Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-31

planted on Munson's Hill, in plain
sight of the capital. That array in
the sight of many, was less threaten.
ing to the life of Republicanism, than
the solid South on its new political
vantage ground
1t has been difficult to analyze the
situation, and Congressman thcm-
selves have been equally puzzled with
all others who have sought to study
it, and make out it's main elements.
But the week which has now passed
since the members began to gather
has been sufficient to show the prin-
cipal classes into which they are ar
ranging themselves.
The s0-called
"sTALwART REPUBLICANS"
arc neither few in numbers nor lack
ing in ability. They are unwilling to
admit there isany moral difference be-
tween the title Of Hayes and that of
Packard, and they have no patience
with the legal and constitutional ar
guments by which it is sought to
maintain that even if the vote of
Louisiana for Hayes was wholly
constituted authorities of that State
formally certified its electoral vote
for him, gives him an undisputed
right to it. They denounce the So
called settlement by the Louisiana
Commission in unmeasured terms as
a disreputable bargain from begin
ming to end, and profess their deter
mination to give it thorough inves-
tigation. The coming week will
probably develop their plans.
The men among Republicans who,
in tho first instance, approved what
they then understood to be the South
ern policy, arc, many of them, now
deeply dissatisfied with much that
has been done in its name Some of
the soundest and truast Republicans
in the land were cordially in favor of
what was then supposed that policy
would be, as far back as tho first part
Of December. Tt was because they
approved and gave themselves to the
MOST EARNEST WORK,
based on the knowledge they had,
that Governor Hayes became Presi-
dent Hayes. But the policy which
they approved and labored to bring
to the attention Of Southern men did
not involve turning the cold shoulder
of the administration upon single
honest, proved and true Southern
Republican. 1t did include extend
ing the hand to all Southern whites,
without regard To their relations TO
the war, who would agree to come in
to accord with the national adminis-
tration. 1t did include an ignoring
of that class of Southern politicians
to whom the term tcarpet-bagger,"
used in its odious sense, applied. But
| it did not include the idea upon
which the policy has been since large
ly administered, that all Northern
Republicans who were settled in the
South were carpct-baggers within
the meaning of the term as used
among those who first aided in estab-
fishing this Southern policy. And
because the President appears to have
classed all Northern Republicans re-
siding in the South under the ban
which the policy prescribed for car
pet-baggers Of the properly odious
type, many of the earliest and firm
est friends of the policy are disgust.
ed and deeply dissatisfied with its
manifestations. In their eyes it is a
| political crime for the administration
to turn its back upon
THE TRUE MEN IN THE SOUTH.
who by thousands have stood in the
republican ranks for years, daily
holding their lives in their hands as
truly as those who stood during the
war in the lines Of battle. These men,
thus dissatisfied, are many. They
still believe firmly in the original
ideas Of this Southern policy, but not
in those numerous manifestations OF
it which were never contemplated in
its inception.
There are two classes which may
be termed machine men. One class
is those to whom the term applies IN
its odious sense, and the other in.
cludes those who believe in thorough
organization and know the absolute
necessity of it to party success. The
country certainly stands by the Presi
dent In his efforts to drive the firs1
class out of politics. But most re.
publicans here, so many. in fact, as te
make it scarcely an exaggeration te
say all, believe tn at the President has
made far too sweeping an application
| of the term "machine men" in giving
effect to his civil service theories, al
he has in the Interpretation of the
term "carpet-bagger" for the South.
THE MACHINE MEN.
j Tho men who have had charge ol
that part of the "machine" which ha.
heretofore collected money, and OF
ganized and paid the legitimate eN
i penses Of the national campaigns, pu
their case in very practical shape
about this way:
When the republicans were frs
looking over the field in the early
part Of 1875, with view of prepar
ing for the national campaign Of 1876
| it was decided in joint meeting O
some members both of the Nationa
and Congressional committees that il
order to enable tho republicans to en-
ter the field for the Presidency witt
any show Of success, 1t was almost alb
solutely necessary to carry Ohio II
| 1875. II was therefore decided to in
augurate the strongest possible cam
paign in that State to secure the cleo
ton of Gov. Hayes. Efforts began a
once, and $40, GOO was raised from tn
ofiice-holders, and the most Of 1t ex
pended for perfectly legitimate pur
poses in the Ohio campaign with th
result known. When the nations
campaign began, large sums wer