Daily Republican., 1879-06-24
Better speeches or Better Reports
wanted

"Gazette' complains that 'hose WIN
read the newspapers never get iali
version of the discussions as reporters
invariably cut down the remarks OF the
Democratic Congressman and rarely DO
them equal justice in their brief 1e-
ports. This complaint when looked
into means a great deal. 1t means that
the Democratic speeches made in Con
gress when they appear in print do not
mike such favorable impression as
those made by Republicans. We are
glad that our neighbor has read these
reports and has come to the same con-
clusion that We nave, We have read
them too and we thought all along that
the Republican speeches were much
the best and ablest, but we thought
perhaps there might be sons political
bias in our minds that did not do our
opponents full justice, and so W.T. have
been giving them the benefit OF the
doubt. Our neighbor after stating his
grievances, attempts to make up for some
of the d.linquencies of these Democrat
ic reporters who are i'll the habit OF re-
porting the speeches of Republicans
more full and complete, to look better
on paper and to read better than Dem
o;ralic speeches, by stating himself
I .e real issued involved ard without
hadgiug he comes right to the root OF
the question at once. "COnkling wants
bayonets at the polls and General Grant
f,r President of the United States !;
SAYS the "Gazette," and then it goes on
to show the terrible ov-rbearing inso-
lence of Conkli & to Senators on both
sides of the house, but his vaulting
was Il idenly brought to close by Mr.
Voorhees,, of Indiana, propounding to
him single question as follows:
"The Senator from New York is pro
life in the questions that he propounds
to this side of the Chamber. | ask him
now in return whether he is in favor of
asing the army at the polls on election
days ?"
This was an astounding interrog gatory.
1 o,,l
again in Congress only to receive thu
same answer from Republicans and
should receive the same answer from
loyal Democrats. Now let us see how
this vaulting Conkling answers the
que'tion
81 am in favor Of executing, and ex,
ecuting when necessary, all the laws OF
the United States on all the days in ths
year, including election day, and at all
the places throughout all the States anG
all the Territories of the Republic in
Guiding the places where the polls art
held at elections on election day"
Why does not the "Gazette" say that
his cheek blanched, and his voice be-
came trtmulous as he was forced to
make that acknowledgment. We do
not ed that his knees shook like a
culprit's as he answered the fiery Indi-
anian. Our neghbor has ingloriously
allied as reporter too, because he has
not succe3de in quo.ing the question
and the answer in showing Democratic
superiority. Conkling has no hesita-
ton in saying that he is in favor o
executing the laws of the United
States ulon all days alike, and
in all llaces where those laws
are violated. We would like the "Ga
zette' to tell us what other answer any
loyal man either Republican,, Democra
or Green 2act could make. Why shoul,
one day in tle year more than anothe
be set apart on which the laws. are t
remain imperative? Why should ri'
lawles5ness and outrage be allowed t
prevail on one day of the year, and tina
on the very day when peace is NOR
desirable il possible than Oh any othe
day of the year? Why should tn
power provided to enforce the United
Stat IS laws be withdrawn at the very
time when special provision is made t.
in .ase the constabulary force to pre-
s.rye or Ter at time when even hotel
an drinking saloons are closed for fea
they might induce a rupture of the pub
liz peace? Every agency is to be EN-
ployed to preserve the peace except th'
army on that day. Certainly Conklin:
and every other loyal man in the natiol
ought to be ia favor of executing tn
laws on election day even more string
emily than on any other day. VIVA
other answe" could loyal man max
tn IN Conk ing made?
All t4e;e objections t. the army are
mere excuses and are entirely too tim
to hide their evident purpose and mean
M. Had it not been for the reig1
of terror that prevailed in some section
of the South during the campaign Of
1876, when South Carolina, Mississippi
and Louisiana were washed with the
blood of slain Republicans, this demanc
for Withholding the army for one day
in the year might present itself in a
differe at cui.e. But with the violenc,
of those days Iefore US the purposes OF
the DEMOCRACY are marked out before
hand. The Southern leaders and thei