Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-04-01
Issmoerasio wsil Over . Demosrsti.
Congress-,

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Congress-.
Three months of the present Congress
gone and nothing done This il not the
growi Of fault Fl hiding, hypercritlcal Re-
publicans, but the plaintive wall of all
the Mugwump and q large number of
tho old-line, hard-shell, copper-bot-
toned Democratic newspapers through
out the country. SO far rs Republicans
are concerned there is no great d~issatis-
faction with this condition Of things.
Indeed, they are 90 we'll convinced that
this Congress has neither disposition
o capacity to do anything wise or pat
riotic that they view its inactivity with
much mor Of resignation than regret.
The small %squabbles among the leaders
and fnssv %puttering over trifles which
have occupied their attention for three
months to the exclusion of other i'm
pOrtant matters seem so fitting and
proper, 20 we'll adapted to the mental
caliber Of the majority, and any attempt
to take up larger affairs would be attend
ed with such great risksthat Republicans
generally are disposed to accept the sit
could be hoped for under the circum-
stances. As long as the majority in the
House are contented to pass the time in
harmless wordy contentious among
themselves, or the innocuousdelights Of
dawdling, Republicans are quite salts.
fed, and not at all disposed to spur
them into pernicious activity. They
might do q great deal worse.
But the Mugwump and Democratic
ne wspapers, which bailed the election
of their $50 majority at the beginnin z
Of the millennium, feel differently. A
great many Of them, and they the most
confident and hopeful, have had moth
ing but disappointment ever since the
House was organized by the election of
Speaker Crisp. 1t has been raining dis
appointments for them for three
months. Very few had provided
themselves with umbrellas, and
those who had soon found. them
turned wrong side out. They
are wet, sick and sore. Here, for In
stance, is the Boston Herald, which
usually manages to take a cheerful view
Of the political situation, complaining
that Congress has been in session over
three months, and up to the present
week not only has nothing been done,
but mot one speech of importance on
any subject had been made in either
house by q member of either party"
For this, it says, there has been no
precedent Tor nifty years, III there has
indeed for = hundred, or in any Con-
gress since the organization of the gov
eminent"
However, there Is no occasion for DIS
couragement on the part of our Boston
contemporary. Since its article ap-
peared, Mr.. McMillin, of Tennessee,
las made ''the greatest effort Of his
life' on the tariff question. And that is
but the beginning OF floods of eloquence
waiting to be poured out. Tons o fwhite
paper are waiting to be covered with
speeches of importance" on the tariff,
which will 70 into the Record to in
ptruct and inspire coming generations.
And then the silver bill will come up,
which will let loose still other floods,
and gil up other hundreds of pages of
the Record. Let our Mugwump
friends restrain their impotence. The
$50 majority will get down to
work before long. Then look ont
for speeches Of Importance" of
such importance that all the Mugwump
and Democratic newspapers in the coun-
try will have their hands full till next
November trying to explain them to the
~bewildcred voter.-Nsw York Tribune.