Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-02-21
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TOIIticRI Strasvs and Rings at Washington.
The New York Herald Washington cora
respondent, under date OF the nth, dis
patches from Washington as foIlows; PEI"
The only really general interchange OF
democratic opinion was at q private din
ner party last night, given To the leading
democrats in Congress BY q pictuIe manu-
facturer who wants TO make tho cartoons
for the democracy in The next canvass. He
managed ~ get together snch people a.
Hendricks, Voorhees, and Niblack, OF In-
LLAMA; Cox and Brooks, % New York, and
others almost as widely known, and the
conversation being informal WIS less con-
strained than usual. Tile trouble that re-
yealed itself, even amid the hilarity, was
the chronic trouble of the democracy
namely, the Bonboniam Of the party.
The foes OF the "ncw departureh doc
trne Of last year and the q passive poll
Cyn of this showed themselves strong
enough. to prevent any open express
sion Of opinion a. TO the proper
course 70 be adopted, and all that was
agreed upon was to wait for the action
OF the recaleitrant Republicans. These, it
il confessed, ere growing weaker every day.
The slightest breath of publicity disteart-
ems them, and they run back into the Re
publican fold as soon as they are counted
az hostile to t,rants denomination. Mr.
Voorhees, was able two weeks ago TO count
on his fingers q score of Republicans In
Congress, tho heads of half az MANY State
or local factions, who We're really to break.
When the story was told in the Herald
they scampered back to their party, and
almost cvcry man among them declared
that he was the original Grant man.
Bingham, Of Ohio, had never thought of
going astray. Farwel, Of Illinois, had
k,een for Grant first: las AM all
The time, and Blair and briggs
70 OF Michigan, were only opposed To
Chandler and not Grant So things have
been undergoing a change, though the eN-
element over the Treaty of Washington
has not given anybody an opportunity 1or
effective work, and Grants enemies in his
own party arc hoping they may be able tc
defeat him at Philadelphia, Eorney',
resignation Of his Office il recorded in the
light OF y detection, and one Of the frs
steps towards perfeeting the new policy
Eolfax will probably be the man on whom
these discontinued politicians will unite
and it il not to be believed ne would re
fuse the nomination il IL was offered him
It is said that bitter fight is TO be mad,
in the Philadelphia Convention, ami ii j.
certain that all that is lacking i. the cOur
age to make il.
All the mighty movements OF the sore
head'' faction are breaking to pieces, ant
men like farnsworth, Trumbull an,
SchurZ will soon be left alone. Schur
will go to the democracy, but where tn
others will be found it is Impossible to pre-
dict, this being a piece of information
which even they could not impart.
1t is understood that the PresidenU ma
taken the first step toward healing the re
publican feuds in New York by conveyin
to Mr.. .Nvord, of the Assembly, his appre
oiation of the action of that gentlemen j
assisting the vaunted reforms in Ney
York city. General Sickles, during hi
stay Mt the capital, eXerted himself siren
uously in favor of healing the republica
breach and for securing TO both the Ne
York Senators equal recognition and cor
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