New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-07
THE COUNTRY STANDS BY Mr.. REED
\ GREAT PRINCIPLE At STAKE.

\ GREAT PRINCIPLE At STAKE.
From The Trenton Gazette.
1t needs 30 be settled for all time not only FOE
mat the msiorir, mist rule. and that a minority
cannot bring es >iaton 10 sl"ndo9h 10y S,tinS II
question Of quorum on their own stolid silence.
\ HOWL THAT WILL Do 80 GOOD.
From The Clncinuau Commercial Gazette.
The tyranny 81 couGtipg a. PRESENT man wHe
IS there Is something mat Is No. hAcM J." SHSF ,s
shriel, that tins Is revolution when the record Is "
dered that man who IS IN the lou,e Slail De booked
goose egg in all the land
WHAT ARE THE DEMOCRATS THERE FOR
From The It. Louis GlobeDcmocrat.
When a man takes the oath As a member of CON-
duties 10 the bst Of his ability, and not to evade and
neglect them.
THE JOURNAL CORRECTLY MADE.
From The Chicago Tribune.
TO which he belong, and thereby makes quorum that
quorum be broken through his refusal to vote;
a majority of the body j. not present tell, a lie.
THE DEMOCRATIC POSITION WELL STATED.
From The Norwich Bulletin.
Iii, thc speakers, critic, take the ground that
may rush up and down the alocs waving his arm, Ike
windmill ard believing like bull IN the presence
Of all his colleagues, and yet must be set down IS
absent IT, when his name called he doesn't say "aye'
or no lie NAV say anything else he may uSe NJ
al the words m Wcbstcr's unabridged, and then iaI
back the ldW-hrcakciN O MS Greek Lexicon ut
German Worterbuch-but II he only refuse, TO >ay
aye or no. at the precise moment when the clerk
calls his name, he must be considered absent though
300 men on the floor and 500 in the galleries ara
looking straight at him, and know that he j. not db-
sent, but present.
RIDICULOUS PRErENCE
From The Law renee Kanl Journal
Mr.. Reed declares that when Mr. Breckenridge. Of
Kentucky shakes his white head and snNhes over dooHt
revolutionary methods. that Mr. Brccknudee =
present 70 the of ordinary intellect TINS
seems undeniabe, and yet the Kentucky TprNe.L
tatve baws aloud You lie, am not here or It's
equivalent.
THE PARTY. NOT MIR. REED ALONE. ACTING
From The Albany Express.
Mr.. Reed is too wise man, too experienced ana
well Informed. to place his party IN false position.
placed. The position OF the party was deliberately
assumed, and nothing has yet developed 10 cause IL
tO change it, attitude.
ALL RIGHT; APPEAL To THE BALLOTBONi
From The Pittsburg Commercial Gazette.
The latest cry Is to appeal the country in thd
ensuing Congressional elections That is legitimate
and proper and much more sensible than impeachment
appealing 10 the supreme Court. Let the Demo.
let IL be fairly decided whether ii is the sense Of tho
American people that the majority shall rule rhi,
issue has been pressing In the south for dozen years,
and that IL has been raised in the popular branch
Of Congress, IL Is certainly ripe for settlement.
FURIOUS OVER DEFEAT.
From The Minneapolis Tribune
Tho simple truth is that Mr.. Reeds rulings have
been as clear as the sunlight and fair the highest
the minority side being that the order Of things
breaks up their contemplate conspiracy 10 prevent
any business being done.
EQUAL 10 \ GREAT EMERGENCY.
From The ST. Louis Globe Democrat.
His (Mr. Reeds courage Is superb, his skill uneN
celled, his temper most admirable; and the country
may rest assured that he will be sustained at every
step by the solid vote OF his PARTY.