Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 April 1879 — What Will They Do With It? [ARTICLE]

What Will They Do With It?

For the last fifteen years the Democracy have been boasting and promising what they would do when they obtained power. During the period named their entire political stock in trade has consisted in abusing the Republican party, antagonizing all its measures, and promising what they, the Democracy, would do when they got in power. They were to reform all abuses, remedy all wrongs and cure all evils. They would substitute good times for hard times, prosperity for depression and good fortune for ill. Under Democratic rule there should be remunerative employment for every person, and the times, which they declared to be* so completely out of joint under Republican rule, were to be thoroughly repaired and put in perfect running order. This has been the burden of the Democratic argument for fifteen years past. Very well; at last they heve power, and now the 'question arises, ** What will they do with it?” They are in a position now to redeem all their promises and to inaugurate the “good time” which they have been predicting for fifteen years would come to pass when the Democrats obtained power. They now control the Legislative Department o? the government and can pass any laws they may see fit to pass. The only qualification 6T tinsstatement-Ernst-, dential veto, and that is riot a material qualification so far as the present case is concerned. The President v/ill not veto any measure of general utility of that is calculated to promote the National welfare or prosperity. On the contrary, if the Democracy will frame and pass any measure of that kind they can count on the President’s prompt approval and hearty co-opera-tion to carry it into effect. They have promised to cure hard times; let them bring forward their curative measure. They have promised to furnish employment for the unemployed; lea thern proceed at once to the fulfillment of their promise. There need be no fear that the President will veto any measure of public benefit or utility. If the Democrats can devise any measure that will lessen the burden’ of taxation or enable the people to carry it more easily; if they can pass any bill that will increase or develop the National resources, that will extend our domestic or foreign commerce, that will build up home manufactures or open new markets for our produce, that will enlarge the avenues of trade, attract immigration, increase the profits of labor, or the rate of wages, or the purchasing power of money—in short, if they can do or suggest anything that will tend to the general welfare, they can count on the hearty co-operation of the President. Are they talking about anything of this kind ? Are, they discussing any measure of public utility? Nothing of the sort. They are only concerned about the distribution of the House and Senate spoils, and about the repealpf the United States Supervisor law, "which is the only law on the statute-books to punish frauds in Congressional elections. Their present attitude shows that it is one thing fora political pasty to make grand promises as to-what it will do when it obtains power, and quite another to adopt a wise programme after it has achieved success. The Democrats have obtained power, and now the question is, what will they do with itP —lndianapolis Journal. —Sour-Krout. —Take one quart of souv-krout; do not wash it; if the krout is bought at the proper place it is quite as clean as are pickles or any other vegetable preparation. Put the sour- krout in an iron pot with a gill of water; it is wise to scour the pot carefully beforehand, for if the, metal Be rnsted the acids in the cabbage will dissolve the iron and inake the dish look blackish; let the cabbage cook slowly for an hour and a half; then add either a piece of fat brisket of thr.ef pounds, or a piece of pickled pork’, or the hock of a ham. Let the krout cook then, slowly for an hour and a half were;' awr eotMidd salfc, bu 4 a “dozen* 1 whole black peppers; when thoroughly cooked, drain the whole through a oolander. A Boston young lady speaks of her brother’s “ botit-jonn.”