| Show EDITO R RIALS THE PARTY AND THE SOUTH the missouri democrat republican gives utterance to the opinion that the republican party has been building upon a sandy foundation especially as regards the matter of southern reconstruct reconstruction fon lon says that paper the republican party is in the position afan of an architect whose roost important bull buli building ding is being swallowed lowed up by mother eak cak earth tb through a sinking ot of the foundation tile the builder of southern reconstruction may not be to blame because the foundation yields but unfortunately public opinion will demand that the structure shall be set right or that the builder shall be held responsible for his hla errors hence arises the necessity of doing something within the next two months that will stand two years of severe criticism the democrat thus pithily puts the southern dilemma s on the one band wholesale ma massacre macre wherever organized revolt against the laws cannot otherwise succeed on the other I 1 wholesale pillage if united states bayonets suppress revolt or prevent massacre A nice condition for certain states of this union that places the united states govi government rement in the attitude of forcing robbers u upon on the people at the of the wonet monet bayonet every honest republican shrinks from that result enough were shrinking in november to give democrats a majority what shall we doubout do about it we approach the solution of this ugly problem we confess with great re lectance luc tance the ablest minds in the country have labored to solve it and have recoiled from the conclusions of their own logic at washington the prevailing disposition is to leave the miserable creatures who have so dis dishonored hon tho the republican name in some southern states to take care of themselves henceforth are those miserable creatures who have so dishonored the republican pub licati name the carpetbag carpet bag fraternity if so there are a few of them here who ought to be left to take care carb of themselves henceforth without any sort of federal backing or assistance it if they were they would soon learn their true merit and get their deserts so nar far as the abused people were cun con berned SPAIN IT will be seen by our dispatches that the spanish republic has c ome come to a sudden end and iund that the spanish government is again amon a monarchy represented by alphonso aiphonso son of ex queen isabella this was not entirely unforeseen the prevailing intelligent op opinion lillon for I 1 some time has been remarked as aa favorable to the Alphon cause and the remark has also bian been ventured of aate that those who were r so jo enthusiastic over res rev in spain knew very little of what thuy they were talking kate field in describing her late trip through spain said she could find but two republicans castelar and falgueras two in total is not much of a majority in spanish republican matters the dent of the new york rimes times in spain ala aia said aid lately politics in spain have come to such a pass thatis israle is rare indeed in deed to meet two men who are of the same political opinion unless it be that they both agree in saying that marshal serrano and the present government are by no means ious lous that a climax to the present unhappy state of affairs should be reached X rn in addition to public feeling being much against the present government it is of itself in a very rotten condition disaffection occasionally sio nally breaks out among the troops and sometimes assumes the shape of actual mutiny as was the case a few days since bince when ahen the soldiers refused to leave for the army of the north until their arrears of pay were forthcoming there aro are many signs of discontent among the troops and but little hope can be entertained that if don carlos carios were beaten serranos Ser government would ever be established on a sure basis the spanish people really are not dt for republicanism it is too go good od for them as indeed it is for most M 0 t people now living in any nation THE territories TH IN several of the territories there is maril manifest rest a good deal of une uneasiness asi conce concerning aning their political status and dissatisfaction with it and with their relations with tho the national government some of the montana papers are discussing the subject and although they may not perfectly agree upon all the changes desirable yet they do seem to agree upon one point the fact that some changes are not only desirable but due to the people of the territories the tho governor of Monta montana rim ria has a one third veto that is his veto keto is equal to one third of the votes of the legislature like the veto of the president of the united states and like that of the governors of the states generally to this there Is no particular objection in utah the governor has no authorized veto at all being required by the organic act to approve ap prova all laws passed by the legislative assembly Assern bly bis though he takes upon him bim himself self seif usurps the power of absolute veto the wants the offices of governor secretary and all subordinates elect ve which the new dew rew lew north hyorth west thinks not altogether reasonable the latter paper urges that all officers who perform exclusively clu local duties and aud