The national Republican., 1869-02-02
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ANofHEn ECONOMICAL RxroRn'
Il secms likely that Congress will DO able
10 compass moro military reforms, 10 the way
of cconomi.lns sh.4 wsss&ppcasa possihls
a week ago. II Guner4l on1Prs ncv beint
examined befos = II Hoo 1llisary Nm
Committee srs iasd& &stoq& % e1viss nsrgins
several Of the siissIhe sfmJ burssns into
one or two, thus dscrsasing the aggregate
number Of of1osrs and employees connected
with than, and requiring Iffom each more
actual duty or labor than they now perform.
Tho spifis of suoh change will operate
benenciaiiy upon all at distance connected
with these several bureaus, and will thus, In
turn, allow tho numbers Of tho hitter 10 be
decreased considerably. ... .
now run AnnI NAT m DncRnAsxp cos-
sfpnnABLr.
II the Virginia rcconstruction question
now pending here DO settled on terms se-
curing o large white native vote for tho
/ policy Of the reconstruetion laws and four
tccnth amendment 10 the Constitution, there
will bc no longer q necosslty for keeping
| any Considerable number OF troops In tho
South, (Which means rctrcnchmeut y az
settlement Of tho dificultics In virginia
upon such terms, involves its settlement on
the same principles In every othcr Southern
State, mot reconstructed as North and South
Carolina are, In less than year after Grants
Inauguration. .....
Already, In advance Of this aforementioned
event, Ku-Klurism is everywhere iapsing
simply into an organization Of persons re-
garded by oil the people Of tho South as out
laws, 70 be huntel, caught and duly pun
ished; which was by no means the state Of
Southern popular sentiment towards them
three months ago.
BsrTHR TIME COMING.
Grants power In the Presidency, and the
moral power Of heavy whlto native support
OF the reconstruction policy Of Congress, will
together so change the condition of affairs
throughout the South, as, in icss than
twelvcmonth, 10 make the lives and rights
Of Uniouists as safe In Georgia, Louisiana
and Texas % thoy have been and arc now
In Virginia, whore, though villainously
abused by the reactory Democratic party
pross, no actual violence has been offered
10 any Of them, white or black, since Lees
surrender.
THE GEORGIA QUESTION.
| The House, II Il falls TO turn tho present
Georgia delegation neck and heels out Of
their hall between this and the 4th Of March,
will admit none sfter that time until all men
In Georgia are ~ secure In their lives and
rights as In Connecticut or New Hampshire.
That's tho present phase Of Congressional
sentiment upon the Georgia reconstruction
question, your readers may rely ont. do
not believe there arc ten Republican men,
bcrs Of the present House who will vote, on
the Organization Of the. .Fory-nrst Congress,
to admit Georgia member, care not what
the so-called Legislature may do. They will
prefer to await the action Of Georgia mobs,
courts and Juries In matters appertaining to
civil and political rights In that State, which
cannot be so developed as to gain Congress
sional confidence in q few weeks or months.
suBRxAs's RAILROAD PLANS.
am not Of those who believe that little
has been effected this winter In the matter
Of securing greater railroad facilities to and
from the federal metropolis. On the con-
trary, more has been already accomplished
to that end than conceived, at the begin
ming Of the session, possible In Q single year.
The country has been aroused to q thorough
appreciation Of the situation. The evils Of
the monopoly and the dangers to the gen.
eral public incident to the combination and
its power are already very generally appre-
ciated In oil quarters Of the country. The
/ nlap nf lavarnmant cha rtara for railroada a
to supply the railroad necessities Of the coun-
try where State or corporation interests for
bid has become universally popular, and Is
destined to gain strength daily. When the
next session opens those In Congress having
the matter In hand will find themselves
backed by as extensive and impressive na-
tlonal popular demonstrations as have so
far marked the history Of any great and pop
ular American movement, which, 1t will be
remembered, was not the case when Mr..
Sherman first brought forward his railroad
bills. No such great reform and progress as
he proposed was ever successful In a single
session, nor did any such ever before gather
50 great popular and legislative strength as
his has already achieved In so short time.
There Is, therefore, nothing whatever In the
situation to discourage any friend Of his Ma
tional Metropolitan railroad plans-nothing
whatever.
ST. DoxIsGo, BI JIsoo.
The quid nuHes Of the press were to-day
expecting Mr.. 0rh, Of Indiana, TO intro
duce ("on his own hook') Joint resolutions
for the annexation Of 81. Domingo to the
United States, on which the public Is likely
to be treated to any quantity Of Of buncombe
from any number OF honorable members Of
Congress. As matters now stand, to occupy
the time Of Congress with such proposi-
lion will be simply to prevent the considera-
ton Of more or less practicable subjects,
failure TO consider which will contribute to
make an extra session absolutely necessary.
oRDwAr AND M'rHHRsoN.
All your readers may see In newspapers
apparently foreshadowing the defeat Of Mr..
Mcpherson for Clerk OF the next House, and
Mr.. Ordway for Sergeant-at-Arms, Ia not
worth pinch OF SNUFF. ltis already clear
that there Is no serious opposition to their
reelection. They have discharged their ro-
spective duties to the entire satisfaction Of
the House, and are, besides, remarkably
popular, personally, with all the members.
Those who may oppose them will throw W
away their time and labor.
OFFENSIVE LoBBrN0.
Again ex-members Of Congress, notorious
ly son the make" are seen daily passing in
and out Of the House hall while Congress ia
In session. The matter is so marked an OBJ,
ject Of public attention as to render II we'll
nigh certain that resolution will be offered
not long hence to exclude them by name.
As sharp remedy for the disease as that
course may be, 1t Ia, probably, the only one
likely to prove effective.
THE TWENTY PER CENT. CLERKS.
The vote Of the House to-day, by which
the twenty per cent. proposition was de-
feated by but Ave majority, means that II
, has a fair prospect Of success ere the end Of
, the session.