Litchfield enquirer., 1877-12-06
Kellogg Admitted.

Aeu0SE AuW1LCSUs
 The long squabble for supremacy in the Senate has at last been settled by the admis- sion of Butler from South Carolina and Kel- lOgg, from Louisiana.
 Viewed as a matter of political tactics this is Democratic defeat Their assault on the Republican position has been repulsed and the admission of Kellogg destroys their last chance for majority of Democrats, pure and simple, in the Senate. during the present Con- gress. Had Mr. Thurman been content to wait till the Kellogg case was regularly reach ed, 1t is by no means impossible that one or two Hayes Senators might have joined him in rejecting the Last of the Carpet Baggers. His acceptance, instead, of the promised help of ConOyer and Patterson, gave such disgust ing air of treachry to the whole affair as repel- Ie all decent Republican support.
 On the other hand the Republican victory is not one in which we csn pretend any satisfac- ton. We imagine that Kellogg is not quite 90 tricky Republican as Patterson or Con- over He will no doubt vote steadily with his party on all party questions; but there are likely to be few party questions of importance before thisC Congress. The Republicans canpush 10 distinctiveparty measure through the house. The Democrats could pass no distinctive party measure over the Presidents veto, even if they could secure bare majority in the Senate Therefore Mir. Kellogg's services as e partisan are not likely to be of any value. As Representative of Southern Re- publicanism he is worse than worthless The old and evil Republicanism that sent Patterson and COnOver and Spencer to the Senate is dead-anti- Hayes Republican journals tell us and we sincerely hope their information may prove correct. The new andhonest republican ian. which we long to see start up in its place wants DO PattersOns Conoyers or Kelloggs to to represent it. But nowthat Returning Boards and legislative robbery and corruption are toppled over in South Carolina, Florida, and Louisiana, We must not presume that the occupation of the Pattersons and Conovers is altogether gone. Congress will swarm with jobs and disgracefuI schemes of robbery under the name of financial bills; and for the support of such bills the Carpet -Bagger can be surely relied on. He msy not be a much worse fnan- cier than the regular Southern Democrat; but he will be a more adrolt and unscrupu- lOus jobber, and Repablicanism must stagger along for years to come, under the load of his infamy. Tn ere is another aspect of this matter that isnOt altogether pleasant The rant of Pat tersOn against the President for, not maintain ing him and his kind in their rascalities, show the inextinguishable hatred of the Carpet-bag- ger against Hayes Every scheme of Conk- ling for the perpetuation of abuses like the courtesy of the Senate" will be abetted by the clique which misrepresents the South and Republicanisn in the Senate. The vote of KeIl0ggis sure vote against Reform at a time when Reform has few enough votes al- ready.
 Every friend of Independents Journalism will regret the alarming and probably fatal illness of MT. Samuel BOwles, editor of the Spring. field Republican. He hes long been the frank est and justest critic of American partisanship in the country. He has been abused by the unscrHpul0us party men of both sides, but his real independence has made his paper trusted by all who have given it an intelligent and careful perisaL Unlike the New York Sun, the Springfield Republican has never become an indiscriminAte hbeller. It has neverthless been repeatedly sued by parties it has accused Of crime, and 1t hasin every instance, so far af our recollection serves proved the substantial truth of the charges it has made Whatever eise has been said of Mr. Bowles, he has no, been accused of being selfish seeker for pre-. ferment. He hss always favored the men he thought best qualified for office, not the men who would be likely to reward him best.
 SpirituaIism is a serious bone of contention in England as well as in Winsted. Last win. ter Dr. Wm B. Carpenter, the distinguished physiologist. attacked Mesmerism, Spiritual ism, &e. in two lectures. This has drawn the fss of MessrS Wallace, Crookes, and other no ted SpsrituAiists and an astonishing amount oi hard names have been used on both sides.
 Two recent sales in Hartford show the prev aleuf depression in real estate. An elegant Washington street residence which cost ovel Ssa. GO sold Eor $S5, 600 and fine block oi stwcs on Ann St. which cost $12O;O0O and was naartgaged to . savings bank for s65, ,OOO sad Gr- -s5O, ,O00
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 The Springfield Republican asserts that let sess and dOeunlents have been discovered by 6 rsmmiilee of the Louisiana legislature which prove Kellogg guilty of felony in connection with some of the jObs of the deposed regime.
 Savings bank returns show decline of S1,. 909.00o in deposits, probsbly owing to the low eEing of interest from ' to c per cent by ou, lass la gislafure.