The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-06-15
How Southern Pacific JObbers
Expect to Organize the House.

How Southern Pacific JObbersi
Expect Ia Organize the House.
Ssw ycrk Times.
The dissatisfaction In tho Republican
rAmks will continue ~ depressing and
demoraiizing element. rather than 40 an
active cause Of hostility to the adminis-
tratioi. The really serious complica-
tions " hich We regard % not improbable
will have totally difIsrsnt origin. One
that has been daily forrshadowed may
arise 1t the opsDing Of the extra session.
Some of the more injudicious friends 81
the administration hase conceived the
id@ Of % xanixing the House" IN il in-
icr'st. We have no specific knowledge
lot vvertures IN this direction, but the
rumors have been for some tine past too
positive, ald withal too much IN harme-
nv with ascertaincd facts, 70 be summar-
lily discarded. II Is conceded that on .
strict party hasis the Democratic will
have the House organization in their
own hands. The question raised 10. will
the Democratic party remain Intact. say.
upon the question Of the Speakership !.
\ We hope that II will. Ii represents y
majority II the members on whom rests
The responsibility OF regulating the ma
chiRery OF business. They have the
power AMI must Be- held accountable for
its exercise. We should deprecate As .
misfortune. not to say . crime, any in
trigue designed to wrest from them the
fruits Of their opportunity or 10 gain for
the administrator al influence which IL
il not lexitimalsly entitled. That some
4 bargain might be effected We admit. The
+. Democratic majority 10 narrow, and in
cluded in 1t are members 10 whose con-
sstitnencies the party complexion Of the
Spsakership Is OF ia fnitely less moment
than the fisrtherance Of some sinisier
scheme. Only let the right sort Of agents
be employed. with authority 10 adjusi
the terms to the exigencies Of each indi
: vidual case, and the requisite number 81
votes might be changed. The process
would be disgraceful ~ all connected
with IL, but the prevailing standard oi
political morality j. not high, and qne>.
lions are available which would render
the arrangement Of equivalents compar-
atively easy.
Foremost among them is the snbsisis
! question. IL has many notifications
!. and, once opened, will not be closed nm.
til the credit Of the nation has beer
placed in imminent jeopardy.
The Southern Pacific Railroad IL made
the test scheme, partly because II hal
: great and widely -diflused strength Al III
south. partly because II has the supper
OF northern combinations Of capital and
. influence ia an unusual degree. An OBJ
vious basis OF bargain exists befwee,
, the northwest and the south. the formei
; having in tho Northern Pacific an enter
! prise which on its merits is certainly n
I much entitled to free access % the public
/ purse as the route through Texas. Ev
erybody knows how these things art
1 mana ged. The northwest will help thu
1 south anil will obtain help in return
The jobbery and speculation which brin,
Messrs. Scott and Huntington together
I cover So wide an area that the scheme
fraudulent and ruinous NJ II u. possesses
\ formidable strength. The best men o
!. both parties will oppose il.