Daily Republican., 1880-02-20
Rlscked Congress.


tion only about eight months ahea
: and every day is bringing it nearel
!. This the majority in Congress is nj
prepared for. There is no importar
question before Congress that would III
a deVelope division of sentiment whic
n would lead to a strong political coniic
The measures which should elicit bu
littls debate and which are absolutel
necessary are those upon which tn
9 grsatest division of sentiment occurs
| There need be no division on the ap
> preparation bills. The Government mus
have money to carry it through but un
{ fortunately these are just the bills out o
which the Democrats are attempting {,
make some political capital. They wan
to introduce some false system ofecono
my that may look pleasing to the eye
sound pleasant to the ear but in sub.
Istance is deceptive. They have been
cutting down the appropriations and
what they save in that way they spend
in turning funerals into junketipg
tours over the country and committees
OF investigation which make tremen.
deus efforts not to ascertain the truth
of what they we're api ointed to
investigate. It would not take
two weeks for Congress to find
out how much money was need
ed by the government, and in that time
every needed appropriation bill could
be passed. But there is where the
pinch comes in. The Democrats want
to make some political capital out Of the
appropriations. Esau starving sold his
dearest right to his brother for some
thing to sustain life. The Democrats
are attempting to reduce the govern
ment down to ths starving condition
Esau was in when he sold his birth
right for a mess of pottage, and then
by giving it something to sustain and
nourish it, they at the same time want
to rob it of some OF its most cherished
rights. The Southern leaders who hate
tins government any how no matter how
much they may disguise that feeling,
and their northern doughface allies
who clinge at their feet when they
crack the slave drivers lash, will not
give the government its needed suppor,
without they in return get the laws ab-
rogated which protect the purity of
the ballot box. This is what prolongs
Congress. The Democrats stand shiv-
ering at the breach without knowing
what to do. They have q solid South,
but in addition they must have
New York. They cannot get it i,
without a repeal If all the gulrlp-
tses that insure an hoRest election.
They cannot get it without the polling
Of 81, 900 illegal votes in Nav York
City. They cannot poll these votes Tn
l"6s the election barriers are broken
down. There would be- no difficulty il
The Government getting more than all
the money it needs if it would only
submit to have the Federal cleo
ion laws repealed. But they will
not be repealed. A Republican Presi-
lent stands guard at Washington, and
'aSt his veto OF obnoxious appropria-
ion riders the Democracy cannot get. 7
ie will not give his sanction to the t
)mmissiOn Of fraud at the elections, i
md this causes the hesitation Oh the a
'art Of the Democrats. The dead lock is h
ight there. Checked in their nicely t
ranged plan OF fraud and usurpation, b
he Democracy stand making faces at Il
Ae President and cursing the Govern. a
lent. 4
In their desperation individual mem. II
ers of the party pass the time away in u
tf7ring bills which show what they b
'ould do if they only had the power. il
me of them has introduced q bill to
nit the service of the Chief Superyi- Il
Dr of Elections, and that the terms ofl
lose now in Cti"s shall expire on the t.!
rst Of May. It is well known that la
lis bill is to legislate Davenport out in
Office in New York city, whore he has al
zen 50 Fnocessfui in his efforts to sup al
'pss f'auI, Another of these bills i, in
prevent the arrest Of any election Of or
,pr while on duty, which means tha. "
9 inspectors and the officers Of cleo. ~
}ns can cnmnit all the fraud thew B,
isb to, even to the stutling Of the ballot =,
* fIN Of Illegal votes; they cannot ha or
rested until after tie vote Las been on
united and all traces which migbt Il,
ea 10 the discovery Of fraud are de II,
royed. Thus matters stand in Con h;
ess, and ara likely to stand 20 long cd
the Democracy are not allowed to #
rry out their highhsul.l scheme Of st
aud they have blocked out to enable oh
en- to steal tn. Presidency. ia
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tNREPsNTANr. - The editor Of the =,
iszstt7" in dsoIiaing to publish Il;