Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-02
AND NOW FOB THE RESULT.

AND NOW FOB THE RESULT.
The work of the fifty-frst congress
being ended, lete US glance briefly at the
result. What has been done? But for
villainy perpetrated 1t might be said of
1t that the mountain brought forth its
ridiculous mouse; that and nothing more
of good. OF good resulting, there is
none that any sane person can welcome
and applaud. From beginning to end
the session was dominated by-not q
statesman, but keen, wiry and wholly
INSCRIPTIONS political drill master and
expert party manager. who, as leader of
q band OF 10 odd dumb and wholly sub
missive followers, trampled upon every
principle of parliamentary usage, ignored
every right of the minority and gov
erned the house by cunningly devised
system of gag law, and all for the one
sole purpose, not of legislating for the
common good, but of strengthening the
weak places in Republican lines. Party
advantage, and not the popular good,
was the end kept steadily in view by the
triumvirate that ruled the house as it
was never ruled before.
Witness the admission into the Union
of the four rotten Washing
ton, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming-all
of which combined hnYe total popula-
ton hardly equal to the least pOpulous
Southern state. What is the net result
of that to the Republican party2 Eight
senators of the clubhouse and money-bag
order, and four congressman who aided
in making up much needed quorum
Cannon and Mckinley. the Tray,
Blanche and Sweetheart of the kennel.
Witness the demonstration or silver
by q faced bill that made the Fed
aral government the purchaser at an en-
HANGED price of all the silver produced in
the country, and at the same time played
into the hands of the Eastern goldIags
by the demouetizing feature of the bill.
Net result to the g. o. D., the hearty
support at the next presidential election
of the silver kings of the West as well as
of the goldbugs of Wall street.
Witness the truck patch tariff laid on
all manner of agricultural products, and
increased on many, for the ayowed pur-
pose of protecting-God save the mark!
the farmer. A prohibition tariff laid on
agricultural imports of which there are
practically none-in order to protect mil
lions of exports of the same! Was
there ever such insane and farcial legIs-
lation in civilized country? But that
schedule OF tariff rates
measures the degree of gullabllity with
which the triumvirate credited the for
lorn farmer, who is to be further
If only he will be quiet and
keep his nose to the grinding stone. Net
result here, the hoped for pacifioa ton Of
q numerous and restless class in the west
beginning to clamor for relief.
Witness the meat inspection bill
solemn threat against
European powers that an EN- barge will
be laid by presidential proclamation on
uli manner of imports from such of them
as have the audacity to discriminate by
tariff or other legislation, against our
agricultural and meat products. Very
that, coming as 1t does, on the
how I,str fv nd
I'm posing prohibtory tariff on the i'm
of foreign agricultural pro-
ducts, More high sounding and thunder
ous clap trap intended for effect on the
farmer.
Witness the unseating Of about dozen
congressman with majorities
ranging from some hundreds to 5000,
aud the election by Reed of Repnoli-
cans in their places. The net result OF
that Is obvious enough.
Witness the extraordinary and profit
gate pension appropriations made. or
all the utterly demoralizins and debasiug |
legislative enormities OF this congress,
sion question. For shameless extrava- |
yance and downright profiigacy, there is
nothing to compare with it. We say |
nothing about the inherent and notorious |
-ottenuess of the pension bureau itself,
IS Tanner and Raum have made that |
matter public enough. Net result from |
corrupt pension appropriations-tbe |
iteadfast support of the best organized
band of political workers in the Union
The 6. A. r.
Witness the tariff bill just passed with
is adjustable reciprocity annex. Here |