The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-04-25
Washington Notes and Gossip.

III
Correspondence Chicago Tribune. asaa sS
All the indications here arc that the
President is to encounter serious oppose
ton to his Southern policy. Already the
coming Congress casts its dark shadow be-
fore il, and, busy as the devil has always
been in Washington, there is a da4 gerous
chance that he may rcdouble his 4ctivity
in the hot days, of Washington mid
summer. The letter of Senator Blaine
this morning is regarded as another no.
tice from him of stormy times to dome in
Washington. Ben. Wade has written q
letter in which he is represented tp have
arraigned the President and his policy
with his quaint and vigorous bitter ness Of
speech. Martin I. Townsend is also said
to have prepared a letter in opposition to
the Presidents policy, and Judge Taft is
also reported to have reduced to writing
some conversations with Hayes at Column
bus, in which Taftsc claims Hayes opposed
his present Southern policy.
The President himself is undisturbed.
He has been warned of the threatened op-
position, but maintains his remarkable
equipoise. He only says that he is conf
dent that his policy is for the best inter-
ests of the country, and he will abide by
it. .ssss. ess.qg.ss a2,qgs. +
However certain it may be that there
will be opposition to his policy, it IS even
more certain that the President will per-
NIT nothing to swerve him from his pur-
pose.
Correspondence St. Louis Republican.
"A very strong movement has, within
the last twenty-four hours, been set on
foot to have Hayes disband the arm and
do without a special session of Congress-
Sectary Schurz is said to be in favor Of
the plan. The President has not yet
decided in the matter, and it is doubtful
if he will consent to the plan.
From very good sources the informa-
ton has been accommodating for the past
week that about the first of June the
work of the indicating the Bristow Of
ticals turned out by Grant would begin,
by their appointment to the same or as
the day, because by that time Grant will
have left the country, and because Hayes
is anxious not to make any Important
appointment until Congress meets All
OF Bristow's friends are confident that he
is to succeed Davis on the supreme
bench. Bluford Wilson is to get good
place, probably district attornf for
this district, in which position he would
be able to uproot few of the District
rings, about whose workings he 5 we'll
informed. Ellis Washburn will be ap-
pointed chief of the secret servi4e and
numerous minor cases are to be looked
after.
A no small part of this general v ndica-
ton is to be the retirement Of hbcock
from the army. It is. known that army
officers have desired he should Be tried
by court-martial. Just before he left
Washington he sent from the botanical
gardens, which were under his control. a
large basket Of flowers to the wife of Gen.
Sherman. The flowers were returned
with a note saying that Maj. Babcock was
certainly mistaken, as he could not have
meant to have sent the flowers to Mrs.
Gen. Sherman. That his retirement from
the army is to be brought about by court
martial, or otherwise, there seems no
doubt. His old enemies VIII have fought
him in the courts are after him in the new
government. If this vindicaton is brought
about and the information 10 that effect
proves reliable and positive, it will sig
nifty that Hayes is a bigger NJ an than John
Sherman, inasmuch as that gentleman is
most relentless enemy of Bristow.