Year: 1878

Colorado sends good news. The State ls not
large; the assurance that one Republican
member will represent the State III the next
House is not in itself enough, in the present
attitude of parties, to be regarded as very i'm
pOrtant. But it is important to know that the
pcople of this country have observed and do
resent the Infamous conduct of the Demo-
cratic majority in the last House. 1t is
also important TO know that, in at least
one of the great silver producing States, the
attempt to make party capital for the Demo
Gratis by the coinage of ninety-cent dollars has
not been crowned with success Soft money
and partisan swindling do not prevail in Col
Orado, and there is the more reason TO hope
that the integrity and intelligence of voters i'll
other States will secure a just verdict against
those who have tried TO rob constituencies by
ousting representatives duly elected, and to
plunder the Nations creditors by debasing its
money.


The personal Issue in Colorado was we'll cal
culated 10 arouse strong feeling. There has
never been a House of Representatives in this
country III which law, decency and self-respect
were more frequently and impudently trOdden
under foot than by the present Democratic
House in the decision of contests. One after
another, Republicans were turned out of seats
without the fantest sembance of justice,
without even a fiimsy legal pretext, and in
contemptuous defiance of the will of cOnsttu
epcies. Members who had formerly made
some pretensions to decency and upright
ness ioined in thus reckless raid upon Repub-
lican memberships spiteful kicking Of Repub-
hcan constituencies, because Gramercy Park
had failed to buy the Presidency. In the very
madness of partisan anger, the Democrats
ousted members of the House under circum-
stances which forced few of their more
wary or more conscientious leaders to protest; ;
but the same wild mob of famshed Office
hunters which tried to create revolution by
ousting the President, also bounded on Demo
cratic members to vote against any RepublI-
can whose seat was contested The case
of Mr. Field, of Massachusetts,, was
one of peculiar nOtOriety, and yet the
disregard of all law or decency in that
case was scarcely more remarkable than in
the case of Colorado. AS to the latter, the
people have resented the disregard of their
recorded will, and have not only east heavy
majority for the Republican ticket and for Mr.
Bclford, the uDjustly ousted Congressman, but
have apparently rtSolNtd 10 TAKE care tllat 1t
shall be many years before the Democrats
again get an opportunity to rob Colorado of
it's chosen representation in Congress. And
there is much reason to hope that Mr.. Field,
the Republican member from Massachusetts,
whose seat was stolen, will also be returned to
a place not for many a year to be again within
reach of Democratic knaveIy. If a similar #
feet is produced in other districts, III which
the decision of the people was defeated by
Democratic partisanship, the Democrats will
lose not "A few seats this Fall.


Il is a good thing also, that the new mani
festatiOn of Republican courage and fidelity to
the cause of public honor is met by encour-
agemeat from far Western State aud "a sill
yer-producing State. In everything except the
production of silver Colorado is most closely