The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-01-27

Grants Buttsring Prooess"-Presidential
0andidates-Williams Begging Committee
and the President-Holden's Impeachment |
Oertain-Dirty Work Logan-Improve.
ments, Hotels, and Horace Greeley.
Especial Correspondence State RigAts Democrotl
WASHINGTON, D. O., Jan. 6, 1871.
In the Senate yesterday Mr.. Summer,
bold, defiant, despite the efforts made
by the friends of Grant and San Do
mingo to conciliate him, carried his
point by enlarging the scope of the
resolution offered by Mr.. Morton call
ing for the Motley correspondence.
We shall now have all that Motley
wrote with regard to his dismissal.
Sumner gained one point. The ques-
ton of paying the claims of loyal citi-
zens of the South for losses sustained
during the war, was settled by the
passage of bill for the relief of DR..
Best, OF Kentucky, whose property
was destroyed by United States troops.
Mr.. Morton, the worse than savage
Senator from Indiana, cast upon the
South the cowardly aspersion that the
people would do anything to get their
claims allowed. This man Morton is
q mental monstrosity, the embodiment
of hate, bitterness, cruelty, vindictiye-
ness, and injustice.
Yesterday Gen. Schenck's S resignation
was announced, and the position of
chairman of the Committee of WAYS
and means fell to Mr.. Hooper, the Sc
nior member of the committee. "Pig
Iron" Kelley, of Pennsylvania, was
cheeky enough to try for the place.
Kelley allowed his ambition to run
away with his sense of right, if he has
any, and his good breeding, if he ever
had any.
With all the efforts of Gen. Grant,
by threats, wheedling, coaxing, prom
ises and patronage, his prospects OF
success are not at all flattering in his
pet scheme-the annexation of Domin-
ica. The Senate viii be the stumbling
block, the House being claimed as all
right. Gen. Horace Porter, private
secretary of Grant, is constant visitor
to the House, and is constantly in con-
versation with Ben. Butler and Gen.
Banks, the engineers of the San Do
mingo job. The ostracism of Members
and Senators from favor and patronage
at the different Departments, because
they agreed with Carl Schurz in his
views, has been removed, and the lash
has given place to the buttering pro-
cess, and a vote for San Domingo is
the price of their being again taken to
the favor of the Executive.
The action of the great political or
ganization of New York, the Tammany
Society, which controls New York pol
5itics, in Withdrawing the name of Gov
.ernor Hoffman from the list of candi-
sdates for the Democratic nomination
ffor the Presidency, meets with the
lhearty approval of the New York dele.
.gatisn in Congress. The New York
Leader, the organ of Tammany, states
THAT Gev. Hoffman will not be can
.-didate IN 1872, and that the New Yorl
Democracy desires the candidate tc
tcome from the West; and futher, thai
t4hAir choice is ex-senator Hendricks
Ct Indiana. Such decided prefer.
enc,e, and powerful endorsement, is 6
great element of strength to Mr.. Hen.
.drieks. The New York Telegram also
states that Gov. Hoffman is not 6
Presidential ca ndidate, but that he vii
succeed Senator Conkling in 1872
The Demoerstic press OF New Yorl
with great nnanimity concur in thu
aabove views. So at least We may coun
upon eur candidate In the Presidential
contest coming from the West.
A delegation from the Pacific Coas
called upon Grant yesterday anil urget
that the defeated Senator from Ore
gon, Mr.. Williams, be given a seat il
the Cabinet. The President said tha
he know Senator Williams about az
well as they did, and that he did no
desire any suggestions as to what tt
do, and inkmated that they had bette
be at home reducing the Democratic
maiorities. The committee think tina
Grant is not over courteous. VIII.
shesn he be?
The CluV,aicIe of this city, afte;
bowling over the Kuklux for the pas
week, preparatory to the President
sending in message asking for the re
construction of the South, comes ou
in wall to-day over the fate of th'
Radical martyr, Gov. Holden, of Nortl
Carolina, whose impeachment is Ger
tain. The Chronicle says that the heat
and front of his offending was "to'
much zeal in suppressing crime in tina
Statep' Holden's zeal will get hin
suppressed.
John A. Logan. the head of tina
Infamous organization. the Crane