The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-12-06
ChegntelliqetlGer.
Meeting OF Congress.

,,op of the House, and as the Senate il
l,,,jy organized, there will be no delay
n ending in the Presidents message
,,5it /. therefore probable that we ma!
h, able to publish the document to.mor'
nvmorning'
Great interest naturally attaches to this
.,..ion. II is the first time since 1855
ba,,hr Democrats have had majority
o,be rIlou.c. On the ith Of March OI
that lycar they went out Of power in tht
nopalir branch Of the Government, not tC
return again until to.day-an exile Of over
Iiycar Ouc would suppose that during
hi.timc they have chewed the cud Of re-
sa,uon not little, and learned consider
able wisdom by experience; but, on the
other haad, we are told that though GER
uin cIa,s Of persons should be brayed in
, mortar with pestle, yet will not their
ooInhues1 depart from them, We have
alvay,thought that Solomon had modern
Democracy in his prophetic eye when he
pennal that remark.
The Democracy came into power in the
lover House year ago, on u whirlwindI
and vet in one short year there are not
wanting signs that the people are already
80 li.truNful Of them (by reason Of their
word, and actsl a. to be ready TO turn
them ont in the elections Of the coming
year
Goldsmith tells III in his poem Of the
DESERTED Village" that "a breath can
make a. breath has made" our political
rulers BY vigorous popular expira.
ton, from deep down in the lungs, the
Republicans disappeared from the lower
House in the elections Of 1874, just as a
ships company goes downin a hurricane,
leaving only Il lew to escape in the boats
to tell the tale.
Dropping all figures Of speech, We
mean that in the last House there was an
even hundred Republican majority ont Of
total membership Of 209, which ma
oriy hn4 since not only been wholly
wiped ont but ~ far reversed as
10 give the Democracy in the present
House a majority Of Gl, u strength, We
may remark, altogether too large to DO
healthy Tor any party, The epitnph on
the Republican tombstone tells IN that
"Credit Moblier" and "liack Pay" did
the business. "Of all who were school.
mates then" lin the words Of the song
but nine SALARY grabbcrs" remain, and
one Of these was Sam Randall, who came
so near being the caucus nominee Of the
Democracy on Saturday, which shows
how deeply they are tinctnreh with re
form.
The mortality among the "Back Pay
Democrats and Republicans in the fall OF
1874 was a sight to look upon. They
fell like leaves in tile forest.
"Like leaves Of the forest when summer |, green
That host with It's banners at sunset was seen
Like the leaves Of The forest when Autumn hath
blown
That host on the morrow lay wltherclanl slrOwn."
II Lls thus that the people rise up now
and then and Slay the little great men Of
the country who have slruttcd their brief
hour on the public stage.
Ont Of the 300 members Of the House
only 10 hold over from tho l3d Con.
gress, leaving III new members. There
are, however, some able men left TO in.
.truct and direct the new ones, among
whom are Blaine, Garfield, Banks, Foster,
Kerr Kasson, Holman, Lamar, Steph.
ems, IIoar and others. Among the new
members one Of the most conspicuous for
ability and reputation will be our Mr..
Faulkner, who is new only in the sense Of
having been ont Of Congress for many
Years. And here we will note to Mr..
FanlknCt's credit that he was not a Ran.
dali man. No doubt he will he assigned
leading position on some leading com.
mlttce by the Speaker whom he sup.
ported.
We are glad that the Democracy gave
the Southern men their full share Of po.
.itiOns in the caucus nominations. II
can do the Republicans no harm and we
believe 1t will do the general cause Of
sectional determination and political and
business regeneration, u substantial good.
Anything in reason to kill discomfort and
restore prosperity to the South.
We sec mo cause to change the view
taken day or two since Of the probable
financial policy Of the Democracy. Fl.
nance il the leading question Of public
concern and the Democracy know 1t.
They are anxious to increase their
chances Of success in the Presidential con.
te't next year. As n party, take them
north aud south, they are inclined to in.
Nation. as are very many Republicans. II
will therefore he their programme to re-
peal the law Of january 14th last provid'
ing for a return 10 specie payments or
the lat Of January 1879. The Senate
may OF may not concur. That body CON
CURED in the act that the President veto.
ed in the spring Of 1874, and II was es
lecael as at least Il quasi initiation act
When you come to boil the Senate dowr
and classify such men ns AlCorn, Angus
cameron, Booth, Christiancy, McMiller
and Paddock Us independents" there Il
onlya straight Republican majority o.
about l3 in that body. Then too, II mus
be remembered that Carl schurz is nj
longer member Of the body, but, in hi
place i' an cN.Coniederatc, the kind The
Democracy naturally take to, not only
in Missouri but in West Virginia, n'
witness the selection Of Cnpcrton o' one
otout Senators.
Iii therefore by no means certain tina
Il the House passcs nm act ycnenlinV m,