Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-12-01
THE BALANCE OF POWER.
How 1t Worries the Old Partyites 10
kncw-'that the Greenbackers
Can Control Congress,
A Threat that Democrats and Repub-
leans viii Unite it Necessary
in Order to Beat the
"Fiatists."


speakership.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. - Neither
Democrats nor Republicans appear to
Hike the sit ltion in the speakership
contest since the election. The Demo-
Gratis would be much better pleased,
since they cannot control the organiza-
tiOn of the house, that it should be alb
sOlutely under the management of the
opposition party, so that responsibility
for the government of the house could
be charged to a responsible political
= organization. Mistakes or blunders can
.lisrlly be charged up to either side.
Aside from this, the fact that a small
number of men hold the balance of
power is regarded as unfortunate, from
the fact that, in all cases, when Il
minority is placed in a position where
it can dictate terms, trades and bar
..gains are the natural results. The
'Greenbackers can hardly hope to elect
Il aspeaker Of the house when the ma
iOrity of that body, without regard to
party, are absolutely pledged by their
records and bound by their position to
support the only honcst-money(Pl men
From talks had with members now in
the city, it can be positively stated that
no GreenbaclSer has anv chance of So.
curing the speakersbip whatever com.
plication NAV ensue. A prominent
Democratic member said this evening
. that he would uulpr no circumstances
vote for tbe regular Pnpubljcan nomi.
nee, He said That there were plenty
of other Democrats of the same mind
However IL will orly fake one Damo.
craft of their woy of fbinkina TO enable
fine RepubIicans to camy their noint
The RepubIicans howevcr mon elect.
inr . sneaker of their own dnnot trust
SO much 10 Dgmorratic onposition TO
the GreenL9cI,erg rs tbcy do 70 secur.
ing a few votes from tile Ropnblican
members of fine Greenhacl, cot tarie
Tho GrnenbacI, nannle at tho outset
will doubtless make yery large do.
mands Thev viii m doubt insisf unon
tbe finance committee If tho house hn.
ing organized in thoir interest and thnir
hpinr @ivan nI,cns That will hest sIb.
serve ihe interests Of tbe defunct uappr
rnonov idn, Tnojinc ponnIIicore m.
nounce ot fine nntset fiat thew will
mako no term with thc GreenbocI,ers
and tbat thn I"ifor n,nst t,I;o their
charcee with tIo rosf rromising fhon,
only the consiJer,tion which is due to
them as members NJ tbo house r,tbor
Than anv distinct organization If is
snonT fbo nossihilifis5 that Tho Greon. y
hncrers fhamenlvrs viii mako a dia-
tinct proposition to the Democrats in
case of failure to bring the Republi-
cans to terms. The majority of the
Greenback6rs. .Nre Republicans and
naturallySwould prefer to work with
the Republican Organization. While
perhaps a majority of the Democrats
would be in favor of,any combination
that would secure TO them the patron
age and general control of the house,
vet there are enough Democrats, such
as Judge McLme, Of Melyland, Ran.
doph Tucker of Virginia, and Carlysle
of KentdcIiy, who would not consent
under any circumstances to become
parties to a Greenback combination
unless the Greenbacliers consented out
and out to The election of a Bourbon
speaker. As the Greenbackers would
not gain any more in this than they
would by the election of an out and out
Republican speaker such combna.
tion does not appear probable, as The
natural a(iliation, of the Greenback
faction run toward the other side.
A nrominont Ronuhlican westorr
member said this rvenin" that fbarf
was one lesson to he adduced from tht
rosnlfs Of the elections Iast Tnnsdov
mi, WOO tbe foIIv oP too monv canji
,dotas Tbn Rannilicar lossns thromah
ont the counirv had in his oninior
boen co,se1 Nv foctionoI diFerence,
and tbo nroeencn in tho canyoss ~
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