Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-01-14
The Radical Family Row.

Despite the strenuous efforts made by
some Of the members Of the Republican
family 70 make it appear that everything
is lovely in the household, big row is
brewing, and the sounds of discord daily
grow louder. The old stalwart-half-
breed difficulty, seemingly patched up,
has never been quieted, and, in view Of
Arthur's slender recognition of the latter
faction, is becoming more bitter than ever.
Blaine, who, despite the fact that Gar
field was the recognized head of the
half breeds, was their real leader, Is the
dread of the stalwsrts. Your disap
pointed ambitious man, who yields
power, is apt TO use it, and Blaine, with
all his loyalty to the party, will hardly
fail to strive to get even.
That the stalwarts fear him is evil
denced by the fact that they are striving
to kill him of, to use the language Of
the politician. They ridicule his per
formances in the State Department,
strive to make it appear that he brought
about the rupture in New York, and
was thus the indirect cause of Garfeld's
death, and they even go so far as to pre-
tend that the "Plumed knight" is Co
quoting with the Democrats to lead
reform movement in 1884 The Blaine
organs hit back, and speak of the init
mates Of the once worshipped Old Com
mander as the cold Grant crowd" This
is singular conduct for party organs, but
it shows how matters are going. This
much for the family in general.
But the older members. those who are
responsible for the good name of the
household, are quite as reckless. Refers
bargain and sale tactics in the matter of
The House committees have aroused the
ire of sundry influential organs who are
peppering away at him at lively rate.
An eminent sOlOn of the House thus
plaintively relieves himself anent the
committee deal:
The Speakers appointments have
demoralized the party, and I fear we
shall have serious trouble. The i'm
portant committees, as now constructed,
do not have the confidence of the House,
and everything will have to be fought
out over again on the floor. Here we
are at a disadvantage, for the Democrats
are exceptionally strong in this Congress
in debaters. Our leaders, like KassOn |
and Robson, will find themselves Op-
posed by such parliamentarians as Ran
dali, Hewitt, Cox, Carlisle, and others of |
scarcely inferior merit. Neither Kelly |
nor Hiscock. who by committee position |
are er offeio leaders of the party, have |
record or personal qualities to command |
allegiance on the floor, while Keifer
himself has no following"
There has been such kicking at |
Keifer that Robson, his guide and |
monitor, has relented so far as to pro |
vide for swelling the committees with |
the view of making enough places to go |
around among the disgruntled states
men who were left out in the cold.
Meanwhile the Old Guard are gather
ing at the CRIB and preparing to enjoy |
the good things at hand. Grant himself |
may have reached the conclusion that he |
can afford to pull the wires behind the |
scenes, but whether his ambition is salts
fed or not, a stalwart will be the coming |
man in 81, or his hackers will know the
reason why. Meanwhile, though they |
get but a slender share of the spoils. the
Blaineites avow that they are the life of |
the party and show fight all along the
line.
Arthur and his co-workers are seeking
at the South, but, though he
may not see it, he is teaching the other
side trick that they may not be slow to
apply. While he is striving to Ma
hoDeize the South he may wake up some
fine morning and find some other people
the North. The Republican
family has quarreled often, but has
hushed its troubles under pressure.
From all that can be seen now the pre-
sent rumpus will end in a general crack
ing of heads.