The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1876-01-29

l1psluenCy, morton .lclleS mVCO upon |
Conkling's determined hostility to
blaine. Conkling and Blalne are bitter |
personal enemies and if Conkling can |
l,il off Blaine, which he will try to do, |
Morton thinks the tipll Is clear for his |
own nomination. One strange crCum-
slanre connected with the struggle for
the Presidential succession is that Grant !
appears to be the second choice of all |
the aspirnnts, each one Is for himself !
first of course, but after that for Grant. |
Is this an honest preference or is II a
bid for the inilunnc' and support of the
Administration or is II ON the prin-
cipic Of one OF the rules Of seven mp, TO
throw the game to the player having
the lowest number ct points
The fight i'm the Democratic camp
Tor the Presidential nomination seems
to br between Hendricks aud Tilden.
Indiana will push Hendricks very
strongly aud recent developments point
to the probability Of Pennsylvania
striking hands with Indiana to SECURE
Hendricks nomination. Tiden is not
liked by the Democrats of PenusI lvania
and Ohio aud could not carry the rarty
vote IN these States, should he secure
the nomination. They blame their de-
ipat last fall In these states to the want
Of sympathy and IN some instances open
opposition to the Tiden faction to-
wards them, believing ihs opposition
to have been merely for the purpose Of
killing off rival Presidential aspirants
and clearing the track for Tildcn, n
large portion OF the party will Dpt only
| bitterly oppose his nomination but
would carry their opposition to the
polls. AS IL would be DlOrally impos-
! sible to elect Democratic President
| without the electoral vote of either Of
the great States of Pennsylvania, Ohio
or Indiana, and rs Hendricks would
stand a much better chance than Tilden
of carrying one or more of these States,
! Hendricks stock Is iusbuOw the highest
in the market. Ex-Governor Curtin,
of Pennsylvania is spoken of as the
candidate for Vice President On the
ticket with Hendricks and of coutse
Col. Alex. Mcclure and his little baud
OF patriot refOrmers are strong for Hen
drcks and Curtin. Bayard, of Della
ware, was talked Of for awhile, and If
he belonged to one of the larger States
might be a formidable candidate for the
nomination, but little Delaware does
not carry enough guns in the way of
electoral votes and this fact only is suf-
ficient to dispose Of her faY0rite son.
Kerr, the Speaker OF the House, might
under certain contingencies come in rs
a compromise candidate, but at present
his prospects are not very bright.
Much fault has been found with
Messrs. Hill, OF Georgia, and Cox, of
New York, for the manner in which
they revised and altered their speeches
delivered in the House ON the Amnesty
bill, when they came TO be inserted in
tho Congressional Record. The portion
with which the Republicans found the
most fault and which were most Of
fensiye to Northern sentiment were
carefully suppressed in the reports as
printed. I his thing of making one
speech aDd printing another hns become
so common among Congressman that il
has been found necessary To place some
restriction on the practice, and the Judi.
ciary Committee Of the liOuSe win re-
port bill directing official reporters fol
the Record to report speeches exactly
rs they are delivered and allow no cor
rectiOns except such as are necessary tC
make them granmaliCally correct.
A bill has been introduced in Che
House by Mr.. Baker, of Indiana, pro,
viding for n reduction in the salaries OF
Representatives aud Senators. 1t GXe.
. their compensation at $500 per aruun
with no allowance for stationery Ol
mileage. AS this bill comes too neal
, home it is safe to predict that it viii
, not be passed.
LATER,
The Centennial Appropriation bill
, appropriating 81 800, 900 to the Centen
| nial Exposition, after being discussed
, during nearly the whole of last weel
and a part of this, was passed in tn,
, House to-day (Iuesday, } by q vote o
146 yeas to 1870 nays. The bill as passeC
finally was amended so as to make tn,
Government preferred creditor to TIN
, amount of 81 ,500,0 which sum is t.
f be paid into the Treasury OF the United
States out of any assets that may re
, main after the Exposition is wOunt
, up and before any dividends are mad
to the stockholders Of the corporation
and further providing that the Presiden
= and Treasurer Of the Centennial l}oart
/ shall give bond in the sum of $500,00
= for the faithful disbursement of tn
Q amount appropriated.