The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-15
THE SENATE.
THE DEMOCRATS NOT ANXIOUS TO GET
CONTROL OF THE SENATE.

The GrOwls and Complaints of Republic
can COngressmen-Their sneers at
Hayes and His Cabinet.
Especial Correspondence N. o. Democrat
RIGG's HOUSE,
Washington. December II. 1877.
Eustis is sworn in at last and Louisiana has
representation In the Senate-at least half OF
that to which she Is entitled. She will get the
other half some time between this and say the
10th of March, 1879. either by the verdict Of
petit jury or by some ultimate revival OF com
mon decency in the Senate itself Of sufficient
extent to command 81 two thirds vote. The vote
| on the resolution declaring
| EUsTIs
entitled to the seat was somewhat unexpectedly
large Effors had been made to hold the Re-
publican strength solid against him and keep
him out. This effort would have succeeded had
| there been any available contestant. But there
was none except Pinchback. and. much as
| Edmunds disliked to let Eustis in he could kee p
| him out only by resuscitating the claims Of
| Pinch, which seems to have been too much
of self-stutif1catiOn even for Edmunds.
1t may be set down fact tn at Radicaism ex-
hausted its expiring energies in the seating of
| Kellogg. As turkey buzzard, gorged to dea tn
with foulHess. gulps, in its last agony. at one
more morsel of carrion. and has Just enough
strength left to swallow it, so the Radical ma
jorty in the Senate bolted Kellogg and then
died. There will be moro carpet baggers
seated in the Senate Of the United States. The
few that remain there as the debris Of our
troubles must be cleaned out before the odor of
the body will be entirely pleasant. but they will
be tolerably deodorized during the brief residue
of their terms.
KELLOGG WILL BE DISPOSED OF
as I have indicated. Nobody here imagines
that he will live long after the 4tE OF March,
1879 Even m the g. fhepuocans Wa2 voted Ito to seat
Louisiana courts and the certainty of Demo-
cratic control of the Senate itself eighteen
months hence, Kellogg will be compelled to
quit.
expires in 1879 There are rumors Of ugly pro-
ceedings likely to be instit4ted e agan!st him in
to anything. think the probabilities are that
Dorsey will manage to stick until 1879 Spen-
Ger may be put in the same category Likewise
Conover. As for Patterson. he seems to have
made his peace with South Carolina and un-
less he should conclude to put the finishing
seriously molested We may. therefore. con
elude that with the exception of an accident
tf men the s Senate "a V viii stand N sabstantay as It
} is to-day until March 4, 1879
The Democrats will not make any further
effort to get control of the body. They might
DO so by effectiDg q certain arrangement with
Patterson and Conover. Indeed, it is said that
Dorsey is open to- to an and that even Ke
} have looked the thing up one side and down
the other and have concluded that the remedy
would be worse than the disease, that it is
better to be in respectable minority than
obtain the majority by any such alliances.
There are many reasons why
THE CONTROL OF THE SENATE
would be advantageous to the Democrats. but
none of them are sufficiently powerful to over
come the objections which the Democratic
masses won d have to an alliance in which thir,
exponents would be compelled to sign q treaty
with two carpet baggers. the terms Of which
would be that the former furnish all the re-
spectabiity and the latter enjoy most of the
fruits. | recently had good chat with
SENATOR THURMAN.
my gallant old field marshal Of the, three days
battle that broke the back OF Radical ism, and
when | left his cosy library was firmly of the
opinion that the game of getting control of the
Senate would not be worth such candles as
, would have to be burned in sitting up with the
AS ii is the Democrats will enjoy all the sub
stantial advantages OF power In the senate t9r
two sessions With2nt incnrrng any OF the pal
thing confirm or reject Mr.. Hayes nominations
and by a little fnesse can beat any partisan leg
Conkling aud Blaine are chaIrmen OF commit
tees with their hands tied. Blaine is q leader
on the pie OF Dor e. pr9terea nutsNas La
mar onceBaid OF our old friend Bill Allen.
AS for
| THE RADICAL SMALL FRY.
they sit around disconsolate and half stuDefed
with wondering when and where fate is to hit
them again. They vote mechanically after the
lead of Conkling. and devote the balance of their
time to cursing the stupid party management
that has brought them where they are.
This morning as [ was meandering up the
avenue | met one Of the small fry senators-or
overlook him rather--and after the usual matu-
Pinchbacks letter to Nichols,
'D-n the niger; anyhow" was the some
did not press the point any further, but
changed the subject. and asked my Radical
triend-who by the way represents State In
the Mississippi valley-whether he was going
THE LEvEE BILL
Il suppose So" he said. The rule seems tc
be to vote for everything that is likely to benefit
the Confederacy. | shouldn't be surprised Il
myself introducing q bill before long to change
the device on ou. national flag! How would Il
suit your friends down South to have a double
: flag-the COME ierate coIors surmount1ng the
staff with the stars and stripes, union down, al
half mast? think Of introducing bill to this
effectl
"Oh. well" said l.. "if you do the Confederates
would vote it down.
I give you this conversation by way Of show
; ing you to what extravaganza OF spleen the
Radicals are driven by their despair.
Most of this uglness finds vent, however in
bitter though generally covert inyective agaaas al q
the Democratic atmosphere under Buchanan
when the factions that finally split at Charles,
ton we're getting theiS mad up R We'll that was
the two Radical factions toward each other
Don Cameron's playful habit Of remarking
t that id Dutch scoundrel in the Interior De
partment." and Cenklings s,lape style OF allud
ing to Hayes as the man afflicted with a, taoe
worm called Evarts," are among the ordinary
Republican pleasantries. Under such circum
stances it would seem that the Democrats car
( we'll afford to rest on their arms and observe
) the row in the camp of the enemy, selecting
their own time to take advantage of circum
stances.
Nothing will now be done till after the holi
days, unless the Senate should rush
THE SILVER BILL
through this week. l have heard some OF the
: silver men say they intended to do this. They
certainly have the power to do it. for. as wrote
you long time ago, the Senate stands abou
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