Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-03-14
our WASHINGTON LETTER.
wAsnrNeroN. d. c., Feb. 2s, 1870.

WASHINGTON, ID, O., Feb %, 1879
II Is written that there is time for all
things and in the estimation OF those car
ing aught for the preservation Of the few
fruits OF the late struggle between civil lib.
erty and the slave power which have not
already been yielded up at the behest Of
men who sought to blot popular govern
ment from the face Of the earth, the time
has emphatically come to refrain from
yielding further in that direction. Since il
became supreme again in the House Dem
ocracy has done much to turn back into
the old war channels the liberal and for.
giving tendency of loyal public sentiment
natural reactionary drift from the in
tense passions and sectional prejudices
aroused and kept alive during Ill the terri.
bic 4 years Of the war. The complete mas
terry gained here by the revolutionsts Of
the party, whipping into the traces such
patriotic and weak and warped men as
BayaTd and every other member daring to
protest against their bold programme; the
refusal to abate one jot or title of their
brazen axactions, have rendered il impossi.
ble for anyone to be other than partisan
who appreciates anything of the significance
Of their moves during the session Just
closed and at what cost we were ultimately
enabled to shake the Government clear Of
treason's foul clutch In the face Of the
notorious fact that but for such promise Of
protection as is implied by the presence Of
troops at the polls, more than a majority OF
the voters in several states are practically
disfranchised and dare not vote. Repuhli-
cars were told they must consent to lcgisld-
tion that would make their presence there
penal offense, or Government supplies
should he cut off; that unless they voted
to throw down the only bar between the
ballot box and the disreputable hordes Of
professional and bullying repeaters which
Democracy habitual y organizes among the
criminal classes of many of our large towns
y overwhelm and overawe legal and re
spectacle voters, the functions of govern.
ment should cease and we be remanded to
the blackness OF chaos. These in short,
were the two issues that divided the House
and Senate majorities, that prevented agree
ment upon the Army and Legislative ap.
preparation bills, and that made an extra
session a necessity, explain, extenuate and
prevarcate as they may. Which OF the two
will he sustained?
The total of bills and joint resolutions
introduced during the session into the
House was 6,S26; into the Senate, 1886
The following are among those of most
public importance which, with the Army
aud Legislative apnrnnniation hills. failed
of passage by one or the other or by both
of the two Houses, or which, if passed,
failed to obtain the Presidents signature
Bill to regulate interstate commerce; Ge-
neva Award bill Steamboat bill :" postal
savings bank bill that to repeal specie re-
sumption act; granting pensions to Mexi-
can war survivors; "sugar bill;" that re-
stricting Chinese emigration (by veto)
bill to enforce hour law; to extend time
for completion of Northern Pacific R. r..
to regulate transportation of animals by
rail Brazilian mail subsidy; to devote
proceeds of sale OF public lands to educa-
tional purposes; authorizing r. f. compa
nies to construct and maintain telegraph
lines for commercial purposes; to revise
patent laws, besides hundreds of private
nature or which were only of local interest
Among the large number of interested
spectators of the last hours of the session
were the lobbyists who grew more anxious
as the hours flew by and the prospect of
favorable action upon jobs on whose sue
cess large contingent fees were based, grew
boIntfully less. l presume few outside
the guild will shed many tears over their
blighted hopes OF easily acquired fortunes
though many OF them are socially recog-
nized rs "good fellows" But it would be
unjust to class all outsiders who were striv-
ing to influence the passage of different
measures in this category. Among them
were not few controlling or concerned in
large business interests and who as rne
oppose Government subsidies, who made
am exception in favor Of the Brazilian mail
allowance because they believed it would
be returned to us many fold in the perma-
nent extension of our commerce.
1t is the prevailing belief that the Green
hackers are deceiving themselves ms to the
controlling influence they are likely to ex-
ert in the organization of the next House
and believe Republican sentiment gener-
ally favors Randall as against any nun
outside their own party for Speaker.
DEWITT.