The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-08-12

ana formally voted to ai,dcate in favor a
mar , ~ .n le number, one OF whom the
man. nan they had sought to humiliate TO these
ansee men was given absolute control OF the
Vhavi oi BUSINESS and like AL other tyrauts
direct not only the order in which measures
| shouio pe presented but To dicfate the score
anu Ioi ilu,tle the details of each one they
overrode the Recommendations Of lie na,r,s
| cratic Administration as we'll us the authoritv
n'nIi ,b III or The House and they
Competed tne majority to submit to their viii
Now what did the Democrats promise !" an. M
o what nave tney perormedg As soon as Trey
were going To reduce the wat taxes NJ 49,
500 600 0O0 and revise the tariff and reduce il to
| q peace basis In eight months 1hev ha,ya
| brought in two bills to revise the tariff eacb
| hostile to the other, and neither has been even
considered. They have not reduced the war
| tax one dime, although the clamor for O repeal
| of the fruit brandy and tobacco tax has been
loud and constant. The recommendations of
| the Treasury Department in response to the
just demand of the business and commercial
interests OF the country for amendments to the
warehouse and customs administration laws
nave been ignored and treated with contempt
The Democrats have proposed and Tor days
they fought for proposition to further an in
come lax, and they declared that future legis-
lation for the benefit of the Union soldiers de-
pended on their success. "Giye us the tax or
we WI give you an extension" was the de-
peaied to Congress to stop the coinage of "Buz-
zard" dollars, The Democrats of the House
! ilmlted coinage OF such dollars, which would
have passed ha it not been tor Republican
Democratic
from the House in relation to the COINAGE and
currency have been opposed to the policy Of
the Administration and to the general welfare,
ana one OF them threatened to impair if NOT
destroy, the public credit. The Administration
appealed to Congress for adequate appropria-
lions for the increase of the Navy and to he
gin the building AMI armng of modern sea
coast and harbor defences. The Democratic
House, at the dlctation of the steering Com
m1ttee," gave S3,500000 less than one fourth of
the amount asked for the Navy and refused to
grant dollar for new fortifcations and mod
a n owe, fn i1o.yf 80
for the care and preservation of the works in
existence. Governed solely by partisan pur-
Ously ignored the demand of a half million
citizens of the United States in Dakota for the
admission OF that Territory into the Union.
The country demanded and the President rec
commended a more stringent law against poIyg-
amy. The Republican Senate promptly passed
it and Democratic House smothered it, The
people of the Pacific States demanded Iegisla-
tlon to render more effective the laws reeulat-
ing Chinese immigration. The Republican
purpose, prepared by Representative Morrow.
and approved by Republican and Dem ocratic
states. The Democratic House Committee.on
Foreign Affairs smothered it in contempt of its
of a Democratic President, The Democratic
Admlnlstrat1on recommended and the Repub-
llcan Senate passed o bill to indemnify the
Onlnese sufferers by the Rock SPRINGS riots.
The Democratic House strangled it. The same
House was prevented only by one of it's rules
rider to nuilify the Civil Service law III The e
republican Senate passed q bill to extend aid
10 me Support or common schools. especially
~ the southern States, for q term of years, and
the Democratic leaders In the House have
buried IT.. There was general demand for the
subject of interstate commerce Such a hill
the Senate passed and for it the Democratic
measure which. If adopted, would defeat its
own object and which made any legislation an
fmpossibilty at this session.
