The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-03-12

THE CAPITAL DESERTED BY ALL SAVE Hun
CRY PATRIOTS. DEMOCRATIC CRITICISM OF
THE INAUGURAL. THE PRESIDENTS POL
ICY. VICIOUS LEGISLATION. INCREASED
NAIL SERVICE, ETC.
CORES p0ndence of the journal.
WASHINGTON, d. C.. Mar. s. The inaugur-
alton has come and gone and the crowds of peo-
pie who came here to attend it have in large
part de arted. Very few except the numerous
patriots who would serve the country under
the new administration remain. Not even yet
do the faithful appear to know fully what will
in regard TO removals and appointments. While
the more conservative Democrats advise going
slowly and express themselves as assured that
there will be no general cutting off of heads at
present, the ''hungry and thirsty"-whO are not
a few-hope that Cleveland will not live up to
the doctrines of his inaugural address which
they say would have been first-cass message
for Republican president to deliver, but should
never have been uttered by chief executive
of the Government elected by the democracy.
And they further assert that if Cleveland is sin
cere in his words upon the southern suffrage
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knowing that only by a violent suppression of
the Republican vote in several of the Southern
States was be elevated to the great Office which
he now holds.
What will be the outcome no one can now
predict. Ceveland's closest friends say he will
stick to his position and be very conservative
in making removals; while Others of his party
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democracy, after having wandered in the will
derness for twenty-four years without even
having been fed from the heavens as the Israel
ties We're, will consent to have anything less
than clean sweep of all the loaves and fishes
into their own plates and an exclusive occu-
pancy of the table.
1t is conceded that the 4sth Congress in its
last act, the placing of Gen. Grant upon the re-
tired list, did itself more credit than in almost
anything it had done before. 1t certainly spent
its two years of life without bringing forth
much to be proud Of in the shape of public leg
islation. AT its first session it defeated the Nor
rison bill, which was WELL AT the late session
it passed an interstate commerce bill, which
may be well or i'll. That remains to be seen
when it shall be put into execution. 1t has, of
course, passed the appropriation bills land what
else? The river and narbor bill, the bankrupt
cy bill, and most important of all, the Mexican
pension bill, with the Senate amendments at
tached to it for the benefit of Union soldiers, as
well as other needed pension legislation, failed
to receive favorable consideration in the last
Democratic House.
Speaking of the appropriation bills ii is but
just to say that there can be nothing more mis-
chievous in legislation than the way in which
the Sundry Civil bill was passed through the
House under a suspension of the rules, admit
ing of no debate or amendment except upon
one or two subjects of the many which it CON
tanned, leaving each member to vote for the
whole or none Off Three of the Maine delegation
voted for it in the first stage of its passage rath-
er than appear to occupy IA position different
from what they really did hold on the silver
question. 1t is, indeed, a growing evil under the
present rules of the House to place all sorts of
legislation upon the appropriation bills and then
to pass the bills through Congress without adj
hitting debate or amendment, obliging members
to vote for all that is bad in them or take the
responsibility of defeating them. We think
this vicious practice should be broken up even
at the expense of defeatnglappropriat ons for
time.
The p. 0. Department has ordered that the
mail service be increased between Belfast and
Freedom by stage route, to six times per week
and between South Albion and Fairfield to
twelve times per week as petitioned by those
living along these routes and at the termini.
Mr.. Milliken remains in Washington for the
present to look after the business of his constit-
uents in the different departments, but more
especially in the Pension office and Agriculture
al department. Nj.