The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-15
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a bitter feeling and positive evidence Of
fraud and illegally. Grant is endeayoring
to carry things with high hand, and cares
little for consistency or fairness.-Ne,o Hd-
zen Conn Union (Den,J -
The president proposes. to reopen the
whole controversy. OF course this means
mischief. Docs the president seek new
excuse for the employment of Phil Sheri-
dan in Organizing state legislatures?
Can't he keep his hands off?-Syraease [ "
T. (Courier (Dem.) z.@ "a
We trust that congress will not under
take the interference which the president
thus stultifes himself to recommend.
What does the man meal? Has he not
trouble enough on his hands ?--Bafalo(N.
~ Courier Dem.) ~ 4se-a +.
The people of the country at large will
be inclined to agree with the committee
that it is entirely unadvisable to reopen the
Arkansas troubles. -B0ston Transcript
Rep -a#
Such a demand for dictatorial power
would alarm every man in the country if a
miserable partisanship had not so thor
ughly usurped the place patriotism should
h i'd Wilmington (Del.) Erery Erening
(Ind.) -
Unless more light upon the subject be
vouchsafed to the people we rather incline
to believe that public sentiment will agree
with the opinions Of the committee,-PhiI-
adelphia Bulletin Rep 81
Under the new constitution the Demo-
Gratis came into power, and President
Grant now says there were frauds in the
> nf in oxrhs
to him the vote of the state. But he does
not claim that there were frauds in the
adoption of the new constitution. That.
think the man is an imbecile, but he ex-
hibits bad traits of character when his
'wn interests and his reelection are in
volved, Hartford ( Conn, Times DENY
If establishment at any action of the
president has not been rendered imposs:.
BILE by the extraordinary course he has
been pursuing of late, his message respect
ing affairs in Arkansas sent into the SEN
ate yesterday would have excited un-
bounded surprise. The circumstance
attending the forwarding of this message
are peculiarly aggravating. and it's tone is
dictatorial and Objectionable in singular.
ly high degree. 1t is most devoutly to be
hoped that congress will turn deaf ear
to the message that it will not so obsti.
nately persist in driving the Republican
party to ruin as to yield moments con.
siapration to its peremptory instructions
= Philadelphia Telegraph Rep
The Forty third congress in its dying
days seems to be a weak and wicked body
but its members will not dare to face theil
constituents if they do not rise equal te
The duty Of condemning this last move
drant.-Ltica IN, ~ Observer DEM
We do not believe that after the report
Of the house committee adverse to inter
ference, aud the very general concurrence
in it by the Republican press, there is any
| chance of action undoing the present Ar
kansas constitution and government. TIL,
whole matter ought to be quietly dropped
philadelphia Press Stand by the f'resi
dent Republican. -
The organs are absolutely dumb found
ed by the presidents unexpected mes
age on Arkansas affairs They had al
accepted the report of the committee ad
vising against any interference as conclu
.ive, and had signifed their approval 81
that recomn endation, and nov the presi
lent, without noticing the report at ali
comes out against the existing govern
ment. L. is a dreadful hard time for al
organ; there is no mistake about that
In this instance it is encouraging to motto
that several prominent organs which hav
Ichanged their tunes abruptly severa
.imes during the past few weeks refuse t
do it now f,r the president, and maintain
their pOsition against interference -Nel
York Tribune, Ind s..r.