The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-06-07
PRESIDENTIAL FIGu RES

The reorganization of Grants
Cabinet which placed Don Cameron
at the head of the War Department,
made Taft Attorney General and sent
to the Court of St. James
startled and surprised the politicians
who were not in the secret. The job
was we'll set up and the obedient Sen
ate FASTENED to confirm the nomina-
tions in a manner that proved that
every thing was cut and dried and set
in motion by experienced leaders
backed by powerful combination
Old Simon Cameron could not con-
ceal his joy. For long years he has
labored to get his boy Don in the
Cabinet as Secretary of War and now
that his object is attained his cup of
happiness seems filled to the brim.
Champagne flowed like water in his
committee room and all the ring
roosters that hang around the capital
sponged on the old man and drank
the health of the heir apparent ofthe
Cameron clan. The bargain is a
dirty and villainous one-Pennsyl-
vania is to be bound and gagged and
chained to the Administration car
The voice of the Republican party of
the Keystone State is to be stified
and her delegates at Cincinnati are to
be dragooned into the support of a
candidate who is not the choice Of the
State and has no following or popu-
larity within her borders. No disin-
terested person doubts that the old
Winnebago chief can fulfill his con-
tract. The Blaine men predict that
he will not be able to hand all the
delegates over to Conkling, but they
rest more on the hope than the assu-
rance and while their words are full
of courage their manner tells that
they have giten up all hope of Penn
svlyania. OF all the candidates Nor
ton seems to feel most keenly the
turn affairs have taken. He feels
that he more than any other man de-
serves the support of the Admins
tration. He has worked hard for
Grant and his friends. For ten years
he has Haunted the bloody shirt from
his place in the Senate and on the
stump in all sections of the Union
where the fight ragged the hottest
He has supported every dirty job Of
the Administrative and was Grants
right bower whenever a doubtful
scheme was to be pushed through
Congress. To be struck down now in
the house of his friends, in the hour
of his greatest need, is staggering
blow and his careworn and haggard
features tell that the iron has entered
his soul. His friends claim that he
will have $50 votes on the first ballot
at Cincinnati, but they are made up
of the carpet-bag and scalawag ele-
ment Of the South. The blandish-
ments of power and the clean, crisp
look of package of greenbacks fresh
from the Government printing press
have peculiar influence on this class
Of men and they cannot be depended
upon to stick to any man whose star
is not in the ascendant. Thus far
Blaine is ahead in the number of del
egates and has become the target at
which all the other candidates aim
their shafts. His band of admirers
at the Capital feel very jubilant al
the result oflate Conventions and as
sert that he will sweep the deck al
Cincinnati and be nominated on the
second ballot. They claim that a
fair estimate of his strength from the
States which have already held Con.
ventions gives him at the present
time 30S delegates. Iowa and Wis.
consin, they hold will give him sol
id support. This will add to his col
umn 20 from Wisconsin and % from
Iowa, making grand aggregate o.
$50 to start with. This will give the
Blaine men the control of the organi
cation of the Convention, which, ir
ADDITION, will be a tower of strength
Three hundred and seventy six votes
will elect the candidate, and Blaine
according to the above estimate, viii
start with but twenty less than tn,
required number. Further, it il
urged that many of the now doubtful
delegates, who always wait to SCI
which way the wind blows the strong
est, will wheel into line for hi!
support.
The Grant Conkling- Cameron com
bination are also confident. Thei
plans are only known to themselves