Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-16
RANK REVOLUTION.

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c4 Four PEARS Longer
Washington Special (Dec. 12) to Cincinnati
Enquirer.
There is no doubt whatever that the Re
publican leaders are already beginning to
lay their plans to the execution of some
desperate schemes to carry the country for
the Republican party next year. The most
strenuous efforts are being made to disguise
their movements and blind the people of the
country as to their Intentions; but soma
things have leaked out which have excited
good deal of apprehension among Dsmo.
Gratis, and which give color to the belief that
they mean to inaugurate another Republican
President regardless of whether the majority
of the people of the country want him or
not.
It has unquestionably been determined
that no effort shall be made to carry any
Southern State; and, more than this, steps
have already been taken to prevent ally
Southern State from being carried. A part
of this programme was carried out in the
recent election in Louisiana. It will be rs.
membered that the talk which prevailed at
one time of sending Northern Republi-
cans to canvass that State was sud-
denly stopped that no Republicans
went there except Mr.. Stewart L. Woodford,
of New York, and that after his arrival there
there was sudden and inexplicable apathy
on the part of the Republicans; and that
when the election returns came to be count
ed, it appeared that in certain parishes whore
there is very large colored population, no
Republican votes at all were cast. The Re
last fact as an evidence that there was in
timidation ard bnll-dozing by Democrats in
those parishes. The Democratic members
of Congress who represent those parishes
declare positively that the charges are abso-
lutely false. as.-. ...s-s ....-.
There is more than reason to believe that
the failure of the negroes in those localities
to vote was in obedience to the instructions
carried to Louisiana by Mr.. Woodford, who,
it will be remembered, has had good deal
of reputation IS an intriguer in politics, and
was prepared to play pretty prominent
figure in the election of 1876 if the muct-
talked of scheme of inaugnrating Dir.
Tilden in New York had been attempted.
In plain English it is charged.
and there is reason to believe
that the charge is true, that Mr.. Woodford
went to Louisiana for the purpose of inform
ing the Republican leaders of that State of
the plan which had been determined upon
by the leaders Of the Republican party to
keep the South solid and make the North
solid: and that in certain parishes the negro
vote was kept at home purposeIy by the Re-
publican leaders in order that there might
be no possible chance of the Republicans
carrying that State; and, also for the purpose
Of furnishing pretext for just such asser-
tons of intrigue and bulldozing perpetrated
by Democrats as are now being printed in
| the Republican newspapers throughout the
North.
A similar series of this Republic4,, pro-
gramme may be expected to GeveIs !; IN New
son to apprehend, the Republicans propose
to seize through the instrumentality of the
present legislature, which may be expected
to exercise its undoubted prerogative under
the constitution to change the method
of choosing Presidential electors in
New York, and pass a law that
they shall be chosen By the legisla-
ture, and then itself choosing Republican
electors, in spite of the fact that New York
Vas Democratic at the last election by 10000
majority, and without giving the people of
| the State chance to express their prefer
ence upon the subject next year. The
| charge that the Republicans intend to do
this thing will doubtless be denounced as
sensational. But some of the shrewdest OBJ
servers in politics, and some of the longest
| headed politicians here, are confident that
| the Republicans have really determined
upon this plan of action, and really mean to
seize New York in this way. Several things
/ which have already happened are explain
able upon this hypothesis.
1t will be remembered that few weeks
| before Congress met Senator Matt Carpenter
delivered himself of the opinion at some
| length that the Democrats intended to
inaugurate the next Preeidznt, whether
| they elected him Or not.
This sensational opinion of Sci tor Car
penter was set up in type here. and slips of
it we're sent to all leading Republican news
papers throughout the country. 7: appeared
| simultaneously in nearly all @: sheslsrgest
cities in the country. Its appearance crea-
| ted very great surprise at the time, iuasmuch
as no Democrat had limited Or thought of
such thing. The only responsi.is explain
| alton of Senator Carpenters sct is that he
meant to prepare the public mind for extra
| ordinary proceedings in the ;.tx' Presiden-
tial election, and desired to create the i'm.
preston that the Democrats contemplate
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an excuse for what the Republicans had
already determined upon. The journey of
Mr.. Woodford to Louisiana, otherwise
inexplicable, is easily understood
in the light of this programme.
And now the Republicans are following
| outa line of procedure in regard to Maine
which also sq1ints in the same direction.
AS is we'll known to all who have watched the
situation in Maine 1T all seriously, neither
Governor Garcelon nor any one of tie coun-
Gil have performed any act or used any word
which gives the slightest ground for the sns-
picion that they intended to do anything in
that State contrary to the laws of the State
and the constitution, or that they bad any
ulterior object in view, or meant anything
else than to issue certificates OF election to
those State officials and members of the leg
islature to whom they were authorized to is
sue such certificates by the law. Neverthe-
less, Senator Blaine, the entire Republican
delegation from Maine and the Republican
newspapers in Maine and else
where, are charging daily that
Governor Garcelon and the Demo-
cratic party in Maine mean to seize i1pon
the government of that State wrongfully,
and that the legislature, after they have
thus wrongfully seized it and possessed
themselves of it, mean to change the law in
that State and choose Democratic electors
next year.
The purpose Of this is very plain. Sen
ator Blaine is exceedingly anxious that the
Maine Democrats shall DO just this very
thing. He and all his allies in the Repub-
lican party are trying by every means in
their power to goad the fusionists in Maine
into changing the law in Maine in regard to
the choice of electors, and enact law which
shall give that choice to the legislature. The
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