The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-04
THE ROSS OBsTRUCTIONIsTs.

The entire congressional legislation Of
the present congress has been with the
avowed purpose of embarrassing the adj
ADMINISTRATION of the government by getting
the secretary of the treasury in hole.
They have made appropriations while
they have refused to make provision for
the government to get the money to meet
the appropriations. 1t has been wild,
reckless effort to make capital for this
presidential campaign.
Mr.. Cleveland has been the representa-
tive of all that was safe and conservative,
while the Republicans in congress have
been the representatives of opposition to
all that is safe and conservative and the
positive trainers of Il destructive policy in
order to show that the administration
could not run the government. The coun-
try needed positive legislation and strict
economy in the expenditure of public
money. Neither has been done by the
congress that is unnaturally prolonging
its existence. No laws have been passed
to relieve the strain on the gold reserve.
No laws have been passed to supply the
large deficiency made by the decision of
the supreme court that the income tax
was unconstitutional. The country has
been embarrassed and has lost faith in
the financial status. No laws have been
passed looking to the relief of the situa-
ton by taking the government out of the
banking business. No laws have been
passed to provide for the large appropra-
tons. Not one thing has been done to
relieve the people of a single burden, but
everything that has been done has laid
additional heavy burdens on the shoulders
Of the taxpayers of the country.
The Republican party promise settle
ment of the money question on sound
money basis eff" the people will elect their
nominee for the presidency. There has
not been day during this session of
congress that the Republican party could
not have inaugurated such legislation, and
Mr.. Cleveland would not have stood in
their way any more than Republican
president would have stood in their way.
1t is asserted that the Democrats have
exhibited inability to run the government.
We would like to inquire where the con-
gress can be found in all the history of
legislation that has made more complete
failure than the present Republican con-
gress? They have given the Democrats
large odds and beaten them all hollow as
obstructionists. The Democrats of the
senate in the former congress showed
some ability as obstructionists, but the
Republicans of this congress will go down
in history as the boss obstructionists" of
all congresses. They were sent there to
correct the errors of Il Democratic con-
gress. They have not corrected single
error, but have SO far outstripped the
Democratic congress in positive bad and
partisan legislation as to make the faults
of the former congress insignificant to
the gigantic errors that they have COM
mitted. If the people of this country
trust the Republicans with such record
again with power they will leave the inn
preston on the world that they have for
gotten their duties as patriots and are so
Indifferent to the good of the country rs
to deliberately hand it over to political
wreckers who have no care above the
spoils of official position.