Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1877-10-25
Correspondence Of the Beacon.)
WASHINGTON, Oct. %. 1877.

ships has occupied the time of this wins
Of the Capitol during the past week.
When ye mighty Solons met, the demo
Gratis were quite confident that the dem
ocratic aspirants would be seated imme.
diately without contention. But the
tactics displayed by the RAIDS, since our
last, has caused our democratic friends
to be quite Disguised as well as despon.
deaf. Our friends have quite mistaken
their men. What could be expected at.
ter the Ski verdict. Could it be sup
posed that the RAIDS would be more like.
ly to seat democrats now, when with 4
two-thirds majority heretofore, they re-
fused to be just' The force of party
necessity compels them to keep the
democratic vote in that chamber down,
and we are surprised at the short-sight-
edness Of our Thurman and other dem
ocratic friends to suppose that the RAIDS
would give anything like fair deal now
They are only Edmundses, Conklings
and Hoars, at the very best, and no
force Of logic or law has any weight
with Rad, with whom the end JUS
titles the means. If our friends would
only display a little of practical
politics" by protecting three or four
Senators from persecution, not as DEM
ocrats, but as independents, enough
votes could be secured to turn the scale,
and the entire situation would be theirs,
Senate and all. Our leaders seem 10 be
Too confident in the honor of the Radi-
cal leaders; it is mere nonsense. Mr..
Eustis case is jeopardized by Pich-
backs (colored) new claims, which have
been worked up by parties here. The
RAIDS are quite elated at their new pros
poets. and now openly boast that all the
republican contestants will be seated.
Two OF the Senators who were consid-
cred doubtful have now come squarely
out for the Radical side. Kellogg
chances have under the new develop
ment gone up TO par, and the vote OF
every Radical Senator is counted on for
him, except Christiancy's, and that had
better be thrown in for good measure.
The Collectorship of New Orleans is
not quite so complicated now as when
the position was first talked over, when
it was considered that keIIogg's chances
for admission in the Senate was very
slim. Republicans from La. now here
claim that if Kellogg is admitted Pack
ard Will renew his efforts to regain pos
session of the State Government, and il
is minated in political circles here that
the leaders Of democracy in New Or
leans are dissatisfied with the Admins
tration of Gov. Nichols and some " hat
sympathize with such a maneuvre, but
this is regarded as a republican ruse.
The audacity Of Kellogg and Packard
in claiming that after SIX months inves-
tigation by State officials in Louisiana
and after the closest scrutiny, nothing
has been found which reflects upon their
honor and uprightncss, surpasseth the
understanding of any ordinary mortal.
Can such fellows be tolerated in a re-
spectacle community By this we wish
1t to be distinctly understood as not in
stigating assassination, lest we, too, like
Don Piatt, Of our Capital, may be ar
rested and placed under indictment, so
We make this explanation a toriiori, as
the lawyers saw.
Jealousy in the Conservative ranks
seems to be at present commanding too
much prominence, and it looks as though
the dissensions from Louisiana will work
bad influences upon both Mr.. Eustis'
and Judge Spoford's claims to their
seats in the Senate. In South Caroli-
ma, too, the same animosity in our own
ranks seems to be prevailing, and it is
asserted that NJ. c. Buffers admission
will be opposed by leading official. from
his own party in that State. A pull all
together just now will be the future sue
cess of the democratic party. Ergo,
pull
The inevitable fate ofthe Republican
party after March 4, 1879, is that thew
must yield possession of the Senate to
their political opponents, and this fact
is having its weight with the sell-out
portion Of their party, who are inclined
to make some compromise with the DEM
ocrats, Judging from certain overtures
made by them for you tickle me, |
tickle YOU kind OF settlement Of the
present democratic inability TO control
the admission Of the present contestants.
The overtures on the par, of this pur-
chaseable wing of the Radical party,
were spurned, without rs much as a
moments election BY the Democrats
This will Of course have the effect to
consolidate the Radical ' ote and W hole
sale rejection Of all democratic aspirants
from the contested Southern States, is
momentarily looked for.
AT the private conference held by
the Radicals, night or so ago. in the
parlors OF 4 cabinet officer, ii was there
in developed that as the democrats were
endeavoring to force them TO place
themselves on record as endorsing Mr..
Hayes Southern policy, they would vote
against sHch a resolution should one Of
that character be offered from the demo-
cratic side, and would not allow them
selves to be dictated to by their opponents
Cox, OF Ohio, here took the war path
and bitterly denounced Mr.. HAYES poll
icy and desired TO know BY what author
ity MIR. Hayes placed an ex-confeder-
ate and Bourbon democrat in the Cabi-
net: others fred Off bitter denuneiatiens
against BrofAerford Hayes, but all were
inclined 10 think that now was not the
time to crack the party whip over Broth
eriord's head. There is no use DENY
ing the fact that Rad can stand more
i'll treatment and personal abuse. TO
the sqa,re-inch, and rest quiet under
II from policy sake. than cat can
sluall on good night ior cats.