Daily Republican., 1881-10-13
How IL Stands with Mr.. hay ard.


The manner and means made use
by Mr. Bayard and the Democratic pa
ty to usurp the Presidency OF the Sena
bear recapitulation. AT the electio
for President and Vice President OF til
United States held last November, tn
people solemnly declared at the ballc
boxes that James A. Garfield and Che,
ter A. Arthur respectively were to fl
those high offices. There was no con
tradiction of this. When the 4th Il
March arrived these gentlemen wer
sOlemnly inaugurated into their respec
tive offices, Mr.. Garfield to be Presi
dent of the nation and Mr.. Arthur to ~
President of the Senate. A special session
OF the Senate was called to confirm til,
new Presidents cabinet and other otfi-
GERS whom he saw proper to appoint
That Senate was divided POLITICAL,
into 81 Democrats, 81 Republicans, on,
independent, Davis of Illinois, VIII,
voted generally with the Democrats an,
one independent, Malone, who vote
generally with the Republicans. Thi
left the Senate stand SO Den ocrats anG
80 Republicans. but the Vice President
having casting vote on all questions
where a tie vote occurred, he voted with
the Republicans giving that party a
majority Of one on all question Of a poli-
tical character, i'll consequence Of which
all the committees of the Senate were
formed In the interests of the Repubii.
cans. Meanwhile President Garfield
appointed an able cabinet whlch wa $
confirmed by the Senate, and com
menced his administration in such II
vigorous, able and honest manner that
all, without distinction OF party. who
loved honesty in politics as well as hon
esty in every thing else became his en-
thusiastie supporters. In the interests
of good government peace and har
mony, the President made some ap-
pointments in New York State, the of.
ticers being taken from all wings of the
Republican party. The appointment
uf w. H. Robertson to be collector of
the Port of New York dispeasei Sena-
tor Conkiing, when that Senator with
Mr.. Platt, the other Senator from that
State, resigned their seats in the Senate
and left New York unrepresentci
They Immediately went before the
Legislature Of their State and sought
vindication by reelection to their old
seats. The Legislature saw proper to
act otherwise, and elected Warner Mil |
Ter and L. &. Laph I'm to fill the yaGan-
cies. Conkling and Platt acted foolish
ly, of course they did, but that was
their own business and the Legislature
elected men who would not act so fool
ish i'll the future On the second Of
July the greatest crime in the Nation
occurred A monster in the shape Of a
man, crazed by the political excitement
Of the time, shot the President, as he
avowed, for the purpose of making
Chester A. Arthur, stalwart, Presl.
dent. President Garfield died, and
Vice President Arthur became Presi
dent. His first act was to call an extra
session of the United States Senate,
which was without presiding officer
and without which there was none who
could succeed in the line of the Presi-
dency if President Arthur should die
during the recess Of Congress. In the
meantime Ambrose Il. Burnside, Il Re-
publican Senator from Rhode Island,
died, and N. w. Aldrch was elected to
sncceed him. Thus when the special
Senate met last Monday there were
three Republican Senators in waiting to
he sworn in. Republicans contended
that they should have been sworn in
before the election of a President pro
tenn. that they might represent the
wishes of the States from which they
were elected. Had they been admitted
before the election of Il President pro
tenn, for which there were many pre-
cedents, the Senate would again have
stood 3S Democrats and 80 Republicans.
But in the election for President pro
ten. Judge Davis, the Independent
who had usually voted with the Demo-
Gratis, would have voted for Republi-
can for that office on the ground that
the Office, by the solemn verdict Of the
people, belonged to the Republicans.
The Democrats, however, could not be
magnanimous.
They saw that by taking short cut
for the Presidency of the Senate they
could elect one of their own number to
the office and the three excluded Re-
publican Senators were kept waiting
and looking on while they accomplish
Ell their object.a After this the ex-
cluded Republicans were sworn in and
with Judge Davis now on the Republi
can side, the Democrats find them elves
in minority with a character for fair
ness sacrificed.
The Republicans would have been
satisfied with the election of Judg 90
Davis as President protein. but the
Democrats were satisfied with nothing
short Of placing Mr.. Bayard in the
coveted chair-a pronounced and pros
criptive Democrat and who they knew
was at enmity with President Arthur
On account of the Dover speech which
the Senator made during the last cam
paign. This did not look much like
carrying out their professed good will