Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1871-04-08

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act as I" the insult to Mr.. Sumner" and
says: 81 His deposal will be the sevcrest
blow the Republican party has experienced
since it gained the national ascendancy."
The Boston Journal says:
We need not say that this action of the
caucus committee carries surprise and deep
regret throughout the Republican ranks Of
the country, reaching even among demo-
Gratis who, differing as they may from Mr..
Sumner in other respects, concede his emf.
nent fitness for the head Of tho Foreign
Committee.
The Boston Adrertiser says: e. .
The Republican Senators who are pur-
suing this matter have taken upon them
selves a serious responsibility. The Sen
ate is not new body like the House of
Representatives, and its usages have some
thing like the force of law. This extraor-
dinary violation of usage, whatever pretext
there might be for it, will stimulate dissen.
sion and faction, not in Washington alone
but in the country, where it does not ex-
list, and where nothing but folly can create
it.
The Newark Courier says:
In this scheme we discover nothing but
consequences disastrous to the future unity
and success of the Republican party; for
it must be remembered that, all scrtions
to the contrary notwithstanding, Mr.. Sum
ncr is not only the idolized Senator of a
great Republican State, but, to greater
degree than any Of his colleagues, the ac-
knowledged leader in the Senate of a large
portion of the Republican party of the
country. An insult aimed at him will
reach thousands who will, wisely or un-
wisely, consider themselves insulled thro'
him. Such complication should, by all
means, be avoided by the Administration
The President can but lily afford to incur
the dispeasure of the legion who are Mr.
Summers friends.
The sum of Senator Summers offending
appears to have been his opposition to the
San Domingo acquisition. The affair is a
most unfortunate one for the Administra-
ton.
The Syracuse Standard says:
Iu the name of the honest masses of the
Republican party we thank the twenty .one
Senators who, uuinfuenced by the sense
less clamors of the capital and uncontrolled
by the fear of executive disfavor, endeav-
ored to prevent the consummation of this
outrage.
The twenty-six Senators have done
foolish, if not disastrous act. We shall
not impute dishonorable motives to them,
although the expressed anxiety of the
President to accomplish MIR. Summers re-
moval will give rise to ugly surmises con-
cerning the use and acceptance ofth pat
ronage of the Government to accomplish
the scheme. The President himself, if
report be true, has been exceedingly lack
ing in dignity in thus warning upon the
Senator. .......
The Toledo Blade says: .-:..l
Under no pretext should any statesman
be allowed to be sacrificed for opposing
measure of this sort It was enough for
the President to throw his weight for
scheme on which his party had passed no
Judgment. That he, or others for him,
should attempt to punish Senator Of Mr..
Summers rank and standing for daring to
oppose pet scheme of the Executive is
not to be permitted without resistance and
protest. ~."" #.'"
The Springfield Republican says:
All over the country there is disappoint.
ment and distrust at the mistakes of the
Administration. and nowhere brilliant
success or an unquestionable record. Rev.
enue reform gains ground every day, and
the popular dissatisfaction with the Penn.
sylvania coal and iron monopolists will not
be removed by anything that the President
has done, or seems likely to do. The
Santo Domingo quarrel has assumed pro.
portions out Of all reason. when the present
value Of the island and the public indif-
ference to annexation is considered. These
and dozen other causes of contention arc
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 it the
better r'4.F ..r -lr. f..s.a ...
The Worcester (Mass.) Spy says:
The annexation scheme is special pro.
ject Of tho President. 1t did not come
from the people nor from their Represent.
atives in Congress. There is no evidence
whatever that it has the appreciation of
any considerable portion of the people
Such intrusion Of Executive influence into
an independent branch of the Government
should be sternly repelled. Nothing can
excuse it. " Personal government" Of this
kind is something which Congress cannot
afford to tolerate.
Many other leading Republican news
papers comment severely upon the position
of the Administration, while none which
have yet come under our view, Of any
standingother than mere partisans, approve
OF the action Of the committee. '-..
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