are paid by the territory should be elected and also says it is fair to premise that the organic acts of the territories were framed to give the best possible government to the people of the territories and concludes with the following views it would be well it if as territories demonstrate the establishment of good local governments and well organized society congress and the president should confer upon them more extended powers and recognize them and their people as integral worthy and patriotic parts of the american union to this erd eird citizens of f such territories should have a voice in tile the presidential electron elect uon ton under buch such ap portion ment of electors as our populations ions entitle us ps to As it is now we are not recognized as citi elii citizens eng of the united states in fact our out delegates should be bb entitled to vote at least on all ali questions appertaining to the territories if the mere organization of a state stat 0 government entitles a people to two senators and one or mo more r 0 congressmen gres swen why should not pot the same people be previously entitled to td the vote of one delegate in the house on bills relating to that people the officers of the territory who are paid by the territory and perform exclusively territorial duties ti es should be elective by the electors tw of the territory persons appointed to federal offices jn in the territories fi should hould their corm comm competed honesty cy and character being such sueh Is as to render th them em worthy as a general principle be residents of huch buch territories cries when appointed and the longer res Tes resident ident the better bette r if to these ends the efforts and appeals of the press and people of montana are directed we shall hope the movement i rated endowed with vitality aud and endurance and crowned with success amr ame amet ABSENT T WITHOUT leave A rule is said to have been established at washington that any U L T S officers absent from their posts without leave shall be liable to lose their pay some of the U S officers in and for utah every year absent themselves from flom their posts of duty here and post off to washington for the express purpose of lobbying in the halls of congress it is reported that two of those officers have just left on this annual log jog rolling rollin business have they obtained leave of absence if they have why havo have they if they have noot toot ought they not to be made examples of for their audacious neglect lector of duty this is a matter to which the secretaries of the interior and the tho treasury should have their attention directed or the evil will be likely to increase to the serious detriment of the public service meantime are this washington trip and the postponement of the next term of the second district court very intimately connected MILITARY government IN THE SOUTH THE now year begins badly in the south and consequently ominously for the whole union it is not a little thing to soe seo a state legislature turned out of the legislative halls at tle the point of the bayonet in the hands of federal soldiers yet such is the spectacle presented prevented in new orleans where the legislature of louisiana assembled such is the beginning of the new year in id one of the chief cities and one of the most important states in the union such is the tho practical commentary of the federal administration upon the november elections eions s yesterday Jani jant january iary lary 4 according to our dispatches the Legis legislature lattire or of Louls rouls louisiana iuna luna met and the house of representatives proceeded to organize five members were seated contested cases which had been referred to the legislature itself for settle settie settlement merih meriL this gave a majority of votes to the democrats so the republicans republic aris protested against the organization as tha ring at salt buxe bake contend that they the minority ought to rule upon this general de be acting the orders of his superior as he claimed elit entered ered the hall aad and per military force drove out such members bursas as not sot returned by the returning board as elected ejected the ejected numbering ax gen de declared the legislature no I 1 legislature bis gis lattire and speaker wiltz no BO speaker the the tho democratic republicans headed by speaker wiltze wiltz then retired protesting against federal in military interference with the lawmaking law making power iq in what ought to be a sove sovereign reign keign state the republicans remaining then proceeded to elect a speaker udder the shadow of between one and two thousand federal soldiers while general sheridan assumed command or of the department of the gulf and heleg telegraphed graphed to washing that the state was in a dread dreadfully fully lawless condition thus in republic republican can america is the picture presented to the world of the federal government hastily intermeddling with the internal concerns of a state at the request of partisans parti of the party in power powers and the fundamental principle of local government is scattered to the winds before the centralizing proclivities ell eil clivi vides ties of the so called republican party which happens to hold the reins of ederae power at the time these proceedings will not fali fall to have