Morning journal and courier., 1882-06-05

French is almost wholly ignored by Secretary
FOlger except where seniority secures his
/ right to act in Secretary Folger's absence.
The District Jail was visited by large
crowd to-day, Brockway, the forger being
added to the list of attractions last night.
Under the rule Guiteau is prevented from
seeing he public, though few persons have
talked with him in the presence of
the warden The stories that the pris-
oner is losing nerve are ungrounded. The
jail authorities say he talks less, but is never
respondent. In reference to the published
report that the court in banc had refused
rehearing in his case he said to day that he
had expected nothing else, that he did not
know what Reed would try to do and he did
not care. God was still with him and if he
wanted him to hang he would not finch
He would just as heye hang az die. The de-
cision will be promulgated by the court to-
morrow and Reed does not deny that no fur
Their effort will be made to save Guiteaus neck.
Reed is indignant that the court in banc
should talk of its decision before it is rem
dered. He says that Judge Cartier told him
on Saturday he had no help now but from
the White House. He says, however, that
after his motion for rehearing is overruIed |
tomorrow he shall prepare for another move |
before the same court on Tuesday. The ma
ture of this move is not disclosed.
Representative Updegraf, of Iowa, will |
III d 10" udyS LIS U1ll prOVluIUR IOT I
the Judicial determination of legal questions |
growing out of the election for President and |
Vice President to the attention of the House |
and endeavor to secure action upon it. Not |
having been endorsed by the Republican |
caucus committee on order of business its |
chances during the present session cannot be |
considered good. David Dudley Field and A. |
S. Hewitt and other Democrats are disposed |
to favor the leading features of the bill, and |
Democratic aid may bring it up for consider |
alton.
The president of the Senate, Mr. Davis, |
Will be in the chair to morrow and put an |
end to the dispute as to how the chair was |
filled, but the incident has raised a question |
which should, and probably will, be definite /
ly solved before adjournment. A resolution /
referring the subject to the Judiciary COM
mittee will be offered to morrow.
The Independent Movement in Pennsyl-
vanta-SenatOr Mitchell's Talk About |
the Canvass.
WASHINGTON, June 4.-Within the past |
few days statement purporting to be from |
Mr.. Cooper, of the Republican Central com
mittee of Pennsylvania, to the effect that |
Senator Hawley, ex Senator Blaine and other
prominent persons would stump the State for
the regular Republican ticket was published |
in Philadelphia paper. Senator Mitchell, |
of Pennsylvania being asked this evening /
about this statement said: Gin my judgment
it is unfounded. This I know as to several |
of the gentlemen mentioned by Mr.. Cooper |
From conversations that have had with |
other gentlemen named by him believe it to /
be untrue as to them. I think these gentle
men had better understand that this is Re-
publican family difficulty in which they
should not seek to NEEDLE If they do it
will only strengthen the Independent party,
and the battle will open all along the line in
dead earnest. If they think it is of advan-
tage to the stalwart oligarchy in Pennsylva-
mia for them to intermeddle, speaking for
myself, and, as I understand it, for the |
Independents, I am perfectly willing they
should do so. This will define the issue and |
draw straight line between the Stall
warts and the Independents, and when |
that is done the people will take care of
it. If they open the battle on that side there
will be enough prominent Republicans from
other States to take up the gauntlet and give
them war to their hearts content. The indie
pendent movement in Pennsylvania has al
ready assumed proportions which the most |
sanguine of them did not expect. 1t is the
peoples cause and they are determined TO
take care of it. l think the statement to
which you allude is game of brag on the
part of Mr.. Cooper set up for popular effect.
But it will fail of it's purpose az all such
tricks do. If the stalwart Republicans of
Pennsylvania want to carry the election for
the party this year, they can come over
to the Independents and thereby win the
election. They cannot do it otherwise
think the Stalwarts will surrender il. good
time. But if they do not, they will have to
submit to an inglorious defeat well deserved.
So far as Mr.. Blaine is concerned there is
no doubt where.his synpathies lie, but do
no not think he has any intention of med
ding in our affairs in Pennsylvania. If he
takes any part, Mr.. Cooper and all like Mr..
Cooper may as we'll make up their minds
first as we'll as last that it will not be on
their side. The nomination of General Gar
field was victory for the popular rights of
the Republican party, and the friends of Mr..
Blaine did more than any others to achieve
it. The stalwart Republican oligarchy now
seeks to turn that victory into defeat in
Pennsylvania and also in this country at
large. That cannot be done and will not be
to. Now, as to the effect of this
quarrel in the Congressional districts, if the
Republicans nominate for Congress mon who
have no opinions of their own, the Indepen-
dents may not be willing to support them.
But I hope that good men, who are aocepta-
blest the Independents, will be nominated in
every Congressional district, and in that way
they will make their elections sure where the
Republicans have majority. My desire is
that the contest shall be limited to the State
ticket, SO that it shall not endanger the party
at Washington. But to make this sure the
nominees must be of such character as to
give assurance that they will stand earnestly
for true reform of the civil service and
against every species of bossism and machine
methods of managing party and public af-
fairs The result will very greatly depend
upon the conduct of the administration at
WASHINGTON ~ |