Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-01-14
A "RaScai'S' Grip.

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The following is special dispatch
from Washington tn the New York
San: democrats here from the West
ca mot understand why w. H. Bliss,
the Republican United States District
Attorney at St. Louis. is permitted to
keep his office. He has held the place
for ten or twelve years, and, aside from
politics, there are the strongest reasons
why he ought to go. His demands up
on the late Brazilian Minister Mr..
| Volente, for money to enable him to
prosecute the men engaged in flooding
Brazil with American made counter
felt money were recently exposed. Bliss
got several hundred dollars, and want
| ed thousands.
Congress had literally supplied the
Department with funds for just such
cases by specific appropriation, yet
Bliss, when cornered, pleaded ignor-
ance of the law and offered to refund
the money he took from the Brazil
ians.
On this plea of ignorance Attorney
General Garland has seen fit to let
Bliss go.
General Villas and that that
is why he has not been turned out.
This protection will not long avail him,
for his case will be made the subject
of Congressional inquiry.
The Brazilian authorities are too con-
siderate and diplomatic to make COM
plant against Bliss, but the facts they
can furnish will make his removal inn
perative when brought out"
Ed. Register.-In the New York
Sun of December 30th, ult., is an edi-
torial article commenting on DR.. How
ard Crosby's recommendation for a
law limiting the possibly attainable
fortunes of some wOuld-be cento-mlll-
ionaires. The Sun has been Ingenious
enough to give its readers the gist of
Rev. CrOsby's arguments, as taken
from John Swinton's Paper, but not
ingenious enough to formulate any
thing like a cogent argument or sutti-
GENTLY able objection to be worthy the
matter it treats of, or even the reputa-
ton of G.. A. Dana. On the contrary,
it deals in the common tlashy platitude
of How much would the wealthy
Rev. Crosby, d. d., be willing to make
an Average amount. How much would
he be willing to abate his own in
Gomez" Now this far west We know
but little of MIR. Crosby, whether like
Dixie before Gladstone took him in. he
would forestall the inevitable coming
change froin plutocracy, as he from
Monarchy, lis hard to say! But sup
pose we go behind the Rev. gentle
mans political logic and furnish him
more honorable reasons, and Dana a
harder nut to crack than that blind
almond dealt so daintily out by the kid
gloved clergyman.
What has been the incentive to Uirtu-
Gus sUbmissiveness towards our "bet-
ters," held out 10y the doctrinaires, lay
and clerical, of the old English school?
Was 1t not the probable acquisiti9iSf
wealth and the blessing of being. smFed
upon by the Lords-gods, Lords-bish-
ops, and Holy-dukes. who were prov
dentialy placed over us?" What the
doctrine of the New England School?
Was it not, "Starve for wealth that
you may become one of us, make av-
arice your ambition that you may be-
come one of our elect?" But the I'M
happy war between the States enrich
ed a newer "shoddy" and then the
first betook them to hunting up old
snivelling grandfathers, nor went to
Adam with their search. Nor even
to old Father Noah: nor even to that
Father whose Son told US the philo-
sophical and holy truth "Who makes
the love and benefitting of others his
ambition is rich indeed" More anon.
Xxx.