The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1876-06-08
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, May 81, 1876.
THE VIRGINIA CONVENTION.

tho mother of Presidents, used in the past, TO ,
oxert mighty influence in the selection OF
as well as in their election. Tho [
leading Democrats of the State arc under> {
stood now to favor negative policy, as re- ,
CARDS their expression Of choice, in reference
to the St. Louis nomination. They ask OF
the North that il shall give them its bcst and
ito strongest man; and they promise that ho
shall have their earnest support, whoever he
may be. This is, as a rule, the attitude Of
the whole South. The very general express
sion in tho Southern press. and by Southern
men, in favor of Governor Tilden, is based
upon the knowledge of his strength with the
people in New York and elsewhere, as prac-
tical Rcformer. Senator Bayard is the favo-
rite with tho mass of Southern men, and if n |
Southern man were to be selected, he would |
be nearly their unanimous choice. Thurman
aud Hendricks also have warm earnest friends
in the Southern States. 1t is very evident,
however, that the desire for success On the
election will ovcrbear all personal and sec
tional preferences. Whoever shall appear to
the convention to bo certaint TO carry the most
States, on the great issue of Administrative
Reform, upon which the people are fully
aroused, will undoubtedly receive the nomi-
nation Whether Tildcn will bo the man, or
not, is a matter for conjecture 1t is worth
stating, in this connection, however, that the
| opposition to Tidcn in New York has proven
| an element of strength. The Charleston
Nows s. Courier, and other papers which have
| opposed him, have recently declared in his
favor, for the very reason that the character
of his enemies show that he is not controlled
by the Ring men of New York. Governor
Tilden has reduced the taxes, of New York
State SO, 100000, or nearly one half, in six
tcon months Going before the people with
that record, 1t will be impossible to beat him
Gov. Tildcn's friends assert that neither he
nor they knew anything at oil about the Or
ouar recently sent 10 newspapers, asking
them to print certain extracts from the press
in various parts of the country favorable TO
Tldcn, to be charged for as advertisements
The fact that the circular was sent to, among
others, several papers widely and generally
known to be violently opposedto Gov. Tilden'
and that it purportcd TO come from an adVcr"
Using agency of which "PctrolCum " Mas
by" the most rampant of Radical "Rcpubli-
cans, is the principal, ought to have satisfied
everybody that it was sort of political prac-
tical joke, so to speak. But the emphatic
denial which now comes from Gov. Tiiden's
friends of any responsibility for or knowl-
edge of it will satisfy any doubts that may
have existed
TILDENs PERSONAL POPULARITY IN NEW YORK
Congressman called my attention, this
morning to the fact that Gov. John Il. Dix
the most popular Republican Governor New
} York ever had, was elected by over $4,000
majority in '72. Governor Tildca ran against
Dix in "a and defeated him by over 10000
majority; n change of over 100, 600 votes il
favor of Tildcn. And yet, in that election
no was bitterly opposed by all the cor
ru pt men of the Democratic party, and then
''respoctablc" friends who arc opposing him
! now.
O POLITICAL HARAEGUEs AT ARLINGTON.
8 Stewart l.. Woodford ex~Lcutcnnnt Gov
crnor of New York. and who would acccI
either the Presidential or co-Presidcnti'
u nomination at CINCINNATI, was the orator {
- Arlington on Decoration Day, and improve
the opportunity Of making Republican STUN
speech. lie referred to tho practical into
# erance OF the South, the practical denial {
q personal liberty, the practical denial Of pol
uar education, and the prcsistont effort to r.
vive old systems under now forms." Througl
. out his discourse he endeayorod to impre
upon his hearers the superior virtues OF h
party. But Col Moody, "tho lighting parson
If who made the opening prayer, went furth
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