The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-05-07
WASHINGTON JOTTINGS.
REPUBLICAN PROGRAMME FOR
CARRYING THE SOUTH.
COrbin's Prospects Against Builer-
Democratic RefOrm-COncern-
Ing AdiOurnment-Pac
ards Reward.
The Programme Of the Republican
Caucus.

caucus.
WASHINGTON, May 6.-In accordance
with the resolution Of Senator Edmunds,
a resolution is to be introduced into the
Senate declaring that the Fourteenth
and Fifteenth Amendments to the Con-
stitution having been ratified by the sew
eral States, they should be enforced by
the Executive. II will be adopted and
sent to the House. If the House rejects
it howl will be raised that the Demo-
cratic House refuses to acknowledge the
Constitutional Amendments. If the
House adopts it, such action will play an
Important part in the programme the
Radicals have agreed upon as necessary
for oaeeing it. Stripped oisll clap-trap,
the resolution means that the Repub-
licsus serve notice on the Democrats
that they intend TO make q square
fight in every Southern District where
the colored vote predominates. In their
calculation of possible contingencies the
Republican Congressional Committee
have set down to their side OF the slate
three districts in Mississippi held by the
Democrats, three in North Carolina, and
they expect to hold one in Louisiana,
three in South Carolina and two N Ala
bama. The res )lution means that if
there is, during the canvass, the slightest
disturbance in any OF the Southern Dis
tricts which they will contest, Hayes Is
to be asked TO use armed force,
under the spec!ous plea that the
Amendment cannot be enforced other
wise. The Radical managers will havo
no hesitancy in provoking OUtrsges and
stirring up bad blood, and under the
popular excitement which they hope to
create at the North by few outrsges
which will be either manufactured to or
der or provoked, force Hayes to put
troops in the Southern States, and con-
duct the campsign on the old issues OF
sectional hate No one here seems able
to conceive OF any other object in offer
ing the resolutions, and such Radical
congressman as can be induced TO say
any thing about them talk in the old
vein. They say the Fourteenth and
Fifteenth Amendments are not enforced
in the South, and the Radical party does
not intend to give this up, their old and
iavorito war-hoop.
Not only do tue Republicans propose
thus to make sn effort to get the next
House, but by all means tney intend
to make a warm fight to secure q ma
ioriLy OF the State delegations. The i'm.
portancc OF this is patent. 1t may be
that the next House OF Representatives
will elect the President OF the United
States In such an event each State
would have but one vote. The whole
number Of votes cast would be thirty
eight, OF which twenty would be q ma
iorlty and sufficient to elect. In the
present House Of Representatives the
Republicans have 3 majority Of the dele
CATION IN the States OF Maine, New
Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts,
Rhode Islond, Pennsylvania, New York,
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin,
Nebraska, Michigan, Minnesota, Kansas,
Nevada and Oregon-ln all, seventeen
States. These they claim they can hold
and count US gains IN the next House
Colorado and California sure, with an
even chance of FLORIDA, which in the
present House is evenly divided.
Should their expectations, which are res-
sonable, pan out, the Republicans will
have twenty States, sufficient to elect
President; and even though the House
might be Democratic, it will thus be seen
how it is possible for the Republicans to
elect President II Ohio Is redistricted,
which is anxiously hoped for by the
Democrats, it Will be almost impossible
for the Republicans to secure a majority
in twenty State delegations; but In that
event they will make a warm fight for
majority OF the votes in New York. OF.
course, independent OF this, they will
make big effort for majority of the
House, bu. will put in their hottest work
to secure enough Of the delegations to
give Republican President if the
election be thrown into the House.