South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-05-12
Our Washington Lcttsr.
Wassington. D. G.. My4. 1876.

! FDIrOR lNrELLroENCER Post mas.
ter General jewell il . disappointed
mat. A year ago. he lppsnc Ap on the
political horizon a. n rresilantial can
dilate. To-day, Il Is conce. le that he
win not occupy either ths Hest or tn,
second place Oh the Republicans Prcsi.
DENTAL ticket. Assuming tile .o,e OF a
reformer. nc esssyei the task OF break.
ing the mail contractors ring i'm his
Departments. bus failed 20 sncceed.-
Spencer. Kinds 4 Co. backed by Grant.
werc too much Tor him. 20 he suocumb-
ed. Kinds. Kittlc. and other contrac-
tors. were detected. not only In bribinx
Post Oificc officials. hut in manufacture
ing counterfeit ssarnp To be used on
fraudulent hids for certain Western mail
routes. One Of the parties was Arrest
eel for this little breach OF ctiqnsttc hu:
escaped punishment through . legal
technicality. As have befora intimat.
ell, jewell started out a. Reformer.-
lie had not gone far in the work OF re.
form. however, before. TO uso n slang
phrase, he ''st.,,ok snag." He found
that. in his efforts TO expose and punish
fraud. he was placing himself in antogo-
nism to some Of Grants favoritee. and.
deeming discretion the better part OF
yalor. ceased his labors in the direction
Of reform. Until he began his crusade
against abuses in his department. ne and
Grant werc warm personal friends, anil
could he seen. almost every Sunday AZ
ternoon. walking together ON tho ont.
skirts ofthe city. Now. their intercourse
is confined simply to the interchange OF
n few civil words at tbs scmi-wcckly
meetings Of the Cabinet.
BLOODY sRiRT MORTON
is another Of the Republican aspirnnts
to the Presidency who has deemed 1t
necessary to rise in his seat and make
personal explanation. In doing 30.
he took occasion To review the political
history OF Indiana during the time lie
occupied tho gdbernatorial chair. and
charged all manner OF diabolism to the
Democracy. After Morton had got out
OF wind, and was obliged to stop. Sena.
tor Mcdonald, OF Indiana, arose and
gave notice that he would, ut some fu.
ture time. reply to that portion Of his
colleagues remarks referring TO the con.
dition or affairs when Mr.. Morton was
Governor. The latter at once sought to
disarm his Democratic colleague. by
saying that he did not mean to include
him in the conspiracy" against the
State OF Indiana. to which lao had &c.
ferred in his speech. 1t seems to be
conceded among the Republicans that
Morton stands no show Of nomination
ut Cincinnati. The Republicans realize
the fact that they must put forward their
best man IL they hope to succeed; that
he must he n man of nnblemished CHAR
acter. who. although pronounced Re-
publican. has long since repudiated
Grant and Grantism; and he must. also.
DE man who has not been Extensively
partisan in his course. Morton has
never missed IN opportunity to wave
the blood.stained neither garment. and
has, therefore, lessened his chances OF
nomination. Blaine, il is true. did. on
one occasion, hlch. Morton's bloody un.
Ter garment. bnt promptly returned it
after Haunting it at Ben Hill. Of Geor-
gia; and stands to-day. probably. q bet.
ter chance Of the nomination at Cincin
natl than any other Republican asp;.
rant. Blaine, Bristow aud Ilayes con-
stitute tile Republican constellation !;
and. to all appearances, one OF these
will have the honor Of being beaten in
November. by the Democratic nominee.
THE CANDIDATES FOR THE ST. LOUIS NOM.
NATION.
The friends Of the several distinguish.
ed Democrats who arc spoken OF In con.
nection with the Presidency. nre work
ing hard fer their respective favorites;
but. unlike the Republicans. their rival.
~ is. in most cases. of n friendly char
acter; and have not yet heard OF an
attempt by respectable Democ-at TO
assail, by voice or pen. the character o.
any OF the candidates. The friends Of
Mr.. Tilden speak respectfully Of Mr.
Bayard, Judge Davis. Mr.. Hendricks.
and Mr.. Thurman. Generally. they all
speak respectfully OF each Others fayo-
rites. Since the action ofthe New York
Convention, which appears to have put
Tilden several lengths ahead of sll his
competitors. I have frequently heard the
friends Of all the other gentlemen named
above acknowledge the fact. As the
time for the nomination draws near, the
hCNtRoANy btOOinNS ulOiC w Sc
lecting, as our standartl.bearcr, the man
who will stand the best chance Of being
elected-the man who has had oppor.
tunities to show his metal as an incor.
rupt and incompatible ruler. and re.
former OF public abuses. anil who has
used those opportunities to the advan-
tage OF the public and 20 his own honor.
The Washington STIR, paper of Re.
publican proclivities, last evening con.
tanned the following paragraph which
does great injustice TO one OF the most
distinguished leaders Of the Democratic
party:
'Your candidate cannot be-" again saws
Horatio 81, mOur. This declining m honor. In
4dv'uce ~ ib heiog ofertd IL Of doa bful pro-
prietS, 10 say the least. " 10 quite possible itat
the Democratic candid 'is m~y come from New
York but then bis name does not bsgin With
an =, but with the letter foll"wing a..
a prominent member OF Congress
from New York. speaking in reference