Daily Republican., 1881-03-10

CREASE kVi liz Aoos sAAA ~
years.
RepresentatiyeJ Jones and tho Re.
pOrters.
The Democratic members Of the House
ut Dover made themselves conspicuous
objects of folly on the Foarth Of March,
BY passing resolutions condcliDg with
Tilden because he was not permitted to
fill the once OF President Of the United
States, an Office to which he was never
elected, and now to consunmsts their
folly, one of their number has intro
duced resolutions authorizing the
sneaker of the House to exoluds from
the floor of the House and FROM the
lobby if necessary those reporters who
exposed their folly. 1t must have been
heart rending in the extreme to have
listened to the piteous wall Of William
Payutsr Jon es, the sponsor Of the Til
den resolutions as with tears in his
eyes and trembling with emotion he
told Of the humiliation of himself, his
wife and eight children by these terri
bls reporters, who had blasted and
blaekened their characters. We pitt
Jones. We pity his devoted wife, and
we feel the ksenest sympathy fer his
eight little children, who, III we believe
Mr.. Jones, will hereafter drag out mis-
cradle existence, and all because re-
porter Faithfully criticised his actions
in Offering q set Of bunsombe political
resolutions which had no sense in them,
and which a Democratic Senate with
only one Republican member in it,
unanimously laid upon the table to
sleep the sleep that knows no waking.
We presume from tho fact that Mr..
Jones in directing his remarks to Mr.,
Brown, reporter Of the RBpUBLIcAS,
looked upon him as the head and front
Of the ctfsnGing reporters, and we are
bleased that Mr.. Brown in his sensible
reply to Mr.. Jones, on The floor of the
House, exhibited more of the traits of a
gentleman, and more respect for the
Legislature than was shown by his In
terrogator.
II the resolution offered by Mr.. Jones
passes, unlimited power will DO given
to the Speaker to revenge himself upon
any reporter against whom he may
have any little personal pique: He
has by his inconsistent course called
down on his head the reprobation Of
public opinion, and the passage o.
these resolutions will give hin the OF
pcrtunity he wishes.
The only way for these ever sensi
tive Legislators to escape the criticisms
Of the press, is for them to act in ,
straight forward, sensible manner OF
all question which come up for action
Certain members Of the House mad,
themselves ridiculous BY their action
on the Delaware Western bill; tn,
speaker was csnsursd by members o
his own party for being too cowardly
to vote upon the local option bill; Mr.
kobinson's Bourbonism has brought
upon himself the we'll merited esnsurt
Of the public press Of which he nov
complains, and Mr.. Jones should no
complain OF Republican reporters crit
icising his Tildsn resolutions when hi
eva party in the Senate composed o
men Of good sound sense refuse u
touch them. We are pleased that Mr.
Joues and other Democratic member
in the House have at last discovers
that there is power in the press whiol
they cannot defy and the only way 70
him to avoid being brought before tn
public in an uueuviabls light is for hin
to cease at once acting in such q man
ner as to make himself ridiculous, an,
to make his fellow Democrats of NOR
ability and sound practical sense fee
bad on his account. II the resolution
Of expulsion do pass they will do n,
good, rs the reporters have . right (,
come a. citizens into the lobby Of tn,
House, and at the worst they cannot b.
driven from the capital, and 80 MI
Jones will have to submit awhile Ion
ger TO the criticisms Of the press unlss
he changes his course and acts in
more sensible manner. Mr.. Jone
eusht to have known that these pssk
things were loaded.
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