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NEW lOkh, July 1f.7I n mccuhb W
the Directors of the Erie railroad took
place yesterday, Peter H. Watson, Presi-
dent of the Board, presiding. The pro-
ceedings, which were Of formal char
acter, were kept strictly private.
The campaign is progressing rapidly.
At Glenham Hotel headquarters, yester-
day forenoon, several prominent gentle
men called, among whom were Colonel
Enoch Ensley, of Memphis; Durant Du-
pont, of New Orleans, and Outerbridge
Henzey. The work of organization has
been vigorously pressed forward for a
month past. No regular committee has
as yet been appointed. 81
The intelligence from Philadelphia
yesterday Of the shooting of Alderman
McMullen caused much excitement in
sporting circles here, where McMullen is
well known. sg-ns.f ,s,op
At administration headquarters to-day
there were number of callers, including
Colonel Black, Senator Harlan and Mr..
Morris, of Alabama. Mr.. Black reported
that Alabama would probably go for
Grant. Mr.. Morris reported Alabama as
surely Republican as Massachusetts,.
A Washington special to the Times
saws that the President and General
Porter will probably remain in that city
till Wednesday, when they will return to
Long Branch. The President and fam
lily goes to Niagara Falls next week.
Dominick Roche, Assemblyman, and
Henry Carr, Commissioner of Charities,
both Of Brooklyn, engaged in political
discussion on the Hudson river on their
way from Albany to New York yester-
day, Roche stabbed Carrwith a pocket
knife in the groin, inAicting wound
that may prove fatal. Cars condition
is considered critical. sgkf
The Herald Washington special says
it transpired yesterday that Senator
Fowler, of Tennessee, and Senator Tip
ton were also approached in the same
manner as Schurz claims on the San Do
mingo question. 1t is stated that there
are other Senators whose reputation for
veracity has never been questioned
likewise prepared to sustain the charge
of Senator Schurz -.
The Tribune's Washington special
says the dispatch telegraphed to the
press yesterday denying the allegation
Of Schurz in stating that he was ap-
by the friends of the President
on the San Domingo question has had |
the approval Of Boutwell,, Fish, the Pres
ident, Williams and Porter. In this
connection it is proper to say that
not only to Schurz we're offers made to
bestow patronage to secure strength for
the San Domingo treaty, but to other
Senators, who turned deaf ear, as he
did, to the tempter. These offers came
in several ways, most of them hints and
suggestions from cabinet officers, as
we're particularly those with Senator
Upton. In addition to fees of this char
acter to Schurz, the names Of Ex-Sena-
Tor Fowler of Tennessee, Ex-senator
Ross, of Kansas, and Senator Upton
may be used in confirmation of the prac-
ice alleged to have existed by Schurz,
all these gentlemen being approached
substantially in the same way. The
President not only went to the Capitol
and made personal appeals TO the Sena-
tors to vote for the treaty, but he in.
vited Senators unfriendly to the scheme
10 the White House, where he urged the
great advantage ofpossessing the island,
and endeavored with maps, refreshments
md arguments to influence them to
gote for ratification Of the treaty, in ac-
,ordance with his promise in the Bah
cock protocol, to use all his influence
among the Senators to secure
he ratification of the treaty.
A Herald Washington dispatch says;
Sumner emphatically denies that he
has written a letter to Gardner Brewer
his intention TO support
and is as equally emphatic in
ais denial Of the statement by Professor
Langston that he has advised colored
men TO support Grant. BE says no one
s authorized to speak for him at all"
The State Department has not re.
,eived a word from Geneva regarding
he progress Of the arbitration. The
statement that award has been made in
he case Of the Florida is discredited.
WASHINGTON.