Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-04-09

Gratis In their places In both branches
of Congress, the raid against Senator
Kellogg, and against Representative
Orth, Of this State, and Washburn, OF
Minnesota, and the report In favor OF
Hull, Of Florida, being cases In point.
Senator Kellogg was admitted to his
seat December 1, 1877. considerably
more than two years ago. His case
has been passed upon by the Senate,
and his right 10 his seat formally de-
clared and recognized. Yet, II is pro-
posed now to reopen his case, unseat
him, and put a Democrat In his place.
His term of service would expire
March 3, 1888, and his successor will
undoubtedly be a Democrat, but the
Democrats cannot wait so long. They
want him out and a Democrat in his
place before the next Presiden-
tial election, and they therefore
propose to unseat him without
regard to law or equity. In the case Of
Mr.. Orth, of this State, the contestant,
McCabe, has taken no proceedings for
more than year, and under the law
his claim, Il he ever had any, has long
since expired. He has furnished no
evidence that the case ought to be re-
opened, nor has he shown by his ac-
tions that he thought so himself; yet the
committee has indicated its purpose to
reopen the case and to invest the con-
testant with all the rights and priyi-
leges which he would have enjoyed had
he prosecuted his contest more than a
year ago, as the law required, The
unseating Of Mr.. Orth will give the
Democrats control of Indiana in the
House. As the delegation stands, it con-
sists of six Republicans, six Demo-
Gratis, and one Greenbacker Putting
a Democrat in Orth's place viii make it
stand five Republicans to seven Demo-
Gratis, thus giving them control of the
delegation and enabling them to cast
the vote of Indiana for a Democrat in
the event of the Presidential election
being thrown into the House. In view
of the peculiar position occupied by Mr..
Orth and of the consequence depending
upon his removal, we have no doubt
whatever that the Democrats have de-
| termined to unseat him, although the
| contestant, McCabe, has not a shadow of
claim to the seat. The case of Wash
burn, of Minnesota, is similar to
| that Of Orth, in respect of the
| political consequences involved. The
/ Minnesota delegation stands two Re-
publicans and one Democrat. If Wash
burn is unseated and Democrat put in
his place it will stand two Democrats
and one Republican, thus, as in the
case Of Indiana, giving Two Democrats
control of the delegation and enabling
them to cast the vote of the State for a
| Democrat if the election goes before
the House. Washburn was elected by
more than three thousand majority, and
Donnelly's claim to the seat is false and
fraudulent on its face. But this makes
no difference. The Democratic plot
requires the unseating of Washburn
and the seating of Donnelly, and it will
be done without regard to the facts or
the law of the case. The case of Bisbee
VS.. Hull, of Florida, involves the same
principle in a different form. Hull,
Democrat, is the sitting member, and
Bisbee, Republican, is contestant.
Without going into the details of the
case, it is enough to say that the latter
has established his claim beyond any
doubt whatever, so clearly, in fact, that
honest Democrats, of whom there is a
corporate guard in the House, admit
that he is entitled to the seat. Yet, in
spite of this, the Democrats have deter
mined to retain Hull. The Florida dele
cation in the House consists of two
Democrats. To put a Republican in
the place of one of these would make
the delegation tie, and consequently
the Democrats could not control it in
the event of the Presidential election
going to the House. These cases, all
involving the same principle and point
ing in one direction, prove the exist
ence of Democratic plot to maintain
political control of Congress at all
hazards in order that they may steal
the Presidency next year. Representa-
( tive Hill, of Ohio, declared in a speech
at Washington short time ago. "We
(the Democrats) intend to inaugurate
I our next candidate for President
whether we elect him or not" We
believe this, and we believe also they
intend, if not successful before the peo-
/ pie or in the Electoral College, to make
some excuse in the count of the votes
, to reject one or more States and throw
the election into the House, where they
! will elect Democratic President. This
, is undoubtedly the secret of their de-
termination to gain control of a ma
! jority of States by expelling Repub-
i licans and putting Democrats in their
! places 1t is a scheme worthy of a
/ party which for twenty years past has
been actuated by the one unvarying
, principle of rule or ruin. -i'ldianapOltS
: Journal.