The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-04-07
THE REPUHHxCAN PRESS ON
SUnNERsS REMOVAL.

clearer day by day, that his deposition
is due to his opposition to the acquisi-
tion of an island, and the needless ex-
penditure of millions of money, for
which there Is no necessity. That Is
the head and front of his offending
Cincinnati Commercial.
This expulsion of Mr.. Summer from
the chairmanship of committee of
which he had been so long the able
organ, Is a mistake in whatever way 1t
Is regarded. Al blow ut him, without
cause, and against all rule and preced-
ent, will be resented as was the blow
given by Brooks, as intended to silence
all brave and earnest remonstrance
against wrong, and will be remembered
to be rebuked.--Chicago Tribune.
Leaving out of sight the moral wrong,
the deep injustice of this proceeding,
and looking at it in the light of a mere
all solemnity, can the Republicans of
the Senate afford to pay out the friends
this thing will cost the Republican
party?-1osedo Blade.
Every Republican paper that comes
to US, with one or two exceptions, de-
nounces the removal of Senator Sum-
ner from the craftsmanship of the For
eign Relations Committee, and protests
against the uniustifiahle and insane ae-
ton of the Senate oaucus.-IHiitdc,el
phid Press.
President Grant, by his interference
with decomposition of the Committee
on Foreign Relations of the Senate,
has damaged his Santo Domingo
scheme irretrievably. It Is now impos-
sible for any treaty for the annexation
of that territory to receive q two-thirds
of the Senate, even If it could secure n
majority of that body, which is very
doubtful.-Boston Transcript.
The deliberate sense OF the Republi-
can party will disapprovc of it. There
is no need to review. the course of Mr..
Sumner, with u view to exhibit the
mistaken policy of throwing overheard
one of the founders of the party. and n
consistent Republican, to give place
to one who has small claim on that
party's support, or on the respect ofcit-
liens of the country.-Hdrijord Post.
The Santo Domingo quarrel has as
sumed proportions out of all reason,
when the present value of the island
and the public Indifference to annexa-
tion Is considered These, and q dozen
other causes of contention, are on hand,
and to these the obstinate Mr.. Grant
proposes to add quarrel in which he
Is wholly wrong, and in which success
will be worse for him than failure. If
this is craftsmanship the less we have
of 1t the better.-.SprinGfetd Rep,tbtt-
can.
Mr.. Sumner justly stands so high in
the estimation of his associates in the
Senate, and of tho whole Republican
party, that he cannot be placed in a
subordinate position in the Republican
party, in this way, without producing
an unpleasant shock throughout the
country.-Rochester Democrat.
The whole movement is a mistake,
and will so appear before the unhappy
results are fully reached. This has been
supplemented by another on the part
of the majority OF the Senate. Neither
OF these great mistakes will be support
ed by the great majority of the Repub-
lican party of the, country, while tho
refusal OF twenty-three Senators to vote
on question which necessarily in
wolves the humiliation of the Senate,
will strengthen the opponents of Presi-
dent Grants Santo Domingo policy
Providence Press.
We say without cause, for we cannot
make it bear any other look. We will
give them all the credit for srespeet-
able intentions which the case admits
of, and then we must add that they
have done a great wrong and made u
great mistake.-Boston Journal.
| Tne almost universal sentiment OF
the Republican press throughout the
country is that a great mistake has
been made by Mr.. Summers election
| from the place he has so long filled with
credit to himself and to the nation, and
the fact that he is succeeded by man
not his equal in talent, or culture, or
the kind OF experience needed for The
position, increases the gravity OF the
mistahc.-Phito BulLefin.
The President forced this quarrel up
on Mr.. Sumner, and it is to be hoped
the latter viii not shrink from it,
Sumner has deep hold upon the affee-
tons of the best men of the party; his
enemies are not respected by anyone
| Providence Herald.
Grant, on Monday last, dictated the
names of the committee OF five who re-
| ported Summers removal TO the eau
cus,n and this was the result of ~ GER
tain negotiation between President
Grant and certain Senators."-P -Pattcr-
son ~ ~ Press.
When the highest legislative power
| in the land discards Summer and seI.cts
Simon Cameron as its instructor, its
leader, its rgan, and its inquirer into
| the complicated details connected with
| foreign relations, the schoolboys should
no longer be surprised that horse was
made consul in Rome. To strike Sum-
ner down for one disagreement was an
outrage, and is an indication that the
| independence of the Senate is gone,
and will compel the belief abroad that
it is truculent to patronag ge.-ihiLddet-
phiG Telegraph.
| A JURY SCENE II WYosfING.-A
dispatch from Laramie, Wyoming Ter
ritory, March 18th, gives the following:
! Among the cases untricd are fourdi-
ivorce suits. The female portion of the
jury appear now to be perfectly at
home with their task. The umidity
Manifested at the beginningi is entirely
worn off Such of the testimony as IS
neces sariIy unrefined is listened 70 with
as rnucf. regard for their sense of duty
az is unaffected by those of the sterncr
sex. Several c.f the ladies, to improve
the tedious hours yi.ile on duty, bring
with them their, Knitting and other
such like work, and tile fray OF the
jury represents quite a curious appear
Iance, having among them negro.