over the next general elect elections lons ions if grant does not leave leayo the executive chair soon he will not have much reputation left 0 a A POWERFUL GUN the progress gre s of modern st invention has been something like that of the old fashioned southern agriculture 1 which was described thus to raise more cotton to buy more biggers to raise more cotton to buy more biggers to lal ial raise lse ise more cotton ad in infinitum fini so the course of modern warlike invention naval at least has been to make a big cannon to smash sma h thick iron plates plate s then make bigger cannon to smash thicker iron plates then make bigger cannon caution to smash thicker iron plates and so on ad infinitum the civil war put an end to the oven even tenor of that kind of agriculture in the southern states and an end to the even tenor of this kind of modern warlike invent invention loh has likewise been made by norman wiard inventing a gun gua that not only smashes sni ashes the iron plates but smashes itself also according to the following fram tho the clove land herald Mr Norman mcnorman wiard has a theory concerning rifled heavy ordnance three guns have been made and rifled according to his plans and fired at thick armor plating at short range ono smashed the plates all to bits which was satis satisfactory fleton factor aj but also smashed the gun which was dotso not so satisfactory another kept smashing armor plates until the thirteenth round when it was itself converted into old iron the third fired twice with fifty nitty pounds of powder in each charge and with one hundred pounds burst the experiments have demonstrated at a cost of to the government that armor plating it at a chort range cannot stand the Wiard gun and that the wiard gun cannot stand its own dis disi i charge now wiard can go oft 11 9 THE POPE excommunicated pope plo pio nono cursed the dia nia masons sons and forbid catholics to belong to that order naturally enough tit lit for tat the masons have hale excommunicated munica ted the pope on the corage of ef perjury as will be seen by the following decree published in the official paper of the order of free masons at cologne ada ita aman man named mastal mastai ferretti s who received ahm the baptism of freemasonry and solemnly y pledged his love and fellowship and who was afterwards crowned pope rope and king under the title of pio nono has now mow cursed his former brethren and excommunicated all members of the order of freemas ons therefore the said mastal mastai ferretti is herewith by decree of the grand lodge of the orient palermo expelled from the order for perjury it is an old prot protestant eastant notion that the popes kopea curse is equivalent to a blessing perhaps hi he 3 hae hah a similar idea mea hofma sonic expulsion I 1 mi a los LO THE POOR carret CARPET BAGGER the T pueblo col coi in leighs sto stoutly against the carpetbag fraternity and concludes in the following style the Ite republican publican party now desires in a fit nit of righteousness brought on by the recent de democratic vic victore vieto victo tore tove rei in various states of the union to lop off its rotten branches anh and thus clear itself of those features which have made it of late obnoxious to the thie honest por tion llon of the american deop people e the work has been well weli be begun kuns guns let iet ibbe it be continued until the hundreds of other rotten spots are removed and then again the republican party will flop flourish rishi provided it has vitality enough to withstand without without giving up the ghost the frequent necessary amputations imputations let the carpet be cut adrift without delay even the ignorant negroes of the south have become disgusted with them as shown by the proceedings of a recent convention held by the latter and as under those circumstances they can be of ef no further service in upholding the supremacy of the republican party in the south lot them be cut adrift loaded with all the political sius alus ot of that organization and allowed to sink in the sea of oblivion 31 s FETCHING THEM UP TO THE maru MARK the new york herald says the action of district attorney phelps in enforcing the excise law has had a good result the liquor dealers have promised to take put their licenses and refrain from any organized appo opposition to the law KATIE CAUGHT IN I 1 LONDON aion vion too katie king ring li is or the ibale katie eings rings are in bad luck apparently apparent lys for katle ratie either the katie or one katle katie has been caught in ondon london Ii england as well as the eatie katie or one katie ratie in philadelphia judging by the following from an eastern exchange the ratie katle king who appeared at the stances of miss florence Pl orenco orence cookin cook in Lon londonia london donja donla ia still claimed as a truo spirit by ardent spiritual ests nevertheless it a mr william hipp writes rites to the london echo that he has detected miss bliss cookin cook in avery a very impudent trick the spirits were to have sprinkled the believer with water a tumbler of which was placed on the table and the lights turned down mr nin hipp who was aw a wicked unbeliever slyly grasped the tumbler and in a few lew moments clutched the spirit hand liand that was dropped in it A 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