Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-04-24
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Democratic Record on the Powers
OF Congress-

DAi W tHO oCuuoc, anu iiS ptooiuIc uuup-
ton by the House without amendment
secures to those States that are entitled
to its benefits one of the greatest boons
that our national Lawmakers have ever
conferred through the fundamentally
of the public Treasury. The measure
is one that will add immense strength
to the Republican party in the South,
while at the same time it has compelled
support from that class of Southern
Democrats who see in it beneticent
measure in which the whole of the bene-
ficence is practically bestowed upon
their own constituency. 1t transpires,
however, that under that provision of
the bill which prohibits the payment of
any money to ''any State or Territory
that shall not have provided by law a
system of free common schools for all of
its children of school age, without dis
tinctlon of race or color either in the
raising or distributing of school revenue
VI III tHc SCHOOl ldCilticS dllOTueu,
quite a number of the States, notably
Georgia, Maryland, Alabama. Miss
issippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, will be
deprived of any share of the general
fund, unless they Immediately go about
the work of changing the statutes which
have put the negro under practical edu-
cational ostracism in making race dis
tinctions.
The debate in the Senate on the naval
appropriation bill has unearthed some
things touching the contracts given out
to John Roach for the construction of
the four new steal cruisers, that the
Democrats will not be slow to take adj
vantage of. The charge that has been
made that these vessels are not built in
accordance with the contracts entered
into by Roach, and the further charge
that under strict examination by the
Naval Constructors the vessels are moth
ing but absolute failures for the pur-
poses for which they were designed have
not been met, nor has any attempt been
made to refute them. The Republican
party is strong organization, and it
has carried, as it doubtless will be vet
able to carry, a vast amount of political
incubi that might as well be shifted to
some other quarter. What the relations
OF John Roach and Secretary Chandler
have been, and doubtless still are, have
been long and well known to reading
people. and the efforts of Senators FRYE
and Hale to sustain the propriety of
these relations by praising Mr.. Chandler
and eulogizing John Roach, had better
take some other direction The avidity
with which these two Senators fly to the
breach at any mention of the name of
John Roach coupled with that of Mr..
Chandler, has a decided tendency to
create suspicion that all is not right with
the Navy Department. The Republican
party has some things that it must I'M
load, and this John Roach and Chand-
Ter business is one of them.
A proposition to appropriate money
to build one of the many public build
ings called for by the appropriation
bill, gave Mr.. Randall an opportunity
to tell the House the other day about
the consistent record of the Democratic
party upon this matter of appropria-
tons, as upon all other national ques-
tons. Well, let us just see in what
this consistency consists. In 1882,
when Jackson was a Presidential can
didate for the second term, the DEM
ocratic party declared for internal i'm
provements under the constitutional
power of the general Government. In
1910 however, when Martin Van Buren,
was its candidate, and when he was so
effectually showed under by the Harri-
son log-cabin campaign, the party SOL
EMMY resolved that the Constitution
does not confer upon the general Gov
eminent the power to commence and
carry on general system of internal
improvements. 1t has only been con-
sistent in adhering TO this last PROPOSE
ton, and it has intlexibly opposed
all sorts of improvements including
that of improving itself. In 1913 it APP
proved the Mexican war because it was
war to extend the institution of slav-
cry and spread its benign influences
over continent in extent, but in 1864 it
declared that war failure that had for
its object the preservation of the Union,
and the only consistent thing about this
is this reiteration in their action upon
every measure OF public interest. In
1875 they said that ''reform is neces-
sary' ut they have since persistently
fought every attempt that the Republic
cans have made toward inaugurating
reforms. In 1880 they demanded s.a
free ballot and fair count, and they
consistently follow up the demand
down south by shooting down the col
ored man who dares proclaim himself a
Republican and attempts to vote Re-
publican ticket. The consistency will
be doubtless followed up by this fossil
lied party in taking up the nobest fos-
sill of them all-Samuel j. Tilden-and
again running him for President upon
reform hurrah. JUNIus.
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