The Republican journal., 1884-01-03
Another Interview with Hon. >. Ii. Mil
WHAT OUR CONGRESSMAN HAS TO SAY Oh
MEN AND MEASURES AT WASHINGTON.

! MEN AND MEASURES AT WASHINGTON.
One of the penalties man has to pay nova
| days for writing NJ C. after his name is to sub
nit to the interviewing process occasionally.
! Our reporter did not succeed in cornerlnS MIR.
Milliken in time to secure an interview lof last
weeks journal, but ran him down last Satur-
day and attacked him with a list of categorical
questions. The first was: How We're you i'm
pressed with your new field of labor:
MR.. NJ. Very much rs | expected to be- "A
brief survey disclosed great amount OF work
\ to do. but much of it neither unpleasant nor I'M
coneenial. There can hardly fail to be some
contests in the present House, as it and its COM
mittees are constituted which will be exceed
| ingly interesting
JOURNAL. Do you find that Congressmans
duties consist of drawing his pay and enjoying
himself:
Mr.. NJ Whoever imagines that a seat in
| Congress is good place for Il lazy man Is very
sadly mistaken. OF course one may shlrk his
duty in any place in life: but he who would get
the rewards of industry without being induStrI-
| Gus, must 90 to some other place than Congress
to succeed Beside his duties as a legislator,
/
and labor that they may be done intelllgently
and faithfully. the work which comes to Con
gresham every day from his constituents Is
immensely more than in tha days before the
war. His constituency il much larger now
than then, and the business Of the country
which Congress has to do has grown much
more rapidly than the population. The war
la, produced much Of it. What grows out of
pension bounties, back pay and war claims
seems to be almost limitless; and this Kind of
business appeals in the strongest way to the
| Congressman to act earnestly and at once; for
it comes largely from people who are needy,
and who themselves, or whose fathers, sons or
husbands, have put us under the strongest obli-
cations TO them by their patriotic deeds and
with such difficulties that great patience aud Ia
Dor are required to bring them clearly within
the requirements of the pension laws. Yet
they must be faithfully attended to. indeed
am sure there are few. if any. congressman
who would feel at liberty to neglect them.
have worked hardly less than fifteen hours Il
day since Congress began its session, and yet
4 have not done all that desired to do.
Journal. Were the members of the Maine
delegation pleased with their committee as
sgnments:
Mr.. NJ. | think The Maine delegation were
very well satisfied with their assignments upon
committees. Indeed most of the gr!smbhng
upon this score has been done by Democrats.
\ good many people, however. would have
been glad to see Mr.. Reed, WHOM regard As
clearly the able>t man in the House, on the
committee of ways and mc;ts> where he would
have full scope to debate tariff measures. No
one from New England could have handled the
subject so ably as he. But he is now on two of
the most important committees of the House.
JOURNAL. What, judging from the indi-
cations you have seen, will be the policy of the
Democrats in the House:
4 Mr.. NJ. To answer this question intclli-
gently it must be remembered first, that the
South is in entire control Of the Democracy in
the House and upon the important committees,
and secondly, that Democrats are already
beginning to shape their Presidential campaign.
in which they take much more interest than in
good legislation for the country. Their ulti-
mate purposes are free trade and southern
bourbon domination Of the country. But
they will not go to the full length Of their
desire in this Congress, fearing as they do the
political results Of so doing. There is much Of
the war legislation which they wish to repeal.
The duties, except upon sugar, rice and Il few
articles raised in the South. they desire entirely
to repeal, as well as the taxes upon liquors and
tobacco. But not all this is to be done or
attempted until after 81. when if they shall
have secured the three branches of the govern
ment it will be done without hesitation or de-
lay. They will endeavor to reduce the duties
during this Congress, but will consider it
dangerous to their success in the next national
contest, to attempt to carry out their full
programme now. The south never more com
pletcly controlled the Democracy than at pre-
sent. 1t was never more firmly welded to its
peculiar methods than now. Outrage, murder
and blood have become as much ingraned into
IFS system of carrying elections as caucu>cs and
conventions are in The nortn. ANA the great
struggle of the Democracy for the coming year
will be to place the southern bourbon in the
three departments of our government and
enthrone his intolerance, his laWleS>ness. and
his embittered feelings against the nation, il
absolute sway over the people and destinies of
the republic This issue, and nothing less than
this. is to be met and fought by patriotic men.
Should it succeed individual liberty. now down
trodden in the South, win be utterly crushed
there and free trade, with American industries
inundated upon the altar of British greed will
follow. But this will not be. Better things
fnr Il
triumph of the Republican party and its
principles.
JOURNAL. Is there much talk or speculation
in Washington as to the Presidential candidates ?
MIR. NJ. Not much more than elsewhere.
believe that any prediction now made as to the
candidate of either party, would be little better
than Il blind guess. Just now some Demo-
Gratis are booming Morrison, of Illinois and
some are talking strongly in favor of the Old
ticket of 1S16-Tilden and Hendricks. But
blooms are short lived and started now are very
likely TO expire long before the National conven-
tons will be held. Among the Republican can
didate> the ground swell seems to be very largely
for Blaine. That he is the choice of great ma
lority of Republicans in the country is too plain
ly evident to be doubted. But that has been the
case on two former occasions and did moi result
in his nomination. A vigorous use Of the South
ern rotten borough system defeated him. !
doubt if this will be again resorted to; but Mr..
Blaine says he is no longer Presidential candi-
date. and further than that he will not talk upon
the subject. Mr.. Arthur, who has made il good
President Senator Logan, Gen. Sherman and
others, have friends who believe in their avail
ability and fitness as candidates What VIII
come out of il all, with the great unknown al
ways in the field is exactly what no one can
now tell.
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. We have received
No. 3, Vol. of The Classical published by the
Ilallowel Classical and Scientific Academy
Hallowell, Me. 1t is well edited and neatly
printed. Gov. Robe sends US the 9th annual
report on the condition of the Maine Savings
Banks....Wid Il Stevens, Boston, have our
| thanks for an 1884 calendar 1--WE are indebted
to the author, John Il. IIallowell, Geolog,t
| for a geological monograph entitled "Gunmson,
| Colorado's Bonanza County'-an interesting
and useful pamphlet....Mr G. H. Whitney, of
the firm of Gridley 4 Whitney, Vancouver. w.
T., has sent us copy Of The West Shore, an
illustrated paper devoted to the resources of
/ the Pacific Northwest. The ROstOn Safe De-