Show m th THE GO the attack on the record which is being made by some of the influential eastern papers of both parties meets with pretty general endorsement the record tells every morning not only some aliina which occurred that were better left but many things which were never said at all it is in one reuse a national falsehood the government thousands and thousands of dollars annually for which there ia no adequate return incept the running debate which may possess a momentary interest and the legislative proceedings ce which are dept in the journals of both hous esthe con ai ns nothing but speeches v kiich do not appear as delivered and speeches which were not delivered at all leave to print meana permission to publish private electioneering electioneer ing matter at public and it means also per mission to lie the paltry few w iio read it are deceived and tho many who help to pay for it are made neither wiser nor better by its publication because they begird it as a luxury belonging to congressmen alone it should either be reformed or abandoned |