Daily Republican., 1884-01-05

tees for the House, the fact Is boldly
presented 10 them that he did wha
was intended for him to DO, viz: 10 in
suit NO tar Us he could the Intelligent
people Of rhe North, and defiaDtly Say
10 them, In the appoiutInent OF the com
Imitteos, this Is only a small sample 0
what we will do when we get the pow
err, ever with your sii and assistance
With the notorious tact staring.the peO
pie In the face, thai represen tattvt
from the South II elected by one halt, ,Oi
less. the numb her Of votes that 1t req uire,
to elect one In the North, he made ~
hisIOm mittses NO that Is of tho II
former slave holding States have chair.
manships of2B com tnitteas, while but y
Of the ~ former non-slave holding
Estates have cbairmanships of "A com
mittees, aud 13 of the latter States an
not r-c0gnizrd BY chairmanshiFs.
4 Is IL possible that he classes the
ersa. intelligent working millions Of
the North with the poor, down-trold en-
setfs of the South, and believes that
they can be made TO think that 1t Ii was
ever his intention to act even decently,
to say nothing of fairly, by the North :?
We opine not, but rather think that
he prefers that the Nortl. should know
and feel the contempt in which 1t IL
held by him, aud that the attempt to
make 1t appear that he, for moment.
telt ke acLing honestly and fairly by
that sectisp, is made without his con-
sent by the miserable sycophamts who
would sell their birthrights for u mess OF
poltage, and feel honorei If ono of the
chivalry will bur deigu to notice them.
| The fact In apparent 10 all that l3
Southern States were given chairman
ships and only0 Northern and Western
States, and that the entire northwest
was Ignored, Is States having no chair
manships. Yes, even the ours who
favned upon and licked the hand that
smote them, were left in the cod,
although they cr0uched at the feet OF
the naughty SGufhrou. Cot Edwards,
an honest eX.Conteierate, was right
when he telcgraphcd 10 h'f paper, fhe
Saint JOSEPH, Mo-, Gzett.,: 1.-The
South Is in the saddle again." aud ~
in 1861, we still have in the North a
lew y ho would not only help them to
mount, but furnish them horses If they
could oniy ride with them
| wi ~ stht ~ -
long DE nocrat from Missouri, who
had, however, committed the unpar.
donable sin Of lighting for his Govern
meut In the laCe WAT; We'll, I sup
pose you have everything ~ you want
it now, at leaS I, 50 far Us tho House IL
concrrned! Have hell" said he,
"uo one but rebel has any busincss
here thought there wuuld he gene
rosity enough ain oug thade wills to recog-
nize my old friend General Cot, of
Connecticut, but no, he had fought on
the wrong side none but Confederate
need apply"
While columns might ba employed in
exhibiting the studed inteE tion 10 in-
suit the nteIlig, nee of the American
people, no more gaTing instance can be
| found than in the appointment Of j.
Randolph Tucker, as Chairman of the
lJudiCiary Committee, tie committee
whose duty II is % frame avs IN accor-
dance with the Constitution. Ho will he
remembered az The Attorn, v General of
Virginia, who, before the war, insttnt-
cd proceedings against Post master
FOR delivering the New York Trbdne TO
Subscribers when sent throngh tho
mails, or when sent 10 persons not sub
scribers by either the pubisher or
friends.
II would seem that he was a very
poor lawyer then, hut IT appears that he
has been getting no better very fast, for
a IL" years ago he sustained the eau.
vassing officers at Richmond. Va, in
setting aside the laws Of Congress reIa.
tive to the election of members Of Con-
gress ana aside from this bs was a
member Of the committee Of Congress,
whom the Hon. Fred. Csnk ing, OF New
YORK. leading Democrat, only three
years ago, openly char ged with receIv-
ing brioe to stay action on the sugar
tarlh. IL cannot be- said that MIR. Car
Isle acted without knowledge; IL would
be an tmpntation upon hia Intelligence,
and no one doubts his knowledge Of
men, and especially those " ho have Oh
taiL"c uotoriety hy attempting to stop
tine transmission OF papers through the
mails.
The debt statement issued by tho
Treasury Department on Wednesday
shows tho decrease of the public debt
during the month of Decein Der, 1888, TO
be Sll 1887 and the decrease of the
debt since June 30, 1883, to be So, ,0iY,-
4S3
A foolish report has been started to
The effect that, should the hi restoring
Fllz Jonn Porter to the army pass Cou-
gress and receive the approval of the
President, Secretary Lincoln will i'm
mediately tender his resignation of the
War Department portfolio, retire from
the cabinet, and make his initial boom
for tie Presidential nomination. While
it Is likely that thePorter relief measure
will pass this Congress and become
law, there Is no truth whatever in the
rnmor that Secretary Lincoln will com
NIT the idle blunder stated.
Chairman Randall of the Appropria-
tons Committee of the House has an
nounced the subcommittee of his Off
cial body. Hs has 80 shaped affairs that
II any praise for economy shall be given
his committee 1t will be bestowed upon
him, while all de- luciation for "cheese
pairing will fall upon the New York
Suns abandoned sweetheart, HOLMAN,
Of Indiana.
Clarence NJ. Barton, a Washington
newspaper man, who became Conspicu-
ous In the Capital about a year ago by
the part be played In the SOteldO trag-
edy has turned up missing" a, a
forger. Several cidz ns and institu-
tions here have suffered to the tune of a
thousand dollars.
Attorney-General Brewster returned
to Washington on Thursday from New
Orleans, where he took a part in the
Louisiana Lottery cases. While the
outcome of the trial of these cases IL
doubtful, 1T 10 certain that r determined |
effort will be made in Congress this sos
ion to break up the lot terry business.
Matrimonial.