard having sustained the double mileage,
and advised against the veto, is HHle in
consistent in denouncing the former a. a
"swindle" and grab and the veto as
emitting the Governor to the admiration
and gratitude of this and future genera
tons.
The article in another column copied
from Mississippi paper gives some idea
of the exultant feelings of the Confeder-
ates at their capture of the Capitol This
does not look much as though the rebel
lion is dead. A Mississippi member stat
ed in the House the other day that he pa
per from which this article was taken has
no respectable support in the State, but
letter from the editor to Mr.. Frye brought
the Mississippi member to his senses and
obliged him to swallow the statement
which he had made. 1t is not much of a
stretch of the Imagination, after reading
the doings of the Confederate brigadiers,
to say that the Confederacy is on top.
There is no doubt about the meaning of
the republican triumph in Cincinnati.
The democrats thrust the National issues
into the canvass by adopting platform
which approved the revolutionary stand
taken by their party in Congress. The
republicans accepted the challenge and
made the fight on that question. Now
that they have been defeated the demo
crats growl because the republicans were
so partisan as to charge that the election
of a democratic Mayor would be Con-
federate triumph. OF course by thus COM
planning they admit that the result was an
anti-Confederate victory. and has, there
fore. a national significance.
What grieyous thing it is that Sccre-
tarv Sherman has refunded the debt so as
to save from two to three per cent annual
ly. How much better it would be to have
kept the interest up and thus nearly
doubled the profits of the Shylocks and
bondholders. At least such is the logic of
the greenbackers who howl about refund
ing the debt at lower rate of interest.
G.. The general opinion expressed by the