The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-08-18
Correspondence.
WASHINGTON LETTER.

verSal comment, of course, and outside
of Democratic circles, the opinion is
generally expressed that all he gains
10y liis utterances Is more than counter
| balanced by his silence or evasive ex-
pressiOns upon issues generally accept
ed as of paramount Importance i'll the
present campaign. 1t is predicted that
the plalitrd"s, generalities and ambig-
uities with which the letter abounds,
will prove quite as offensive to a large
class OF voters WHO usually give their
suifrases to the candidate, regardless
of party affiliations. who from his rec
ord and associations, appears most
likely to act for the public good rather
than for party interests or personal
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, than would the most
outspoken sentiments in opposition TO
their views. The letter is regarded as
a cunningly devised bid for the support
of votes of every shade of political
faith, capable of any construction,
written from the standpoint of an
adroit, schemiug politician, learned in
the chicancryof the law, calculated to
misiead and deceive 10y a tedious reit-
Grafton relative 10 matters of absorbing
public interest while it carefully ignor-
e,i or evaied any mention of the
csi!s,. which Lead - -, ,.-...,s.s--:.----
ton Of rational affairs. So patuet-
icahy deprecated and Tor which his
party is directly responsible. II is held
that his letter indicated II partial sur
render to Hendricks and the Western
repudiators, and that his ideas CT civil
service reform, as expressed in his let
ter, plainly loreshadows the decapita-
ton of every Republican cflicial from
highest To lowest, .'iiGu!d lac be success
fui, and replacing them 10y orthodox
partizans as was dnTc ia the beginning
of the session, in the House 10y his re
form" associates Hendricks letter is
esteemed rs a Simon pure Bourbon
production, characterized only by the
malignant copoerhead sympathies and
tendencies Of its author, nothing more
or less The failure. of both candidates
to touch upon the recent Democratic
murders of coloIci men at Hamburg,
5. c., was expected, but nevertheless
their omission in this respect is the
subject of very general and hostile
criticism.
No agreement has been reached upon
the four appropriation bills before re-
| ported ;ts still under the consideration
of Conference Committee. Mr.. Ran
| dali gave assnrnucrs that IA compro-
l. mise would have been reached on the
the legislative bill las: week, and as it
WAS considered the most difficult it was
thought, after tlIr close Of the Belknap
trial, hat AN adjournment would be
reached early tiri> week. But the
Senate manifcSts ii disposition TO con
ceie nothing further Ia the House;
aud the {, cling relative to adjournment
is not nj ali sanguine.
Mr. Wilson, late Solicitor Of the
Treasury, apprnrS Ia entertain views
about the whisky prosecutions totally
at varience with majority of the wit
nessas called to tie stand since his testi-
money was taken; and the qualiiicd-
ton of the Democratic organs has been
marred 10 an exasperating extent by
the failure OF their committee TO con-
Meet the President with the Whisky
Ring. All the lying dispatches sent
out from this city by telegraph and
letter, affirming that lie had pardoned
Avery and was about to pardon others,
and as n consequence lie had quarreled
with Attorney GENERA! Taft, have react
ed on the authors and their friends.
There is 10 man in the Republican
party hat is hated more by the De-
mocracy than the President; and he
has sat d@wn on them so heavily this
season, every time they have come
iihib lhCt
have become very discreat in their
attacks and always prefer TO engage
him at long range.
There is plotting aus! !coTnterplotting
among the managers OF the campaign
and from this time Oh the contest prom
ises 70 WAX hotter and hotter until the
decisive hour in November shall have
been reached.
A very warm debate occurred III the
Senate Saturday on Mr. Mortons
proposition to print IL, Oo0 extra copies
of the Presidents message on the Ham
burg affair. 4 large number of Sena-
tors Oh both sides participated, the
Republicans charging upon the DEM
ocratic party the crime apologizing for
and seeking to cover up the number
less murders committed in the South
since the war. And it was really a
pitifuI and huniliating specticle to wit
ness the contortions of those impaled
Senators, honorable minded and hu-
man men, the most of them, doubtless,
as the attempted TO parry the blows
rained down upon them by their in
dignant associates.
One of the events of the past week