The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-01
WASHINGTON LETTER.
our Regalar correspondent.
WAsH1NeroN, DC,
Nav. %. 1882.

Between the election contest in the
house of Congress and the at
attracted byathe revolt
against the Cameron ruie in Penn
sylvania, politics have been unusual
ly lively and interesting during the
last few days. Senator Mitchell isa
good deal of a lion, Just now, and the
Indications are that both Don Came
ron and President Arthur will even
tually regret having treated him So
uncompromisingly. Governor Cur
tin said in conversation a feWdays
q that the Independent movement
is assuming proportions Cameron
never dreamed of. The moral infu
ence of such men as Mitchell and
Marshall,is not to be lightly estimat,
ed. This is no Iocalfghs, but q COM
test for the dominion Of the Stall
wart faction which controls the ma
chinery of the partygin Pennsylyania
as it Just now happens to control the1
National organization through Fed
eral patronage, and Cameron'sc course
is likely to provide q surprise for the
Arthur administration as unlookedl
for as it will be disastrous to Stall
wartism. If the Democrats act wise
ly and nominate a straight, clean
ticket, Stalwart power will take a
tumble from which it can never re-
cover; Arthur and Cameron will go
down together, and the, SOC. will put
away their little medals. 4shy4e d
Ii is gratifying to know that the
Democrats in the House have found
their backbone. and that q stand has
been made against the soutrage con-
templated by the Republicans in
carrying out their programme for,
~unseating Southern members. In
the Mackey case especially, where
forgery and all sorts of skuldugery
has been, resorsed to in carrying on
1.-THE contest, there is ample j%ustifca
ltion for resorting to every means
known to parliamentary1aw to de-
feat the wicked partisan scheme. At
this writing the Democrats express
la determinationto stand firm. Cen.
5Rosecrans, of California, the chair
man ofsthe Democratic, Congression-
al campaign committee, in speaking
Eof the contest, said: aIfethe Repub-
l~licans intended to seat Mackey,Ewith
all the forgeries ~andrwrong doing,
they must do it over sui stubborn
resistance - Mr.. Randall is master
of allthe tacticsathat canibe brought
to Bear on the Democratic side, but
Speaker Kiefer issvery hot headed
and has an exaggerated idea of the
!power and prerogatiyes of the chair,
and the struggle, if continued, may
be markedqby some exciting and
lively scenes. Whether the Repub-
leans viii regard it astgood policy
to make the appropriation bills and
other.measures of necessity wait, for
anyIprotractedoperiod in the attempt
Ito seat man who has noiegal claim
is somewhat doubted, although such
are the threats which are current.
There has been talk, in sowe quar-
tiers aboutithe necessity of creating
Ia tribunal to take the settlement ol
'lcontested cases out ofthes hands oil
Congress. Certain non partisan jour
nails have advocated such a plan, and
there is much solid truth in the rea-
.fs6s5
simply vote the party ticketfn decid
ling q contest without regard to right
or wrong. This is done inislo cynical
a manner that it seems as II members
tIof Congress had lost all feeling of the
mofal obliquity of it, and as if the
strongest appeals to higher motives
lhFof actionawere and would remain un.
availing. 1t is very evident that un.
,hder such circumstances Congressbis
not the proper authority TO decide
contested election cases, and that 10
order = esecure justice and toiarrest
1.-THE infection of snch demoralfzine
practices, it will be necessary to1ook
for some judicial tribunalodtside tc
which such cases can be submitted
, with the assurance that evidence viii
, receive its due weight, and that the
Imam Justly entitled to the seat viii
have it, no matter whether his party
lis in a majority in Congress or not.
L ulS 10 dli fOiJ Sii3ubub euSA aaNo
ton is where are we to find thetribu
nal lifted above and beyond the pc
flitical influences that control Con
gress. 1t has been pretty elearl,
. demonstrated that the, Federal Judi
l,Iciary does not come up to that stan
r dard, and one of the, strongest argu
4 ments for Democrats against Judg
.jDavis' Supreme Court bill was tn
4 fact that President Arthur, an in
tense partisan, would likely appoin
y all those new judges from men of hi
ylown ilk. We had lesson the peopl
twill not be slow to forget in the tribu
: nal created to settle the -conteste
elections between Hayes and TildeI
T. when the judges taken gowns and a
3, from the Supreme bench, twisted th
o-same point both ways-one way
n Florida andfanother way inosOfego
IS Ito suit partylends. PHoNo.5
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