Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1878-06-04
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Readers of the HERALD must
have always remarked that, while
this journal has held that it does
not follow, as the result of the Pot
ter Investigation, or of any other
revelations, or of the apparent fact
that he is a corrupt Presidential
"connubiator,n that Hayes will, as
he ought to be, on developments
which every fair man has now fully
considered, extruded, neck and
heels, from his usurped Office, we
have always held that the moment
the thing can be done, lawfully
and without violence, it should be
done In the interest Of the respect
ability Of the Republic. We think
the United States has had enough
of violence for generation, at
least, but 1t would be o fine thing
to show that there Is fraud cor
recting impulse in the Republic.
The political situation, as it
stands to-day, can be epitomized
very briefly. On the fourth of
March, 1879, the Senate of the
United States, which has been
overwhelmingly Republican since
the winter of 1904 grievous
eighteen years-will be salts
factorily Democratic. The issue of
our Immediate politics is the COM
position Of the next House of Rep
ressntatives. The present House
Is Democratic. The last House
was nearly two.thirds Democratic.
This overwhelming Democratic
majority was an abnormal politi-
cal development, and it was owing
to the fact that the Credit Mobilier,
and other disgraceful exposures of
Republican frauds, made the polit-
ical atmosphere very mephitic
about that time. The chances as
to the next House of Representa-
tlves stand at least nineteen to
twenty that it will also be hand
somely Democratic. The only
hope for different result lies in
the opinion that the people are SO
In love with fraud that, for the
purpose Of vitalizing the admins
tration Of q milk and water Presi-
Dental "connubiator,"' they may
reverse the present obvious current
Of events. The man who thinks
they will do it must have a great
deal OF the Micawber hope of
something's turning up" to justify
his assinine assumption.
Four or five weeks ago we in
dulged in detailed calculation as
to the results, in the several Con-
gressional districts of the United
States. in the approaching elections.
We do not propose to inflict that
statistical detail OH our readers
again. The probabilities may be
tersely summarized thus: The
Democracy will not only hold the
members of the House of Represen-
tatives they now have in the South,
but they will probably gain from
twelve to fourteen mbers from
that section. The carpet Dagger
will, this year, bid an affectionate
and pathetic adieu to the ease ments
of official station in and from the
South. AS to the State of New
York, that Commonwealth will
undoubtedly resent the fact, to
some extent independently Of poll
tics, that one of its distinguished
citizens, who was elected President
of the United States, has for time
been cheated out of his rights. An
other significant fact is that
the Republican Senator from
New York, Conkling, who
is a fanatic despiser of
Hayes, is DESTROYS to be re.relectei
Senator. His friends will be very
well content to see the Democrats
carry the Congressional districts for
q guild pro quo in the Legislature.
The Democratic party will improve
its representation in the Lower
House from New York-t.iat may
be depended upon.
In Ohio and Indiana the Democ.
racy, with manliness for which
we honor them, are applying
themselves to changing the Re-
publican gerrymander of the Con-
gress!onal districts. The "God and
morality party always acted on
the principle of wasting Demo-
cratic majorities. Thus, in the
State of Indiana, which gave a
large Democratic majority in the
Presidential election of 1876, the
Congressional delegation was
about two-thirds Republican. 1t
was the same in the State of Ohio.
which only gave Hayes a paltry
majority of couple of thousand.
The Constitution of tho United
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the superintendent of Congressional
districts to the State Legislatures.
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