The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-10-04
THE ORGANIZATION or ruF SENATE.


10Th inst only six days from now, and it is
amusing to witness the great travail with |
which the republican papers strive 10 con
vince the democrats they ought TO elect !
republicans, or at least some republicans !
to Office The latest puerility of this kind
We have seen is from the Chicago Inter. |
Ocean of the 30th ultimo. II saws: 1T isl
not likely that Il compromise will be- arrived |
at in the organization of the senate, as
certainly ought TO be, This is not only
matter of desire on the part of the people
generally, and on the part at least of good
many senators of both parties but it is u
matter of policy, and We can almost say Of
necessity rs we'll The senator's now hold.
ing thor places number thirty-seven demo-
Gratis, thirty-iiye republicans and one indie
pendent, Judge Davis, of Illinois, who, it Is
understood, will vote with the republicans
in organizing the senate. These are the
senators who will participate In the election
Of "a president pro tenn, and scrgcant-at-
arms" There is not the slightest likcH-
hood of amy compromise in reason The
democrat who would consent to one would
be recrcnnt to every duty to his party, to
every political trust ever confdcd to
him, and should be loathed by his
constituents and his entire party as he
would be ridiculcd and held in contempt by
the republicans There is no scntilncntality
in politics There is JUST as much reason in
saying that General Arthur ought not OF
have accepted the presidency because, Gen
eral Garfield the peoples choice was slain
by an assassin, and because a large majority
| of the people ofthe country did not want to
see hiT wing of the republican party in
power We do not believe that Judge Da-
WIS, OF Illinois, will vote with the rcpubli
cans organization, because Inc did not do
It in the deadlock session, and all his utter.
ances since then have ,1n to the contrary
of his sympathy with the republicans.
There Is neither policy no. necessity, as the
lnter-Ocean asserts for any compromise,
and the democrats having the power, ought
to go straight ahead and elect president
pro tempore and allother officers the senate
needs, Just rs the republicans would do if
they were in the majority. The Inter
Ocean again goes ON to make at
least an implied threat in the following;
when the senate is organized, the senators
from New York and the successor of Sena
tor Burnside, from Rhode Island, will be
sworn in, and will give clear majority to
the republicans, The democrats will have
the advantage before organization, the re-
publicans after aud this fact suggests the
policy ot an agreement ~ to what shall be
done in advance. If the democrats insist
upon having the president Of the senate.
who becomes the acting vice president,
there is nothing 70 prevent them from car
rying their point But will they go insist
To do SO would seem indiscrect, for two or
three reasons when the senate IN or
gained, as the lnter-Occan SAYS, the sue
ccssor of Senator Burnside, from Rhode
Island, will be sworn in, but il is bv no
means u sure thing that the two senators
from New Hcw York will be sworn in.
There are grave doubts about Mr. Miller
taking his seat, 10 il is alleged
ho obtained it by bribery and fraud.
ihe endeavur tO investigate these
charges will surely hc made whether
II succeeds or not, and Mr. Miller in the
meantime will await the will of
n majority of the SENATE The re-.
publlcans, themselves set the precedent
Tor these investigations, and they certainly
cannot complain of the democrats for fol.
lowing IN their iootstep, on prcsumabr and
reasonable just grounds for such "A co,,rse
The implied threat is that after the New
York senators and Scuator BurnSidc's sue
ccssor are sworn in the republicans, hayin =
the majority, willundo ny fur rs they can.
the work of the democrats let them do 81
il they desire. That is question for after
consideration, 1.-THE republicans want tn
make that kind Of record and gu before the
country upon IL, II will be their ,loinrS and
they must take the consequences. Now
o0mcs a delicious murscl Of twaddlc, "In
the first place, the death Of the president
should not be taken advantage of TO alter
the party policy indorscd by the people.
Having elected republican administration
the country should possess that admins.
tration not only in the vice-presidcnt, but
in case of his death through his successor,
the president Of the senate, ~
The death OF President Garfield
filling the hearts of the entire people with
an almost unspcakablc grief and CARRYING
mourning into every household in the land
wiped out all political differences in So far
as sectlonalism is concerned, or distrust of
the patriotism of either ofthc great political
parties, or fears for the safety and wcll-being
OF the country in the hands Of either, and
for the senate being democratic TO elect
democratic officers is not taking advantage
of the presidents death. II Vice. President
Arthur had died, and James A. Garfield
were still president, then the argument of
the lntcr-Occan that the having elected a
republican administration, the country
should possess that administration. The
country did not elect the present admins.
tution, but on the contrary an administra.
ton just the opposite Of what 1t is greatly
feared this administration, given life by the
death Qf the president elected will lao