Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-12-12

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4

The admission of Kellogg and But
ler, within few moments of each 9th
er in the order named, seems, finally,
to have resulted from a conviction up
on both sides that it was inevitable,
and that to continue the fight longer
with the time fixed by the Constitution
for opening the regular session close
on their heels, would be at the expense
of several important interests still wait
ing senatorial action before the expira-
tion of the extra session, hence the
truce tacitly agreed to, so that vote
might be had. For the first time in
our history, creature wholly without
reputation save such. as was acquired
by the part he played in one of the
most atrocious. cold blooded, wholesale
butcheries known to tie history Of Ku
Klux rule, is elevated to seat in our
legislative body; according to an almost
universal belief his sanction for the
place by the rifle club minority was in
recognition of his services at Hamburg,
and others subsequently, rendered, diff
fering only IN the degree of their
enormity; his pretended election was
in such fragrant disregard of all the re-
quirements of South Cardinals Consti-
tuition, that it hardly amounted to bur
lesque; and his admission by the solid
vote of Democrats with two recreant
Republicans is regarded as an insult
and a gross outrage upon the rights OF
every citizen, nominally protected by
the Stars and Stripes. This revolution
sry attempt has made US unusually Gre
| dulous. and thousand rumors that
would have been secuted prior to Its
inauguration as fgments from the
brains of our most incorrigible romano
els or as the wild speculations oflunat-
les are now entertained and their truth
admitted without question. One OF
these is to the effect that the present
lull on the part Of the Democrats is to
recuperate their strength for renewal
of the struggle to obtain full control Of
the Senate; when that shall have been
accomplished, Tilden, who took the
oath of office last March, is to be de-
clared President by a joint resolution
OF both Houses, and forcibly seated, if
necessary, in the chair now occupied
by Mr.. Hayes. l forbear from COM
ment; but the confidence of very many,
in the pretended acquiesceuce IF the
Congressional leaders of the party, in
the verdict rendered by the Electoral
Commission, has been 1udely shaken
by their apparent readiness to endorse
any scheme however revolutionary, to
grasp the reins of power; and in the
view of many rejecting spectators of
the tendency manifested during the
session now closed, the national outlook
has not been so threatening since the
nominal close of the rebellion in 1865
Speculation is ripe as to the contents
of the message. Since the Suns pub
lication protesting to give a summary
of its position upon the financial ques-
tions engrossing the country, the infa-
tionists of every school have been de-
pressed and their opponents elated.
Notwithstanding the efforts of the
malignants to cast upon Grants admin
istration the odium of the loss of the
Huron, it is now generally agreed that
the navigating officer was Immediately
responsible for the disaster; and he has
expatiated his blunder, as far as one
life can atone for 100, sacrificed to ig-
norance or carelessness or both. There
is still good deal ofindignation heard
that the vessel should have been or
dered to sea or permitted to go, in the
teeth of a furious gale and with the
danger signals flying all along the
coast. The proposition to make some
provision for the survivors and the
heirs of those lost, by Congress, finds
few to oppose it. There resides in this
city father and mother whose eldest
son was instantly killed few years
since, by the premature discharge of
gunpowder used in blasting. The Sec
ond, naval officer, was lost at sea two
years ago. and the third and only re-
naming one, also an officer, perished
in the Huron disaster. The gentleman