The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-07-05
EDITORIAL MATTER,
RattIing Another Skeleton.
From Tri.Weekly issues OF FRIDAY L. Mon

L he fiChSbuTP lleIuiu udS ulsooN- :
cred that The CLARION did not ad-
vocate the election of Col. Singleton
for the Senate in 1879. No. Nor
did it advocate the election of any
one else 1t preferred to be neutral
in a contest between Mississippi
Democrats. But what has that to
do with the Speakership?
As to the latter Office, The CLARION
is not the especial advocate of Col.
Singleton. 1t has only said if the
proposition of the New York World,
seconded by the Vicksburg Herald,
that Mr.. Randall is not fit for the
place on account OF his completely il'
the Electoral Commission affair, and
If that is to be the issue, Col. Single
ton is the man, and we will stick to
it. Moreover, is there a MISSISSIPPI
plan who would not rejoice in the
elevation of one of the worthy sons
of his State to that important posi-
tion?-Jacksom Clarion
There is not a ghost of q possibili
ty of any such sun baked issue as
the ELECTION Commission being
resurrected to rattle its bones or
grit its gumless teeth in the Demo>
cratic caucus next December.
To raise such an issue would be to
make war upon every man who has
been named in connection with the
Speakership except Singleton, Eaton
of Connecticut and Joe Blackburn
Carlisle was not in Congress when
the Electoral bill was passed, or he
would probably have supported it.
All of the other candidates favored
its passage: Sunset Cox voted for
it, and so did Morrison, Springer,
Reagan, and Tucker, and, after all of
the others had voted, Sam Randall
gave the last vote cast in its favor in
the House of Representatives.
We bitterly opposed that bill our
self at every stage of its considera-
ton; and opposed the Commission
after it was organized; and opposed
its decision, and never during the
four succeeding years recognized its
verdict in these columns to the ex,
tent of speaking OF Mr.. Hayes as
president, but we always conceded to
the Democrats who voted for the
bill as full measure of honesty and
patriotism as we claimed for ourself;
and that was the general verdict Of
the country rs evinced in the election
OF every prominent friend of the bill
to the succeeding Congress-.
The great fault of these gentlemen,
if fault it was, consisted in putting
faith in the Judiciary-in believing
that men ceased to be partizans when
they entered upon duty for life, as
Judges of the court of last resort. 1t
may be all well enough for persons
who viewed the proceedings from
afar>off to laugh at their credulity,
but to show that it was well founded
we have only to call the names Of "A
few of Mr.. Hayes most devoted ad-
herents who voted against the bill:
Blaine, BRUCE, Cameron of Penn,
Cameron of Wisconsin, Hamlin, In.
gals, Hippel, Mitchell of Oregon,
Hamilton of Texas, Morton, Sargent,
Sherman, West, Garfield, Hale, Con-
ger, Frye, Kasson, Lapham, LYNCH,
and the following carpetbag Sena p
tors: Clayton and Dorsey of Arkan-
sas; Copover of Florida, and Patter-
son of South Carolina, and while the
voting was going on the Legislature
of North Carolina, Democratic in
both its branches, by almost unani
nous vote passed joint resolution
approving the bill and sent tele-
gram to that effect to the Senators
and Representatives in Congress
from that State.
We only recall these historical in
cidents to show how terribly mixed
the vote was on the electoral Com
mission bill," and how very dead
that question is now, as q dividing
issue, in the camp of either party.
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