New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-22
UNREAsOYING DEMOCRATIC WRATH.
EFFECT OF SENATOR FRIEs sPEECH-I"RIAi9 "
,o,x FORCES WITH MIR CoNKLLNG AGAINST TIE
ADMINISTRATIONS.

EFFECT OF SENATOR FRiEs tPtE'H- i""HN'' w
JOIN FORCES WITH MIR. CoNKlNG AGAINST TIE
ADMINISTRATORS
IRY TELEGRAPH TO TIiE TEinl Nr.I
WASHINGTON. April 21.-Mr. Fryc's speech of
Yesterday has been the subject Of much indignant
comment among Democratic Senators to-day. They
pretend 10 believe that the speech was inspired by
MIR Blaine and is indicative of the policy to he pur-
sued by the Administration toward the South.
Among other things it means, they say that
Democratic Senators from the South are l"
have no influence or voice IN appointments l"
Office in those States. Some Southern Senators
have declared that. taking this view of the case,
they conclude that the Administration means war
against thcm and therefore that they VIII 10y every
means in their power seek 10 defeat the conilrna-
tion of appointments. In support OF their view OIL
the matter those Senators make much oi inc
fact that Mr. FRYE obtained the data upon which
hc based his powerful arraigumont of the south
from the records Of the Department of Justice
They seem to forget that any facts IN the po>s 'oh
of that Department equally accessible I" them
There has been considerable talk to-day among
Southern Senators, whose wrath has over
come their judgment that they ought
10 make their power felt by the
Administration at the earliest practicable moment
aud they have declared that the most effective way
to do this will be 10 join forces with Senator Conk-
ling aud his friends in defeating the confirmation "i
Judge Robertson. Perhaps dozen southern N'na-
tors threatened to-day that they would take this
course What they are to gain by declaring war
against the Administration those Senators have not
vet taken the trouble to estimate They will not
be able to prevent the confirmation Of single Re
publican nominated to Office in Southern state.
becntse neither Mr. Conkling any other Rcpubil-
can Senator could aiIor would desire. to assist
them in such enterprise. The majority III the
House of Rcprc-cntatives is safely Republican for
the next two years at least, and the Democrats IN
| the Senate are pOwcrcss To do any worse mischief
than they are now engaged in without any "dcchr-
alton of war" against HE Administration.
Probably when Southern senator's have cooled on
somewhat they may reflect also that, If they 7honI
begin war without quarter" upon the Admins
tration they might be likely to put period to the
off, i,l existence of some thousands of Democrats
who aIe now in the full enjoyment of Federal offices
There are several hundred Democrats employed nthe
Executive Departments in Washington. ana laI-e
majority of the pr~tuiaSi'r- III hitfch Sl"'''
A the Union Demo- rats In one county
in Virginia. for example, IN whch tmTr
are thirty post offices, there arc giilF
six postui1stnis who are Republicans. This
is reported by one who has made some
investigation Of the subject 10 he n ialr
prOpnriinn th. puGhOut tie state. In Virginia
alone there are about 500 post offices. and the
incnrnbents Of only about Thirty Of thcsc are r.
quired 10 be confirmed by the senate. IN Nlc% ol
facts IKE these, ~ dNl"dlh IH'NtnI' 'ni' '''''.
Senator's will bc likely to consider their threats to
declare war against the Admiul,iraton ana uriihrr
tO give nor accept quarter Oi course h,r' HIr "tI
and probably moic wcighty considerations, winch
should prevent the Democrats from carrying ini"
execution the threats which some Of them 10 freely
male to-day but thcy will first think Of the Offices
involved.
II is hardly possible that any Democrat really hc,
lievcs that the speech Of Mr. frye was " inspired
by ANYBODY bcsIlcs himself Mr. Frye j., too well
known az a man Of strong political convictions and
stubborn independence of character Tor 1t To hc
believed that he is the mere mouthpiccc oi secretary
Blaine or of anybody else. Whether his views even
agree with those Of Mr.. Blaine nobody has any
reason to know hut IL IL certain that the law
abiding people of the North. when they read the
facts set forth in Mr. FRcH admirable speech ali
know that those facts were CLEANED from oiiclal
records will agree with his conclusions and thank
him for stating them so clearly.