The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1877-12-14

a ,,s NUMBER IA. j,
ALiUNDE ONCE MORN. ..a
The admission of kellogg to a seat
IN the senate, to which he has no n1ore,
ri&htfal Claim than he has to be Sultan
OF Turkey, was a forecone ooncl,.sion
irom the hour when the Republican
leaders cracked the party whip over
the shoulders of their suspected fol-
lowers, alarmed the Fraudulene Presi-
dent - to his own tenure of oi1ice In
case the Democrats obtained u s,aiority
and threatened Booth, Christiancy and
Matthews with political ostracistn IL
they followed che beut Of their origin.
al inclinations. ;,,ss. s.,,.sl.st.t..ll : -.
The game was we'll played, even Il
the stakes have been dearly won. A
month ago there was little prospect of
thts result. The Republican leaders
nad their ascendancy In the Senate
threatened with sudden overthrow
htteen months In advance of the time
wheh the Democrats will certainly
come into y majority. It was natural
that they should struggle desperately,
and make extraordinary, sacrifices OF
pride aud consistency, to retain possess
sion OF power.
Lii 1t was, therefore, a contest for party
supremacy, and not for Kellogg; anu
It was the vote, not the man, for which,
Edmunds and Conkling contended.
rhe committee ON Privileges and Elec-
lions performed the functions assigned
to them after the example Of the Elec-
toral Coinmtsson, by voting steadily
six Republican to three Democrats, aud
by refusing to take testimony aliunde.
or to 60 behind the action OF the Re-
turning Board, Notwithstanding the
charges which were thrown into the
teeth of kellogg In presence Of the
|committee. 3. i.a4-..., ~
Fully half of the debate In tho Senate
was devoted to AN attack on Butler.
and to the revival Of the Hamburg
stories, rather than to an examination
Of Kellogg's case, and this, too, by dis
tfnguished Senators who had already
proposed to the Democrats to admit
the two together! The object Of that
strategy was to confuse the public mind
aud to rouse the party passion to such
q pitch that detection could hardly
be possible. 1t Succeeded, aud the So
called White House Senators surrender
ed at discretion. 7'.'
The Legislature which elected judge
SpOfford was fashioned by II special
cosnmission organised by Hayes. 1t.
swept away every vestige Of the Pack
ard Legislature, which elected KEEL
iogg, and was designed to wipe out his
aspirations, as with sponge. Right
the Republican Senate has boldly seat,
ed Kellogg, contemptuously kicked
Hayes's policy aside, aud compelled
Hayes himself and his man Matthews
to be not only c0nsentlng but aetive
parties to their own shame and deg
radiation. Such a spectacle has never
before been presented In our political
history. ''''l
w. A. Wheeler was quick to scent the
coming conclusion, and rushed forward
to record his vote for every motion to
bring In Kellogg, even when 1t was not
required under his own construction Of
tho rules and Constitution In regard to
the casting vote. He took that way Of
'sfny policy" aud OF Informing tho
party that he stood in line, notwith-
his Impotent jealousy OF
lead. e.''' "17. ''.'t
In every aspect the seating of Kel-
loxg Is a blow struck at Hayes, aud u
triumph over his most pronounced pur-
poses, by the party which gave him
all the consequence he ever had, and
which put him in the Wite House. He
Is now without 4 show OF support from
any quarter, except the trading politi-
clans who are ready to sell themselves
for Office and patronage. Tho Demo-
Gratis were deluded with the belief that
he had or Mt least could control two or
three votes in the Senate, by means OF
which Spoford would enter tho Senate.
They have discovered that he is utter
ly without influence.
Five carpet-baggers now adorn tho
Four of them will disappear on
the 4th of March, 1870, and il may be
considered equally certain, from tho
notice served on the Republicans, that
Kellogg will only have brief career
after the majority passes from one side
to the other. He will, however, take
care to improve all his chances from this
time onward. The sanity Harlan sat
two years in the Senate, and was then
voted out on the ground Of an illegal
This precedent will not be
Y. .SMss. ...
The death Of Bishop Marvin, of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
will necessitate tho election OF three
Bishops by ithe General Conference
which meets at A Atfanfa In Nav naxt