Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-07-16
A SENATOR In TROUBLE.

The object Of CamerOn's Visit 20
washIngtOui ExPlaIned-Tbe Defeat
of Hartranft I'm october the Hefeat
| of Grant I'm November.
Correspondence Of the Cincinnati Commercial
| WAsHINGroN, July l2.-Simon Gamer
| on's visit here, which has been a matter of
great curiosity, has been partially solved by
the correspondent ofthe Philadelphia Press,
who seeds the following dispatch to his
paper tonight; SIT has already been
stated in the newspapers that Gen.
| Cameron was among the visitors at the
| National Capital. Considering that the
| President and several members of the Cabi-
net are absent, newspaper men and others
were not little puzzled to ascertain the
| object of the Senator's visit. Speculation,
Of course, was rife. It was supposed at
| first that Cameron had business as Chair
man of the Senate Committee on Foreign
Relations with the Secretary of State. This
presumption was set at rest when il was
known that the Hon. Secretary was not in
the city. The mystery of the Senator's visit
is solved. 1t had reference to the condition
Of political affairs in Pennsylvania and She
election the Harrisburg ring ticket. Those
with whom Cameron talked most freely aud
confdentially, and among them are several
prominent officials, represent the old man
as being in state of great anxiety and
nervousness over the election which is to
come Off in October. He no longer affects
that defiant tone which be exhibited so Of
fensively few weeks ago, nor is he 50 anx-
ious for political blood-letting, and the erec-
ton of guillotine that will take off the Off
cial heads of all who refuse to say amen TO
the action of the ring.
i"To state it briefly, the senior Senator
from Pennsylvania is demoralized. He sees
the handwriting upon the wall more plainly
than do some of his associates in business
CT thrusting down the throats Of the PENN
sylvania Republicans ticket in the last
degree obnoxious,
R"Cameron does not care so much about
the fate of Gen. Hartranft and the other
members Of the State ticket, as he does
about the complexion of the Legislature
which is to be elected in October. With
all his protestations to the contrary, It is
well known he is anxious TO be returned to
the United States Senate. For the first
time perhaps in his life he is brought to a
square issue with the people, and he fears
the result.
awhile here he confessed that if Hart
ranft should be elected in October, the ma
jority would be so small as to make the vic
tory virtual defeat. The popular opposi-
ton was SO strong that he did not know
whether Hartranft could be elected. Of
course, he laid The entire blame of the pres
ent condition of Pennsylvania upon Col |
Forney and the press. If Hartranft is de-
feated, said Cameron, Forney is responsible |
for it, and he must be held to account. To |
such straits is the old man and his followers |
reduced that he is actually seeking to make |
terms with Forney. Il .. -..r....
"Pat of the object of his visit here was
to look out a peace-Worker who could go to |
Forney and propose a compromise. Sew |
eral parties to whom he applied, informed |
him that it was too late. Forney, they |
said, had taken q position which he could |
not abandon. Gen. Cameron, in order to |
get the administration enlisted on behalf of |
the State ticket, with a view to saving it,
stated while here that the defeat of Hart |
rant in October, was the defeat Of Grant in /
in November.
"FOrney, he said, was responsible for |
this also, and if he did not come in and
help the State ticket, he should be inconti-
nently and formally ruled out of the party.
"Cameron insisted that the Administrs-
ton must at once abandon the position as
sumed by the President in his conversation
with your correspondent few weeks ago,
wherein he stated that be could not and
would not interfere in State politics.
The time had come, be said, to
draw the lines so that the President might
know who was for him and who was
against him. OF course whatsoever does
not indorse the Harrisburg ring ticket is, in
the opinion of Cameron, against Grant"
What encouragement the Senator receiv-
ed is not known, inasmuch as the President
was not here, and only few members of
the cabinet are in town. He has gone
home as much demoralized as when he