The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-04-01

men who voted for the force bill wouId not
nave 0een deferred from doing so bv a speech
iIoIn Blame. And those who voted a6ainsT
~ we're certain 10 do so whether he made a
sPeeeh or not. Those who voted for the hill
ro,;, mostly men on the point of
1eeiIacy from public life. There va
Sehoneld, of Pennsylvania. for inf. ne
AT hesrb Schofisld was cprosed "a
any more Expressive On. secfsonsI
legislation. But Schofisld had bean nj, -
20 qIie py DIS constituents. He must / or
grs io5 n5mseH. There was a prospective
OnisSu states ludgship in Penusvlvanla
which he wanted as a provision for his -. L.
Ginning years, and he knew that No oon
who voted against the force bill need ssL
any favors of Grant. This was ssmnla 90
great many cases. The division over the
iOrce Dull showed party of at laast th;,tH
conservative republicans in the Ho,,na ~ y.
representatives. If every body had been re
eiected that fall, he had no doubt h-t o mo
Jorlty OF tne republicans in the House would
nave voted against the force bill. reUsr6less
y, .ne Misnes OF the president. But defeated
men, with gloomy future before tbaro
couio not De expected to rise to that
EXALTATIoE OF CALM PHILOSOPHY
which is the essence of trne st.,.s,,.,..
onaer sucn circumstances men are very apt
" nooA out Tor number one and let the
country look out for itself And with sncb
a man as Grant in the white house ~.
looAlhg out Tor number one is n r,atter nat
uoes not admit of any great disnIsv 81
PERSONAL independence. Recurrincy 70 tie
suoJece OF the division in tie Republican,
70 anu Al Ieply 10 question as to what
the conservative republicans wonld 10 -
the event OF Grants denomination orof.ba
nomination OF one of his creatures III
Conkhng, Mr.. Phelps said there won16
pe Two courses left open to republicans -
us VleWs. One course would be to bolt the
1ofa
Inc other would be 10 coalesca MILL 49,
democracy and destroy Grant and the u,recs1
ne mad made of the republican nertv to
gether. 1t the democrats should aoree on
t taaI conservative platform and nominate a
Ecket which would personalize that snirit
there would be no occasion far a th;~a sIo-I
lnatlon. But IL the democracy shonid 49,.
Iessly Bourbonize itself and the renUn Iscor
convention be captured by Grant. either for
nimsen for a third term, or for one of his
elea.u,eS, tnen there would be a free fight a
general uproar and music bv the fnlI
oand, as it were. But this was ali brno-
tnetlcaI upon contingency which NFr
Phelps still believed IMPOSSIBLE He Cd
not think Grant could capture the rannh-
lican convention. He thought Grants in
ruS1ee upon the party would dwindie
rapidly as soon as the next congress came in
Win It's applications administrative cauterv-
70 the various departments of his adr,i1is,
tration. 1t could he safely assumed that the
republican minority in the next bonse
would not commit the blunder of stand;ng
% ,sseeAlng 20 stand, in the way of investi-
gatlon, or as the defender and apolooist of
Ine Grant administration. These. and many
more facts OF similar nature are signjf-
cancant to those who make
POLITICS A STUDY.
Ihey would become apparent to the mass
IN due course OF development. These views
were expressed by Mr.. Phelps in an easy
conversational mannsr, and with q macmillan
nohcnaIance quite u1usal with politicians
" nen taiklng 70 newspaper reporter for
99eoncation. His comments on various in
,iaro ousis, now or recently in public life,
we're very Piquant, and were made with the
same freedom that distinguished his gem
erai observations. One or two. as EXAMPLES
VIII serve TO show his independent sfvle.
y, N reply to some remark about LYMAN
RENAME, Mr.. Phelps laughiugly observed
,In never In all his observations CT in
III MS reading had he come
across so enormous a distensiop with so
rtsle wind as in the case OF
l RENAME! Speaking to bis colleague in the
1ouisiana committee, Mr.. Foster, Mr..
rneips paid him glowing eulogy and said
na ~ r9steF had constitutional propensity
% Dc right, but he sometimes needed a little
Encouragement. There were men. like
sumner and SchurZ, to whom the inner
Consciousness of being right was enough.
ous ar; Foster liked to know that other
people knew he was right. In conclusion
ar. Phelps said be was greatly pleased with
=. =. Louis. He liked everything about the
Ivy except It's mud, and even that was ad-
nlraDle 10 that it surpassed all the other
nud ne ever saw or heard of. He hoped to
90 30. Louis again at some time when the
oluble properties Of her soil were less an
aren't. He leaves for New Orleans this
corning, and, after completing his mission
mere, goes to Mexico to look after some
rivate interests connected with the Inter-
atlonal railway, OF which enterprise ne is
ne OF The principal promoters.