The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-04-22
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, d. c., !
April 18th, 1876. {

WAsHINGToN, d. c.,
April 18th, 1876.
Editor Nal:
THE NEXT PRESIDENT, WHO Will HE BE
There is less positiveness in their
predictions manifested by the friends
of the various candidates for the
Democratic nomination for Prcsi
dent than there was q week or two
ago. The friends of Gov. Hendricks
still stand nobly by their guns, and
there is some confidence expressed
on the part of those who support
Senator Bayard. The announce
ment that Hora:io Seymour is in
favor of Gov. Tilden, and the prob
ability that Seymour, Chas. O'Con-
nor, and other men of similar stand
ing, will lead the New York dele
CATION TO st. Louis, in favor of TIL.
den, has had very marked effect
and Tilden is gaining rapidly. Still
there is much uncertainty expressed
Mon are unwilling to abandon their
first choice, until they see that it is
u necessity. But, once convinced
that the success of the party de-
mands any given course, and the
Democracy will be found facing the
enemy with an unbroken front.
There is good deal of talk about
Judge Davis, but as yet there does
not seem to be much real substance
behind it. There is more DISPOSE
ton expressed to nominate a life
long democrat, whose character is
such as to command the confidence
and respect of the people, than
to take up a former Republican like
Judge Davis, in the hope that he
will win Republican votes.
A HUNGRY AsPIRANT FOR PREsIDEN-
TIAL HoNoRs.
Tho paraly tic blood bcsmeared
from Indiana is proba-
bly, the most eager of all the Presi-
dental aspirants. 1t is believed
here that he was manly instrument
at in the publication which appear
ed on the 18th, charging Blaine
with having improperly an!. cor
ruptly received $4,000 from the
Pacific railroad company. The fac is
that this charge Was published on
the 18th inst, ard that the Virginia
convention to- nominate delegates
to the Republican con ventien at
Cincinnati was held on the same
day, give color to the statement: as
the delegates were about equally
divided between Blaine and Morton.
Tho latter takes every occasion to
manufacture capital for himself in
this contest. He writes and die
tates articles for the press calcu-
lated to show his superior claims to
the honor of q nomination, and, in
fact, omits no opportunity to say a
good word for o. P. NJ. In order
to secure the influence of the dele
gates from the District of Columbia,
he vehemently advocated suffrage
here and, to that end, introduced
into the Senate 4 joint resolution,
on the 18th inst. 1t is almost need
less to say that the lower class of
Republicans, who preponderate
here, are in favor of suffrage;
while the respectable portion OF the
citizens, without regard to party,
don't want tnat sweet boon at any
price.
BLAINE KILLED OFF.
Mr.. Pendleton is not to be alone,
it seems, in the ruin of his Presi-
dental aspirations. Itappears that
Mr.. Blaine, SO good, so irreproach-
able, who comes from the Prohibl-
ton State, has been soiling his i'm
maculatc fingers with filthy lucre.
On December Is, 1871, s64, 900 of
money belonging to the Union Pa
cific r. r. Co. found it's way into
the hands of some m ysterious indi-
vidual, who, accordi ng to a promi-
nent banker of indianapolis, was no
less man thar the ex-Spcaker.
The particulars re published in the
Indianapolis Senti mel of April IL
and the article concludes thus:
Harrison, the banker i'm question, has
been asked for 2. satement of facts but
declines to say more than that, if brought
before COngre ssi onal committee, he will
tell all he knows about it, without con-
cealment.
Here we have Democratic Ro-
land for tb c Republican Oliver, and
in view of all the circumstances,
and the assumption OF such extra
ordinary buri,y above other men,
on the pant OF Mr.. Blaine, two texts
of Scripture would seem to be APP
propri:,to "Alany shall be called
but fe " chosen and "Lct him who
is without sin, east the first stone"
Blaine is not the first victim, '"by q
large majority" of the Union Paci-
cific Raj road Company. In fact,
these railroads have Il manner of
killing off politicians which is quite
artistic, and is much to be preferred,
on phiIanthropic principles, to their
horrible boiler explosions, running
over embankmenls, and plugging
through bridges.
THE DIsrRAcED SECRETARY OF WAR.
Belknap, the vender of post ira
derships, under the representations
of his eminent counsel, is rapidly
recovering from tho depression
which followed tho developments