The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-24
THE LOUISIANA sENAT0RsJI1P.
FaE SENATE EOmMIrTEE wI1JsDEr.AN
TaERsHEPO1s TmEaEoN
INBEFlNITEI4.
The Dem0cnats Able to obtain the Votes
Mecessaryae scat Eustis, At1HDEd and
sMutler. Hut DsCtine ~ D0 Sc,
Tisvau@R Hish pOlItfsal
principles.
ffJpeeial Correspondence N. O. Democrat
WARRINGTON Deistasr 20, MT.


WAHritsuToN Ocia,faer 20, tR77.
haze delayed writing somewhat beyond
y Tie date 1T which my lstter was regularly
due III order that ] might collect sufficient
data to enable me IT, present In II an accurate
survey OF
TrItr HTATE of bortIsrANA's tsfTBHEsrH
before the Senate, estseming that 10 be the
alI-absorbing topic ef the time with The
readers Of the DEMOCRAT 1 have made my
self eDnversant with tie causes OF the action
TINT has taken place and have also aseer-
i4Ained the important fact that other action
than that which has transpired might have
been secured had the Democrats In tbs Senate
chosen to avail themselves Of opportunities
which, up to the very moment Of the vote to
nefer Sppirprds credentials waited to be en-
5,rnced.
The reference Of the credentials determines
Une fact, to wit: That. whatever may be the
views Of individual Republican Senators re-
epecttng the Southern policy Of the Senate
that party nd whole in the Senate Is In
glined to keep these sases open for atime
M had been in some quarters expected that
Those Republican Senators who are known to
sustain the Southern policy, would vote at
once 30 seat Butler. spoiford and Et,stis, and
thus close the door 10 any controversy that
might otherwise arise az TO the Executive
action, Of which the appearance of these
three gentlemen here was the natural fruit
THAT ID to say, Stanley Matthews, Booth,
gbrlstinncy, and perhaps one or two Of the
REMAINING Garpettbaggers, who have publish
I'd the fact OF their adhesion to Hayes would
confirm the PrgFidents recognition OF the
Hampton aud Nichols governments by vot-
Ing tp seat at once the Senators who como
y here to represent them. This hape or eg-
ppethtiun, n now abandoned, and the cases
hnyp been sent, by
STRICT PARry VOTE,
xn the old lines, to committed where under
the usage 81 the Senate they are at the mercy
I III tho Republicans 80 long as the latter may
choose 10 delay action upon them, IL Is not
worth while 30 speculate % to what the re-
port vf the committeeman be Tho important
question Is
WHEN WILL rim COMMITTEE nHponIY
The Republican Senators have mads a
4ruat ado about their desire to have ali the
3nutB hid before them dn order to conclude |
Justly and Id aocordafioe with law. But the
real Issue ID OF politics rather than Of law. |
md the object Uf The reference II not so much
y desire fpr inquiry as It Is an instinct to de-
NV thg Inevitable. Curio,isly enough, the
H6ptbltc2n Senators, differing as they do In
&l9lf Views touching either the equity or ex- /
flQ1cy, ri both Of the Southern policy Of
$3aEy 2 UNANIMOUS FOR DELAY.
SILL moro euriuusly, the desire for delay
N10Il I'd both factions Ia dictated by ex-
opposite considerations However the
ives IRE Of no immediate consequence SO
III taH VIC have the act itself to discuss.
bone OF my Democratic friends In the Sem
'4ta are oil the opinion that the committee will
70 i sy {bs rseraeq se sn hs M
report will DO expedited as much as may be
GOnBistent with adue regard TO the magnitude
III the case. | do notshare their views. am
not much IN the habit OF guessing, but In this
order 10 get those eases out of committee. 1t I
will BIO necessary for the Democrats 30 get ,
control Of the Senate itself and then make up
4 new committees which wn report.
There are now in tho Senate thirty-four &
Democrats and thirty-uine Republicans. Nor. i
ton Is undoubtedly permanently disabled, 7 G
and II is safe to base calculations upon the
That he will never again be seen !
Republicens have q majority of four in the 9
clear, and will still have three II Voorhees, t
should he appointed to succeed Morton
which may happen any day. But no matter +
Divine Providence, tho Democrats cannot seat 2
these three men without first acquiring con- !,
troll Of the Senate and It's committees. II IL -
utterly win to. suppose that any Of the i
Northern Republicans will vote to seat these j
three Democrats. Some Of my senatorial
Irlends toll me they are confident that this,
That and the. other Republican-"d-d CON
fellows" as Simon Cameron used
10 say will vote for Spofrord and Butler MS =
Boon as the committee reports and the merits
pf the case are presented, Precisely. And, {
knowing this fact,
So. THE PILOT OF THE RADICAL SHIP, "
has adroitly steered the cases into b
where he will anchor them se- I
surely and keep them out Of range of hostile =
votes altogether; for DO 1t known that, what 8
Bvor may BIO the status of tho Senate nc large ?
Dn That subject tho attitude Of the Committee z
pn Privileges and Elections is preponderately y
hostile TO the admission of any more Demo- d
This fact as the country will in due time dis Il
cpver is the really vital part of the whole b
game; the game which was so adrotly played O
by Mr.. Edmunds-who, as the world knows. 2
b q consummate master Of tho art Of talking y
law and voting Radicalism. n
IL may be asked by readers Of the DEMO r
uRAT: What object can Republican Senators a
ii 1877, when the 4th Of March will sec d reg .
ulnr Democratic majority In the Senate be- |,
yond their power to unseat by any means ! !
M some Republicans In the Senate, who, if g g
hey were to give up now and admit the Il
bhree claimants without further dispute, n
would regard themselves rs having aban- c
III which they have stood for years; ground,
W the way, which they do not admit has
,cen at all disturbed by the Southern policy
a Hayes. There are others who would vote
p seat tho three men for the sake of ratifying 7
.he policy Of the Administration, pro-
sidcd the Radical majority In the Senate {
Was sufficiently large to admit that number !
4 new Democrats without threatening the 7
overthrow Of their party aseendency. Say =
what you will about policies. there Is power u
u that old epithet OF Republican party" q
rot. Then there are still u
OTHER REPUBLICANS, Ii
lot more than four in number at the outside, S
nut enough to turn the scale, who are still n
Fotlng with their party because they have fl
lot been satisfied that 1t would be just as well
or them, Ii not better. to vote against 1t. u
Unjust not be understood by this fintima- y
Ion to mean that these men want money for q
heir votes. / happen to be la q position to e
now exactly what they do want and am | 81
repaired to testify before court, committee t.
r. ANYTHING else that there Ia nothing yenal al