The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-11-08
POLITICAL NOTES

Tho Reading Eagle likes Mr..
Ilidens speech 80 woll that it pro
poses to fright great wrong" by
running him for President in 1880.
If the President really wantod his
army appropriations for use in
October he should havo cellod for
the extra session early in tho spring.
The Indianapolis Journal, which
spoke for Senator Morton, said that
Kellogg and Eustis are entitled to
tho Louisiana seats in the Senate.
Mr.. Randalrs banking and cur
rency committee is said to be
seven -to~four aflair-sevcn for soft
money and four for hard-but tho
seven IL tho majority this time.
That was q lively bound for
Pennsylvania in one day from
Simon Cameron up to John Welsh.
Things do look better since we
come to look through the thorns
for the rosos.
Mr.. Cox's great literary attain
meots eminently fit him for the
chairmanship of tho library commit
tee of the House. Mr.. Randall
evidently wasn't joking when ho
made the appointment
There is general standing
around in Washington waiting for
somebody to knock Il chip off
somebody elsc's shoulder. There
are 81 good many who want to soc
the fun, but only a limited number
who care to participate in it.
Writ Skies, who is Consul at Car.
diff, very few people will remember,
is about to resign, and Il Washing
ton correspondent thinks cit is quite
probable Arthur L. Thomas, son of
Squire Thomas, of the Sixth ward,
Pittsburg, will bo his successor.
Mr.. Fulton, Of tho Baltimore
Ianerican, having failed so lisas-
trously in his attempt to give the
President reform mayor, is trying
to make the thing right by printing
beautiful acrostic verses to Mr..
Hayes, There are various methods
of reconciliation.
All the time that Deputy Collector
Anderson and Surveyor Wells, of
New Orleans. late of the Returning
Board, can spare from their official
duties they arc devoting to the
noble work Of preparing q defense
in tho case ag ainst them for for
gerry. They will both be arraigned
within q short time.
It's discovered that General
Harlan disscnted from the recon
struction policy of Congress more
than q decade ago, and for that
otfense his confirmation Us Supreme
Judge is opposed. When we 60
back one dozen years in Harlan's
case, why not go back another
dozen years and pitch Cameron,
Morton, Hamlin and all tho other
old Democrats outside the party
lines
At New Orleans it is now UNDER
stood that the contest for the COL
lectorship Of that port is narrowed
down to Packard and King, the
latter the incumbent. It is little
matter to the general public which
gets it it is looked upon as Re~
turning Board pcrquisite just now,
and Packurdsappoin wouldn't
improve the business, SO fnr as any
body can guess.
Civil service reform bnR had to
call another halt. It's in Massachu-
setts this time, where various Re
publican officials not only won't
pay to party expenses, but they
wont vote at al. This has called
ont seventecnth1y Of explanation Of
the civil service rulcS from Attorney
General Devens, who says that
public Office doesn't unfit mon to
vote 1T elections, especially If he
votes the admins tration tick ct.
WhRt noXt?
DOM Plat, finally rises to explain
tho Ohio election. He snys that Old
Hen Wade swore so torribly on
election day, that tho Western Re-
serve Republicans remained at home
to pray. In the meantime Halstcad
was burning the Republican candle
ut the other end Of the line by in