Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-02-10

OUR esteemed Republican contempo-
raries agree in announcing that Mayor
Stauffer has finally accepted, being as
surel of the support Of his party. The
Examiner begs that all past differences
be fOrgotten-until after the campaign.
In the Senate, yesterday, the Democrats
could have elected Neil S. Brown. jr.,
formerly one Of the reading clerks of the
House of Representatives, chief clerk of
that body, the acting chief clerk. Mr.. Sh"-
Der, to be promoted to the secrctaryship.
Greatly to the disgust of his Democratic
against the measure, which was allowed
to remain on the table. the vnt' being 4
TIES to p.
THERE is certainly III exceeding
frankness about the letter of cx-Presi-
dent Buchanan to Col. Forney, which the
latter's successor in Progress prints in its
columns, and after the lapse Of nearly
thirty years from its date it is interesting
reading. The estimate of and reference TO
Webster morality which it makes--;o be
viewed of course as part of confidential
correspOndence-reads strangely enough,
in accord with the outspoken views Of Col.
Higsinsou, which We publish on our first
page. The Pennsylvania Democrat and
New England Abolitionist We're not far
apart OH that question.
OF the various apportionment proEosi
tioumcnt with which the House is wrest-
ling, Mr.. Cox bill, providing for 4 House
of 3O7 members, would give Il net gain of
1 to the North and 10 to the South and of
J to states accounted Republican and II to
states accounted Democratic. The pro
position for 31G members would add 10 to
the Northern and IS to the Southern con-
tingent, while 9 of the additional represen
tatives would fall to Republican states
and 15 to Democratic. BY raising the
number to $50 the balance would turn in
favor of the North and the Republicans
states OF the 81 additional members, Is
would fall to Northern and IL to Southern
states, while the gain by Republican
states would lie IA aud by Democratic
states l3.
Ina fit of thoushtlcssness sonie time
ago, Don Cameron recommended John
Gallagher, .jr, brothcr-in-law Of Mr.. Chas.
E. Warburton, Of the Philadelphia iEtsn-
tny Tlegraph-an intense anti-Cameron
paper-to Ee consul at Rio lie Janero.
Last Tuesday his nomination came into
the Senate and neither of our senators
knew anything of the man w!io drew one
of the best prizes in the diplomatic seq
vice, having salary of $4,000 attached,
and next in Importance to the cOnsulates
at London, Paris, Liverpool and Havana
Finally Cameron recalled that he had
recommended Gallagher for Il place, but
he had no iGea he was to be given such an
important post as Rio Janeiro. 1t Was d
mistake undoubtedly on the part of Tie
appointing power. A gentleman who
listened to Mr.. CamerOn's explanation of
the way in which consular position su
perior in commercial Importance to many
of the second class missions had been dis
posed of, remarked: "But Secretary FEe
linghuysen says that you asked Rio .1aneiro
for Gallagher "Ah. is that so?' was
the senator's reply.
The Era,tiaer knows that the IHTELL'
GENCER neither changes its opinions nor
abates it's denunciatiOns of the use of
money at elections, local OK general, before
or after elections, nor according to their
result. 1t has one fixed, continuing opin
ion on this subject which it is always
ready TO proclaim, and for the enforcement
Of which it has again and again urged
that all organization Of all parties should
be effected. We regret that our esteemed
and influential contemporary, the Et.mt-
ner, has never seen any good iii such
proposition. We believe that this evil
could be cut mp by the roots by the united
action of the better men of ali parties and
factions, and we are just as ready now as
ever before to promote such au organiZa-
tion. If the Examiner has any knowl
edge of s75 required or used to make 4
ward solid at Democratic primary cleo
tion-as it intimates-t has the advant
age OF US. We have no knowledge Of any
such thing, and our enterprising contem-
poraly will add to its reputation as Il
newspaper hy giving its readers some o;
the facts on which it is so prone to make
editorial references and insin,lations
THE New York Times, which is a good deal
Of a newspaper as we'll as somewhat Of an
organ, points out most forcibly the incon.
sistency and absurdity Of the proposed
legislation by Congress, according to
which no person guilty of bigamy Or
polygamy shall he eligible to the Office Of
delegate in the House of Representatives
from any territory. Congress can legally
judge Of the qualifications Of its members,
an Il it can with propriety declare persons
of Infamous character to be inadmissiblc,
but if legislation of this sort is to be
passed, as the Times suggests, why select
one crime from the calendar? Or why ex-
clude criminals only from the place Of terri
torial delegates? Counterfeiting, bribery,
horse stealing and adultery at least are as
bad as bigamy. Why not declafs men