The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-07-01

Partisan Assessments
Mr.. Jay HuBBELL loyles at Will his a.
scssmonts upon the poor clerks and other
,mnloye, 81 the Federal Government; and
although President HAYEs'S order forbid
ding such assessments has never been re-
voked. vet The Democrats IN ,he House oi
REPRESENTATIVES could net frame 10 the
proper appropriation biz suca an amend
mcnt having that for its object Is would
pass the test o. the Speakers scrutiny.
We nudge that his rulings in respcc' OF The
amendments offered were correct, rs we
have no, heard that their somdness was
questioned either practically in the House
OF theoretically outside.
wherein lies the difficulty Of framing
such an amendment TO the civil and diplo'
matte appropriation bill rs would, Il
adoTtcd. pat an end to this ueiarious use
of the taxpayers money! II needs nc
argument to convince anybody that 1t Is
wrong and outrage upon the people to col
lee, money from them for the support OF
the Government and then allow 1t to be
used for the support OF one party Every
body knows that it i, wrong to tax Demo
Gratis, and employ the money collected
from them I'm maintaining the Republican
party. EycD body knows that IL is an out
rare TO collect ais millions Of dollars IN th'
Democratic state OF Virginia nearly al
Of Il paid by Dcmocrais--and cXpcnd II III
endeayor,ag TO elect 20 Congress from the
same state men who will sustain President
Arthur. aud Commissioner RAUS, and the
Republicans u Congress, in their ayoWcd
determination 10 keep up the tax upon TO-
hacco as long q. possible.
What, We repeat. is the difficulty in fra
ming an amendment That would put an
end TO thi, outrage? The rulc OF the
House requires that an amendment to be
in order must Dee one which would reduce
the amount Of the appropriation contained
In the hill and also gelmne to the section
proposed 20 be amended. Under this rule,
Nh. KEIrER ruled out amendments offered
~ scycrai Democrat, having for their oh
lect the prohibition OF these outrageous
Io'itica assessments. But surely there
can be framed an amendment which will
meet tie requirements Of the rule and At
IT,, same time forbid hy law these political
assessments. Perhaps hint may be OBJ
tanned from the following paragraph of the
Chicago IrjmGS:
III the men in The civil service OF the
United state may bc justly taxed to The
extent Of sl0o,G10 or 25O0,Gg0 year for
party pUrpo ,cs, thCn it is evident that these
men are paid that much in excess Of just
and fair compensation Tor their services,
and that under thepretcXt OF aPprOpriating
money for the public service the money is
voted rom ehc Treasury for party pur-
posts. Is the Republican party willing TO
assume Responsibility for this misuse Of the
public Tcycnuc:'
The ITiGupc is a Republican journal,
lut it cannot counlcnance the mrspeaka-
bic outrage it elludes to. The Tribune
touches the spot. Let an amendment be
drawn up providing that the salary Of
every Government official who shall here
after contribute to party campaign fund
shall he cut down by whatever percentage
OF the peoples money paid out to him as
their officer he may have contributed TO
the campaign-fund Of either the Rcpubli-
can or the Democratic party. Or perhaps
il would be a more encctIal remedy 10
provide that the head Of each bureau
allowing such assessments shall bc locked
at least 10 per cent. OF his salary annually.
Surely such wrong can be reached in
some War.