The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-09-25
ALL IS NOT PEACE IN WASHINGTON.

1t has been a hard matter for Reed
with all his arbitrary power, to count
quorum in the House this week. Il
has been said that when he left Maine
for Washington he forget to put his
little quorum in his gripsack. However
this may be, he has not, until Tuesday,
been ableto get sufficient number
of Republicans present in the House
to consummate the infamous partisan
act of placing the negro Langston
in the seat to which Venable, of Vir-
ginia, is entitled by all the laws of
right aud justice
Evidence is not wanting to show
that there are few Republicans with
spark of conscience left. It is proved
by their absenting themselves from
the House when Reed is frothing at
the mouth with anger, and even going
50 far as to lock the members up. Mr..
Cheadle, of Indiana, not having that
fawLing fear of the party lash which
Reed would have him feel, has pro-
tested against the throwing away of
all truth, decency and honor at the
behest of party in deciding election
cases. He manfully expressed the
opinion that Venable was entitled to
the seat.
Notwithstanding this protest from
his own party, as we'll as the indig-
nant opposition from the Democrats,
Reed commanded that the negro must
be seated, and on Tuesday, be it said
to the everlasting shame of the Rspub-
lican party, it was decided by a strict
party vote to seat Langston, amid
cries of "call up another case"
The case Of Miller against Elliot,
from South Carolina, is now before
the House and it is probable that be-
fore the ink is dry ON this paper the
same butchery of justice will be en-
acted as disgraced the House on Tues
day.
But Mr.. Reed is powerless to sup
press the indignation of the people or
to prevent discord among his follow
ers, Kennedy, leading Republican
from Pennsylvania, actually applies
such names as Judas Iscariot,"
branded criminal" etc, to Quay, the
chairman of the National Republican
committee, and the successful mana
ger of the Harrison campaign.
Then we have Quay ga authority
that Kennedy is "blackguard and
loafer." Let the racket 60 on. Even
Republicans tell the truth sometimes,
when they get mad
Then there is the tariff bill. The
Republicans criticised Mills and the
Democ rats for their sIowness in get
ting ont the Mills bill. That vas
lightning rapidity compared with the
snail like pace with which the Nc
Kinley bill has been dragging itself
along. The Republicans are very
much in the same position in regard
to the bill as the little boy when he
caught the skunk in his rabbit trap.
He wanted the game, but the difficult
ti.so securing it were too much for
him.
They are trying to cultivate the vote
of the Western farmers now, and
Blaine talks of reciprocity" and
opening a market for pork and grain,
while Mckinley throws them sop in
the form of free binding-twine But
the Irvine manufacturers are bowling
for more protection, and the chances
are that the interests of the farmers
will be sacrificed, as they always are
when they cine in conflict with the
greed Of corporations.
If the people think that the reduc-
ton IN the sugar tax, proposed by this
bill, will help them any, they are mis-.
taken. 1t cheapens the raw sugar to
the manufacturers, but the price of
the refined article is not changed.
All is. not peace in the G. o. P. So
mote it be.