Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-11-27
Shots from the New York Tribune.

The Democracy will make violent
effort to behave itself 10 the next SEES
sion of Congress. 1t is moral
inpossibility.
IF the Solid South represented a
majority instead of minority, there
would be less Democratic adherence
Of sectional politics
The one Democrat in South Carroll
ma who scratched Wade Hampton
name must feel about as lonesome
as the one just man in Sodom.
Mr., Hendricks is in solemn con-
temptation of the position of the State
of Indiana as a tail piece for the Solid
South, the combination forming a
hopeless minority.
No calculation on the Democratic
chances for 1886 can be accurately made
till the next Congress meets and Crap
pies with the great question Of electing
a Door keeper.
Tweed died too soon. He should
have lived to take off his hat to the
South Carolina Democrats Mr.. Rainey
tells about in our Washington dispatch
es They were election officers, and
when the voting was over they retired
from the public view for supper"
taking the hungry ballot box along
that unfortunate balot-bo which had
been holding its mouth open, in an
appealing manner. all day long.
When that balot-box reappcared, its
appetite for Democratic ballots had
been entirely satisfied.
And now the solid counties of the
Solid South content for the first piece in
upanimity. So far, Fairfield County,
South Carolina takes the lead. This
county has $3.50 black voters, and did
not return q single Republican vote at
the election. This is the way in
which Wade Hampton fulfIls his
pledges of protection to all classes of
citizens.
There is perceptible Democratic
plan to keep the Southern claims
| question out of Congress till after
| 1880, ia order to be able TO say that
the party has no interest in the pay
ment Of them. This will not be suf
icient. The party must vote TO make
such payment impossible before the
public uneasiness will be quoted.
The chances are pretty bad for any
Republican whose seat is contested to
gain admission to the next Congress.
The Democratic majority is so small
that it will be increased in all posi-
BILE ways. The party showed its
abilities in this sort of increase at the
last session, when it put three Demo
Gratis into seats which belonged to
Republicans.
Congressman Harry White, of
Pennsylvania, thinks the Republican
party is stronger than it has been for
years. because it is n complete bar
mony with itself He thinks the logic
Of events has brought about recon-
ciliation between the Administration
and the leaders, and that everything
looks bright for the future. There is
a good deal of truth in this. The
party has never allowed its internal
dissensions to interfere with it's duty
Of keeping the Democratic party out
of mischief.
General Joseph E. Johnston, of Vir.
GINA, says it passes his comprehension
how any intelligent man can believe
the reports of the Southern designs on
the National Treasury. Still a good
many intelligent men do believe them,
and find themselves unable to believe
otherwise, in view of the solid South
ern Congressional vote against all
attempts to head off such designs. The
General should endeavor to grasp the
fact that Democratic action speaks
more persuasively than Democratic
words.
Senator Gordon had been reelected
by an almost unanimous vote. This
is fatterng endorsement, but the
Senator ought not to allow it to divert
his mind from the pressing necessity
for an explanation on the subject to
which the Tribune has recently d.
rected his attention. There are many
people who are anxious to know who
when Mr.. Smith Weed went to Bal
timore from Columbia to get "the stuff
in "three packages" the "stuf" being
$50, 900 for bribery purposes, he should
have sent, on the day be arrived at Bal
timore and met Colonel w. T. Pelton
two dispatches in cipher to Gen. kG or
don, which, to say the least, seem to
place the Senator from Georgia in the
position OF s NTH Weeds representa-
tive and confident. And that, even
the Senator from Georgia must admit,
must appear, in the light Of recent
revelations, very dubious position to
hold.
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