Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 August 1886 — BECK’S VIEWS. [ARTICLE]

BECK’S VIEWS.

The President’s Appointments —.Where Congress Failed. Senator Beck is very much pleased with [he result of the labors of the Senate on ihe Presidential nominations, says a Washington correspondent. “There probably never were eight months of continuous session before in which there was so little difference of opinion, so little personal discussion, as there has been over the nominations of the President this session,” said the Senator. “Here is the end of the session, with all but about forty of the President’s appointments acted upon, and less than one per cent, rejected. Out of sixty-seven collectors of internal revenue sixty-four have been confirmed, and these officers are among the most important and are spread over a larger territory than almost any others.” When asked what he thought of the merits of President Cleveland’s appointments, the Senator said: “They have been very good. I think I know more about the Internal Revenue Collectors than any others. I have had charge of most of them, and I can say that they have been almost universally firstclass appointments, and the Commissioner of Internal Revenue will toll you tho same.” “How are you satisfied with the work of Congress during the past session?” “Congress has failed in just one thing. It should have reduced taxation. The people demand that a portion, at least, of the burden be taken from their shoulders, and in this Congress has failed altogether. I will not say where the blame for this rests. I only say that we should have done it, and we have conspicuously failed. I will not say how it should have been done. I believe in reduciug the revenue, not only because taxation should be reduced but because I think we are reducing our national bank circulation too rapidly. We should endeavor to avoid any such sadden changes. If we continue to accumulate money so rapidly and pay it out for the redemption of the interest-bearing debt we shall soon have retired our entire 3 per cent, issue. If, as has been suggested, the banks were to hand in the bonds called, we will have decreased the interest-bearing debt, but we will have a large amount of money taken out of circulation and locked up in the