Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-08-10
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Aug. 5. 1876.

OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Aug. 5, 1876.
Mr.. Tilden is rapidly loosing caste
amoug the leaders of the faithful here,
and he has by his 'possum policy, load
ed down his canvass with weight OF
ridicule and contempt that will likely
adhere to it to the end and cost him
many votes. The pretexts urged, from
time to time for the non-appearance OF
his letter, are regarded even by his
party associates as attenuated and &C.
cepted by many as correct eXponents OF
his character. Mr.. Hendricks prompt
acknowledgement of the paternity of a
late letter to an Indiana Representa-
live in Congress, earnestly calling for a
repeal Of the resumption act seems to
divide the two candidates OF the St.
Louis Convention so widely aSunder
that there appears to be no hope of a
compromise, and as it places VIM.
Hendricks squarely on the party plat
form, Governor Tilden is reduced to
the humiliating alienation of begging
terms of a subordinate or to ignore
platform and Hendricks and make q
dash for victory on platform Of his
own construction. The perils by which
he is surrounded appear to have totally
unnamed him and driven him to
adopt an evasive, shuffiing policy, en-
tirely out of character with the Sag.
gressive policy" he promised. His last
failure of his letter at the time an au-
thority named for its appearance, pro-
voked storm of profanity only pessi-
BILE among Democratic politicians; and
Western Democrats, especially, did
not hesitate to speak of him in the
most contemptuouS terms. Knott s.
worse than foolish blunder, which has
cost him the votes of every Republican
member of the Judiciary Committee
on the resolution exonerating him from
a malicious suppression of the Cald well
dispatch, and respect of every man in
and out of Congress whose good opinion
is worth having, has intensified the
gloom hanging ever and surrounding
on every hand rebel Democratic pros
poets for success in November. No
member of the House, not even the
most virulent eX-confederate or eX-cOp-
perhead has yet appeared with suffi-
cient effrontery to defend his cowardly
assault on Mr.. Blaine or his outrageous
disregard of all parliamentary usages,
the rules of the ordinary courtesy and
the tacit agreement by which he was
hoDorably bound to silence while the
resolution was pending. Since the
Ben Hill and the Tucker indiscretion,
the leaders have kept their impetuous
Southern friends well In hand; but the
muzzle was clipped off from Knott at
an unguarded moment, and the usual
consequence of such an absurd proceed
ing is the result.
The river and harbor bill has finally
passed the Senate, about as it came
from the Committee. The total of its
amount to about five
million dollars. When it was taken
up in the House motion to concur in
the Senate amendments was rejected
and committee of conference was ap |
pointed. Many members of the eco
nOmical House are exceedingly 10th to
give up the appropriations for their |
districts, although they appear conf
dent that every other section could get |
on well enough without appropriations.
The legislative bill has not yet been |
agreed to in the Conference Committee,
although Mr.. Randall has given assu-
RANGES that it would probably be dis
posed of by the close of this week. 1t !
s generally conceded that large re.
1uction of the clerical force in the diff
erent departments will be agreed to by
he Senate.
Many evidences of an Imminent mu-
,iny on the part of many Democrats in
he House to Randall's policy are ap.
parent; and recently one of the mutt
leers from Massachusetts gave express
ion to views condemnatOry OF the
measures relative to the
appropriations that it has been sought
o iorce on the Senate.
The many and fiat contradictions of
many portions of Mr.. Wilson's testi-
nOny by subsequent witnesses, whose
opportunities for observation were
,qual to his, has deprived President
1rant's enemies of many crumbs of
Omfort in connection with the whisky
Wilson's sensational
tatements were at first eagerly sought
fter, but since the other side has been
heard, disposition has been
pparent to handle the ex-Solicitor !
ather more gingerly and to endorse
i'm with more caution and reserve.
dr. Wilson explains that the Presiden.
ial letter in which he (Grant) in
tructed the officials that no guilty man 6
vas to he allowed to escape, probably
0und its way into his box packed up
mong the papers to be sent away, be
ause it was marked confidential"
nd so; was not opened by the party ,
rho did the packing.
1t is now believed that Congress will
nally adjourn some time next week, !
bOuld the appropriation bills have +
cen passed in the meantime.
The hot weather of few weeks ago j
as been succeeded by range of tenn =
erature quite low enough for Septem- r
er. 1t has been a season of violent q
and alterations.
Advices received here from Mr..
'laine encourage his many friends to
,Ok for his speedy and permanent re- Z
)very. Since his removal to Salt Wa
,r his amendment appears to have
cen very rapid. =
The Indian question continues to be a
matter of much discussion, and there u y
noticeable general demand for a U
'rce sufficiently overwhelming to end ;,
le war at once, and to such purpose y
lat another general Indian war may Il
. rendered impossible. But the ad- !!
Ocates of annihilation are in a very :,
nall minority. Well-informed men y
ere often predict desolating Euro 7
can var as consequence of the Turco- y y
ervian unpleasantness. The drift of y
lblic opinion seems to be generally in y
lat direction. REP. u u
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