Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-12-13
sLoc.sy SHIRT AND SHOT GUN.

lr. Carlisle was elected speaker Of the
lower house Of Congress. He was backed
by solid south and won.- Wichita Eagle.
Why didn't the EAGLE publish the ballot
taken In the Democratic caucuss That bal
lot shows the statement OF the EAGLE to be
false. We give portion OF the ballot else
where in our columns, from which it will
be seen that Carlisle was backed as much
by solid West and Northwest as by SOL
I'd South. The cry OF "solid South, }" "con-
federate brigadiers," "shot-gun policy of
the South" ETC., etc., has been the stock
In trade OF the Republicon party for years.
We do not believe, however, that it will
ever again be able to ride into power by an
appeal to the prejudices merely Of one Sec
ton Of the country Wellington Democrat.
Well, let us see where the Carlisle vote
came from. In the Democratic caucus for
the nomination OF a speaker, 1888 votes were
cast, OF which 50 were from the Southern
States. or these, ~ were cast for Carlisle,
10 for Randall aud for Cox. In other
words, three-fourths Of the ''solid South"
went for Carlisle, and he received in addi-
ton, only 32 votes. North OF the Pot Dmac
and east OF the AIleghanies he received but
one vote, that of Morse, of Massachusetts.
or RandalPs 80 votes, only SO were cast by
Northern members, and OF Cox's, IS of the
81 were east by Northern members. Thus
II will be seen that more than two-thirds Of
the Northern votes were cast against Car
Isle, while three-fOurths OF the Southern
votes were cast for him The '.solid South"
had a majority OF only two votes in the
caucus, but 1t carried off four of the six
offices to be filed.
Mr.. Carlisle, in a speech in 1876, during
his canvass for Congress, said:
~ deny that the United States is Ma
ton. IL is u vicious system that has de.
stroyed sovereign States and oppressed
nine millions of people in the South. II a
State has no right Of secessiSns, she GER
tainly has the right of revolution. The
Republican party wants another amend
Dent TO the constitution. Why do they
want itg IL il not that the government
shall take the school fund into its own
hands, and appoint commissioner who
to be used in the schools, and your child
and my child be denied the right TO learn
the alphabet except in such a book rs shall
learn them to forget Washington, jackson,
Jefferson and the statesmen of Virginia
aud the SOUTH
We don't know what you would call SOL
id il Y out OF IS is not solid. So far as the
shotgun policy aud bloody shirt is concern
ed, allow us TO call your attention TO the
late massacre at Danville, Virginia; but
were Negars. And when the States were
called, by the clerk of the house, for repre-
sentatiyes 10 come forward and be qualified
ninety of them could not swear that
they bad never borne arms against the Uni
ted States. or furnished aid TO her enemies.
''Do you hear the rebel yell 2" said one
Randall Democrat to another, when the
Democratic caucus had nominated Carlisle
and his friends were cheering. The selec-
ton OF n Missouran for chief clerk, Mr..
Clark, who was a brigadier-genera of the
coDfederacy; Texan for door-keeper,
three OF the best places in the gift of the
house, means a "solid South" if il means
anything. And il means that the country
is destined to hear the rebel yell number
OF times before the present session of Con-
gress adjourns. In the language of Major
Edwards, Democrat, TO his paper in St.Joe,
"The Southern confederacy is again in the
saddle, and is pushing things"