The sun., 1870-09-28
VINO owns THE DEmocRAorg

A Startling Story from wssbinsteu- The
National Democratic Executive Com-
mittcc Working in the Interests Of the
Republicans.
Correspondence OF The SIM.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2G.--A jealous Democrat,
who has passed through on quiet prospecting tour.
srcaks with dependency Of the prospec,s Of the
democratic ptrty, ard with perfect exasperation as
TO the proceedings Of the Democratic Committee In
Washington The result Of his iuyestig1tons leads
lin to the conclusion that great is the disgust Of
the county with the course of the Radicals IN Con.
gross and with the Administration, that ii the Dem.
ocrats would only hold their tongues write nothrs,
and do no,hing but vote vhen the time came, tnc
party would walk over the course.
"Dut,' he says, "conround them, they won't
Every old bourbon pokes himself Obtrusively for.
ward, and every obsolete and lmpractcablc idea and
prepos,erous personality which the bulk OF the party
has long since rcpudated and disayowcl is tarust
forward into the foreground"
As to the Washington Committee he opincs that
1t is much more beneficial to the Ret publican party
than Il own which operates chcck.by jowl with tie
former IN the Capitol though the one pays for ils
employees and clerks and printing and tic other
has CLERKS detailed for that purpose from the Dc.
parimcuis Sam Randall, the Chairman. only a NJ.
urehead allows matters TO be managed bv person
ages who lived on Republican and Radical pap as
long az they could get H. The chcfcook and bottle.
washer, recently elected from thc Treasury DEPART
ment was former active opponent Of Mcclellan
The weakest kind Of documents are picked out for
circulation, and very damaging rcports-only n
small par; Of those charged for, howeverare circu.
lated for tie benefit Of tho unterrihcd Democracy
This peripatctic investigator says, with Just IN.
dianatlon, tat the Washington Committee, instead
oI rails IL frn,. ~. tsf.t
They touch the Cuba question gingcrly. They viii
not publish the mastcrly speeches Of r. "A. Logan
or n. +. Banks because they arc Republicans. Con.
scquenty these speeches will be used to help save
the Republican party against the derections o. tile
Administration. Tley would not touch Mr. Nun.
gems speech. the most exhaustive on the subject
thou-h he was q Democrat, ana the most widely read
and circulated In the country because, to cxpsess 10
mi dly, he was not complimentary 20 Senator sum.
ner. for whom some Of the managers OF that Com.
n.ttee have OF a weakness. They suggested that
the Cuban question "ir9Yd he bet kept 65r nc
Plts;dctlR o',c'iou," but meantime publish the
welintondcd, but feeble. commonplace speech of
Gov. Swami On tGe subject. Swami, wlo is e..
years Of age. has ony been two yc-rs o Dcmocra'. .
and was tciore tlat chicf Of kuoU.noihiug- plu .
uelic.. and J'ood tuhs
"Iow is tins for n'-'t' saws our nl.,. "arl
where is the NILS in tl' cocoanuty simpiy that
y. L. J,Grts. Tr, a.ur,r o; the Democratic Com
mi,,cc, was a-roiutaI commander Of the militia OF
Maryland by Cev. Swain, when he rau oyliaa tho
DCmocrats.
On tie Whole, however, the Democrats" lie
says, may viii, b, cause it IL like an olI.iasi lore
donkey race, IN which tho last In wins. and oonsc.
q1oltlY each nan wrls lis competitor donLey"
It looks TO the impartial mind of your correspon
dent as to many others, that the rrosuccts Of bph
parties, the Democratic and Republican may DO
best deGred ~ the arocgy OF the.sohuolboy, who
excused himsol, FOR being late at school by saying
that was so slippery q at for every step forward
he made two steps bickw lrd and when .terniy
asked 81 hov, then, lie got therey replied, by
turning IN the opposite direction
So, certainly, will be tie chances of those wlo
most diametri'aly depart rom the tns, follcs, anl
personalities Of either party.