Daily Republican., 1881-09-30
Senator Bayard's March.

Senator Bay ARDS March.
The Democratic and lndependen
press of the country are again exercises
as to how Senator Malone will vot
when it comes to the election OF PreS'
dent pro, tenn of the Senate, but the mos
of them are led to conclude that he vii
vote with the Republicans as he ha
all along been voting This little un
easiness in the Democratic ranks Ii
caused ty the fact that Senator Davis
of Illinois has announced his intention
to vote for Republican for that office
As it rightfully belongs to them. In
the late deadlock in the Senate the vote
of Senators was the same on each side
but the Vice President, who by virtue
of his office was President of the Sen
ate always gave the casting vote for the
Republican side. 1t was this vote that
elected Rpublican R committees ana
would have elected other officers OF the
Senate had it not been for the tilibus-
tering of the Democrats. In that con-
test the two Independent Senator'S
Davis of Illinois and Malone of Nir-
Rinia were divided, the first voting with
the Dem oc-ats and the latter with the
Republicans. Since then great changes
have taken place and the political con
dition of affairs is very much changed.
An assassin's bullet has stricken down
the President and taken Vice President
Arthur from the Presidency OF the Sem
Ate into the Presidential chair. Conk- |
ling and P,att, Senators from New
York, resigned and went before the
Legislature for vindication, and got it
by the election of two other Senators in
their places The gallant and polite Sen
stor Burnside, of Rhode Island, has fal-
len a victim to the renorseless demands
of death. This takes four votes away
from the Republican side, while only
one is brought to it by Senator Davis
declaration that he will vote for a Re-
publican President pro tenn but there
is no assurance that the Senator will
vote any farther with the Republicans.
In the organization of the Senate the
Democrats will have 81 votes to begin
with, they having lost the vote OF
Davis. The Republicans with the
votes of Senators Malone and Davis
will have 36 votes, within one of as
many as the Democrats, with three
other votes-Miller, Lapham and Burn.
sides successor standing outside, re-
fused the privilege of voting simply
upon a mere technical point, which is
taken advantage of by the Democrats
that there is nobody in the Senate or
attached to it who is explicitly author
lied to administer the oath Of Office to
the new waiting Senators. We're they
admitted and allowed to vote, the Re
publicans would elect a Republican |
President pro tenn. by two majority |
These are the circumstances under
which the Democracy expect to elect a
presiding officer of the Senate and We
are not at all surprised that the Demo
cratic press throughout the country are
anxious as to how Senator Malone may
cast his vote. Our Democratic friends
may as well rest easy on that score,
when Senator Davis, an independent
always praised by them, deems it to be
his duty to vote for Republican pre-
siding officer of the Senate, surely Ma
hone mag be excused for exercising as
much Independence as Davis. Not
withstanding all the misforEunes that
have befallen the Republican side of
the Senate, beggarly one majority is
all that the Democrats can muster up
with which to push Senator Bayard |
into the Vice Presidents chair over the |
dead body of James A. Garfield. The
Senators march into the Vice Presiden-
cy by the all Of Guiteau's bullet, will
-En.v r. equalizer ny his triumphant
march into the Seuate by the diSfran- |
chisement of Al, 900 of his own immcdi- /
ate neighhors Of t|ew Castle County. |
Was there ever such glaring injustice?
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