The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-11-04

EBBtTr House.
| washington. October "a. 1s7T. 4
| II begins to look
| sQUALLY FOR sCHuRz
| Ever since the Ohio election the d;s,,s;t;a,
Of the beaten Radicals TO locate reliab o saan.,-
goat has been ceBtering upon him. and tbis
gathering cloud Of wrath has at last reached
the proportions OF storm. That Eehurz cam
not long stand the racket is evident. That he
STANDS II from day to day is due ra her to the
lack OF an immed diate, tangible pretext for bia
removal than to any wish of the President Ii,
| retain him in the Cabinet
| THE CONFERENCE AT JOHN sHEHNAN's tyot1sn
ten davs ago, Of which in imation was tele-
graphed you week ago Saturday night. had ts
origin In the ant Schurz feeling, and. wbile
! purporttng to be meeting Of Republicans tn
| DISCUSS the s1tuAtion. was ac ua'ly a eonelaye
OF the personal friends Of John to devise wars
aud means OF bouncing the impassible Dutch
man.
Sherman is said to have assured the President
| that he was not responsible for the atberino Mt
| his house. tnasmueh as 1t was surprise pnrty
to him. But in this statement Johns customary
disingenuousness crops out He did not in
deed lie to the President out of whole cloth. bnt
he did omit to state fact Of great imp portancs
in correct estimate of his RESPONSIBILITIES
| This fact Is. to wit:
| One day Sherman met Chales Foster and
said to him. Foster why don't you ali get tn
gether and discuss the 81 uation that's the on-
| ly way to oyerruls differences and produee bar.
mouy"
Thereupon Foster. who is quick at taking d
| hint. issued invitations to the select purity
| which met at Shermnn's house and If am nnt
very much mistaken, the invitations were
worded. Secretary Sherman will be glad ts,
soc rs at his residence, 1929 X street. ."fete. 60
1 you see how much of o surprise party IL was
| Since that festive OCCASION | have observed
that all the lesser mouth pieces and small
strikers for John Sherman. o. which Washing
ton is always full, have been unanimous in de-
| precstion of
THE 1MPRACTICAB1IITY OF sCHuRz IN Politics
and Of his "inaDtitude for thedry details OF ad-
mnistrative Office" To the initiated observer
these signs portend that John wants to get
sehurz out of the Cabinet. There has been n
disposition la certain Republican quarters to
mold John as theseapegoat for the Ohio disaster
d, and hence 1 ! infer That these late operations
against schnrz ~ aI are IN the nature q flank
must be thrown overheard and s4ve' the baeon
OF John: ), Somebody must be sacrificed to The
| cations points to 9nhurz as the victim
| Some days ago was c0nvsrsiBg with n promi-
heht I1hols Democrat who is intimate with
| JDDtiB DAVIS
| He told me some rather interesting thinos
which. though they belong to history have 4
certain bearing upon important matters uoy
he said that Judge Davis would have done
precisely what Bradley did 'o
| HAD HE BEEN CHOSEN TO THE ELECTORAL coN-
MISSION.
The judge said niv informant "held in bis
private Conversations at hat time. that the com
| mission gould not inquire beyond the Drimn
tac'e certiiicates without completely subvsrting
the e9bnsit2tiona b rights OF the States that
Wnlie ne belleved that the votes as they came,
out OF the bal lot box elected the Tjden electors
Seyend sas 1ah ae9hson yet the 9nly q e
eonsttqtionally or legally take cognizanee Of.
had certified otherwise; that if fraud had beer.
committed cor th OF which there was no doubt 1t was
courts and Jnries. to find II out and punish IT,.
Sns amas congress or com MISSION created by
10 Investigate alleged crimes against the law of
| any State.
1T was competent for either house Of Con
gress to inquire into the facts touching the eiec-
tlon OF any one claiming t, have credentials to
that ,e eiteci, because every Legislative body was
ie s own Ggnsn5onal Jpdgs 5 OF the Of
the States according to tn nir own methods and
congress was not the Judge of their quaii6ca-
me Wh9le matter was In he hands of the peo-
pie OF the State who were supposed. bv the
ssplrit Spit OF the constitution to be capable Of en-
ana preferences in oil matters pertaining 10 the
Federal government This rule, the Judge said
was the only protection guaranteed TO fhs local
autonomy OF the States, and like all other GOOD
rules, it worked both ways-that Is to saw. II
prevented Congress from interfering either to
WORK wrong from the outside or to redress
one proceeding from within the State, provided
aiWhys hg shat & the latter wrong was accomplished
wIIhout Such armed violence as would come
99uusr me constitutional provision relating to
domestic insurrection" y
,osnf ap9 e this exoositon it Is easy to draw argu
VTftDR1TT9
BOARD CASES.
The sole remedy Is in the hands OF the peopja
o. Louisiana" who are ''supposed to be- eapable
views and preferences. etc. That would YOU SEEM SEEM
20 cover the case Of the Returning Board. /
presume Judge Davis friend correctly stated
bOrtance
The suggestion Of
SIMON CAMERON
~ the Pennsylvania delegation for the Enoltsb
that has been thrown into the hd-
ninistration camp since the war began. There
,5 tor one w1Fh VI ha g fng and spgeria and
T over the ramparts for fear it will go off and
The Penusylvania delegation is in dead ear
lex NJ persuasion or thrsat can induce them
0 ! %Witndraw .t the explosive, recommendation,
mo mo TIE Adminstration T. having what old 81
:. The matter has not been alluded to in regu-
ar Cabinet meeting, as 1 am informed, but 1t
il the Sessions Of the kitchen Cabieet. b Mean. q.
vhile speculation is rife and bets are even One
ide bets that the appointment will be sent 70
ne senate and immediately confirmed by the
olld Republican sote just ON the eve Of the
,ennsyluania election. so as TO enfhuse the
,ammeronian faction without giving the other
ets that me whole matter will he held In abey-
nee until after the election so aa to inspire the
ope5 OF the Cameronians without shocking the
elicate sensibities of the other crowd For
De life OF me can't tell which way to bet.
There is some feeling in the delegation on
la subject of
HE CHAIRMANSHIp OF THE LEvEE COMMITTEE,
hich the friends of Ellis think should be given
} him, ami which Gibs ms friends think should
= allotted to him. But do not suppose it will
YER amount TO anything more than q discussion