Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-02-15
WHAT THE hERALD MAN KNOWS.
Political straws and Rings Mt washington

Political Straws and Rings ut washing ton.
The New York Herald Washington cor
respondent, under date of the 18th, dis
patches from Washington as follows:
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 picture manu-
facturer who wants to make the cartoons
for txe democracy in the next canvass. He
managed to get together such people as
Hendricks, Voorhees, and Niblack, of In
diana |; Cox and Brooks, OF New York, and
others almost as widely known, and the
conversation being informal was less con-
strained than usual. The trouble that re-
vealed itself, even amid the hilarity, was
the chronic trouble of the democracy
namely, the Bourbonism of the party.
The foes of the "new departure" doc
trine Of last year and the passive poll
cy" of this showed themselves strong
enough to prevent any open express
sion of opinion as to the proper
course to be adopted, and all that was
agreed upon was to wait for the action
of the recalcitrant Republicans. These, it
is confessed ARE growing weaker every day.
The slightest breath of publicity disheart-
ems them, and they run back into the Re-
publican fold as soon as they are counted
as hostile to Grants denomination. Mr.
Voorhees, was able two weeks ago to count
on his fingers a score of Republicans in
Congress, the heads of half as many State
or local factions, who were ready to break.
When the story was told in the Herald
they scampered back to their party, and
almost every man among them declared
that he was the original Grant man.
Bingham, of Ohio, had never thought of
going astray. Farwell, of Illinois, had
been for Grant first last and all
the time, and Blair and briggs,
of Michigan, We're only opposed to
Chandler and not Grant. So things have
been undergoing change, though the eX-
element over the Treaty of Washington
has not given anybody an opportunity for
effective work, and Grants enemies in his
defeat him at Philadelphia. Forney's
resignation of his office is regarded in the
light of detection, and one of the first
steps towards perfecting the new policy.
ColfaX will probably be the man on whom
these disconnected politicians will unite,
and it is not 10 be believed he would re-
fuse the nomination if it was offered him.
1t is said that a bitter fight is to be made
in the Philadelphia Convention, and it is
certain that all that is lacking is the cour-
age to make it.
All the mlSnly movements OF the sore
heaF faction are breaking to pieces, and
men like Farnsworth, Trumbull and
Schurz will soon be left alone. Schurz
will go to the democracy, but where the
Others will be found it is impossible to pre-
dict, this being n piece of information
which even they could not impart
1t is understood that the President has
taken the first step toward healing the re-
publican feuds in New York by conveying
to Mr.. Alvord, of the Assembly his appre-
citation of the action of that gentlemen in
assisting the Wanted reforms in New
York city. General Sickles, during his
stay ut the capital, exerted himself siren
uously in favor of hearing the republican
breach and for securing to both the New
York Senators equal recognition and con-
fidence.