Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-09-30

That the southern wing of the Demo-
cratic PAL ty is the ruling branch of that
party was exemplified in the House dur
ing the first session of the Forty fourth
Congress. which adjourned the 10th of
last month. In that body we see that
i'm obedience to the demands of the Con-
fcderate branch of the Democracy, who.
i'm fact constituted the majority of that
party in the House, and upon the princi-
pie that the majority shall rule had the
power to enforce their demands, the
craftsmanship of twenty-One out of the
thirty three committees organized by the
Speaker during the first month OF the
session were given to the southern states
The following being such committees
with the chairman appointed to each:
Elections-BarIis. of Virginia.
Pac fc baiIroad Lamar, of Mississippi.
Claims-Bight, of TIE, nesee.
Commerce-Hersford, of We Virginia.
Postofice and Post-roads- Clark, OF Missouri.
District of Columbia-Buckner, of Missouri.
Judciary--Knott, OF Kentucky.
Public Expenditme-M ilken, of Kentucky.
Private Land Caims-Gunter, of Arkansas.
Manufacturss-Styne. of Missouri.
Agriculture-Caldwell,o of alabama.
Indian Afairs-Scales, of North Carolina.
Naval Affiirs-WhiIthorne, of Tennessee.
Foreign Afairs-Swann, of Maryland.
Revolutionary Pensions Bunton. of Virginia.
Railways and Canals-Jones of Kentucky.
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Education and Labor-Walker, of Virginia.
Revision of he Laws-Durham. of Kentucky.
Coinage, Weights and Measures-Stephens, of
Georgia.
Patents-yance, of North Carolina.
While to the northern states was given
rhe,cLairmanshipsof twelve committees,
as follows:
WAYS and Reconsideration, of Illinois.
Banking and Currency-Cox, of New York.
Appropriations-RandaF. of Pennsylvana.
Public Lands-Sayler. of Ohio.
War Claims-Eden, of Illinois.
Military fairs Banning, of Ohio.
Mi itia-Cowan, of Ohio.
MISUNDERSTANDING, of Ohio.
Invalid Pensions-Jenks, of Pennsylvania.
Public Buildings ard Grounds Imam, of In
d ana
Observation-Disclosures, of Indiana.
Library-Cl, mer, of Pennsylvania.
y These thirty-three committees consti-
tute the old standing committees, who
always have done and always will do the
important work of the House of Repre-
sentatives and it cannot be but evident
that in thus getting the craftsmanship OF
the greater portion Of these important
committees, the fact that the Confeder-
ate branch of the Democratic party is the
power that controls that party is con-
clusively shown. Not only in thus Sc
curing these important chairmanships is
this shown, but in the appointments to
the different positions in the House,
where the beauty of the civil service re-
form of the Democracy is brought out in
its most perfect form. Union soldiers
men who had fought for the preservation
of our country, many of them having
shed their blood in its defence and lost
limbs in the struggle for its very life
were ruthlessly discharged and their
places given to men who had striven to
destroy the nation. Fifty-seven Union
soldiers were thus discharged: From
the Doorkeepers' department, twenty
three from the Clerks office, nineteen
from the Postoffice, thirteen; from Cap
itol police, two; making the number as
above stated. Among the number were
the following Michigan soldiers: Henry
Sherwood. of the Second Michigan cav
airy, who lost leg in 1854 at the battle
of Kenesaw mountain; r. S. Bishop,
who served in Michigan regiment dur
ing the war and had an arm shot away
by rebel bullet. The greater portion
OF the places from which these fifty-seven
brave soldiers were discharged We're filled
by men who fought on the other side.
Forty-seven Confederate soldiers being
thus provided for by their Democratic
friends i'm the House. Who can doubt
from such facts that the Confederate