The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-09
BRITANNIA SECOND
PARTIsANSHIP RUN MAD.
Displayed by Proceedings in the AL
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Election Case

| Editor Times. The country is becUninE
much ala UIneu at Tie extreme LaI Il>ti tSiiIp
OF the majority in the House oil Repre-
senthJIvts, ana TINS Is especially true II
the independent press OF Tie country cor
recJIy reflects the opinlon OI tie public.
Tins is ii tine when the EeopIe are iock-
/ ing to Congress- fer acton Conducive to the
public goou and Ter such legislation as
| should receive The laY OrJDle e, isIueraJIOu
! OF the broad-mlndeu men q all political
| parties
/ week III extreme parusJnship. The Ut
seating OF Mr. Elliott al South Carolina
was 1t shameful proceeding. also The Per
Torrance IN the lGnahe r-bowHlng ana the
Martin LuCEhart cases was without any
circumstance of ConGJuat lCu or excuse.
The haste with which these eases Were raIl-
rOadeG through tie II use was Tar from
being conducive TO Ct IaUOu Justice. Such
brutal and reckless partiSanShlp is GER
taiuiy to be depiored at = tine when the
members Of Congress ought to enlist their
best endeavorS TO the discovery OF some
means by which 10 remedy the o!tIC,i Ills
present and prospective.
II there ever was a time in the history
OF the country when the popular branch
OF Congress should br controlled by cons er-
vatISrn and Fartsan!sin, 1t Is now
The Republican party Sec;E- 10 be acting
much as did the Democratic party IN taela>J
Congress, infhttingawaya gTeatoPportuHity
10 endear Itself to the AEIrFirdH people 10y
giving US a high example or Just ddmiuIStrd-
tion at the House END of the Capitol.
II the Republican party wCuld have the
confidence of the American people il should
act along these lines of fair play and high
principle which would recommend Itself
to the thoughtful consideration Of the good
men of our country.
Shall We 81 Y thdtanlty. COnvcTvatlSmaHd
high patriotism Is ut q low ebb in Congress
or shall We say that the leadership Is
unfortunate?
We are inclined to believe that Congress
IS now menaCed with an unwise leadership.
Yesterday afternoon two efforts We're made
10 take up the Aldrich- Underwood election
case, under a Suspension of the rules; under
such suspension twenty minutes debate
only upon either side is allowed. Many
members who are worthy OF better things
insisted upon taking up the case; this tends
to demonstrate the extent TO which par
uSanShip can go. This is n contest in which
the contestant and COnteStFe have expended
thousands OF dollars in procuring evidence.
and the written opinion of learned COR sci.
The record of the evidence and the briefs
filed cover nearly two thousand pages of
printed matter, and it is now proposed to
consider and dispose of this contest in forty
minutes. A contest in which there is no
me jOrity report. The Committee on Flee
tons consists of nine members: six RepuhIi-
cansa three Democrats. WhpnthiS contest
case was first voted on IN the committee
there was only one member who voted that
Mr.. Aldrich was elected. But it appears
that high handed DartiSa nShip has come 70
his rescue. A minority report. signed by
four members of the majority party has
11nalIy DeeIl ODtalG6ti llS0lD effort,
and it is upon this unsatisfactory repOrt
that the House bases its action for the
unseating of the sitting member, Mr..
Underwood.
The minority report by the four mem
bevs alleges that Mr.. Aldrtch was elected
by one hundred votes in rOuni numbers.
There is a minority report 81 gna1 by three
members which alleges that Mr.. Under
wood was elected by more than one thou
sand majority OF the legal votes of the
district. Two members OF the majority
party on the committee refused to sign
any report. 1t is on this unsa tisfactory
report. coming from part of the commit
tee only, that the mad nartiSan leaders of
the House, in the very closing hours of the
session. propose to make Mr.. Under wood
walk the plank, after trial OF his case
as farcical and brief us is ordinarily
awarded a rnurtlerouS outlaw, by Il mid
night mob of angry and excited men, We
think the people can have little hope of
broad beneficent Legislation at the hands
of a party So blinded to paTtisanship, at
time in our country's history when such
an exercise Of arbitrary power seems not
only to be in bad taste but absolutely sub
verSive OF those results for which the
country is looking with an anxiety al
most uneXampled.
1t seems very strange indeed that a party
having for its greatest stat eSman. A braham
Lincoln. whose deliberatiOn, conservatism
and fairness at all times has challenged the
admiration of the world. should so far
forget his example and teachings. as 70
make q monumental SDcGracle out of itself.
Elk CONGRESSMAN