Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-04-23
A Lively House, Too.

ssxxye had occasion very lately TO say
IVY Ccngreo was really getting lively;
~ Indictment to the remark coming
- N interesting debate In the Sen
wherein Senator Vest discussed Chi
- and read some nice postry about
town. The contagion speedily spread
1ke House, In which Mr.. Allen of Mis-
1ppi, yesterday discussed Benjamin
&kfison and his administration, illus
taug his remarks also with q few
neDful lines Of poetry describing the
votion Of the postmaster general to
S Sunday school, the vice president to
- bottle and the president TO the baby |;
%kllo the rest Of the Washington
owd looked on aud waited for the
nlt Of these divers influences upon
S conduct Of the administration.
mar Allen had warmed the Republi-
- mp, Mr.. Cannon proceeded to read
llst Of defaulting Southern state
o6ursrs; which very naturally brought
IN another member allusion TO Mr..
1ay's performances In that line. Tn,
tSw York Ecening Pot was read t.
lkbbrm the House al out the his
ey Of the bad men In Tammany
|ISll, aud to give II tie narrative Of
12nay's uss of the treasury Of Psnnsyl.
'Vunla In his Individual speculations.
NM got to be too hot f,r the Republi.
n,ns, who called upon the speaker pro
I'm. to stop the denunc. alton Of Quay
- belng forbidden by the rule which de-
lno 10 the members Of the House the
1vilege ofspeaking evil Of senatoS.
This rule IL q natursl one In bodis,
IShIch seek TO save the fet lings Of their
mbers, but It is manif, silly not In the
bllc interest when 1t 10 construed b
1eid the truth being spoken about
{olr record ~ public functionarics,
<<ot and present. Under it, cover.
1s. Darlington, Of the Chester dis
11ct, was encouraged to say that II
og untrue that Mr.. Quay had been
4 6efsulter ~ treasurer, and that he had
- best means Of knowing It, because
kowas on his bond. But there had never
I'm an allegation that Mr.. Quay cost
n bondsmen anything or that there waa
- acknowledged defalcation while he
= fos treasurer. the statement being that
used the public funds In his OWE
oculations but put them back again
klhon he left the office.
- has been 80 common u practice II
onnsylvania to thus use the treasury
- during the many years that tn
ooeury has served ~ the financia
oinstay Of the Republican party ant
% leaders, that 1t doubtless causes res
NpriDe to these men that anyon
euld make fuss about 80 natural al
okation. They think that whel
~ are smart enough to get the none,
~ Into the treasury upon the occasion
the triennial change of treasurers, o
41oh reminden Of 1t ~ the new treasure
VIu take, they have done their Who'll
laty 70 the state, and that II IL nobody
nluess what meanwhile has been don
Nth the money. Occasionally they get
llttls excited while they have trouble i
tting q new treasurer to see the treai
MY assets a. they wee them and one {
Xthess times was when Mr.. Quay, VIII
Uno not then treasurer, and Blake Wa
I'D who was acting treasurer, wei
olled upon to arrange q satisfactor
# tntement on the occasion of Treasure
|$ ntler supplanting Treasurer Noyel
81 NJ was the occasion upon which MI
onay IL reported to have distantly col
s tamplated q Susquehanna suicide, an
thon Don Cameron built up his polit
" castle by coming to his rescue.
ut must be conceded that there 10
nd deal Of ground for this idea Of til
lnnsylvaniA treasurer that the stat
oneys are his own while he hold
nm, to use pretty much for his ow
gpAt and that of his party and friend
psFyone has long known Of tn
-, and yet no change has bee
nn<le In the law under whic
49, treasurer Is allowed to dispos
ne be pleases Of the state funds, unds
Cha condition that he will account f
hem when he leaves his Office. 1t
eobabiy the common practice of stats
dealing with their treasurer
md explains why 80 many {
{1hem go wrong. The temptation
- great and the restriction too littl
IA here is no good reason why the sta
oasurer, any more than bank cashie
heald have the unrestrained use of Il
pneys in his care. There is mantle
||&ood Of q modification Of the laws tn,
kave cultivated the long list Of defaul
~ state treasurers that was read to Il
House and that have produced, to
~ Pennsylvania species.