National Republican., 1878-10-18

aUulenCe Win the 1rcSluent WltnOut peihR
first approved by BRYAN. At the same
time with the appearance Of BRYAN In
Washington BoULDs BAKER appeared in
Texas, clothed with the authority Of spe-
cial agent of the Post-ofIice Department,
and announced the determination Of the
Administration to ignore old parties in the
Southern States and organize new one.
General NORTON, sure of his old-time in
nuence with his quondam classmate, again
flew to the White House to find two-thirds
of the post-offices of his State ordered to be
filed with men Of the BRYAN stripe, and
Republican heads falling in the official bas-
ket from all classes of Federal offices In
Texas and their places being filed with
mplacablc enemies of the Union cause and
after Intellectual protests he took his way
back to his home, and has since devoted
himself to the perpetuation Of the Republic
can organization Of his State.
General NORTON will make o gallant
fight for pure and unadulterated Re-
publican principles, and will win voice
in the national nominating convention Of
1880, il he does not succeed in winning the
Governors seat Of his State.
RICHARD ALLAN, the candidate for Lieu
tenant Governor, is q mulatto; was MEM
Der of the thirteenth Legislature, good
speaker, an intelligent representative Of his
race, with an unimpeachable record, and
has the confidence of the members of his
party, irrespective of race.
A. SIEMERING, nominated for State Comp
troller, is German, and resident of San
Antonio; was formerly proprietor Of the
Freie Presse, q leading Republican paper Of
Texas, and is now its editor. He is a forci-
bic and puugent writer, but has never be-
fore been before the public.
JACOB KEuCHLER, the nominee for COM
missioner of the land office of the State,
filled that office In the DAVIS administra-
tion with signal ability, and is already
the nominee of the Labor-G -Grcenback party.
Although a stauuch Republican being q
survivor of the historical fredericksburg G
massacre, in 1sG1), he will be largely sup
ported, irrespective Of party, and stands an
excellent chance Of being elected.
The other nominees for minor offices are
exceptionally strong men, and altogether
the ticket produces feeling of strong
hopes among the friends at the North OF
the cause in Texas
REBEL CONGRESSIONAL LCLAIMAGENTs.
The character of the Democratic majority
in the present House of Representatives is
not such as to strengthen the credit or honor
of tho country. If the Democrats are en-
titled to their seats who come from districts
in Southern States Of known Republican
majorities their representative character il
narrowed down TO the mere bull-dozing
element, spiced by the rebel claimant, who
merged in each other, present the curious
spectacle of Democrats so profoundly dis
loyal and so deeply convinced that the
Southern rebellion was the noblest work OF
man that only the Democratic majority in
a loyal Congress really represented it, 1t Is
not now an uncommon sight to witness mcr
in the halls of the National Legislature
abandoning the career of statesmen to de
vote themselves to the collection Of rebe
claims rs an evidence of Southern superior
ity and approved chivalry. 1t was no de
votion to principle, be it observed; for tn,
action itself was unprincipled and known
to be so. But the rebel Democrats referred
to had sunk the Congressman in the Con
gressional claim agent, who ought to hav'
paid the District of Columbia agents O.
pedders tax before exercising their calling
for they had entered the House to pursue
that calling, and, being on the make, worke,
: hard to get the money from the Nationa
Treasury.
Take, for example, that exquisite Demo
crat, Mr.. REAGAN. He lifted up his voict
, in behalf of upward of 100000 for rcbe
contractors, for carrying the mail before th'
war. He grew quite pathetic rs he repre-
sentcd the hunger of those poor rebels attel
those thousands of dollars, and would have
continued his pathos even up to acrimouy
when confronted with the evidence that
the rascals had been paid The mere pay
/ ment Of the claim of one rebel Democrat b,
the Government of the United States
which another rebel Democrat was tear
, fully presenting, was a very insigniican
5 affair Why shouldn't it be paid twice
, If the Democratic rebellion was an exhibi
! tion of Southern virtue, on what principl
, of justice dare the Republican representa-
tives Of the loyal people say that such rebe
claims should be denied? As long as Il,
a National Treasury has dollar why shoul
e Mr.. REAGAS's modesty interfere with reb,
: interests? Aud if n claim had been pai
c once it was clear that that claim had bee
$ once good; and the rebellion being righ
the claim might be paid twice, thrice, I
any number of times that the money coul
D., , bo obtained, on the ground that the countr
y could not have too much of a good thing
Speaking of good rebel claims, witho,
. one spark of loyalty in them, reminds oil
= of Mr.. GooDE, of the Norfolk (va.) distriC
: who worked the claim of William and Ma,
- College. 1t was handsome claim, for Il
:, college had had claims before; and its hi
- tory is that of great and successful clair
10 ant, so doggedly persistent that the Go
ernment paid it large sums to get rid of
Then the South was in the ascendant, aI
20 clung round the necks of the Americi
Of people like the Old Man of the Sea al
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