Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-03-24
THE lDJOURNJfENI


a session of two and u half months
While it is true that all was not done
for the public benefit, the people of the
State may congratulate themselves that
under the limitations of the Constitu-
ton, it has passed ten times less evil
legislation than any OF its predecessors
during tho decade. From tho outset
It was determined by the Radical mi
nority in the House that business in
that body should be obstrnctcd, and
the Speaker badgercd upon every oc-
casion, for the purpose Of making capt.
tai against the Democracy. How per
sistently the iactious monority carried
out this idea, the published proceedings
show, But the Radicals oyershUt the
mark and find All ugly record against
them. rI frl
The turbulence Of the House, which
contained Democratic majority, is
compared with the proceedings of the
Senate which contained n Radical ma.
jority. For tho purpose Of getting up
the grounds for this comparison such
men as Wolf and Huhn were continu.
ally precipitating scenes OF disorder in |
the House The Radical idea is that
they shall profit by their own wrongs
and make the Democratic majority re
sponsiblc for the riotous conduct Of the
leaders of the Radical minority. This
might win in community of fools, but |
not among intelligent men.
/. The House was four times as large
rs the Senate, proportionately harder to |
keep under control, especially when
there was factious clique who set ont
with the Intention Of creating disorder,
and never failed TO produce II when
the opportunity offered, and in one in
stance at least there is tolcrably strong
evidence that with arms in their hands
they defcd the Speaker, aud his officers
when they attempted to restore order.
2. The Senate was composed OF fifty
members, instead of two hundred, with
Il minority that was neither lactious
nor disorderly.
,. In Harrisburg, us in Washington,
at the close of the sessions, whore largo
Legislative bodies are assembled moro
or less disorder prevails. Speaker
Blaine, acknowledged to be one Of the
best parliamentarians in the country,
found il impossible TO control even his
own friends, 1t is hardly TO be won
dered at, then, that Speaker Patterson
met with difficulties with clique in
the House bent upon u system of dis
organization from the beginning. Ac.
knowledging his incxperiencc when
elected, which 1t would have been folly
for him TO have attempted 10 conceal,
he made a fair presiding officer, amid
all the predetermined irritation and
misconduct Of the minority, He was
as lenient to the last degree as circum.
stances would admit, in the view of
the ungcntlemany treatment he re-
ceived at the hands of the leaders of
the opposition, whose sole mission from
the start was to prevent the Speaker
from fairly and properly discbarging
the complicated and often delicate
duties of his Office. These factionists
were not content with the Speakers
rulings, although they were sustained
~ ,',a,.a NV anu "non ''.ese
jority Of the House, they still attempted
to overridethem, and these acts brought
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