Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-05-20


AMI The iniense sxcl,smsni attending ",
an ualooked fsr reaction has cone Com
pArsiivs qniet has relsned In The halls Of
Congress Motfisoa sulks AMI his symps-
thlfers follos .ali The leader. % the
Democratic mslority. lncladius The sPcsh'
er himself, have apparently lost all inter
ct In public matters, AMI indulge In threats
OF anulhIlatlon Instesi Of calmly sccep,.
log the situation. they are s,lll more mud
dying the Democratic political pool ~ a.
tempting b read Randall ami his forty
followers 0ut % The party. They arr
lOaied with The name al spies. traitors.
etc AMI luvltei q take sesis ou The Re
publlcAn .iiic % n House Instead %
trying % heal iae hrcaeh, they are doing
their utmost ~ make "a wider. uutll nv
ne fact stare them ln The face that they
ar, hopele.sly rsui 10 twain on The ar-s
ISSUE
IN the midst % this sklfmis1. The placid
face OF Rtuiar IL seeu. al covered with
smiles ne has such perfect cootrol over
himself. AMI las such a power OF dlsslmu
latlou. that thc closest observers fail TO
dcioct on BE stcrcO.ypsd cOuutsnsnce
TIE loAs, lnilcaiion % anxiety 90 concern
RtniNi l. playing a sarcwj gam, And
n ne power. that be Ia the gtcsi Demo
cratic party kccp not sharp lookout,
thor will soou b. oheckma,ed There
seems b b. little doabi bat thst the Pcun
sylyAnla statesman AMI rilicu acc wofk
Ing together Bat whether Randall "a
pccts b fan heir " aceTtalu mortgage
whlch Tlldcu has on the Democratic party
I am unable % ssy However IA perfectly
plain that Randall's only escape non total
auulhllatlou i. 10 The adoption VI a bon-
revenue reform platform a. ChicAso 10
Jaly An i Is Coz ihis poiui that BE- i
working A.. iaoas.y
n cannot be- dculei. that u vas a death
blow 10 he hopc. of The Demoeralic M
oriiy ~ elect Carlisle speaker ny % DO
ing thcy not only lost theif best dc5aier
AM mo.i thorough statesman non The
aoor OF TIE House. bot threw The ooniue,
OF the whole party Into the hands % lniis-
Greet ant iasNPsricucc-i icaier. TIE r.
salt l. ~ utter hslplesshess and demoral.
lfailon % Ne Democrats msiprity o; sey-
euiy
Nov IL /. pcfhsp, hardly wiss - say
that The Demccrats might have bssu In a
condition - win victory. hst they taken
The proper course sa, u l. very esidsn,
hat. had ne DsmocrAtic party taken al
vantage Of their booms 10 The fsll % is'-'
elected Randall speaker snd followed cat
his plan, their chance. OF success would
have ben much greater
Party sqaabb.vs take up - mach OF The
tine % THIS do.hoshlng Congress, which
~ - aeayy majority oughi - win The
applause of ne whole couniry. tha, q vel.
founded d.siru.i ha. ievslopei every
where
MONDAY Wa District day on which bills
vsre passsd relative 20 the sossrumeu, Of
TIE District OF Columbia. Tuesday was
Territorial dAy. set apart foF basinsss rel
ailvs % Territories. Among other. bul
Wa pi.sel pfosiins for ihc nrmsiion
% a representative government in Alsska.
"wednesday. siection cases were tskeu %
then ne House discussed the consular and
diplomatic appropriation bin. FRIDAY was,
A. usual. pf.vats hll dsy. saturday Wa
d be- ct apaf. Coz The Genssa Award BIN.
whereby he exIstsncs of the Couri Of Al
abams Cialms - % hf extentsi o. Jan. !,
is.s. If M. h.u - taSsu lp saturday.
TIE asove Appropriated bih viii probably
20 over ~ nsHt VEGA
The senate agreed ~ The motion for
c1niervncs made by senator FRYE, 10 re-
gard % The Shlpplug bnl Considerable
auSleiy i. frli BY ihs friend. % The blll -
70 what j. ~ be- ths ruling Of ihs speaker
And TIE disposition 90 The lioase. frse-
tcAlly Il Is 10 tls Speakers power 10 Do
feat the whole bin. by seuiiug q b the
foot ~ The calendar. with nearly two hun
d-rd bills o. Top OF To- Tuesday, The Sen
ale passed ne Indian Appropriation BIN
with amendments Tue remainder Of the
wcck was devoted to M Pension Appro-
priatloa b.A
The news %, The panic o Wall street,
Which reached wAshing,ou, wednesday
noon. threw Congre-s Into a wild panic.
Members Who lad money Invested 10 sc
caritlss rushed wildly hlthcf All ihithef
10 search OF news. what eject. u any,
this panic will have % Presidential mat
,srs. am unable % say. Bat Il viii, OF
a. east ought 10 arouse The phlegma,ie
House 10 a realization OF What mischief u
Is making BY doing nothing 10 the wAy
Of financial legislasion-for u l. upon The
shoulders % these legislators that rests In
great measure The responsibility Of the
trouble 10 money centres. which might
have been avcrted To be sure the failure
OF Grant a wart. caused by wild aud IN
heard Of schemes Of making money rapid
b, set the ball rolling. bat a general de.
trust AMI worry Vas back Of that
walsh. The Ubiquitous witness 10 The
star Route snair, has been making START
ing Disclosure. before The Springer Com
mites. Ksilogg's escape from the snares
OF Court ~ Justice, seem 10 have To-
spared " Alsh O. DO his worst Kellogg
calls walsh q partial lanslie, aud speaks
OF aim In = very sighting way. SANDER
case OF a midnight horseshiPpihg may de-
yelop soon
The examination Of Gen. swain before
The Coar OF loqaiy l. sin proceeding.
Il Is fair 10 presume that Secretary Lin
coin would not have convened this Court
without cause The Inference IL. then,
that Interesting Developments are forth
coming oNfoRp.
SulL THK0 cONs-we received, las,
week, No. I. Vol l.. OF the Mechanic Falls
Lssig.r. new paper started At tina, place
by Henry A. Poole. We see no reason
WIZ, n he can get Subscribers and busi-
ness enough. he should not succeed. We