The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-06-05
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON. May %, 1879.

Mr.. EDITOR: Another week has
gone and nothing accomplished by
Congress towards fulfilling the pur-
poses for which the President called
them together. This Confederate
Congress has expended more by this.
useless extra session, forced upon the
country by their refusal to pass the
required appropriation bills, than all
they have saved by the reduction of SAL
aries Of Republican employees, which
have not been increased since they
were fixed by q Democratic Congress
in 1856, while they have been very
careful not to reduce their own sala-
ries, which have been raised twice since
that period. The Confederate De-
mocracy have no regard for economy
where they think an advantage can
be gained for their party, as in the
case Of going behind the settlement of
the presidential election as settled and
agreed upon by both parties in Great
ing and agreeing to abide by the de-
cision Of the electoral commission,
but as usual they were greatly disap-
pointed at the result Of said costly in
yestigation, the only new facts brought
to light being the infamous CIPHER
kilograms showing Governor Tilden's
attempt to corrupt the presidential
electors Of South Carolina, Florida,
Louisiana and Oregon.
Senator Hill, in his recent speech in
the Senate upon the Legislative bill,
paid his respects to Senator Conkling
and attempted to answer Mr.. Conkling
as to the sources from which the rev.
lenues Of the country were derived
Quoting from Mr.. Conkling's speech
his assertion that the total revenue Of
| 1886, 100000 collected during the last
fiscal year the tWenty-seyen States
that adhered to the Union during the
Rebellion paid more than 1921 100000,
Mr.. Hill said:
IF his argument be true New York
pays over $9O,oOOO00 of the customs
revenue because the port Of New \ DIRK
is the great port of the whole country,
and he credits the twenty, ceven States
with all the customs revenue collected
in that port and in Boston and other
northern ports. He should credit it
to the City Of New York. Tt is all
paid at the City Of New York. The
bSenator might have enlarged his argu-
ments, He might have selected from
THE Western States a group Of eleven
States that pay pe-haps less customs
| revenue than the eleven Southern
States. I doubt whether the State Of
my friend from Ohio pays much ON the
Senator's method Of computation =.
It will be remembered that Senator
Conkling was not referring to customs
revenue especially; and it will be con-
coded by the fair-minded everywhere
that by including the Western States,
which Mr. Hill believes pays little or
no customs duties, Mr. Conkling made
an entirely fair statement Of the case.
The following figures, taken from a
statement which has just been prepared
in compliance with a call from the SEN
ate, is of interest in connection with
this matter. The internal revenue
tax from the eleven seeding States
from June 80, 1866, to June 80, 1878,
was $201,906 ,09G.15; from the State of
Ohio for the same time, $215,O1o, 62o.-
81; from Illinois, .$211, 1S7312.35: and
from New York, 1884 400, 776.25. For
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1878,
the seeding States paid S11,f42, o42.4 5:
Ohio, &14,762, 97994; Illinois, $f9,651-
1921. and New York, 81, 903, 899.G2
From a speech made in Georgia III
opposition to that State seeding 7
quote the following: @
fBut again, gentlemen, what have
we to gain by. this Dronosod cbenoo re
our relations to the General Govern
ment? We have always had control
Of it, and can yet if we, remain in It
and are as united as we have been
We have had majority Of the Presi-
dents chosen from the South, as well
as the control and management Of
most Of them chosen from the North
We have had sixty years Of Southern
Presidents to their tWenty-foar. TINS
!