The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-10-27
WASHINGTON LETTER.


yhch VIII hereafter "' '"li'N 'l'l HeI
wy" ',uare. 4 more perfect day uoy
r.,,lrd memorial pagrantry, and, be
,,h, large visiting delegation of tn,
'n,, ,r the Tennessee, the city ha
msl ont enmassc; the goyenmcn
,',r,mruts and offices having been
II.nJnt noon. have Just seen Gen
,J sherman with his best soldie
I'L,, ON, marching lehiud a division
.Crtillery. with rhythmatic military
,.r,,i..ion. while in the same column
Ind only a few steps behind him. strod,
,hororlly form Of General Bclknap, OK
'mat,ry of war, whose trial in IN,
,,roiual court will commence here IN
,L'nt two weeks 1t is said that some
nrthosc who were in the procession
w,rc greatly scandalized that General
P,Iknnp should be there too but, IA,
.y..,rrttary was the best dressed fat.
t..t royir.t man among them. General
I,rau. who was the orator OF the occa-
,ion and who looks war-worn and bat.
dnbangcd since the disastrous political
r,upaign in the west, rode in a
ruiec. Ordinarily the procession
vouId have marched up Pennsylvania
avenue, but that historic thoroughiare
looks as though it had undergone a
Hell Gate explosion. The rotten pave
mcut placed there by the ring II few
wears ago has been torn up and they
arc now repairing the street in a more
durable manner This is II national
and patriotic work, for it is along this
avenue that President Tilden will 90 to
his inauguration
The anxiety in relation to political
matters has been greatly increased--l
had almost said aggrayated-since the
result and logic of the October elections
have become known. Before these cleo
tions the government clerks spoke of
the result in that confident, staggering
way that is characteristic Of those who
have enjoyed long immunity. Now,
halfda2cd, frantic, or despairing they
ar brought face to face with what their
Lis chief, Geuc,al Butler, has called the
extremely probable election I'D Gov-
ernor lildcn.' Yesterday ! Met "a
clerk with whom am on very friendly
terms and banteringly told him that
Governor TiIden was sure OF election,
nsviy excited, and said
., ne may be; but if he should be-
inc viii never be allowed to take his
seat; hepeople Of the North will never
ALLOW him. | myself will shoulder Il
musket first mention this as an
illustration of the madness with which
Blaine, Boutwell, and Morton have
mocuMted their followers.
There has been new assessment of
all government employees ordered. The
hundreds Of thousands spent upon the
October States were not enough TO pul-
chase them, and now, since Mr.. Chan
dlar has not been able to buy State, he
will attempt the folly Of the purchase OF
q nation. 1t is the desperation Of
gambler who feels that he is playing Il
losing game, was told to-day 10y Il
clerk whose salary is $1,000, that he
bad been assessed $50. Thcccrks with
0salaly Of $1,000, are required to pny
S2j, The salaries range from $500 to
$1,000, and supposing so to be the aV-
cage assessment the campaign iund
that 100000 office holders would yield, |
would be - 100000. Most Of this
money has doubtless been spent in Col |
oado, Ohio, Indiana and West Virginia
Hence the necessity for an extra ASSESS
mout which the poor clerks will sub
nit to with desperate cheerIulness,
which those only who fear the loss OF
office can feel
Among the many significant political
struws in the air at present is an effort
ON the part of Mr.. Morrill,, Secretary Of
the Treasury, to secure his return 90 the
Senate. Mr. Morrill,, it is thought, has
no longer amy hope Of retaining a cabi-
net position and hence desires to get
back into his easy old shoec, now worn
LV Mr.. Blaine, who it will be rcmcm- |
bcred, was elected to fill an mcNpirrd
term One of the surprises OF the future |
may be the elimination of Mr. Blaine !
from national politics. and his consign-
ment to bourne where he can condole
with Widow Butler,
The armed effort Of the Republican
party to perpetuatc its power in South
Carolina has created a profound sensa-
ton here. outside of official circles,
The army has been sent ostensibly to III
sure a fair vote, but Governor Chamber
lain, who demanded troops, expects to
profit by their presence, for he Is a can
lidate for reelection. Patterson, the
carpat-bag Senator seconded Cham
bcrlain' request, can not be returned to
the Senate il his party loses its hold on
the State. Attorney General Taft who
drew up the proclamation, has himself
taken an active part in this canvass
and has personal and political interest
in the result. The United States Dis
uict Attorney, who will supcrintend the
distribution and operation Of troops, Is
partizan who will lose his place if
HAYES is not elected, The army in
South Carolina can not be regarded ms
mere minister of law. The blacks
know it has been sent there by their
Republican allies in Washington, and
the whites know it has been sent to as
sst in their defeat. 1t will make az
rests for intimidation by the Demo-
Gratis, who, the Republicans say, are in
aminority of forty thousand "lntm-
id0tion' is an offence which can not be
defined, but which places every man at
the mercy of his unprincipled enemy
since when person says he has been
intimidated in reference to his vote he
can not be proved perjufer without
knowing the state his mind and liver,
and how much it takes to irighten
him. But it is significant Of the state
Of affairs in South Carolina that the
first arrests that will he made are those
of the intimidators and assassms at
Cainhoy, cas-,
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