Show r 4 I 1 t f 1 I 1 1 V j I 1 6 a 7 5 democratic 1 m i I 1 t HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE PARTY pairry OP Z PEOPLE the do hw and ad Pop altet for jauch awl jooa of rt coax coar tow itow I 1 ta in ran TIOW chicago chronicle restored to power in the legislative branch of the government erni nent what baa the republican I 1 party in congress congre aa aich w has baa been in cession since the first of december accomplished complis hed it has assented aasen ted to the areld presidents deare proposition that a commission shall all lie be appointed to look into the controversy amy between venezuela and great britain concerning boundary lines and it has passed a resolution of lymp sympathy athy with insurgents in cuba but such action has slight blight reference to domestic matters what has the republican congress done dime to justify the claim made in ado in behalf of the republican party tor for extraordinary tra ordinary prescience patriotism industry and intelligence will some republican give us the specification every once in a while wane we hear bear that such guch and such a member of congress cannot possibly be spared because he be Is so industrious so useful so entirely a statesman true he be is a new member but he be has given evidence of his capacity where Is the specification tt the whole house if all of both branches of congress have failed to accomplish aught of domestic legislation useful to the country indeed of any domestic legislation how can it be predicated of any single member of at either body that he be has accomplished extraordinary acts entitling him to gratitude and popular applause applan 7 what has the republican congress done it his has legislated about cuba and venezuela Venea roela but bilt what has it done for the people of the united states of america the president pointed out clearly the way to reform disordered finances but there Is no republican statesmanship equal to the passage of at a measure to bring about such reform all over the land we will hear bear presently sung paeans of republican states men and assertion that republicans alone are capable of legislating for and conducting the government of this republic but a curious and interested people will properly demand specifications where are the results wh what at Is the record we must judge the party not by its assertion but by its accomplishment as we judge the tree by its fruit thus far three months of republican legislation have been three months of sahara uhe like desert deitert the party is a impotent potent claiming the highest intelligence it lacks sufficient for self breser on view before the republic claiming its suffrage in this presidential year it is so BO utterly incapacitated that it cannot make a record of any kind relating to the affairs of its own people it if the republican states statesmen mim at washington mean to perform why dont they leave off the iteration of their purpose and begin |