Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-09-25
The following facts about the perma.
nent committees of the house and senate
are not entirely new but their repeti-
ton may we'll serve to illustrate the
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nent committees of the house and senate
are not entirely new but their repeti-
ton may we'll serve to illustrate the
shameless distribution of power:
In the senate, out Of twenty. eight stand
ing committees, the Confede1ates have the
chairmanships of sixteen of the most i'm.
Po1tant. Not only the chairmanships of
these are given to the Confederates, but the
membership of every committee of the sen.
ate of any importance whatever is 30 con.
stituted as to give the south the controlling
voice in its action. In every sc except
claims, private land claims, and engroseed
bills) the majority of each committee is
Democratic, and ma jority of that majority
is Confederate. 1t having been demon.
strate1 beyond reasonable doubt during
the late extra session of congress (the first
in which the u. mocrats had entire control
Of both houses) that all important legisla.
ton would be first shaped in the Demo.
cratic caucus, where the Confederates have
makeup of the local c,mmittees, which in
the new dispeEsation are simply the instru.
ments for formulating and making public
the will Of the caucus. is very significant.
The great states Of New York and Penn
sylvania, each returning one Democratic
senator, are given the chairmanships of the
comm tees on patents and the revision of
the laws, two of the most Insignificant in
the whole list of senate committees, while
West Virginia and Delaware monopolize the
chairmanships OF the committees on appro-
priations, finance, ard privileges and cleo.
tons, the three leading and most powerful
in congress.
Some of the remaining chsirmanships
seem to have beeu decided upon chiefly
with view to emphasize the incongruities
of the present political situation. For ex.
ample, South Carolina, Of all states in the
Union, the land of tissue ballots and red
shirts, il given the eommitte on civil-service
reform. r bel Virginia sits in judgment
upon the laws regulating the payment o
pensions TO- loyal soldiers in the nor:h
North Carolina, q state which has never yet
constructed single railroad, except with
capital borrowed at the north (the debt for
which has since been reputliatedG has the
Craftsmanship on railroads. Georgia, which
probably has less commerce in the whole
state than any one of dozen northern
cities, has the craftsmanship of the commit
tee on commerce. Tennessee, a state which
in proportion to its wealth and population
does as little for education as any other
southern state, and probably ten times less
than any northern state, has the chairman.
ship OF the committee on education and
labor: The committee on claims, before
which must some time come the mass OF
southern war claims, aegreeating hundreds
1T millions OF doll .rs, has five Democratic
members, all of whom are Confederates.
In tho lower house of congress a similar
state of Affairs is known to exist Twenty.
two Of the forty.two house committees are
presided over by ex-Confederates, while
every committee of any importance is by
the peculiarly of its constitution placed
un'ler the practical control of ex- Confeder-
ates." - .'.'
The above needs no commentary.
Thinking voters know that words will
not remedy the evil. California and
Maine have spoken against the control of
the rebels, and when Wisconsin, Ohio,
New York and Pennsylvania shall add
their voices to the call for a change, a.
we trust and believe they will, there will
be given stability to our prosperity, and
new lease of tranquility to our country.