The Republican Senate in response to tho
demands OF the country and in the interest of
civilization. passed bills granting land in sew
crafty to Indians. and providing for admins
tration of justice in the Indian country as well
as for the reduction of the great Sioux reser-
tiers The House refused even to consider any
measure whatever for the benefit of the Indian
tribes except the appropriation bill. The
for bankruptcy legislation by refusing even to
consider the subject. Spurred to action by a
Cleveland the House hurriedly passed without |
proper discussion q succession bill which its |
advocates a admitted is obscure and inadequate
The Democrats at the same time promised |
promptly to bring IN and pass Joint resolu- |
ton for an amendment to the Constitution TO |
settle the question Forever. The promise has |
not been redeemed. Another measure which |
was promised was one to classify and define the |
permanent annual appropriations of the Cow
eminent. This measure, which has been rec |
commended by successive Secretaries of the |
treasury, has received no consideration. The |
House has smothered a bill to increase the |
meagre and inadequate salaries of Judges of I
of the United states District Courts, because a |
can Presidents. But it has made lavish appro-
pr1ations for the improvement of creeks and
otagyous, and created more new offices than any
oCnef House since the war. The Republican
Senate passed a carefully prepared and effect
I've measure to prevent the acquisition of large |
bodies of public land by nonresident aliens.
The Democratic House, after waiting for
months, subsl ituted crude and imperfect bill
OF it's own so late in the session as to preclude
the possibility of any legislation on the sub
Ject before the adjournment of Congress. The
repeal OF the Presumption, Timber Culture and
dad hxyl
republican and Democratic Administrations
ai1ke and is not party question. Despite that
tlon by insisting upon a provision to deprive
of their.vested rights actual settlers and inno-
Government and all parties concerned in ex-
pense and vexatious litigation in which the
to declare forfeiture of unearned
land grants to railroad companies is not a |
party question, but the Democratic majority
by insisting upon an attempt to destroy vested
rights 1t has also confirmed at least one dis
puted grant by pretended measure of for
fe1ture. 1t has refused to declare forfeiture of |
grant In Mississippi to a corporation which
became defunct years ago and which never
said valuable grant to a so-caiile I'd
successor of the original grantee, in which in
timat and influential personal and political
friends OF the Secretary of the Interior are
pc cuniarily interested.
The bill to remove certain burdens from
american AN e. 1a shipping was not party measure,
enI u was resl a by majority Of the Demo-
1ue to the parliamentary skill of Mr. Dingley
who was supported by his Republican asso-
GATES and to the Republican Senate which SO
amended the bill as to give the President
power to protect American fishermen by the
use OF retallatory measures. The bill to tax
oleomargar1ne passed the House after long
IND stubborn resistance by majority of the
Democrats in that body. The Democrats cast 70
votes for and SO against the bill while 10Y Re-
.ublicans voted fol. it and only Is against it.
At the beginning of the session the Democrats
made brave promises to the disabled veterans
u the Union, but their generosity was eX- |
pended in promises, except as to two measures
)ther b1lls Of great Importance were StranoIed |
~ pi hea VI nne committee after they
ratlc committee on Invalid Pensions and
placed on the calendar. The Democrats as a
ule nave sustained the numerous vetoes o.
private pension bills without regard to thel |
merits of those measure.
:. Economy was the Democratic watchword
Vhen congress assembled. And yet this has
'een most liberal not to say extravaganza ses-
ion u on Although the appropriations fall short
ration by nearly S29,00O000 the total regular
nnual appropriations amount to $264,773 3332
Xcluslye Of the permanent ANIMAL appropria-
lot be forgotten that this includes nothing | !
whatever for Notifications, and that the House
las appropriated only $l4, 1927 go of the s5 49,
~ of deficiencies estimated for and all Of
which must be made up ultimately The reg
liar annual nal appropriations for the year ended
unlimited by a Republican Administration
to $l95, 7l05SS. For the year ended
nne 81 lsSa the The, regular a annual appropriations
'cra tic economy has resulted in appropriations
or the current fiscal year which exceed by
49, 0G2 IA those for the year S3-'Si and by the
UNI of S32, 1884, s5 the appropriations for the
ear lSS4-'S5 both of which were based upon
stinates by Republican SECRETARIES of The
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Death of SamI ]. Tilden.
On the morning of the 4th, at Greystone, N. I
Hudson. II hran bod |