The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-06-26
POLITICAL NOTES.

Inc iOt. Louis GfOOC~ rCV2OC|Ot
suggests Hendricks and Hampton
for 1880.
Representative Blackburn, Of Ken
tucky it is officially announced, has
not yet decided to run for tho speak
ership.
Mr.. u. Chandlcr's personal organ,
the Detroit Post, has followed that
profanc but illustrious patriot into
retirement.
Republican organs in South Caro-
lima, from circumstances beyond
our control,' are now suspcnding.
There is no more State patronage.
Mr.. Redfcld writes that tho Chic
Democrat doesn't know how re-
sumption can be reached, only he
''llnows it cannoE be reached by
contraction
President Hayes is represented as
having expressed himself us satisfied
with his title M jaWc. This, Of
course, is a very groat consolation in
the face Of the facts.
Stillwoll, the man who could not
get an Office because his wife was
Mrs. Hayes flvorjto cousin, has got
the Office for another man and got
the other man to appoint him a
The Springfield Pepub1ican wish
cs it conld believe that Mr.. TilIen
had killed himself politically and
buried tho Democratic party "by
his plaintivc speech ut the Manhattan
| Club.
David a. Wells told the President
the other day that ten per cent. Of
the lnborers Of the country were out
of employment, and that, unless the
administration shall soon manage to
bring about II different state of
things nearly everybody would go
into tho opposition"
The Democratic executive COM
mlttec of Mississippi metat Jackson,
on the goth to name q time for hold
ing the State Convention. Tho
CANVASS for the gubcrnatorial nomi 70
nation is very spirited one Gen-
eral Humphreys is the most promi
nent candidate.
When We SOC the statement made
that NIacVeigh and Butler are both
orthodox Republicans the conviction
is forced that Republican orthodoxy
is much more liberal and compro-
hensivc thing now than it has some
times been.
Col. James r. Paine, Of Georgia.
son Of Bishop Paine, Of the Methodist
Church South, brother in-law of
Senator Gordon, classmatc Of Scna-
tor Lamar, is going to make d fight
for the position OF scrgcant-nt. arms
of the House Of Representatives. II
the report that the Southern NOM
bcrs have concluded to demand this
this Office is trnc, Colonel Paine will
probably get it.
| A Washington telegram states
that Governor Iildcn's speech is
regarded at the Capital as ''indica-
ting Enthusiastically his purpose to
contest the title and the tenure OF
President Hayes if tho period
should ever arrive when such con-
test can be conducted on the broad
ground Of the merits Of the case
and decided outside Of any parti-
san or personal Influences
This is tho manner in which
PostEnastcr Gcnoral Key wrote tc
the Alabama postal agent who didn't
seem to know his business "You
were net appointed to organize and
build up an administration party in
your State or elsewhere. You were
appointed to do the work of the
, Post-officc Department. You serve
your party best by doing that work
and l. shall take great pleasure il
removing an agent and reducing the
force when [ discover that he ha.
tlmo to attend to party organization
and party discipline. We mus
havc no greater force than is ncccs
sary to do tho post-offico work.
The country will take off its hat t,
Mr.. Koy.
At tho late fire in Union, it i
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