The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-12-13

,o,ub,ican Estate smen" Caro- Tor
Nothing But tho Spoila
-. Country May Ga to the Dogs for All
rney Carc-Wcuid Rather HAVE -
Cierkship Than Preserve the
Nations Credit.

house of representatives MI. McboNcH.
his morning. 1T is one thing To seek
o,gce. another thing to secure Of
6ce and another thing TO dispense
patronage. There are 2i5 republican
members Of the house. n each one
~ them expects at least one appoint
rent in the clerks Office. AS n matter
~ fact there are less than 100 Offices at
the disposal of the clerk. and SO you
see hat the members are asking impos-
s;bilities of me. or course ! knew this
in advance. and lam trying TO make the
hest of it.; but Office holding in high
nlaccs is not like living on milk and
honey and living on "a bed of roses"
As a matter of fact. the republicans
made a spectacle of themselves in the
organization Of their body. For two
weeks previous to the meeting of the re-
nublican caucus there were headquar-
,ers opened here for Mr.. Mcdowell, of
Pennsylvania. and Gen. Henderson, OF
Illinois. both Of whom were candidates
for the Office Of clerk. Everybody knew
and conceded that Gen. Henderson was
an exceedingly popular man and an old
member. IL WIS BitoAiiSb ~ ~
older ccngrcssmcn from the western
states would stand by him. so that the
contest. when it came down to an act
ual vote. would prove To be a very close
ore. As n matter Of fact, however,
the Henderson managers were either
TOO proud or too unwise to make POI
litical bargains. and the Mcdowell man
ayers Were neither proud nor unwisc.
but made bargains. They did us all
practical politicians do in organiza-
lions Of that kind. They made pledges
in advance. of what their candidates
would do if elected. The result was
that fully two-thirds of the republic
ans OF the house of representatives went
f,ockiny like sheep TO the standard OF
the man who agreed 10 give them little
plums o~f'patronage- IL was n peculiar
spectacle to a loolSc'-on TO witness a
great political party rushing after the
spoils of Office in that manner.
IL had been generally supposed that
the people elected a majority of re-
publicans to the house of representa-
tiyes for the purpose of having them do
business for the general welfare; but
when the republicans got here they
seemed 10 think that their first fnnc-
ton should be TO get as many Offices as
possible for their constituents at
home. in order to make themselves
solid for denomination and reelection
mex year. In fact. that seems to be
the principal business Of most con
crcssncn OF both parties after coming
to Washington. They are dipping
into the future as far as human eye eau
see. in order to secure a great career
without a time limit of any character.
The nationalpolicy for the republican
party to pursue was outlined in the
speech of Speaker Reed in accepting the
caucus nomination on Saturday night
II has been further elaborated in al
authorized interview with Nelson Ding
lev. of Maine, who is likely to be made
chairman of the committee OH ways
and means. The policy to he pursued
is one of inertia. The republican party
which has always heretofore claimed
10 be one of progress and aggression
has thus publicly confessed. through
its chosen mouth-piece. that IL is in thu
IutuT' W bt y parry ihNte Ic'
instead Of positive statesmen.
Mr.. Dingley sees in the future a grea'
big bugaboo. in the form of a prcsi
Dental veto. in the event that n revenue
hill should pass the house and senate
lie also says. as n matter which appears
TO him TO be n fact, there would be /;
veto Of any financial measure which
might be passed for the relief of tin
treasury. These are subterfugcs aD'
the people OF the country will realiz'
that very clearly If the republican
party would undertake to do some
thing and fail. it would have n bette
standing before the plain people. Blu
inasmuch as Mr.. Reed has n prcsiden
tial bee buzzing about his ears all tn
time. he has acquired the tmidit..
which always comes 10 men who sec
the highest Office in the land.
During the last few days the rcpuh
lean senator's have awakened irointhci
lcthargy and have concluded chat itwil
be necessary for them TO rcorganizc TN
senate and accept the responsibility,
which they have cndcavored to shirh
Before the republican caucus OF Nond1
afternoon was held. there was a PR
vailing sentiment among the republica
senator's that they should follow Ill
example Of Mr.. Reed and Mr.. Dinglc,
and declined TO assume Tcsponsibilitie
o. any character. The western repui
lean senator's. however. are nearly a
VI them young men who declare the
viii not submit to the domination of III
conservative old fellows IN the scnats
and the energy which has come TO III
republican senate has been mainly COZ
tributed by the republicans OF I'll
northwest.
have been informed by a democrat
leader very close 10 the president thf
II the senate and the house of rcpT'
tertatiycs. being republican ms the
are. should pass partisan measures x
the relief OF the treasury. either by
protective measure or by n change
cur financial system. the prcsidci
would NOT veto such measures. unlc,
~ mis- judgment it was radically wron
lie would he inclined to let any me