The Russellville Democrat., 1878-12-12

l ington estimate that there will be q clean net majority Of straight-out democrats in the next House of at 1 least three. In addition to this it is more than likely that several of the ! Independents and Green packers will act with ths straightout democrats. It is said that Lowe, of Alabama, and Acklin, of Louisiana, will cer- talnlY be amongst this latter class. This being the case. all doubt about a democratic organization for the next house seems to be removed.
 Leon and Harriet Lewis propose issuing new publication about the lst of January, to be entitled the Penn Tan Mystery. They send us a pr spectus to publish and say if we will puff them like thunder for a few weeks they will remit "a clean equivalent in draft on New York" {" early in January. We ask to be ex- cused. Our space Is worth some thing to us, and we are not sure if Leon and Harriet Lewis had not as well trust us as for us to trust them i So send us along a ten dollar legal tender and we will give you full val ue for it in advertising at our very lowest rate. This is what we call busi ness.
 -UNwIsE POLICY. It shows about as little wisdom in some southern democratic journals to indulge Tn an warranted and uncalled for abuse of prominent and trusted leaders of the eastern Democracy-men like Samu- el J. Tilden-as it does in other dem ocratic journals ot our section of the country to thus early commit them selves in favor of an eastern man for the Presidency in 1SS0 There Is no necessity for this kind of discussion at present, and the only tendency of it is to estrange one class of demo crats from another-the very thing which must be avoided if We want to come of victors in the next natlcnal contest. We must present and pre- serve one solid unbrok en front, and there should be no East, no West, or no South about it. It should be struggle of all good democrats for the triumph of the old Jetfersonlan democratic principles, under which alone the country can recuperate, prosper and grow in greatness and power.
 We have said two or three hun. dred times that the country is legis lated to death. If we can get sec ond we will how move that we have a session of the legislature not to ex- ceed forty days,-L. R. Democrat.
 If our legislature was always composed of men who knew their businessmen of sufficient ca pacity and business qualifications to know just what to do, and with pa triotism and common sense enough to stop doing and adjourn after they had done enough, session oi forty days would be sufficient The great trouble is our common. legislatures are composed of men for the most part, wholly unfit and lacking almost every qualification of lawmakers. This being the case we think the less tine we give them to blunder away, bobbing all around and only once in while touching upon matter which the public inter ests would suggest as demanding consideration, the better it will be foi the State. We therefore second the motion of the Democrat. If our leg islators are only given forty days they will have to come right down tc business, and we will be able to sec what kind of calibre the different nemherS possess
 In times past we have so suffer ed at the hands of smart rascals that of late honesty has been the main : qualification looked for in selecting oar representatives; but honesty without corresponding degree o acuteness and intelligence, is often more of an injury than a benefit, as men simply honest are apt to judge others by themselves and fall au easy prev to designing and selfish po.iticians.-Ft. Smith Herald.
 r There is a vast deal of truth in tn, above. A bank cashier ought to be an honest man, but 1t does not tol low that every honest man ought tC be, or could be, the cashier of { bank. So a legislator ought to bC an honest man, but no more in thu;