The Morning herald., 1876-06-17
oUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
y..h- Chandler In TF0uble-The Vote
IN the Convention of 1S00-Goneral
Hancock.


Zach. Chandler In Treuble-The Vote
~, the Convention Of lSOO-G0ner0l
Hancock.
WASHINGTON, d. c., June 10, 1875.
Old Zach. Chandler, ''the great war Sena-
tor" as he was once called, and now the
nresdine officer of the Interior Department,
isa notoriously naughty man, and soon after
his appointment to position in the Cabinet
made an Infamous assault upon lady ap-
nllcant for position in his department.
She had called upon him several times at
the department, and he finally gave her to
understand that she would ultimately be
onpoipted. On the occasion of her last visit
he fold her to call at his Office, at his resi-
d4uce, as he desired to talk with her more
at lens sth. Never dreaming that she would
be subjected to insult, she went, and un-
fortunately found him quite alone. The
assault followed, and she left the house
determined to have the old rascal arrested
On consultation with discreet friends, how
ever, she concluded to say nothing more
about the matter, and thus the newspapers
lost frst-class scandal, and Old Zach.
retained his place in Grants Cabinet.
There is q possibility that after March 4,
1871, the Denocrats may have majority in
the Senate. On that date the terms of
twenty-six Senators expire, and of this nun
bcr seventeen are Republicans, and nine are
Democrats If The latter can replace the
retiring Democratic Senators with others Of
the same party, and can gain six or seven
Senator's out of the seventeen which must
be elected to succeed the retiring Republi-
cans, they will have comfortable majority
in the body in question. Taey have already
elected Governor Coke, of Texas, to take
the place Of Hamilton, Republican, and
will undoubtedly t4nd Democrats in place Of
CLAYTON, of Arkansas, West, of Louisiana,
and Alcorn, of Mississippi, as the legisla-
lures of these States are pretty certain to be
Democratic.
Yesterday, Mr.. Blaine, by the advice of
his friends and physician, kept very quiet
hrs Blaine read and explained to him the
contents of number of business letters, ,and
the exSpeaker read considerably. A mum
ber of his friends called upon hirs and he
conyersed freely with them. Between six
and seven o'clock last evening, Secretary
Fish called in his carriage and took Blaine
out riding.
DR.. Pope, in reply to an inquiry made by
newspaper representative as to Mr.
Baine's health, penned the following:
"Tell the friends of jamie Blaine,
| Sunshine ever follows rain,
FELL the foes of Jamie Blaine,
| Jamie Is himself again.
On Sunday, 1t is stated, a large number
Of persons not known to the Blaine family
were admitted to the house, and some
wretch rillcd Mr.. Blane's pantaloon pocl-
cts, taking everything of value therein.
Among the articles stolen was a pocket
sook containing 5000 and papers of value to
no one but Mr.. Blaine.
At A late hour last night Mr.. Blaine was
sleeping comfortably, and the physicians
say they will have 70 objections to his TAX
iAe ride this morning. He fully under
stands that he must not attend to any de-
tails of business connected with his duty as
member of Congress until he is strong
enough to walk from his house to the Cap
it0l.
Just now, 1t Is interesting to recall the
ballotiDgs of the National Republican Con
ycnion of 1860. Before the convention
met, it was generally regarded as almost
certain that William H. Seward would
receive the Presidential nomination, and
the first and second ballots encouraged his
friends to believe that their predictions
We're correct On the first ballot, the vote
stool-Seward, 173T; Lincoln, l02; Simon
Cameron, 50H; Chase, 40; Edward Bates,
~; William l.. Dayton, IS; John Mclean,
L; Jacob Collamer, 10: scattering 6. On
the second ballot, the vote was as follows:
Seward, lS4H; Lincoln, 1Sl; Chase, 421a;
Bates, 35; Dayton, 10; Mclean 1t is
well known that Mr.. Lincoln was nomi-
mated on the third ballot, withstanding
the fact Mr.. Seward started out with II q
votes more than he. The third ballot stood
Lincoln, 354; Seward, 1l0H. 1t is a sin
| guIar fact, but fact nevertheless, that
aSpirants who go into nominating conven-
lions with more votes than any one else,
frequently "come out at the little end of
the horn'
Some persons in Washington are trying
to get up feeling against Gen. Hancock on
account of his connection with the hanging
oI Mrs. Surratt; and it is asserted that
there is strong feeling against him among
INC Catholics on that account. This Is
Manifes!ly unjust, General Hancock's con
Acciion with the Surratt trial was that Of p
military officer in the performance of his
au'y, He undoubtedly regrets the brutal
Taking off" of that lady as much as any
one, while he had the consolation of know
hg that he acted dconscentiously In the mat
IcF, from first to last.
Flom the Galveston kews.l