National Republican., 1880-12-06
Congress.


to-day, with no political motive urging
them to any obstructive policy, and with
a fair prospect of quiet business session.
The only work in hand which must be
done to avoid an extra session Is to make
the appropriations, including the pay for
the United States deputy marshals, and
to agree upon funding bill
There will be some leek for our Demo-
cratic Pistols to eat in the matter of APP
proprinting money TO pay the deputy
marshals; but they will eat it. They
know that if they do not the new Presi-
dent will not be likely to allow their
long defiance of and disobedience to
law to continue during any portion of
his administration. They also know
that an extra session would terminate the
official lives of swarm of their retain
crs in the lower House. They will bow
as gracefully TO fate as though they never
had sworn to do the other way. The
Democratic leaders in Congress have
taught all parties for all time to come
that the agents Of the people in Congress
can never be strong enough to assume
proprictorship over the Government, and
dictate the terms upon which il shall
draw supplies furnished by the people
themselves.
As to the funding bill, the antagonism
will be rs Observation-Disclosures those who
want to fix the lowest interest and those
who want the shortest time for maturing.
The longer the time, of course, the lower
the rate of interest at which our
bonds can be sold at par. Those who
favor the rapid extinction of the public
debt will insist ON a tcn-forty at whatever
interest will float the bonds at par. Others
say put them ut fifty years with three per
cent, and let them be paid by our grand
children. The sale of our four per cents
at par, and their almost immediate rise
to an enormous premium, will have a
tendency to make Congress cautious
about taking the positive statements of
those who affect to know what rate of in
terest will give our securities par value
The Congress will have great pressure
upon it for action on other important
measures but the two above named being
disposed of, there would seem to be no
necessity for an extra session.
The apportionment of members under
the new census can well wait until the
next Congress There will be no elections
for Congressman again for two years.
Next December there will be more COM
pletc information than is now attainable
| 60 Il, l,n H.,
in the representation of the bull-dozcd
States (See l4th amendment of the Con-
stitution of the United States, providing
for such reduction) We read in the
Democratic papers that postponement
of action in this regard will operate un.
favorably upon the Republican party, foi
the reason that the States cannot be re.
districted until after an apportionment
and the Northern Legislatures being all
Republican, Except that of Nevada,) we
ought to have the chance to carve out
Republican districts. This generosity
cannot be too warmly appreciated. Bat
we do not see why the States cannot be
redistricted by their several Legislatures
after the next Congress shall have passed
an apportionment bill, even though it;
passage should be delayed until April ol
May. However, if this will not do, the
Republican Congress can be convened OF
the 4th of March and soon dispose of it
The counting of the electoral vote vii
not likely be attended with any excite
ment. The method of counting, and th'
adoption of rule under which disputed
votes (those of Gcorgia) shall be counted
or ruled out, will perhaps be debatcc
with some earnestness, but can have NJ
practical bearing on the result.
THE REPUBLICAN will endeavor to kecl
its readers informed of what transpires il
Congress, with such comments thereon a.
charitably-inclincd Republican journa
should make upon the doings Of a body
controlled by the Opposition.