Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-06-26
The Way to Success.

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their attention upon the congressional
elections. 1t is not possible to over
estimate the Importance of securing a
ma ority in the next House.
Neither is it at all improbable that
this triumph may be achieved by de-
termined and intelligent effort. The
very reasons which make thoughtful
Republicans most anxious to prevent
| Democratic success in the Congression-
al elections will also influence the votes
of intelligent, conservative loyal and
law abiding citizens in great number
Congress has been disgrace to the
country, and decent citizens feel it
keenly. 1t has threatened the peace
of the nation and the stability of free
Institutions, and prudent men are just
" alarmed. 1t is speaking within
bounds to say that no Legislative body
for many years has made itself more
offensive to good citizens than the
presen. House under control of Dem
ocratic majority, and if Republicans do
not succeed in overcoming that major
ity this Fall it will be their own fault.
Even the Democratic managers
realize that the revolutionary course
taken by the House has made them
extremely unpopular, and has alarmed
conservative and law-abiding men.
The letters of Mr.. Stephens and Mr..
Key, the utterances of Democratic
papers in all parts of the country, the
resolutions of the Democratic Conven-
ton of Pennsylvania, and the action
of the Judiciary Committee upon the
Kimmel bill, are proofs that very
serious apprehension has been caused
by the conduct of the ajority of the
House, aud that Democratic leaders
are extremely anxious to escape the
odium which such conduct causes. 1t
will be the fault of Republicans if this
attempt to Mexicanize our institutions
does not prove very costly to Demo
Gratis. But Congress has caused great
alarm in other respects. 1t has be-
come known that Southern claims and
jobs, involving much more money
than can be paid without national
bankruptcy, are held back only by the
fear that they might cause Democratic
defeat. The South is hungry, but for
that very reason is cautious. Yet the
men who threaten National bankruptcy
by the claims and jobs which they ad-
vocate, prove that they care nothing
for public honor or National solvency
by the financial measures which they
urge. All who are interested in Gov
ernment bonds, or in the solvency of
insurance companies, banks, trust COM
panies or savings banks, which have
assets largely invested in public Sc.
curities, have been justly alarmed by
the course of the Democratic maj iority
in Congress.
Other causes Of alarm are found.
The House has been trying to cripple
the Army, and to prevent its use for
the suppression Of riots in any State.
But there is much reason to fear that
the schemes of the Communists and of
the more desperate leaders of the
Trades Unions may result in violent
outbreaks. Pittsburg, lasi year, Que
bee on Wednesday last, had experience
of the need of a force sufficient to
maintain order. But Democratic dem
agogues want the votes of rioters, and
therefore strive to cripple the only
military force available for the lmme-
diate suppression of mobs. 1t must
not be forgotten that the next Presi-
dental election may be close. If the
Democrats control both the Senate and
the House. it may be doubted whether
any popular majority conceivable will
suffice to prevent defeat of the popular
will. The next election is liable to be
a mere farce-the last pretense Of SUBJ
mission to the will of the people-lt
such unscrupulous partisanshjn as has
appeared in the House has opportun-
ity to control the action of both Houses
as to the counting Of the Electoral
votes in 1880.
The Republicans can succeed only
by union. IF they mean to save the
country there must be no more factious
wrangling. The attacks upon leading
Republicans because of differences
about this or that matter of detail must
be stopped. The party cannot afford
to train its batteries on its own forces.
Mr.. Beatty was very properly put
down by the Republicans of Ohio on
Wednesday, and Gen. Butler, if he
continues war upon the Administra-
ton, will be understood as finally se-
ceding from the Republican party in
order to lead the Communists. fut
mischief making must be stopped on
both sides. It will not do, if the Re-
publican party intends to preserve the
country or its own existence, to toler-
ate proscriptive warfare against those
who dissent from the President in re-
gard to matters of public policy. He
10 in of oio1 charoe and II will pnt ha