, 1877-07-21

A SWIFT WITNESS. - Morton's nosing
committee has finally foand man who
IS wiling to tell all he knows about
Growers corruption. His name Is W. d.
\. Stiles. and as he figures in the case
he Is a character TO study. That he IS
swift witness no one can doubt after hay
Ing read bis testimony, lie was, by ms
own account, ubiquitous here, there,
and everywhere, and always in eech par
iicular place at the precise moment to
eayes-drop and spy upon Grover and his
confidential friends, Just as tAey were
each and all. passing remarks upon the
situation and. uttering words II bated
breath and whispers which honest men
never utter Yet nc WAS not IN Grover
confidence. nor in thar Of Growers comb
dental friends. How Il happened then,
thar ne knew exactly when to be within
ear-shot Of Grover and these friends, so
as 20 be able To Oy5rhCar the iaintest
whisper that passed the hps Of any ol
thefn n relation 10 thc election, he does
not engage to reveal Yet hei singular
" onen-nouthed OH every other matter
calculated to make the charges against
Grover stick. 1t is mighty handy to have
a fellow Ike STILES III the house-Of one
who IS III enemy 70 v.Ctmize bu5 not II
the house Of an honest man, except Is an
intruder or spy If 1t Is on testimony
srcl, as his the charge of bribery against
Senator Grover IS q be sustained, then
has the peoples money, to pay Tor the
commission 10 investigate the case, been
worse than wasted Il Is ike offering a
reward for low priced perjury, Iron The
first we predicted that tE.s Grover laves-
tioat;gn would amount 10 nothing, and
eyery Gay now sustains The prediction
it will not establish the accusation against
Grover. Il VII merely discover tn des-
pe-ation and shalloWucss of his accUsers.
MIssssIFPI RErUGlIcANs.- The Presi-
dents recent order iii regard TO Office
holders taking IN active part IN politics,
has had . disastrous effect on the rcpublI-
cans IN Mississippi Dispatches state that
the State central committee met Jorevic"-
the situation. passed vote OF confidence
in the President, and then adjourned s'ac
die. This Is equivalent TO d.sbaEdIng the
party in Mississippi The reason gwen
for this aci5n Is, that about one-haif OF
The central committed being Office holders,
they could not conduct a campaign with
out violating ord Is. The complaint has
been that federal oiiice holders thrust
themselves into prominent places n local
politics, against he wishes OF the rank
and file Of the party. If this las be n
the case, the local republicans can now
come forward and organize patty with
Qua the aid Of politicians. It Is probable
that in mississippi. and in other southern
states, there y,ill be reorganization oI
parties on some basis, and under some
manner which wiH permit a more equal
division than. seems possible under the
present party appellatiOns. Parties are
necessary institutions. Human nature,
North and South, needs boxing after.
But parties So Organized that the wealth,
the intelligence. the political experience
and IA social Irlspectab.ilty are all Oh one
side, cannot properly p rform the duties
Of parties The party that has al the
essentials but numbers, VIII sooa have
numbers. Such is the force Of wealth.,
Intelligence and social standing, that they
absorb Individuals who have neither TO
the extent OF their necessities. 1t seems
necessary, therefore, for parties III the
South 70 organize ON some bass that wlli
permit a division Of the wAites-that IS,
oi the wealth, the intelligence, political
experience and social resDcctah,ity of the
state.