Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-04-12
Union IN THE PARTY.

The caucus held by the Republican
Congressman in Washington Wednesday
evening acted with q moderation. and
was actuatsd by a desire for the good Of
the party which cannot be too highly
commended. The attempt Of the mall
contents and disappointed ofics-ssek.
ers and ofiee-holders, to precipitate q
quarrel with President Hayes, and thus
hopelsssly divide the party ranks. proved
q miserable failure. and the report has
now gone forth TO the world that for all
practical purposes the great mass Of the
Republican party is thoroughly in &C
cord with the President. and is willing
to sustain him in what is known a. "his
policy The effect OF this must and
will be. 20 consolidate the great organi.
zaiion which saved tho Union. and pre-
pare II for u sweeping victory next No
vember at the polls. The Democratic
party has been tried and found wanting.
For overs year now II has controlled the
popular branch Of Congress. and in all
that time II has done but m act worthy
OF notics-the passage Of the Silver bill.
and for that Republicans can claim Al
much credit a. Democrats. for II was in
nc sense q party measure, and vas not
80 treated.
Outside Of this. the action 81 the
Democratic House can 10 summed mp
very briefly. and the summary will form
q terrible arraignment Of the party du-
ring the canvass for the Fall elections.
It began. as the NKws predicted two
years ago. by investigating Southern
claims growing out Of the war. and was
Just on the point OF allowing a most
glaringly fraudulent one. when the ar.
ehives Of the C~onfederaey suddenly
came to the front, and COMPOUNDED the
Democrats by exposing the fraud. That
ended that little business for the time.
and the Southern claims will probably be
allowed to sleep 10Y until after the elec.
ton. They have already furnished o
campaign document to the Republicans,
and the Democrats will SEQ to il that
they are not allowed to furnish another
during the present session. After this
exposure. the Democratic nose became
very sensitive. and danger wa scented
from afar. Something must be done to
give color to the blatant professions Of
"reform. which is the stock in trade
Of the party. A victim was wanted,
and he was found in poor Polk. the Dem.
ocraiic Doorksspsr OF the Democratic
House.
The only crime Of this gentleman
seems to have been that he was a Demo-
crat from principle, and was unfortu.
nate enough to gain an office at the
hands Of his Democratic friends. From
that moment his trouble began. He
was pressed on all sides by the Re
formers" for patronage, and in order to
accommodate them and retain his own
place. he was forced to violate the law.
When the proper time for a Reform sen.
sation came. he was led TO the front and
crucidsd to atone for the crimes OF his
political friends. Ho is the scapegoat
Of the Democratic party, and every rsa.
soning man 80 looks upon him. Then
came the election OF his successor. and
the circumstances Of that arc too fresh
in the readers mind to require recall.
ing. When the election Of a new House
is called for next Fall. however. there is
not u hamlet in this land where the
story will not b repeated Of how u
Democratic House voted down q Demo-
cratic Union soldier. who simply asked
a chance 10 make an honorable living in
the service OF the country for which he
had twice risked his life. and gave
the poor appointment which he craved
to u Confederate traitor. whose hands
are reskine with the blood Of his coun.
trymen. We promise our Democratic
friends that this little episode will not
DO forgotten next Fall.
That. with q few variations on the
Fraud question. which have only
consumed time and brought contempt
ON the aeitators. Is the whole record OF
this reform Democratic House from which
% much was promised Us. II has signed
and sealed the damnation Of the party.
Tho Republicans will enter the next
campaign holding in their hand q list Of
indictments against which no party can
stand in this country OF intelligence
and patriotism. We have only M
thing to do in order to insure success,
and that is, to DO united in the fight.
The caucus took in tho situation per-
fectly. and resolved not to encourage n
party breach at this critical moment.
II Gorham. aud Sargent. and Wiscon.
sin Howe are dissatisfied. let them pur-
sue their ways in peace. We can get
along without them. but We cannot get
along without the President. Union is
our motto now. success our destiny
next November.
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