The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-12-20
TICKLE REPUBLICANS
Under Inspiration of Cleye1and's Message
Get Out of the Vortex Of Pdrtisanry.
THE LEOPARD CANNOT CHANGE HIS SPOTS
The Voice is the Voice ofIacOb. but
the Hands ARC Those of fEXau-.ahc
UnrcpcnIch Anw-Scun,or CaIl on
Corporations Venezuelan Com.
mission Probable Personnel.
Especial Correspondence.)
Nirginian Bureau,
Wnshington. Dec Igth |

\SpcClul SOrEeSpOnuence.)
Nirginian Bureau,
Washington. Dec. 10th, 1885,
Ihc Republicans, under the inSpira.
tlon of the truly courageous words Of
the President uttered from the lofty
platform of true America niSu are try
ing to Imagine themselves above party
prejudice on sectional considerations
and every now and then they nerve
themselves and take few strokes TO-
ward swimming from the vortex Of par
tiSahShlp, but III Il moment their cour-
age fails and Immediately they are
again cngulfed in the maelstorm, which
Tor quarter OF a century and more
has held them
Only Il few days ago they were cheer
ing Mr. Clevcland's stirring words and
promising eager assistance. and vet
when Mr.. Crisp offered his bill to ap-
Propriatc 100000 for the commission to
inquire into the Venezuelan boundary.
they moved to adjourn and yesterday
at the hands of Mr.. Hit. the Republi-
can leader on Foreign Affairs they
adopted the sclf-samc ana Identical bill
n small thing Ia be sure, yet is simply
goes To demonstrate the latent rcclinr
and To remind us that the leopard can.
not change his spots.
We see in Congress Generals and
Coionels. who thirty years ago were
cont2nding on the field of battle clasn-
lnS hands now in the face of Il supposed
common foe, ana pledGing loyalty and
conradcship Should war cnsur we
near the rinEin;, voices of the late Frtr-
RAJ soldier laudinG the valor of their
ConiederatG brcthrcls and unheSitat-
inEly rrnclaiming their belief in their
unswervng allegiance TO our common
nag. but wien Representative Meredith
u! virginia, arose and declared that
now was the appropriate occasion for
the repeal Of section l2lS, of the revised
statutes. they again adjourn in silence
Truly. the voice is the voice of Jacob
biit tie hands are the hands OF Esau'
still
fhc Unrcpcnlcd law.
The section i2lS of the revised statutes
OF which MIR Meredith spoke. reads ms
follows: No person who has served in
any capacity in the military naval or
civil service OF the so-calied Confcdc,
rate states, or of either Of the States in
lnsurrs2tion. during the late rebellion
snail De appointed to any position in
the Army of the United States"
IN" eH-Federal soldiers and the Re
pnhlican pariisans may say that they
VIII hoid on ana wait TO see If a war
with England shall really come. and
IN mat event ii will he time enough TO
repeal this law. which in these times of
peace and unity are n blot upon the
statute books. but the cX-Confedcratc
conscious OF his own loyalty, gnaws
iesiive under its weight. He does not
wan, 10 wait until the alarms OF war
snail sound his release from its tric-
lures, ana his restoration Ia the fun
broad privileges ANA duties of Amcri-
can citizenship be ut the mandate of
stern necessity, but he wants now by
virtue of his life and conduct since tho
war, and the mutual declarations of
those who were Once arraycd against
cacll other. tu be placed in the same
position as every other patriotic ana
ioNal citizen without reserve and with
out restrictions
Senator CaiI on Corporations.
There is no doubt that Senator Gail.
OF Florida. does not stand well with the
corporations ana railroads of his State
or III le;lSt he seems To have Il fear thai
lhcN are cnncoctinG some icndish
Schemc To accomplish his defeat for re-
election. Ills present term expires In
lS9ir and he introduced Il resolution pros
NidinS for Il select committee to inquire
into the influence exerted by railron d.
ana corporations In the election of Scna-
tors. His resolution was sweeping and
senator White. of California. jocularly
asked If he expected To send the COM
inittcc al! over the country. Senator
Scwcll. of New Jersey, offered TO amend
by making the investigation for Florida
alone, but this was defeated and Srnu-
tor Hale then proposed that the regular
senate toihmittee on Elections be sub
Stitutcd for the select committee and
this was adopted. Senator Call how>
ever. is determined to find out how much
those railroads are going to hurt him.
ana lie mas given notice OF Il rrconSil-
Grafton of his resolution.
IT WAS amusing to note the hurried
exchanges of IDEAS and the rapid form
ing OF plans that took place when Mr.
Call introduced his resolution. and it
soon became apparent that good many
Senators do not believe that the rail
roads ought to be called upon to disclose
their little private affairs like lending
helping hand 10 worthy statesmen in
the hour of their election.
The semezuein Commission.
Now that the House has made the
appropriation OF 100000 To dcfray the
expenses of the commission suggested
by the President and IL is certain that
the Senate will concur, the question of
the personnel of the commission is being
discussed. Mr. Cleveland did not inti-
mate the number which he thought to
appoint, but somehow the idea of three
semms To prevail. II is certain that he
VIII select n. commission without the
exercise OF party bias. and will have
men Of national reputation and tho
roughly fitted for such duty. great
many names, of course. are being men.
toned, but necessarily the entire mat
ter Is purely one of conjecture. Among
the more prominent people suggested
are ex-PrcSdent Harrison, ex- x-Minister
Phelps, Hon. John W. Foster and
Messrs. James c. Carter and Fredric II.
Caudert, of New York.