The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-11-12
THE NEXT SPEAKER.

new congress will meet--and when it does
meet it will be with Republican Senate
and Republican President to defeat any
good measure the House may pass. otiii'
the position Of. Speaker of the new oppo-
sition House will be the most important
Office under the government. Its first duty
will be to examine the whole course OF
Grants administration-and not only
Grants but the whole time Of Republican
ascendency, since 1861. The corruption
practiced by Republican officials since the
election of Mr.. Lincoln-the jobs and con
tracts the stealing; the defalcations; the
illegal and improper use of the people s
money; the political corruption to pre-
serve power; the compromising OF felony;
the custom house and revenue frauds the
matchmaking of importers; the whisky
"divvys;" the oppression and robbery OF
the people of the South, etc, ETC., must be
brought to light and held up before the
gaze of an indignant and outraged people
The duty Of selecting the committees to
do this will devolve upon the new Speaker
When the Republicans carried the House,
under Buchanan, their first business was to
appoint the famous Covode Investigating
Committee. The report of that committee
was made the basis of the campaign for
Republican ascendancy. Yet when we
look over it now and see how beggarly and
mean and small were the much-yaunted
"Coyode revelations" compared with the
astounding and selfconfessed frauds of SO
many departments of Grants administra-
ton, we see how great task now lies be-
the next House, and, above all things, how
important it is to have brave and wise
Sneaker, We must have man who will
not daily with the administration, who will
not be influenced by personal consldera-
tons in making appointments, who will be
above the fears and hopes Of power. II
will be brave man, indeed, who will re
sist the Establishments of Grants admin
istration, the seductions which rest In tn
DlUUS OIL IcSluClil, VIII SNSh b'"t ''N
the Senate, has absolute control of the pa
ronage Of the country and commands
civil army of eighty thousand Office ho!'
ers.
In looking over the names of new men
bers we see none that strikes US SO tayo
ably as Hon Samuel S. Cox, Of Ne
York. Mr.. Cox was boruiin Ohio, f
many years he was editor of the leadiI
Democratic paper of that state, at the ca
ital. Then he held foreign appointing
for some years Called home by a chanl
of administration he was elected to congre;
from the Columbus district, and re-electe
three or four times. He then removed
New York City and engaged in the practic
of law. He was taken up by the indcpen
dent Democrats of that city and four time
elected as their representative. In a
this long public service not word or
breath of dishonor was ever breathe'
against him. Placed in positions when h
might have made millions, he has preserv
ed his integrity against all temptations,
and remained poor. The Establishments
of power, wealth or luxury could not
swerve him one hair from his proper sense
of duty to the people,
And there he stands to-day, the most
highly cultivated scholar, the most exper
fenced statesman, the safest adviser, the
the most incurruptible and uncompromis-
ing man within our knowledge. Of west
ern birth, education, habits, interests anc
tastes; a resident of the East an indie
pendent politician and statesman with
strong Democratic tendencies, he seems tC
US the fttest man of any for the position
of Speaker Personally he is liked by all
Politically he is right on every question
And for knowledge, intelligence and ex
perience he has no superior in the new
CONGRESS-