The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-04-18
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Irishman who, when the Bank of Wooster,
after maintaining precarious existence for
some years, often going, but never quite
gone did at last collapse and explode, while
everyone else was denouncing and execrating
its directors, was only moved to admiration
and delight Having heard so often that the
Wooster was on its last legs, and supposing
that banks were set up to make money for
their managers by failing, he regarded this
as an instance of peculiar and tenacious
vitality. "Ah!" said he, "that Wooster was
bully of bank. 1t stood up great
whilel"
The Republican members of our Legisla-
ture, finding themselves suddenly and unex-
pectedly placed in position of power and re-
sponsibility by Jim lrving's enforced resigua-
ton, decided to use that power and fulfil that
responsibility by defeating certain obnoxious
measures devised and pressed in the exclusive
interest of the present managers of our State
politics. These measures were named by them,
and they entered into a solemn engagement in
writing, whereby each pledged his faith to all
the rest and to their common constituents to
vote steadily against those measures, and
thus secure their defeat. All was plain, SIM
pie, business-like and above board.
Our columns attest that while we approved
and sustained this compact, we we're careful
that it should not be carried one hairs
breadth beyond the bounds of legitimate par
liamentsry resistance. We urged the Repub-
lican members not to rest under the imputa-
ton of wilfully defeating a tax-levy for our
city, but to frame such bill as ought to be
passed and present 1t in both houses, with
proffer of their solid vote to pass it. Had
they conspired to defeat the annual appro-
priation, the supply, or any other bill essen
tial to the regular operation of the Govern
ment, State or city, we should have point
edly condemned such factiousness, and asked
them to retrace their misguided steps. But
they did nothing of the Sort
For two days their ranks remained un-
broken. Time and again they voted in solid
phalanx not to order special election to fill
Irving's vacated seat. Why should it be filed
before the Democrats give back to us Twom-
blys stolen seat Why should special elec-
tion be held to fill Irving's place at the heel
of the session, when Mr.. Blood's seat in the
Senate, vacant by his death, has remained
vacant throughout Is it more important
that the Assembly be full for six days than
that the Senate be full for hundreds
The Democratic writer's from Albany have
been daily assuring their friends here that the
thing would be ''fxed"-in other words, that
a Republican member would be bought
Thus, the Herald of Friday said:-
"The test is made on the passage OF this bill to fill
the Irving vacancy, and the vote stands Ga to 69-
every Republican in the line, not one missng-and
sixtyfye votes being wanted for it. the bill Is lost
Truly, this is most remarkable event. Here was
an opportunity for speculative Republican on the
maintenance to make twenty, fifty, or hundred
thousand dollars clear cash, and retire to private
life comfortably fixed; and there was no boter.
Has the age OF miracles come again? For, after all
the buying and selling at Albany OF the last two or
three years, this thing appears like miracle"
The writer of that was at least aware of the
means whereby the Democratic managers
expected to solve the knotty problem which
confronted them. He knew how they had
vanquished other difficulties as formidable
as this
Accordingly, in the Assembly, on Saturday,
MIR. Orange S. Winans, a stipendiary of the
Erie Railroad, representing the eastern dis
trict of Chautauqua county, rose and an
nounced that his signature to the agreement
of the Republican members had been given
without understanding its purport and it
seemed that he had, for the last two days,
been steadily voting in state of continued
obfuscation, since he now turned a square
corner and voted aye where he had previously
voted no; and nowhere he had voted aye Not
only did he thus help the Democrats order a
special election in the Irving district, but he
announced that he would vote with the
Democrats on party questions to the end of
the session Such being the case, we do not
see why they should order an election in Ir-
wings district and not order one in Bloods s. 1t
is said to have been a remark of the late Dean
Richmond that it was folly to spend money
to elect members of the Legislature, since
they could be bought cheaper; and, when
bought, you were sure of them.
We have chosen not to go into heroics over
this matter, but to rest content with plain
narration of the facts. And now we say to
the unbought Republicans, Be not discour-
aged. This step will prove real godsend in
the future. 1t will give us stronger and truer
men in place of the slippery and fshy crea-
lures who Wrigele their slimY Way into the
Legislature in order to make money by SELL
will be Republican, and will be far stronger
in talent and integrity than any we have had
for fifteen years. But for your written COM
pact, dozen would have been in the market;
as it was, two days were required to secure
one. Your purpose was just; your agree
ment in writing was just as it should be; your
seeming defeat was a substantial victory Let
the Democrats pass their measures as they
can and will; do not resign; do not "6li.
buster" do nothing factious, nothing tc
which good men of no party can take excep
ton. The tide is rising and swelling, des
tined to bear you on to triumph.
REPUBLICAN COLLAPSE AT ALBANY
From the NJ Y. Herald.
Wonders will never cease. Tammany Hal
has found her man, and in the Republican
round robin-the one Republican vot,
needed to break the deadlock in the Stat,
Assembly resulting from the pugilistic james
Irving's resignation. On Saturday last Mr.
Orange S. Winans, member from Chautau
qua county, boldly, in the Assembly, left the
Republican line and joined the rejoicing De
moeracy. With this acquisition the last OBJ
struction is removed, the course is clear an6
the whole budget of the big bills of 'tht
Ross" will be smoothly carried through in