Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1876-06-10
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
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May 30, 1876. }

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May 80, 1876.
HON IT WILL BE DONE At CINCINNATI.
A newspaper friend of "Our JIM
as he is Familiarity styled by his
admirers here, who is going TO Gin
cinnali, gave me an insight into the
manner in which his favoritc IL to be
nominated. 9" In the first place" said
he, we will probably he strong
enough to control the organization Of
the Convention in other words, we
intend 10 elect a Blaine man as Chair
man of the Convention. I'm the course
of his speech at the opening Of the
Convention, he will, of course, make
an innocent allusion to the different
candidates, naming Blaine first. Then
the fun will begin. We will immo-
diately set mp the cry of Blaine !.
Blaine Blaine" Cheers will be
given by his friends, and the tumult
and cries for Blaine will last ten or
fifteen minutes. This will be done To
get up Il popular furorc for our candi-
date, and TO influence the vot, of
wavering candidates These demon
STATIONS will be kept up during the
first day of the Convention, and after
the latter adjourns, BIainc'S friends
will go to work among the delegates,
aud, by the next day, will have
secured enough votes to noSinate him
on the second, and possib,yS2n the
very first, ballot" In other words,
Blaine will have small army of ella
qucrs in the Convention who will
endcavor to secure bis nomination,
willy nlly. But, as Robbie Burns
says, THE best laid plans of mice
and men aft gang agec."
THE ST. LOUIS NOMINATION.
Among the many reasons why the
Democratic party may look forward
to success in this campaign is the
feeling cscol.ilc1cc AID determination
everywhere manifested, both by the
press and by individuals. The usual
show of opposition to this or that
nomination is heard, as a matter of
course but no member of the Demo
cratic party has been found willing to
put himself on record as dcclarin .
that he would not support the nomi-
nee of the 81. Louis Convention. 1t
may be assumed as a fixed fact, that
every true Democrat will vote the
Democratic ticket in the coming clcc-
ton. Local opposition, from personal
and other reasons, will be no weight
in the Convention, because after the
nomination is made, all such OppOsi-
ton will cease Even in Ohio, where
bitter fight has bcen carried on
between two wings of the party, the
friends of Senator Thurman are
pledged to the support Of Gov. Allen,
should he be the nominee at st. Louis.
The question for the Convention will
not be therefore /; "Who can poll the
full party VOTE" it will be: Who
can draw the largest vote from the
opposition ~ The address of the
Democratic National Executive Com
mittee invites those Republicans who
are dissatisfied with their own party,
to join the Democratic party in elect
ing Il President. The issue will be
Administrative Reform and it will
become duty of the Convention,
while n9minaing a true Democrat
for President, to see TO it that he is
the man who can draw the largest
support from the enemy, on that issue.
That the ST. Louis Convention will
he endorsed by the party, in every
section, without question or bubble,
is an absolute Ger ainty. These cy-
prcSsiOns ,f confidence | base on tic
"ninion of leading Democrats, with
whom | have talked, from every Sec
ton of the country. In reference to
local opposition, it should | c borne in
mind that the talk about Governor
Tildeh, in New York, comes from the
same men who have opposed him
steadily for the past FIVE years. When
he was nominated for Governor, they
predicted his defeat by 10000 to So
OOO votes, and he was elected by over
$4,000 majority. The same men
asserted, before the Utica Convention
met, that Governor TilGen would no,
be the choice of that Convention.
He was its choice by unanimous
vote. 1t is not strange that few
discontinued politicians, and personal
enemies, have been unable to effect
anything against the man who has
driven corrupt men from Office, riH-
OFT regard To party. and who has
saved the people OF his State nearly
$4,000, 900 in taxes in less that fifteen
months. With such a record as that,
no opposition could defeat Governor
Tilden in New York, and no Republi-
can can be named who can stand
against him.
TIE PRESIDENTS SALARY.
The Senate seems determined to
gain credit for some little desire for
retrenchment. Its Committee on
Civil Service has reported back the
bill reducing the Presidents salary
to S25 600, together with The Presi-
dents veto, with the recommendation
that the bill pass over the veto. 1t
would be pity if this measure failed