The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1882-08-18
WHAT mas II DONE.

S1hSt0Sa uas auI0uTueo ~ ieott eAsSs
having continued in session nearly two
months longer than the usual period,
and for longer time than any session
since the war. Il might not be out of
place then, to ask, what has it done
what great measures have been passed
to make the forty seventh Congress so
sounding down tho ages as greater than
all the forty-six that have preceded it.
Certainly ono would naturally expect
some good AS the result of such pro
longed session. Such is not the case
however. The Congress just adjourn.
ed has confined itself to wasting its
time in political discussions, and in the
extravagant waste Of the public money.
The Democrats left Sl50.00o, 900 in
the Treasury when tho Republicans
acquired control of the Senate and
House, thereby demonstrating that
more revenue was being raised than
was necessary to meet the expenses Of
the government, and that the time had
arrived for reducing the burdens of
the people. Has any relief been grant
ed by Congress to the taxpayers of tho
countryl no. The Republicans have
been making raids upon the public
treasury from the time they obtained
control of Congress. The sppropria.
tions ending in juno 1888 exceed those
for the year ending in June 1882 by
SIS, 100000 Instead of expending
the public money for public purposes,
matters of common and general i'm
portauce are neglected, and our heroic
lawgivers seek to display their generosi-
ty and patriotism by extravaeant and
unconstitutional expenditures for local
popularity and party purposes.
When Democratic Congress ap-
propriatei 1915 900 for building and
repairing the national defenses, it was
charged with plotting to destroy the
government by failure to appropriate
sufficient to keep up the needed repairs
on the public works. But right on the
heels of that comes Republican Con-
gress, and for the same purpose, only
appropriates the small sum of $3.50 900,
whilst for the improvement Of rivers
and harbors, many OF them unknown
to commerce, the appropriations are
Increased more than 100000 over
the amount appropriated last year by
democratic Congress. And 50 with
the pension bill, which in one short
year has increased from S6S,000,0
to sI00, 900. Instead of reducing
taxation and relieving the taxpayers
from the necessity of paying yearly in.
to the treasury, one hundred and fifty
| millions of dollars more than is nee
essary to defray the expenses OF gov
ernmeHt, the Republican Congress
with Robeson and Keifer and Hub
bell in the lead, devoted its time aud
talents to making raids upon the treas.
ury for party purposes. Absolutely
aothing has been done TO relieve the
people. Nor is the extravaganza Of
Congress the only charge that can be
brought against it. When it began, the
Democrats had u majority OF one in
the Honse and two in the Senate.
When Congress adjourned the R=pub.
licans had a majority of two in the
Senate and five Ia the House. Aad
this change has beon brought about,
not as the result Of any popular elec-
ton, but by first buying the vote of
Malone by throwing him chunk of
Official patronage, and that os Davis
of Illinois, by dropping him hook,
baited with the prospect of being
President of the Senate. BY such
means, Republican maj1rity was OBJ
tanned In the Senate, whilst in the
House six honestly elected Dsu4ocrats
have been counted out by force and
fraud, and by the use in some cases of
evidence that was known to be forged.
Precedents have been set by Speaker
Keifer in bis rulings, unknown here.
tofore to parliamentary usage, AMI in
direct conflict with former rules Of the
House, and he has long since con.
vinced the people of the country
that his sole aim and object has baen
to further the ends Of the corruptionisls.
The time has come for the taxpay
ers of che country to place check
upon Congressional extravaganza and
corruption. So long as HqbbsIl, by
his system of enforced assessments, is
able to purchase seats in Congress for
creatures of his own Lind, just so long
will the voice of the people be disre-
garded, and corruption and extraya-
gance mark the progress of legislation
in Washington.
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