Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-03-25


der of the year. The criminal bills for
this term are much smaller than usual.
Judge Symonds remained in Paris over
Sunday, and hears several cases in cham
bers on Monday and Tuesday.
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE.
WAsHINGToN, ID. c.,
March Is, 1879.
Despite the free whiskcy. the brag bully
ing buster and the over confident asser-
tons at the Blackburn headquarters, Ram
dali walked over the course ut the Demo
cratic caucus with eight votes 10 spare.
Wallace, Morrison and a good many other
aspiring Democratic statesmen retire under
a cloud with both ewes BACKED in the little
family scrimmage they provoked. Black
burns backing was chiefly from the South
though he by no means lacked dough-iace
support. His Southern supporters based
their claims on the ground thai, as n sec
ton, the South furnished by far the largest
number of Democrats in Congress, and
hence should have the naming of the Com
mitteeS and the shaping of legislation so
far rs il might he done by the Chair They
had the facts ON their side 50 far aS nmcr-
zeal superiority was concerned; but Black
burn has never lost IN opportunity to de
fcnd secession and TO laud the treason that
led 10 the rebellion; he has never been
known 10 admit that il was other than right
and ius,ilable; and the whole tenor of hi>
public life here has been 90 convince those
coming in contact with him that he would
not hesitate 10 advise another trial at Sc
ccsSion whenever the chances OF success
seemed equal 10 those of failure. This c;-
trcme position operated against him with
the cooler heads Of the party; and none
ta,ily Randall was regarded a much the
safest man OF The TWO. The Greenbacker,.
who have already gained an uncnviable no.
toric,y in their efforts to dickcr aud trade
away their votes on the Spcakcr~hip. affect
great Indignation over the nomination Of
Randall. and have determined, IL is report
cd. 10 tender Communist Wright the equiv
ocal compliment OF their vote for Speaker.
one Of the many humiliating lessons which
they are fatcd TO learn before the end OF
the session, has been already taught them /;
and before that time comes, those of them
capable Of learning ANYTHING from expert
ideas Of their own Importance very much
reduced from former estimates. Under
EXISTING circumstances they are likely 30
exercise only the most insignificant lnflu-
cncc on legislation. II may be, now looks
as though II would be-, the duty Of the fu-
ture Congressional historian 70 record the
presence of the Grccnbackcr statesman and
the nst hnancier, dlsJinctivcly rs such. for
the first and last time i'm the 10th Congress.
Though. 10 the ordinary vision. there
seems no ground 10 hope that the rcyolu-
tioui,ts who forced an extra session will
now stay their hands or will Dee satisfied
with anything short of the repeal OF the
L. = election laws which stand ia the way OF
their gang, OF repcater,. itis said that the
President >t!ll chcrishcs hope that he may
bee able 20 avert direct conflict by bringing
che virtues of his peculiar Cancellation tao
tics to bear ON their pervcr,c mind, and
% luratc hearts With thi, view it is init
mated thai several influential Federal posi-
cons are held At the disposal OF certain
Democratic Conference.-The price 90 be
paid them for IN alliance that will enable
them TO stayc OF the necessity oc locking
horns with the Bourbons on that particular
question. In continuation Of this line OF
rumor it j., said that The President la, in
dictated h. willingness 20 conrclc every
o.hcr point at ISSUE If hc may thereby he
spared the necessity OF asserting a yCItc-
bral pcrPeudicularity in which some fear he
may be- found lacking However, We are
not 10 be- left long in doubt. Many of the
Democrats have thrown entirely aside the
cloaks under which they have been mas
qacradine from prudential motives, and
not a few who have acquired the character
of conservatives now bloom out As deriderS
ofcohciliation aud are never tired Of reiter-
atng that TO the victOrs belong the >poil>. 20
The denomination of all the officers Of
the 18th Congress has cased the apprchen-
sions of their respective subs, and has cor
iespondingly decreased the chances Of the
crowd OF Office seekers that infeSt the
town, clamorinS fos pull at the teat.
The Camcron-Oliver suit for breach OF
promise which came up ON yesterday in one
Of the District Courts promises a good
deal more fun for the lawyers and Specta-
tors, than it does material damage for the
antique complainant. LoGAN.
"A marked indication of the returning
prosperity OF which business men every