National Republican., 1883-02-16
rhn srnntn RcorrnnIEntion.

The Senate Reorganization.
The New York Times has correspondent
here who, for fertility of Imagination and the
faculty of invention, is unsurpassed in the
realm of fiction. This astonishing person has
suddenly awakened to realization of his
duty in the matter of rcorgani2ing the senate.
Ho found no heed being given to the
matter by senators, and no insrue-
tions being given in tho newspapers.
IL occurred to him to proceed with the work
on his own account. Accordingly he has for
three days treated the public to series of
dialogues with imaginary pcrsonages which
much resemble tho exhibitions Of vcntrilo-
quists who converse with imaginary char
aCtcrs under the floor in chests, and cut of
the window. Our journalistic Snowman says,
" Now, ladies and gentlemen l will hold
conversation with II western democratic sena-
tor" Thercupou he proceeds to inform the
audience what tho invisible and unnamed
wild western democrat is saying to him. OF
course, it is well-bchavcd senator, and
says whatever suits its intCrlocutor. 1t is to
the general effect that the democratic party
in the senate is anxious to learn what the
republicans want done in tho matter of
presiding officer in order to help them do 1t
before the fourth of March. "This, says the
frank and outspokcn senator from up the
Times vontriloquists chimney "will render
it unnecessary to call an extra session of the
senate, and that would euchre the majority
out of its recognized right to tho offices of
the senate from March to December" Then
tho correspondent declares that secret,
conspiracy is going on between the depu-
Gratis and some of the republicans, whoteby
Gen. Malone is to bo snubbod, and lo'and his
colleague, after the fifth of March are to find
a fusion made between tho republicans and
the bourbons against whom he and the repub-
licans have been untedJGver since his advent
to the senate. Then this veracious chronicler
announces what Gen. Malone will and will
not do. Again the ventriloQuist throws his
own voice ip/tho direction from which he
desires thewords to come. He has the Vir-
ginia leader fuming and stamping, growing
and debating, threatening and storm
ing, as though struggling for life. This is
all in order to give natural appearance
to the words of the next character the show
man is to porsonate. This is n grave and
reverend republican senator. 1t is not the
same senator on any two occasions. One day
| it is "a member of the senate caucus commit
tee" another it is I" Il well-informed republi-
can SENATOR" and the third it is "an intelli-
gent republican SENATOR" rs one might say,
an intelligent contraband," or an educated
DIissourian" The imaginary republican sem
ator in each case is made to say with appropri-
ate energy and indignation that a dicker with
the democrats for the presidency pro tenn
before the fourth of March, in exchange for
an extension of the natural terms of the DEM
ocratic senate officials from March to Decem-
her, is the only way in which dicker can be
course, very angry at the demands which the
ventriloqust had just put in the mouth of
Gen. Malone. Better a thousand times, he
says, that the republican senators should go
over to the democracy in body, and give
them all the Offices of the senate, than ia
allow Malone and Riddleberger to increase
the republican vote of 3S-being tio-to 40
making majority Of four
Was ever such stuff served up before as
news? Imagine the republican party clasping
hands with the bourbon democracy on the
organization of the senate, by way of notify
ing all who leave the bourbon camp that they
need look for no fellowship with republicans
This remarkable plan for maintaining the
independence and integrity and promoting
the harmony Of the republican party must have
been suggested to the brilliant correspondent
of tho Times by some anxious, and at the same
time mischievous and fun-loving, bourbon
employe of the senate who wants to he re
move d gradually from the public crib. If tn,
republicans did yield gracefully in March, 1879
when republican president called demo
cratic senate together in extra session, by
which action the democratic majority wa
able to take the officers of the senate, il is no
reasonable to suppose that for tho first tim,
in twenty-five years an extra session viii
be omitted now merely to enable tho bour
bon minority that is to be to sell tn
presidency pro tenpOre in advance to tn
republicans at the high price of all the othe
offices for nine months, when, without the in
decency of any bargain at all, the republi
cans can, on the fourth of March, have un
disputed sway unless, to please the bourbon:
they should volunteer an unnatural quarrc
with the Virginia senator's The specua
tions Of the correspondent Of the Times an
his airy romances of pretended utterances q
republican senators need only to be stated I
show their utter abSurdity and want O
foundation.
Er A seIf-Hclpnu City.
The courage with which Cincinnati beal