The Hartford herald., 1880-06-30

Congress has quietly folded its tents
and departed. Ii was the most decent and
orderly winding up of a session | have
ever witnessed. Instead of noisy and
disagreeable night-seSsions, and a grand
scramble, the business was kept well in
hand and cleared up without haste and
confusion. The closing days witnessed
the attempt tn ''put through" some lit
tie jobs, but they all failed. The lobby,
what there is of it, goes away dissatis-
fled and unhappy. But the lobby since
the Democrats have controlled Con-
gress is but Il small affair, without in
fluence enough to be worth comparison
with that of II few years ago, during the
era of good stealing, when Garfield and
Blaine and other Radical luminaries
We're pocketing stocks and 5000 fees.
The present Congress has been strictly
honest, as was its predecessor, and it is
amusing to hear the friends of "liberal
appropriations" groaning over the par
simonious habits of the Democrats, and
contrasting these with the glorious days
when broad and liberal minded states
men used to "make things howl' in
the last hours of the session, and when
the House, instead of adjOurning early
rush through jobs to the tune of some
times millions in the closing hours. Ii
is not surprising that the jobbers, bum
mers and lobbyistsare solemnly persliad
ell that the country would go to the
dogs should the Democrats elect their
President.
The serenade to Garfield here looked
u good deal more like II Grant meeting
y 4
pOrters of Grant or Blaine at Chicago.
One after another they got up and said
that if Grant had been nominated he
certainly would have been elected. AS
he had been defeated the party would
do the best 1t could to succeed with
Garfield. Gen. Logan made his first
appearance since his defeat along with
Cameron and Conkling, and hada greater
ovation than the candidate for Presi-
dent. When Garfield came out and
said his little speech all was quiet and
solemn. He didn't say much--did not
even say what he thought of his friend
Hayes for vetoing the bill embody ing
his amendments To the election laws re-
lating To Marshals. Ii can hardly be
/ possible that he approved the veto
though even then he would occupy nu
more inconsistent and questionable at
titGde than does his friend Hayes in
achieving disqualification and l,iling
up al,surdities. He vetoed the Little
deficiency bill because it contained :,
rider. He was opposed to riders. This
was the sole reason assigned. As the
rider embraced legislation admitted Ia
be fair and necessary, and rs ii had been
framed by Mr.. Garfield, Il Republican
leader and friend of Mr.. Hayes, the
Democrats took il out of the deficiency
hill and passed il ;is "A separate measure,
whereupOn his fraudulency draws forth
! from hIs desk another long and hypo-
critical veto message. There is duplIci-
/ ty and a strong oder of trickery in this
performance. If Mr.. Hayes intended Ia
veto Gariield's compromise why did hc
not say so in his fiist veto? The truth
is he originally intended To sign it, but
has since yielded To the stalwart pres
sure and made this veto rs one of his
contributions to the Radical plot Ia cap
ture the Presidency at any cost. That
there is such determination ! will eX-
plain in a future letter. PHoNO.