The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-06-19

down very unceremoniously upon the
Warner silver bill by voting to post
zone consideration of it until next De-.
cember. Had the bill been reported
aud passed it would certainly have been
vetoed, and without regard to the mer-
Its of the measure. it might have been
q good stroke OF policy to let this be
done. mo doubt It would have bene-
-fited the barty In theWestern elections,
especially in Ohio. But the New York
Democrats maintained that what was
saAeei for Uhf5p could not be made sauce
aNew Yesk by jug full, aud they vo-l
ted againati action. In doing 30 they
were perfectly consistent, but the re-
cord of Senators Ferry and Teller, both
silveEites, ,lmakesi q different showing!
Senator Teller represents the great SHE
yer producing State of Colorado, yet
he syoted against his convictions be-
cause the interests of the. party de-.
manded that the bill be: smothered.,
Senator Coke, Of Texas. tried to get
the bill out of the committees hand,
but his motion was defeated by one
majority. Speaking Of this Senator re-
minds me Of a very good story he told
on himself the other day. He says:
ss1 never saw such a town a. WASH
ing6on.i You cannothave any privacy
here. Now, whenaI came here to at.
tend the special session of the Senate I
purposely went toiiai quiet place on d
street and chose two rooms over dry
goodsa store. I gave orders if any
body called to have their cards sent up
to my room; and further, that the out
side door should always be kept clos-
ed, which would compel callers to
ring, You, see, by adopting this plan,
when cards were sent to me would
know just who called, and conld send
word whether wanted to see them or
not. Well, would you believe 1t, a few
nights ago 1 was sitting in my room,
when in rushed two gentlemen, unan-
nounced. Said. one of Them: Gov.
Coke, believe? How do you do, Gov.
CokeY Their manner disconnected me
q little, but I answered rs pleasantly
rs i could. 'sYes,iI anu Gov. Coke;
but how In the, world. did you get in
my room" They answered eheerfully:
!. Oh, the lower door. was opened, and
we just walked right up I then told
them that it would please me if they
would 60 down stairs, ring the bell,
and send up their respective cards in
the regular way. They both went.
down stairs, and did as I told them.
THEIR cards were presented to me in
the regular way, and then T sent them
word that r Twasn'tin.sb To enable the
reader to Bstter appreciate the story, }, it
should be sadded that the Governor
lisps,l and heItslls it with a good deal
better effect for this reason than 1t can
have in print. .sYi.
2 1T did.,not ineed another .deluge Of
! sstI,ouisiana liars" to CONVINCE thepub-
lie that Louisiana politics and colored
politicians are about the best illustra-i
ton Of the doctrine Of total depravity
to be found anywhere; Since the adj
vent Of linn Anderson and Mrs. Jenks,
to say nothing Of Eliza Pinkston, any.
thing is possible from that quarter. 1t
Ii not TIE fault Of Louisiana, but the.
result Of d few years iof such seolndrels
Is Wm.o Pitt Kellogg, who, by the
grace Eof his own deeds and a radical
Senatorial majority, occupies seat in
the sSsa1ate, land who is, perhaps, the
worst aascaE ever prominent in politics
anywhere. 81 Ksallogg has surrounded
himself with an linoomparably corrupt
gang. and his methods have embraced
a.free use ,of them. SQMe, time ago
several Of these TOOLS came forward and
made affidavit to the fact that they
were paid 5000 each for their. votes in
the Senatorial election, and to the fur
ther. fact that there was really no quor-
.um of the Legislature at the time the
election took place. several absent
members having been recorded as
things demanded, an Investigation, and
upon their arrival here they are seen
by Kellogg and induced to change
their evidence. Twohave been arrest
ed for peijury, but, with Kellogg's in
f1nence with the Administration and
local courts under Government con-
troll, nothing is likely to come of it.
The witnesses are colOred, with one.
or two exceptions. 1t is clear that Kel-
logg ought to be turned out of the Sen
ate, but the session is so soon to end
that it cannot be done before next
winter ~ = - PHONO.