The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-02-07
A LOSING HORSE.
THAT'S THE KIND OF AN ANIMAL
MORTON Is.

THAT'S THE KIND OF AN ANIMAL
MORTON is.
PRESIDENTIAL INTRIGUE VACCINATIONS
OF THE BRIsTow JEWELL FORCES IN THE
soUTH-THE TREASURY AND PosroFFIcR
TICKET.
The Washington correspondent contrib
utes the -1bjoined to the New York Herald
of Wednesday, and the Sentinel submits the
same for the edihcation of the friends Of
Senator Morton: The following extracts
from private letter, written by promi-
nent Georgia republican, have been handed
to the Herald by parties in this city inter-
ested in pushing the claims of an aspirant to
presidential honors having much to fear
from the use of federal official positions in
the manner and on behalf OF the parties
below described. The value of the CON-
municstion, however, lies outside of the
mere interests of contendipg factions
and shows the reality of the danger 10
which the people are exposed by the use to
which federal patronage can be put in push
ing the claims of candidates "by ordern
from Washington, or the other headquarters
of daring intrigueis. The letter is dated
Atlanta, in the last days of January. The
extracts are as follows: "You needn't be
afraid that Grant Is going to carry this state
or the solid South In the national convention.
IL looked so while ago, aud there are sill
plenty of third termers, but Senator Nor
ton, of Indiana, is at work very busily In
some quarters. In Mississippi he has the
promise of Governor Ames's support, If ne
can, for his part, keep Ames at the head of
the party, and he has jealous friends and
agents in other states. You probably saw
the effect of their efforts in the way In which
the national committee was swayed the
other day in Washington.
BIJT EVEN MORTON Ia oNry A rosrNo uopsr,
If zeal and rertinacity and considerable op-
portunity can do anything, it begins to be
clear that the Bristow and Jewell ticket will
carry a considerable Southern force to the
convention-so considerable, indeed, that
the Southern third termers will make but
'moder te array. Marshal Packard, of Lou
isisns. the head of the Southern third term
movement, is an sdroit and able wire puller
aud he is working in every direction ana in
every way, and IL is said he is not sverse to
an alliance with the Morton forces consid-
erirg that Morton has no chance,and that he
may safely promise them bis aid IL they will
help him first. But the most notable pbe-
nomenon In our politics s-Dot only in Georgia,
but all through the Southern sta-es at prts-
ent-is the effJrt in progress to secure
delegates to the Republican National Con-
veDtion for the joint ticket of Bristow eud
Jewell. Whether these gentlemen are
cognizant of all that il going on, certain it
is that the subOrdiua ates in the treasury and
postofice departments are working for this
particular end. am old in my knowledge
of Southern politics, and 1 we'll remember
that Peter g. Washington, as early as
1853, when he was assistant secretary of
the treasury, began TO peregrinate and cal
culate for the nomination OF Mr.. Secretary
Guthrie as the democratic presidential can
didete In 1860. He was aided by all that the
L.,
Aaron V. Brown.
HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF.
Again Kentucky sspirsnt to the presi-
dency has the patronage of the treasury de-
psrtment in his hsnds-tenfold as great as
in Guthrie's dsy-snd again he has the
postoffice department as a corps de reserve,
and both departments are flung into the
contest in a way which Guthrie and Brown.
with their old fashioned democratic notions,
would never have permitted. Judging by
the general experience about here, no reve-
hue officer visits Washington in these days
from the Southern states without be-
ing interviewed. Instructions have
been given to all the internal revenue
officers of this state Isham s. Tanning,
collector of the Augusta district, boasts
quite openly, am told, that they O. g., reve-
nue. officers) have set this state for Bris.ow
work. Jewell's interests for the vice-presi-
deucy ars being carefully guarded by
Oh smberlsiD, the revenue supervisor OF this
district, comprising several states. 1t is
said that Jewell insisted on having some
one In the revenue department on whom he
could personally depend, snd so, by
SOME sHIFrINGs OF SUPERVISORS
last year, Chamberlain, formerly special
agent of the postoffice department, was sp-
pointed supervisor, and, gossip heresbout
says, for the special benefit ofthe postmaster
general first, and for the interests of the
revenue second. Bat the whoIe corps OF
postofice special agents in the South are
busy in their manipulation, and, with that
happy accord which should always charac-
terize the different departments of great
government, they are In absolute harmony
with the treasury agents. In all my political
| life, now long one, / have never known any
such attempt as is now being made to place
officials over the heads of the people and to
dictatr delegates to q nominating conven-
tion through the influence of executive Pc
tronsge. One little incident which was re-
lated TO me recently, however, has bad
significance. A gentlemsu from the South
happened in one of the Washington hotels
to express preference Tor Mr.. Bristow and
he was at once cordially seizsd by one II bis
hearers and iaken TO Mr.. Barnham, the
assistant secretary Of the trersury. he
latterward said that he understood Mr.
Burnhem, in his own vernaculsr, 70 be the
'Cheerman' OF the private AID confidential
i committee of>the treasury department. that
is running the Bristow machine"
It is reported that a company has been
forr,od ubaoa ohiaof fo IN huv mn the