Year: 1879

| through without contest. This action
was great surprise, and brought Radi-
cal Senators over to the House side post
haste to see what il all meant. Every
species of pleading and bulldozing was
employed to prevent this Republican
surrender but il was of no avail. The
House Republicans gave up the fight.
John Sherman was not willing to take
the chances of any more vetOes with
the Ohio campaign SO near mt hand.
The Radicals i'm the Senate still fight
against odds, and every possible infiu-
ence was brought to bear upon Hayes to
secure another veto or two, but do not
think the efforts can succeed. The
struggle Is substantially ended, and the
Democrats have practically won. Mean
While, nothing can suppress the bitter
struggle now begun between the oppOs-
ing factions of the Radical party. BY
the way, it has been suggested that eX-
Governor FentOn, of New York, would
ornament the rear of the Sherman tick
ct. That would tickle COnkling i'm
mensely.


The Senate finance committee sat
down very unceremoniOusly upon the
Warner silver bill by voting to postpone
consideration of ii until next December
Had the bill been reported and passed
it would certainly have been vetoed,
and without regard to the merits of the
measure, it might have been good
stroke of policy to let this be done. No
doubt it would have benefited the par
ty in the Western elections, especially
in Ohio. But the New York Demo
Gratis maintained that what was sauce
for Ohio could not be made sauce for
New York by jug full, and they voted
against action. In doing so they were
perfectly consistent, but the record of
Senators Ferry and Teller, both silver
ties, makes different showing. Sena-
tor Teller represents the great silver-pro-
ducing State of Colorado, yet he voted
against his convictions because the in
terests of the party demanded that the
bill be smothered. Senator Coke, of
Texas, tried to get the bill out of the
committees hands, but his motion was
defeated by one majority. Speaking of
this Senator reminds me of q very good
anecdOte he told on himself the other
day. He says: "I never saw such
town as Washington. You cannot have
any privacy here. Now, when / came
here to attend the special session of the
Senate L purpOsely went to quiet place
on ID. street and chose two rooms over
a dry goods store. l gave orders if any
body called to have their cards sent up
to my room; and further, that the out
side door should always be kept closed,
which would compel callers to ring.
You see, by adopting this plan, when
cards were sent to me L would know
just who called, and could send word
whether / wanted to see them or not.
Well, would you believe it, a few nights
ago l was sitting in my room, when in
rushed two gentlemen, unannOunced..
Said one of them: Gov. Coke, belive ?
How do you do Gov. Coke? Their
manner disconnected me "a little but |
answered as pleasantly as could, Yes,
/ am Governor Coke but how in the
world did you get in my room? They
answered cheerfully: oh, the lower
door was opened, and We just walked
right up / then told them that il
would please me if they. would 90 down
ssufrr, ring the DeIi ana send up their
respective cards i'm the regular way.
They both went down stairs, and did as
/ told them. Their cards were present.
ed to me in the regular way, and then |
sent them word that l wasn't i'm. To
enable the reader to better appreciate
the anecdote, it should be added that
the Governor lisps, and he tells it with
"a good deal better effect for this reason
than it can have in print.


1t did not need another deluge of
Louisiana liars" to convince the public
that Louisiana politics and colored poll
ticians are about the best illustration Of
the doctrine of total human depravity
to be found anywhere. Since the ad-
vent of Jim Anderson and Mrs. jerks,
to say nothing of Eliza Pinkston, any
thing is possible from that quarter. 1t
is not the fault of Louisiana, but the re-
suit of a few years of such scOundrels as
VIM. Pitt Kellogg, who, by the grace of
his own deeds and Radical Senatorial
majority, occupies a seat in the Senate,
and who is, perhaps, the worst rascal
ever prominent in politics anywhere.
Kellogg has surrounded himself with an
incomparably corrupt gang, and his
methods have embraced free use of
them. Some time ago several of these
tools came forward and made affidavit
to the fact that they Were paid 500
each for their votes in the Senatorial
election, and to the fact that there was
really no quorum of the Legislature at
the time the election took place, several
absent members having been recorded
as present and voting. This condition
of things demanded an investigation,
and the witnesses were subp9ned. But
upon their arrival here they are seen by
Kellogg and induced to change their ev-
idence. Two have been arrested for
perjury, but, with Kellogg's influence
with the Administration and local
courts under Government control, moth
ing is likely to come of it. The witness
es are all colored, with one or two ex-
ceptions. 1t is clear that Kellogg ought
to be turned out Of the Senate, but the
session is so soon to end that it cannot
be done before next winter.


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