Daily Republican., 1884-05-08
Rs.as,l Congratulated.

WASHINGTON, Nay, la days re-
10 NOT quito suflciSnt to remove th,
shadow Of bitterness from tho faces o.
one hundred and fifty and odd Demo
Gratis who were defsatod In tho groal
battle Of the session yesterday by tha
desertion Of members Of their party
The vengeful undercurrent which wa,
20 conspicuous last night has quito "
much force to-day. A large number Of
the Democratic majority who were
spoken to to-day were found to bo quite
In sympathy with the utterance OF the
local Democratic organ, which declared
this morning that the recalcitrsnt nom.
bers of the party would have the same
treatment measured out to them at Ohi.
cago which the Morrison bill received
at their hands yesterday. As they cut
off the head Of the bill the inference 10
that they will Hnd the guillotine ready
for them In the national convention.
II the Randall faction have any fear
Of decapitation they do not show 1t In
their faces or their actions. They look
and act like men who have won an i'm.
portant victory. Mr.. Randall himself
has not seemed 30 happy before during
the session. In his seat his face was
wreathed with smiles. His countenance
did not grow less beaming as he read
telegram after telegram which poured
in upon him and were piled on the desk
before him. Scores Of these pleasing
messages came during the day from
nearly every State in the Union, but
particularly from New York, Pennsyl-
vauia, New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana and
Georgia. Generally speaking they
congratulated Mr.. Randall for his firm.
ness and expressed deep satisfaction
that the party was saved from the dis.
aster which seemed about to be precipi.
tated upon 1t.
Opinions differ as to the effect of the
present complication will have upon
the action of the Chicago Convention.
Oscar Turner said {:
"It places us square on the tariff
and puts tham) probably alluding to
the Randall wing, as well as the Re.
publican side) on record as indorsing
the Tariff Commission and law OF last
Congress.
In spite of their philosophising there
ia manifest indignation and hurnilis-
ton among the free traders. They are
very bitter against Randall and are
already reading him out of the party.
j. Sterling Moston expressed the feeling
of the anti-tarif people generally when
he said this evening:
Randall is deader than dOor.nail. !"
He said that Randall would stand no
chance whatever at the Chicago Con.
ven ton. "There ha will have no Re.
publican followers and will be over
whelmed by the anti.tariff people.
Mr.. Morton said that the effect Of
yesterdays vote would be to make the
reform ers more vehement and the issues
between the parties on this question
would be more pronounced and deter
m ined than ever. He added that the
National Democratic Convention would
be overwhelmingly an anti-tariff con.
vention and would declare in favor Of
reforms, and that II the partv were do
feated it would be better to be defeated
on such platform than tO be failing to
do what they bel ieved to be right.
While the feeling among Democrats
is mixed and very much demoraliIed,
the Republicans are In excellent spirits
They say they have the consciousness Of
having gained q very significant VIC
tory and Of having placed the Demo-
cratic party at great disadvantage.