The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-03-07
WASHINGTON NCoRREspoNpENCE

President Cleveland certainly had
cause to be glad when the fall of the
gavels of Vice-President Stevenson
and Speaker Crisp announced the Leg
al end OF the fifty-third Congress. It
Is not believed that any other Presi-
dent has ever had as hard q physical
task imposed upon him as has been
performed by President Cleveland in
the last 4S hours of almost continual
work OF the most wearing sort Tn
TO Saturday only two of the thirteen
regular appropriation bills had be-
come laws-an unprecedented state of
affairs-and eight of them were still
In conference. Since then they have
all been acted upon. To get an idea
OF the enormous amount OF work the
President had to perform it must be
remembered that the more important
OF these appropriation bills consist O.
hundreds of pages of itemized ap-
preparations, and that President Cleye.
land never signs his name to anything
tnough he Fad IL TITS tSSs case to sign piis a
containing items and amendments
that were decidedly Objectionable, be-
cause the bills containing them could
not be vetoed without making an i'm
mediate extra session necessary, some
tbinp thot ha hod M 5ae;,o 80 A. 70
it could possible be avoided. Later
on there may have to be an extra ses-
sion OF Congress called. but there is
at present good prospect of escap-
ing it entirely, unless there shall be
another run on the Treasury for gold.
1t is fashionable to abuse Congress,
but when one takes the trouble to 60
carefully over the work Of the fifty
third Congress, it will be seen that
there is little cause for abuse from
anybody and none for abuse from
democrats. True, this Congress did
not meet the expectations of the Presi-
dent as to financial legislation, but
why was itP The democratic party
has always taught that the first duty
of a senator or representative was to
represent his constituents. Well, that
is precisely what the democrats of the
Senate and House of the ffty-third
Congress did. and that is why there
was no financial Legislation. Presi-
dent Cleveland realized this, and he
has had no words OF abuse for Con
gresham who stood by the views o
their constituents, although he has not
hesitated to express the opinion that
those views were wrong and that time
would convince those who held them
of the fact
II is not often that members of the
opposition party pay as high tribute
to the ability and patriotism of men,
ber OF the cabinet as Senators Aldrich,
of r. | !, and Lodge, of Mass. did to
Secretary Herbert in their speeches in
the Senate againt reduction of
Secretary Herbert's estimates for the
Naval appropriation. Secretary Her
bert has every right to feel proud of
such compliments, deserved though
thev were
President Cleveland and Secretary
Carlisle, who have been for quite a
while two of the hardest worked Of
ficials of the government, will this
week start on hunting and fishing
trip along the Carolins coast. They
have certainly earned a vacation. and
everybody hopes they will enjoy it
and return with renewed strength to
their arduous duties.
! Among those who extended congrat-
ulations to Postmaster General Wilson,
who succeeds Mr.. Bissel, was General
John E. Mulford, OF New York, now