New-York tribune., 1877-05-17
nrnrHLk 1nEAD EOR BANALNG.

notly and have a thoroughly bad heart VINO
does not at this iuncture feel for Banning
We refer now TO Banning of Clio, called III
aflectionate and allitelatiye playfulness, by
friends who have observed with delight his
pbysical and intellectual elasticity, "Thc
" "Bouudmg Banning Banning being states
man of a Sanguine temperament and conhdlhg
nature and withal friend of Reform, has pre-
sented his credentials as Representative III thc
next Congress he will TO doubt he sworn ill., ana
will think for the moment that his troubles
are over They will have only just begun.
For Banning has not the slightest idea OF the
anguish that awaits him. He viii be admitted
to q seat without question, for Democlatlc
minority i'm the House is essential TO the per-
pctuity of free institutions, and this Is Crisis
when every Democratic vote in the House
counts one with great force and efficacy. lie
viii be treated with great apparent cordiality
bv Messls. Randall and Cox and Saylcr and
other candidates for the SpcakcrShip until
after the caucus, and perhaps till after the
election of Speaker. During these exercises 1t
is customary for candidates t) lay aside per
sonaI and political differences, and in large
and catholic spirit accept anyb0dy's vote.
r..
tiful and touching illustration of the
exercise of charity and magndnlnhty III
the application which he made 10 Presi-
dent whom he cannot recognize socially Tor
the appointment of a personal friend, par
"agraphistn of great and increasing rcputa-
ton, as POst-Oflice agent in the Black Hills.
1t is a rule of politics, recognized by all
active politicians, to let no consideration OF
political morality or social ethics stand III the
way of a request for personal or political IA
yors. So until Banning bas voted for Speaker,
he will no doubt be recognized socially and
receive friendly attention. But after that let
Banning look ont.
For the great Democratic party OF which
Banning is a somewhat conspicuous member,
from his having hitherto on many occasions
shown great "Tcadincss with the oral Is sur
charged with feelings of profoundcst indgna-
ton and measurclcss adherence for the means
by which Banning secured his so-caliod elcc-
tion. 1t has appeared from an official inyesti-
CATION of the circumstances attending this elec-
ton that one man named Young, in his own
proper or improper person, gave more votes for
Banning than his whole majority. Besides
Young there were other cntcrpriSing friends
of Banning and Reform who were similarly
active. so that Banning wOuld seem to have
been elected by what are called stupendous
and gigantic and unprecedented crimes These
are the terms in ordinary use to describe clec-
ton frauds. 1t is now well known that the
Democratic party is opposed TO fraud. 1t Is
peculiarly sensitive upon the subject. The
feeling in New-lork City, for instance,
among leading Democrats may be chaTlc-
teiized as intense. Should suspicion arise
here that any member of the Democratic party,
in an ovcrweenng zeal for reform, had voted
more than once at an election, 10 one could
predict the consequences. Take our Board Of
Aldermen, for example: suppose any one Of
that gallant band should discover or even sus-
pect that illegal votes had been cast for him,
does any one doubt that he would arise
at once in his seat, and, spurnng the
ill-gottcn honor and fmgng back his
$4,000 salary into the treasury, resign
Or, if he didn't, that the bland and
beautiful Punoy would mncstatingly write
"Fraud' across his nose with an inkstlnd and
refuse 10 recognize him socially? These things
W. all know. And we are proud Co believe that
Mr.. Cox would not invite TO his house any
man VINO voted for him fifteen or twenty
times ut the same c!cction-unlcss, indeed. il
was WITHIN few weeks Of another election,
when, as we have said, all rules are suspended.
And it is the party which holds these Gle
vatcd and ennobling views which " The Bound
:" ing Banning" will have to confront when ne
appears in the House and claims to he an
elected member OF the same. There will be
the men who, in their devotion to the purity
of elections and their detestation of fraud,
would not be content with the report of any
committee, the figures of any returning board,
or the decision Of any tribunal az to the le-
galiiy of the late Presidential election, but,