The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1876-02-09
WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEB. 9, 1876.
Our Washington Letter.
snecial to the RKrunLIcAN.

pie the diplomatic corps, by making
the appropriations so small that the
business of the country cannot be
transacted. They have cut a button
off the coats of the boys at West
Point, and reduced their rations so
that the flesh will be mortified and
their lives be more godly, aud now
they are trying to bury the skeleton
of our army, while they refuse any
thing for purposes of defence. The
.confederates don't like anything
connected with :he army or navy, and
will do all the harm they can to both,
as they faild to whip "the boys in
blue" with muskets and bayonets,
they now take their revenge by turn
ing them adrit. Their special spite
is against the officers; they know if
these can be rendered inefficient there
is nothing to fear from armies or ma
vies when the new rebellion, which
Ben. Hill told us of, is commenced in
the Union. The whole business of re-
ducirg the appropriations is political
bunkum. The ex-confederates and
dough-faces reason thus, either the
Senate will refuse to concur in these
reductions and force them up, when
they can 60 into the canvas and say
to the people, "you see we did all we
could to bring abont retrenchment in
every branch of the administration
We reduced the appropriations mill
ions of dollars, and the republican
Senate refused 10 agree and they are
responsible for the heavy outlay;' or
should the Senate concur, they will
say, five told you that the admins.
tratiop was being run at an expense
which was unnecessary; that millions
were thrown away or STOLEN, and the
republican Senate has admitted the
truth of what we said by agreeing to
the reductions we have made" One
of these will be the tune to which
their organs are set for the campaign,
and they cannot determine which until
the Senate scts upon the appropriation
bills. a .ir.
.lrEs .iaf CANDIDATES.
Who will be the Republican candi-
dates for President and Vice. Presi.
dent is now the question of the hour.
There is an embarrassment Of riches
there are so many good men to choose
from, and the friends of the various
prominent men are urging in every le-
gitimate way the selection of their fa-
vorites. Blaine seems to have the in
side track, though Conkling, Morton,
Hays, Bristow. ard Washburne all
have ardent par;izans. Many of the
New York papers are pressing for a
delegation from that State pledged to
Conkling, but Ex-Governor Morgan
has some friends who will not have
his name over looked, while Secretary
Fish and Ex-Governor Dix each have
a following. New England will be
almost entirely for Blaine, and it is
said some of the western States will
send delegates pledged for him, if
some acceptable western man is placed
on the ticket for the second place.
General Sherman has followed the
lead of his brother, the Senator, and
bas written letter IN favor of Cover
nor Hays, in which he emphatically
declines the honor for himself Nor.
ton will be supported by most of the
southern delegates, but the fact that
but few of these States can select re-
publican electors will. weaken their
influence.
THE DEMOCRATIC COUNCILS
are hopelessly divided. 1t is we'll un-
derstood that New York is hopelessly
lost, unless the platform and candi.
date are both openly pronounced in
favor of specie resnmption-Connecti-
cat and New Hampshire being in the
same category. Ohio and Indiana
cannot be carried democratic on any
such platform, or for any specie demo-
crat, and it is believed several Of the
leaders, and leading papers in both
States, would bolt such nomination
and declaration of principles.
ANOTHER ELEMENT OF DIscoRD
is the impudent demands of the ex.
confederates. They say we are ex-
pected to furnish most Of the votes to
elect oar candidates, and ace propose
to have something TO say about the
platform, and who goes upon it. In
vain do Kerr and Randall, and the
smoothed tongued Cox, urge modera-
tion upon their southern brethren,
and tell them, "let us run the cam,
paign, lel Us make the platform and
select the men, help US to elect them,
and as soon as that is done you shall
have all you ask for" This does not
satisfy the brigadiars in Congress I;
they must have pledges to which they
can refer, as part of the party policy.
THE RESULT