Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-12-16
THE MEETING or CONGRESS-
TO-D1Y

huo Giun uhuuVu W tuc IoptninR Oi
Congress ON that day. Asa political
photograph the job is a good one
The editor opens by saying;
How long and gloomy their counte-
napces will be, despite ghastly efforts
to wreathe them into grim smiles.
How cold and clammy the pressure of
their palms as they try to seem to the
lobby as if nothing in particular had
happened since they parted last June.
Thus the seven Republican Senators,
and the one hundred and twcnty-three
Republican Representatives, members
of the present Congress, who are
stranded in the tempest of the past
autumn, willlnect in the Capitol at
noon today. What sad set they
are, Notwithstanding their desperate
attempts to look jolly
At the head of the Senators who
are marching at double-quiclS time for
that dread bourne whence no decayed
politician returns, stands Deacon vii
liam A. Buckingham, famous as the
Custom House whitewashcr, and al
ways ready during his six years SER
vice to take hold of any of Grants
jobs by the greasiest end. Close at
his heels iollowsa kindred spirit known
as Parson Brownlow, n sort of cross
between scalawag and caipet-bag-
ger Then comes Pratt OF Indiana,
who assisted Buckingham in covering
up the Custom House rascalities, and
Scott of Pennsylvania, who once did a
brisk business in the manufacture of
Southern outrages, and who, il is
hoped, will give place to a Democrat
Of the kind that Old Winncbago can
not purchase. Never mind the other
outgoing Republican Senators Oflit-
tie account vt any time during their
terms Of Office, they are of none at all
now.
The great mass Of the debris of the
general wreck OF the recent elections
lies piled up on the Republican side Of
the House. The sweep of the over
throw has no precedent in the history
of the country. Members who have
stood most conspicuous during Grants
administration, and some who loomed
high as far back as the close Of Bu-
chanan's, have fallen TO rise no more.
The directory Of q small city would
hardly suffice to record the names Of
all the principals who have gone un.
der, and those of their benefactors and
benefciaries who have gone with them.
Blaine, though not himself defeat
ed for the next House, will have to de.
sccnd from the high perch on the mar
BILE rostrum where he has swung his
gavel for six years. When the new
Congress assemblies he must take his
seat ON the floor among the ordinary
tobacco-chewers, and be nothing more
than "the gentleman from Maine. -
This is good deal of coming down
for candidate for President. BY the
way, Blaine was most unfortunate in
the selection of the candidates in
whose behalf he poured out his al
ways noisy and never profound orato-
,y uurihg tne campaign seeing that
his chances for reelection to the Speak.
ership were at stake, he rushed around
the country to give n helping hand to
his personal rctainers He went to
cleveland TO ana Parsons But Par
sons shppeu up on inc washington
paving JOBS. ne irieu 70 save Neg,
,ey ana o,hers Oh ms sorti ana around
rit'spurgh' pu' inc sia'wart atlsans
Oh 'he IRON regions out of work ana
OUT OF patience, rose up ana smashed
IN pieces almost every hepubiican can
% aiuate ior Congress irom the Susqne-
mamma ah9 .nc Juiilatal 10 inc Aiie-
gneny ahu the ono In ms hop-and-
SKIP night over ,he country Blame 1T
at otica ana underworld to gather Isl
hs H. i'operts under hrs sheltering
wings bnt senator Conllling had
ms talons IN MN, ana so he died.
Blaine stopped in Massachusetts on
his way home to defeat Banks, while
Dawes was near by struggling to save
Butler But the people proved too
strong for them and this is the end
OF Mr. Speaker Blaine.
Welcan poipt to only here and there
u prominent figure in the motley
crowd which will surge around Blaine
this morning We have mentioned
Gen. Butler who delights to be called
(lOclSeVc the most COnsplcuOus char