The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-14
Ono Democrat.

Tho Democrats or tho fourUn ulstTict Oh
Indiana have honored themselves and rem
dered IN important service to the country
by nominating for election to tho Fifty
third Congress tho Hon. WILLIAM STEELE
HOLMAN OF Aurora.
This veterans record Is extraordinary in
more ways than one. When Judge HOLMAN
finishes tho term for which he has just been
nominated he will have served In Congress
for thirty years. It is now nearly third Of
a century since he entered the House OF
Representatives. He has been member OF
every Congress since the Thirty-fifth. with
the exception of tho Thrty-nnth. the Forty
nth. and the Fortv-sixth.
When Judge HOLMAN took his first oath
OF Office and his first seat in the House.
Brother BLAINE had Just laid down the blue
pencil which he had been exercising in tho
q Office OF tho Portland Advertiser to enter the
Maino State Legislature; Gen. HARRISON
was starting his law practice in Indian
apolis and running for tho office OF reporter
OF the Supreme Court Of that State: ARTHUR
p GoRMAN was page in the Senate OF the
United States. ut the beck and call OF JEF-
PERSON DAVIS JUDAH p. BENJAMIN. JOHN
j, CRrrTENDEN STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS and
WILLIAM II. SEWARD: Speaker CRISP was
q fourteen year-od schoolboy at Macon.
Georgia: not less than twenty-five OF Judge
ko1MAN's associates In the present Con-
gross were babies OF five years or under:
and six OF the Judges associates in the
Fifty-socond House, namely. SHERMAN
HoAn OF Massachusetts,. WILLIAM JEN-
NrNGs BRYAN Of Nebraska. THOMAS F. MAG
NKR OF New York. MARTIN X. GANTz of
Ohio, JOHN c. HoUK OF Tennessee. and
JOSEPH W. BAILEY Of Texas. had not even
been nominated for existence.
But 1t is not merely for length Of service
that Judge HoLMAN's record in Congress Is
remarkable legislator might reach the
age OF some OF tho minor patriarchs and
yet be remembered only because Of the
great number Of years during which he
had usccssly occupied otherwise valuable
space on the IOOr Oh LILO HOUSE.
Throughout his long and honorable career
In Congress. WILLIAM STEELE HOLMAN
has been the friend and spokesman Of hon
est government. and the constant. vigil
liant. and unpurchasablo enemy Of jobbery.
extravaganza. and corruption. He has
splcndidly earned the title Of Watchdog Of
the Treasury. He has not confined himself
to general propositions and rhetorical de-
nunciations: but he has opposed definite
and specific resistance to definite and spe-
citie Jobs. He has scrutlnizcd items Of pro-
posed expenditure. no matter whether they
amounted to ton thousand or to ten hun
dred thousand dollars: has demanded ex-
plantations In every case; and unless the ex-
PLANTATION was satisfactory has refused his
consent and his vote. Measures OF every
kind and appropriations Of every size COM
Ing before the House. he has conscientious
ly examined and discussed with the fulness
of knowledge and the authority Of absolute
honesty. History will never reckon the
exact number of millions which Judge
. HOLMAN has saved to the people Of the
United States directly: and there is no
arithmetic which can compute the indirect
results Of his example and influence. max
ing always for the cause Of economical ad-
ministration. or the value to this country
OF tho two words which he has never hest
tated to utter on occasion: Il object"
II would rather see the Government
cramped for MEANS" said Judge HOLMAN
in q speech in the House about ten
years ago. Ethan full Treasury open to
pillage. Even parsimony in Governments
ia better than that lavish expenditure
that the public treasure is the prize for
partisan venality and advantage" Lavish
appropriations" he said in another speech.
"are the fountain and sources OF corrupt
cd civil service. Government is to DO ad-
ministered Us a sacred trust for tho COM
mon and equal benefit OF the whole people.
Not ono dollar should be appropriated from
the Treasury beyond the severe necessities
OF the public service. to corrupt the un-
scrupulous and the vcnal."
Such sentiments are the keynote Of Judge
HoLMAN's long career in Congress. and the
handspring OF his public usefulness. He is
Democrat OF whom tho Democracy may
we'll DO proud; and his eighteenth nomina-
ton to Congress by tho Democrats of his
district affords fit opportunity to say SO.
Light in Rainbowland.
Up!n Minnesota. whore the rainbows have
dsrkened OF late. our esteemed CLEVELAND
or ex-CLEyELAND contemporary. the 81.
Paul Daily Globe has stumbled upon the