Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-08-11
FEED AT THE CRIB
BY moRTGAGING THE FUTURE
The Reckless Exuss<ganes Of the Demo-
cratic House Uninasked and Its
Hypocrisy shown


Hypocrisy shown
Democrats are very much ehagrsnsd
~ the result Of their administration OF
the house. They organized the house
with the cry, .'Doxn with the Billion
Dollar Congress. They proposed TO
show TO the world how business could
be transacted without the Reed rules,
and without . cloture. Tney failed At
every point. When the democratic
demagogus on the stump speaks about
the "Biliion Dollar Congress" he will
need 10 be very precise in order to
make 1t appear which Billion Dollar
Congress he 10 denouncing. A for
Reed rules and the cioturc. the demo
Gratis admit that the congress would
still b in session, and that the demo-
cratic majority Of $50 would not have
been able TO transact the business Of
the house il resort had not been had
70 the principle Of the Reed rules. and
If . cloture rule more arbitrary than
Was ever thought of by the republicans
had not been adopted.
Lost Their Cries.
Democrats have been deprived OF ell
their campaign cries - result OF their
administration of the house, and their
leaders are distressed. They are not
even certain that they can depend
upon the solid south. There are omi-
nous notes of dIscord from several Of
the southern states. The old line bour-
bon democrats of Alabama are even
advocating \ force bill in the state ~
the only means of securing honest cleo
tons and protecting the integrity Of the
ballot. The Congressional Record which
Was suspended the other day for time
when the democrats crippled the gov
eminent by their obstructive tactics,
comes out bristling all over with COM
pilations of figures which give it the sp.
pearance of 4 series Of multiplication
tables, which may repel the reader to
whom statistics are not the chief aim
in lite. There is the flavor of the cam
paign about II. The editor of the Rec
ord mas been impartial and the docu-
ment would serve the purpose Of either
Coupalku COtumiStccs
Political Bankruptcy.
Congressman Dingley of Maine has a
very apt way OF putting thlngs. and his
vigorous attacks are always feared by
his opponents. The democratic house,
Mr.. Dingley finds. furnishes the most
conspicuous illustrations of political
bankruptcy that has been presented
for more than twenty years. Taking
the figures which Mr.. Holman presents
to the public with the evident purpose
OF endeavoring to mislesd, Mr.. Dingiey
shows that, on the admissions and
premises of Mr.. Holman, the actual ex-
cess of appropriations of 1893 over
those Of 1891, for all purposes outside
Of interest and reduction OF public
debt. is S49, 922. l4l. Even deducting the
increase Of pension appropriation for
1892 over 1891, of which the democrats
make 90 much, there still remains an
increase Of nearly twenty-eight million
dollars over the appropriations Of 1891.
This represents the measure of
economy of . republican and of q
democratic house, and exposes the pre-.
tense of those who devised the phrase
':billion dollar congress-" Mr.. Dingley
concludes that under democratic
policy it 10 true that "man never is but
always to he blessed" Moreover, he
draws the curtain from the future and
cluded from the proclamations issued
by Mr.. Holman and Mr.. Sayers.
Held Back for Effect
Mr.. Dingley shows that hardly . dol.
lars appropriation has been made Al
this session for necessary public build
ings and lighthouses, and that nearly
all the appropriations of the sort have
been held back until after the election,
and that there are bills now on the cal.
endar involving nearly $1,000, 900 ex.
penditures for necessary public build
ings and lighthouses which will GER
tainly be passed At the next session oil
congress. Not only that, but the def
ciencies Of the second session in conse.
quence of inadequate appropriation
made at this session for ordinary cur.
rent objects will be larger than they
have been for several years. More.
over, Mr.. Dingley thinks that il il prob.
able that the appropriations of the mex
session of the present congress will be
larger than those OF the present ses
sion, notwithstanding there will be nc
river and harbor bill, not only for the
reason that the Deficiencies will bs
larger, and that the appropriations fol
public buildings and lighthouses held
back at this session must come in then
but also for the reason that the present
congress had adopted the policy oil
withholding the actual appropriation,
at this session for building forufica-
| AL.
improvements which have been author.
lied. and given instead to public otii
Gers the right to enter into contract
for which the next session OF congress
must begin to provide.
Created Mortgage.
Mr.. Holman has very sharply con
cealed from the public all knowledge
of this fact. Yet Il 10 q fact that the
so-called reform house has mortgaged
the future of the country, and that IL
will be necessary tn make very large
appropriations 1T the next session "a
pay for the obligations which the pres
ent house has assumed under cover.
This plan was resorted TO m order not
TO appear to have made the appropri
atoms and to have incurred the expen-
dituree which they actually did. Mr..
Holman conceals this from he public
statement, which 10 designed for cam.
palgn use, but he ~ Inconsiderats
| enough to make the sdmission IN open
debate early in the sespion. when he
was endeavorlng 10 prevent the demo.
crats from assuming these obligations
A; that time, referring 20 the exposure
| of THE trick which hsd been made by
General Coeswell OF Massachusetts,
Mr.. Holman said.
"The gentleman from Massachusetts