Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-31

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OesegAteen % Regarded.
special Telegram to he Intsr-ocean.
WAsHlNaTcN, Oct. 25-Nr. Eysrts
wiil nave TO make tho very best use
OF all the tact he possosses 10 ret the
administration out Of the scrape he
has got 1t into with the Penneylv ania
delegation. TWAS diplomatic move
of his to secure TO the support 81 IL,
President one Senator and eleven
Congressmen, including the all-pow-
erful Cameron clan, by holding ont
the English mission % 3 temptation,
but 1t will require additional diplo-
macy to heal the breach before the
Pennsylvania election. There sp-
pears to be NO creditable way for the
President to evadc the appointment
Of Simon Cameron TO the English
mission, and the appointment OF any
other man, as matters have develop
cd, would be looked upon - an In
suit by the entire State Of Pennsyl-
vania, leaving ex-senator Cameron's
qualifications all out Of sight. II ie
denied 1t the White House or at the
State Department that the promise
was made to
APPOINT ANY PERSON THE PENNsLvAN-
IA DELEGATION sHcULD NAME.
No conditions or reservations were
stated, but the Congressmsn had carte
blanche. Senator Don Cameron'l
statement Of the matter 10 that 6ecre.
tary Evarts sent for him, and inform.
ing him that the President had deter.
mined 70 tender the British mission
TO Pennsylvania, asked Cameron "a
name tho man. Mr.. Cameron said be
would not assume the responsibility
Of nominating Minister to England,
but would consult with the Republi.
can members Of the HOUSE,, and Fepor,
the result Of the conference to the Sec
retray, Il being understood that any
one upon whom the delegation should
unite would be nominated. Accord
ingly the conference was called BY
Mr.. Cameron, and Mr.. Evarts' com.
munication % to the purpose of the
President to appoint . Pennsylvania
was made known. After Mr.. Came
ron's statement, Harry White nomi
mated Simon Cameron in q brio
speech, tho nomination receiving TIL
formal approval OF all those preson
Immediately after this action Of thu
conference, and not yesterday, % re-
ported, Senator Cameron and Judgl
Kelly, who presided at the conference
waited upon Mr.. Evarts ct his resi-
dence and made him acquainted will
the fact that Simon Cameron had beer
unanimously selected by the delega
ton.
MR.. EvARTs COULD NOT CONCEAL HI
SURPRISE AND CHAGRIN
1t the result, anu, without raising hi
eyes from the floor, asked Senator
Cameron how his father would 70
gard this action. To this the Senate
replied that he could not answer
since he had NO communication what
ever with his father upon the subject
He further informed Mr.. EvArts tina
the action OF the delegation, while
was very gratifying, was . grcs
surprise to him. Mr.. Evarts thel
said: 81 will report your selection {,
the President" Az Senator Camercl
and Judge Kelly rose to leave, tn
Senator said: II wish you would 81
SO report to the PRECEDENT that Penn
sylvania has not sought this appoint
ment, and that this selection We
made by the delegation because 20,
invited us to make selection. 70,
know I told you would lay the mat
ter before them in accordance will
your suggestion, and bring to 20,
the name Of the gentleman upol
whom they united" To that Mr.. Ev
arts responded, "That 10 co." and tn
interview closed. The AFFAIR, 0
course, makes . great sensation here
and 10 the matter Of discussion In th
mansion Of the Cabinet officer and 4
the boarding house of tho department
clerk, and Il 10 the general opinio
that this mistake win do the admins
tration moro harm than anything al
most that could possibly occur.
very prominent 6enator to-day re
marked: "If the President mad
such promise, he has got to fulfil
Il. He must nominate Simon Gamer
ON or nobody"
A gentleman who claims to be Il
the confidence Of Secretary Evart
said to-day that Illinois would b
honored with the selection.