The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-05-03
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE,
w AsH1NGToN,
April 81, 1861

ARlll HA3 AOSVs)
EDITOR DEMocRAr-
There is one thing which we desire
to see impressed upon the Democrats
throughout the Union, and upon
which all should be united as a SINE
qua non to party success in the Pres
idential campaign. There should be
no question of preferences in the
matter. All local interests, all sec
tioual differences, must be overlook
ed, in order to accomplish the general
good, aud to secure our ascendancy
for the next four years.
There are hundreds Of able men in
the Democratic party who possess all
the elements necessary to make
good President, and yet we never
hear their names mentioned in that
connection. The simple reason is to
be found in the fact that these men,
while personally unobjectionable, and
many Of them extremely popular, are
not, in the present state of affairs,
available candidates. Again, there
are quite number who may be call
cd. in certain sense. available: vet
there are States which it is doubtful
that they can carry. In looking over
the political field, it must strike even
the casual observer that all signs
now point with unerring certainty to
three States as the key to the next
Presidential election. These States
are New York, New Jersey and Con-
necticut. The people throughout
the country can, by attention to the
existing status of partiea, and the
combinations which it is necessary to
defeat, readily discover the propriety
Of this proposition. This trinity of
States must be ours, and delegates to
St. Louis will not properly perform
their duty unless they take the i'm
portance of this matter into serious
consideration. Our candidate must,
of necessity, be man Of pure char
acter, unassailable political record,
and committed beyond question to
reform. No other man can stand any
chance Of election, and all past expe-
rience exempli6es the fact that if
such a man can secure the electoral
votes of the three States named, he
can beat Morton and the bloody shirt;
Blaine, and all the bitterness of the
amnesty question; and Conkling,
with the whole power of the admins
tration behind him.
THE YOUNG SOUTH
is ably represented in the House this
session. On the floor, in the Com
mittee room, and in private circles,
you hear as many progressive ideas,
as fervent aspirations for honest gov.
eminent, and economy in the admin
istration of public affairs, as strong
expressions of pride in and love for
the whole country-thc Nation
from Southern members, as FROM
Those of the North. Among the most
able, industrious and patriotic men,
bcrs of the Forty fourth Congress is
Hon. H. d. Money, whom the people
of the Third Congressional District
of Mississippi have wisely sent here
to represent them. Mr.. Money is q
finely educated young man. After
leaving the University of Mississippi
he became lawyer; but, afterwards,
adopted journalism; and is now, be-
lieve, President of the Press Associ.
alton of Mississippi. A close think
er, clear and pointed writer, and an
effective speaker, he has acquired 9
large aud merited influence with the
Congressional magnates of the Dem
ocratic party. His late speech OF
the Hawaiian treaty is, of itself, evi
dence enough of his right to the pc
sition which he holds, as one of tn.
leaders ofthe Democracy.
MORE ABOUT GRANTS BOSOM FRIENDS
A NEW NINE EXPLODED.
The testimony taken before tn,
House District Committee, in the in
vestigation Of the Board of Health
shows a state of affairs that is any
thing but complimentary to the hon
esty of Drs. Cox and Bliss, who s'run'
that institution. The committee me
in secret session, but it is know
that J. G. Bradley, one Of the origi
) nal bidders for removing night sol
!, testified that, in 1873, he was pal
$4,000 by the Odorless, Excavatin
Company, to withdraw his bid, whicl
was considerably lower than thei
own; that, to his personal knowledg,
Drs. G.. C. Cox and D. w. Bliss, G
the Board of Health, received $40