The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-04-22
Washington News and Gossip.
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WASHINGTON, April b, 1879.
The President and his confidential friends
unite in charging the loss of Connecticut to the
unwillingness of Blaine and Hawley to give
cordial support to the policy of the Admins
traton. The defeat Of Hawley brings no sor-
row to any of the immediate supporters'of the
President, and most of them do not conceal
their qualification at the result. Instead OF ad
monishing the President that the party cannot
succeed unless relieved of his third-term ambi-
tion, the prescription of all independent Re
pubiicans will now be more merciess than be-
fore. 1t was gently limited to-day to trusted
friend of the President that now he could no
longer excuse himself Tor not, in the most un-
qualified terms, declining the candidacy tor
1876, but it was resented as an insult to Grant,
who was declared to be the only available Re
publican for the next national contest His
candidacy has been only limited at suggestively
heretofore by his organs, but now they will de-
clare their purpose unmstakably, and the is
sue will be distinctly made by rewarding its
supporters and relentlessly Furnishing those OPP
posed to it, Hawley is treated as being of little
moment, now that he has been beaten, and
Blaine will henceforth find the hottest sort of
a'fire in his rear from the Administration bat
teres. Your people will have full.fedged
third term organ in Philadelphia shortly, and
the journals which oppose, or even incline, to
the Opposition, will be stricken from the list
of the departments for public advertisements.
WASHINGTON, April 10.
The Vice President has given up his con-
templated trip to Europe. 1t is announced as
coming from him that he has determined to
remain in this country, because of the posi-
bilty of q contingency arising which may
make his presence necessary, although he says
oh,
This sudden determination on the part of the
Vice President, after his repeated announce
ments of his proposed trip to Europe, is severe
" commented on in circles close to the Presi-
dent A short time ago it was said that DR..
Brown-Sequard had expressed the opinion that
the President would not live six months
The Vice Presidents declared purposes now
to remain at home, coming so close AFTER has
heretofore very naturally provoked feelings not
altogether of pleasant nature. These feel.
ings have probably been somewhat aggravated
by remarks made in some quarters since the
election of what Mr. Wilson would 90 II ne
held the Executive office, and the Vice-Presi-
dent himself has been heard to say that II ne
had the control of things he would soon bring
the Republican party back to its former pres
tige and influence.
Very few thinking people, however much
they oppose the Presidents course, would wish
to see the contingency" arise which would
put such man as Mr. Wilson in the Exccu-
tive chair, nor in all human probability is any
such contingency" likely to arise. The truth
is that DR.. Brown-Sequard never made any
such remark as that attributed to him. The
President is tending very gradually to corpu-
lence, but he is the fortunate possessor OF
physique enjoyed by but few men of his gen.
Grafton. I'ost men would be willing to take
his chances for filling out his second term, and
third one too, if he can get it. He will not
be ffty-three years old till the 9th OF this
month. "while the Vice President is dozen
wears or more older, and has had in addition
two paralytic strokes. The Presidents friends
think that Mr.. Wilson wonld enjoy himself
much better by going on his trip than by wor-
rying himself thinking about that "contingen-
cy"