National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-03-22

Now, wherein will Speaker RANDALL
recognize the Greenbackers as committee
men?
IT now looks as if Northern Democrats
are so humble that they spurn office. At
least they do not get any.
THE municipality of Brooklyn practices
economy. 1t proposes TO save $4,000 per
nnnum by substituting naptha for gas.
If you give the Democrats an inch, fell
low-Republicans, in the way of compro-
mise in the matter of the election laws, they
will take an ell.
UNPRINCiPLED men and schcming poll
ticians may talk or think of compromising
with the Bourbons now; but the bare sug-
gestion of such thing is abhorrent to hon
est Republicans
REMEMBER that the bane of the Repub-
lican party has been compromise and con-
Citation 1t has been compromised and
conciliated almost out of sight. 1t is time
now to cry halt.
THE idea Of compromising with the DEM
ocrats in Congress, now that the Republic
cans have gone so far as to throw down the
gauntlet and defy them to do their worst, is
born of abject cowardice.
KING CAUCUS sits firmly upon his throne
and waves his scepter over Democratic
House. Whatever he dictates will be done,
without regard to the public welfare. This
is modern Democracy.
EVEN the Charleston Nc,cs and Courier
doesn't know any better than to complain
of Republican House of Representatives
for not making Mr.. RAINEY its Clerk while
member of that body
ELI PERKINS alleges now that President
HAYES told him that if his olive-branch
Southern policy failed he would try the
GRANT policy. The chances are that the
"allegator" is a lawyer"
IT is said that STENGER has carefully laid
his one vote away in napkin in the hope
that it may increase with time and age. 1t
is a very small potato which is probably
without any terminating power
THE constipated condition of statesman
ship continues in Congress. All the new
members have bills, speeches, and resolu-
tions to present or deliver; but King Cau-
Gus has astricted the situation, so to speak
THE meeting of Democratic Congress
has been followed Immediately by suspen-
sion of all the banks in New Orleans, except
the firo banks, and they think of removing
TO Washington, where their customers most
do congregate.
THE South is being cruelty neglected by
the Democratic Senate 1t only has twenty
four chnirmen of committees out of thirty
four. Something should be done to even up
the score. The chivalry will scarcely stand
such marked neglect.
THIS is not propitious period for SAM
UEL C.'s There was SAM Cox and SAM
CAREY, candidates, respectively, for the
Speakership and the Clcrkship, and neither
one Of them got a vote. 1t seems to be the
day for SAMUEL Us, however, as S. j. r.
and S. J. Il. will attest.
THE Washington correspondent of the
New York Express (Dem.) aiiirms that
TILDEN has no following among Southern
members of Congress, while Western men
declare that he coihd not carry q single one
of their States. This may or may not be
true; but TLDEN will be the Democratic
nominee next year. nevertheless.
BoPEEP WATrERsoN is not without in
fuence such as it is, in Democratic circles
hereabOuts. 1t is true he tried to elect
BLACKBURN Speaker and failed, and that
he also tried to elect his father Secretary of
the Senate and failed again But Clerk
ADAMS, Of the House, is his cousin which
is sad for both ADAMS and BopEEP 1t is
difficult to determine which one of the two
deserves the deepest commiseration.
THE Widow BUFFERS persecution on
the witness stand of the Widow OLIVER i,
not as might be supposed, an illustration OF
the vindictiyeness of the softer sex toward
one of its number who happens to be under
cloud OF scandal. However promiscuous
in her political loves the Widow b. may
have been, she is not the kind to gloat over
the purely carnal mis(ortunes of fellow
ereature-unless she is paid for it,
"
THE fact that the Widow OLIVER for.
merly lived in Louisville, KY, is not over.
looked by the political scandal mougers
In the opinion of certain lofty imagine
tiOns she left there, somewhat in advance
of the time, it is true, to familiarize hersel
with Washington ways in preparation for th'
position Of Uirddiere to BOPEEP WAITER
SONS 100000 unarmed lambs. AS daugh
ter Of regiment of which BoPEEP wa
the colonel Mrs. o. would have made a sue
cess.
THERE are rumors Of compromise il
the matter Of the threatened deadlock be
tween Congress and the Executive. TIL,
alleged managers are certain leading law
"yers" whose names have not yet beer
made public The movement has q suspi
cious look. No true Republican will con
sent to any compromise which impairs il
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