Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-07-03
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Indianapolis Journal: The last
hours of Congress resembled those of
an expiring tallow candle. After
fixing two or three times for adjourn
ment it flickered up again, bazed fit
fully for a little longer, and finally
went out, leaving a very bad smell be-
hind
New York Tribune: OF the AS
members Of the House of Representa-
tives who voted for Mr.. Conger's
Congressional amendment prohibiting
the payment of rebel claims, only four
were Southern men, and three of these
were from border States; of the sixty
one members who voted against that
amendment, ffty-6ve were from the
south. This looks as if the solid south
knew what it wanted-and as if the
| North knew it too.
Atlanta Constitution: Mr.. Stephens
may be, as he claims to be, a Demo-
cras in theory, but at this time we
need men who are Democrats both in
theory and practice-men who are not
too great to follow when they cannot
lead. The Forty sixth congress has
world of important work before it. 1t
must pave the way for the incoming
of Democratic Administration. The
Democrats of the Eighth District will
be called upon next August to put
such a man before the people.
Cincinnati Commercial: The value
Of Democratic sympathy for an Cypress
ed and tax-ridden people should be
measured by the fact that Democrat
ic House Of Representatives has in.
creased the burden of public expenses
by $50 100000. 1t will be difficult
thing to make plain laboripg man un-
derstand how this harmonizes with the
cry tor economy and reform.
Springfield (Mass) Republican
When Seaker Randall made out his
committees last fall, he came as near
as he could to giving MIR. Rainey, of
South Carolina, a colored Republican,
no pl c, at all, by giving him the very
last place on the Committee on Enroll
ed bills, but he builded better then he
knew. Thursday morning that Com
mttec was 10 demand. aud Mr. Eainey
was of some account when he took the
Sundry Civil bill to the Speakers
table just eighteen minutes before the
hour Of adjournment. The Democrat.
ic members of the Committee were
either drunk or asleep, and Rainey
was the only one who had stood at his
post. Speaker Randall and Tenness ee
Atkins both warml y congratulated him
and the House gave him hearty cheer.
If the Democrats who have been thirst.
ing for Rainey's scalp had succeeded
in unseatipg him, as they tried to early
in the week, the House would have
had to wait for the Democratic men,
bers of the Committee on Enrolled
Bills to sober off or wake up before it
could have adjourned.
Inter Ocean: It is not out of the
usual course for the members of Pot
ter's Greasers, and their ally, the Chi
cago Times, to sheer and ridicule the
person of General Noyes. The Gen.
eral was unfortunate enough to lose
a leg in the, to them, unholy cause of
defending the Union, and it gives
them ample reason to call him 1.-THE
red faced, beefy, stumbling specimen
of cheap John politician" The facts
are General Noyes is the peer of any |
one of his defamers upon that com
mittee He could beat any of them
in an argument, and he could whale
the whole cowardly committee with his
crutch He may have "sham bling"
walk. That is because Democrats shot
off his leg, and he has to use wooden
substitute. The vulgar illusions to his
misfortune by members of the commit
tee will not add to their reputation.
The Potter crowd have aligned the
name of Gov. Noyes, and he has come
a long distance to answer their ques-
tions. Let them proceed to their work
like men, and not try to cry hin down
like lot OF biaguards. H
Chicago Tribune: One Of the planks
of the Ohio Democratic platform de.
mands the repeal of tho Resumption
act" without giving any reason for such
demand. In the opinion ofthe clearest
and coolest headed class of men in the
United States, to repeal that act would
infect mischief on the country. The
repeal of the Resumption ac', which
takes effect six months hence, aft er the
long depression brought on by inflated
credits, excessive speculation, and reck-
less running in ebt,-when hard pan
has been reached at last. and the in
dustry and commerce of the country are
recovering, and habits of economy and