Iron County register., 1881-11-17
The Deal In the Senate.

The Deal in the Senate.
Considering the proceedings OF the
Senate, il is amusing to reflect that
Senator Edmunds, OF Vermont, was
talked about last year by few trustful
Republicans of a reformatory turn OF
mind, and that the same Senator
Edmunds has been the chief engineer
of the machine OF which Dawes and
Logan are the stokers. The "machine"
in this case was the caucus. and II the
machine in politics be n contrivance
for extinguishing individual independ-
ence there never was better illustra-
ton of it than that offered by the Re-
publican Senators, led by Mr.. Edmunds
and leading Mr.. David Davis. The
choice of Mr.. Bayard had been received
not merely with acquiescence but with
positive satisfaction by those Re-
publican newspapers which speak for
rational and patriotic Republicans.
When even so bigoted q partisan as
Senator Frye declares before the
caucus of his party that it IS better for
the Republicans to have n man like
Senator Bayard than man like Senator
Davis for President of the Senate, since
every body knew where Senator Bayard
stood and nobody knew where Senator
Davis sat, it is evident that the party
whip must have been freely and sharp
ly welded TO bring about the ex-
traordinary proceedings in the Senate.
The country now knows where Sena-
tor Davis is. He has taken his place
with Malone. as a man who, chosen to
the Senate by Democratic votes, has be-
come an open trader upon the capital Of
the position thus acquired. One dealer
of this kind upon the floor and another
in the chair are now permitted to de-
termine the policy and decide the des-
tiny of the Republican party in the
highest legislative body in the land.
The Democrats found vacancy in the
Presidential succession, occasioned by
no act or omission of theirs, but caused
by the bullet of stalwart assassin and
the personal politics of a stalwart Sena-
tor. This vacancy they filled, in obedi-
encc to the law, with Senator who
commands the sympathies of one great
party, the respect Of the other, and the
confidence of all honest men. The Re-
publicans. on the other hand. found tho
Senate organized and the succession to
the Presidency provided. II they had
had the strength to choose one of their
own number to preside over the Senate,
ana had chosen that member who comes
nearest To Senator Bayard in the con-
fidence of the country--for il is simply
not true that any Republican Senator
commands the confidence of the coun-
try so completely rs does Senator Bay
ard-no fault could fairly have been
found with the advantage they thus
took of their reinforcements. But in
fact they had not this strength. They
could not have elected Republican.
They could not rely even upon the neu-
trality of David Davis except n friendly
neutrality in his own behalf. And SO
they made their barga N and put out of
the Presidency of the Senate a Demo-
cratic Senator who thus commanded
the sympathies of one party. the re-
spect of the other and the confidence of
the whole country, in order To ill his
place with q Senator who Is not n Re-
publican, and who does not command
the sympathy, the respect or the conf
dence of anybody.
The Republican Senators have thus
repeated at this special session the
crime and blunder which they CON-
mitted at the last special session. Hav-
ing in neither body n majority, they
have in each bought member from
the other side. They bought Malone
for nothing, although they doubtless
TO deliver to him the price
they agreed to paw of an Office in the
Senate and of all the help they could
bring to the cause of Reputation in
Virginia. The more astute Readjuster
from Illinois has secured his pay in ad-
vance. The only question is whether
he will deliver the expressed or implied
to the bargain on his side.
Upon this point it will be seen some Of
the Republican Senators who voted for
him are nevertheless n prey to the most
natural but also the most agonizing ap-
As they canGot possibly
turn him out on their own strength,
MIR. Davis is now entirely at liberty to
run the Senate and appoint its commit
tees in the interest of the aspirations to
the permanent Presidency which have
always been believed to have swollen
his bosom. There is nothing in his
own career or in the circumstances
under which he comes to the Presidency
of the Senate to forbid the thought that
he will use his entirely irresponsible
powers with a strict and unscrupulous
regard to his own political interests.
The Republican Senators who voted
in advance for the goods they
fondly expect him to deliver may
find out that in attempting to choose
King Log thcy have in fact chosen
King Stork, who has developed stall
wart and Saturnian appetite for his
political brood. 1t would not be at all
IL within the next six months
the Tribune should be set to bowling
again and to berating the wicked DEM
ocrats for their lack of patriotism in
refusing TO come up to the help Of the
and to assist the Repub-
licans in turning DAVIS out OF the Presi-
dency of the Senate.-M y World.