The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-02-10
Our New York Letter.
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New YORK, February 3, 1877.

NEW YORK, February ), 1877.
EDITOR CHIEF:
The passage of the compromise elec-
toral bill, has soothed the timid souls
of the business men who had been
bull-dozed by fear of war. The
straight Republicans don't believe in
it, and never did, for they knew it
was trick of the Democratic spoils-
men, aud was contrived to make the
great demagogue President. 1t was
contrived, and carried out with dia-
bolic skill. Tilden had his local cop
! perhead press breathe war and gore
till he got the business interest shak-
ing in its shoes and then he appeared
with this proposition to arbitrate for
a place he never had shadow of a
claim to. 1t was eagerly accepted
and the little game was about to win,
when, presto, one of those sudden
changes which even Tilden can not
foresee, took place, and his kettle of
fish is upset. Tilden expected to have
a majority of the Supreme Court with
him. but the election of Davis to the
| Illinois Senate made that impossible,
and Bradley, good Republican and
an honest man, takes The place, Civ
ing the Republicans the majority of
the Commission. Now the Democ;a acy
are not so much in favor of it as they
were. When it was supposed that
Davis, a bitter partisan, was 10 be
the fifth judge, thus giving the Til
den;tes a majority in the Commission,
it was all pleasant. Bat now that the
majority on the Commission are Re-
publicans, it is quite another thing,
and the Sun and other rabid Demo-
cratic sheets are as extravagapt in
their denunciation of it as they were
in it's praise week ago. Tilden is rs
mad as a March hare about Davis,
and has asked him not to accept the
senatorial position to which he has
been elected, bat remain on the
bench. Bnt Mr.. Davis ia not stupid
enough TO forego lIie ambition to serve
Mr.. Tilden's, and 50 he politely de-
clined, and Bradley vas selected. This
ensures Hayes fair, legal treatment,
and that is all any Republican wants.
IF he is legally elected, be must be
inaugurated-if not, not. The Re-
publicans of the city are jubilant over
this result.
The position of Senator Conkling
of this State is unfavorably COM
mented on. 1t is not denied that he
felt very much aggrieved at the NOM
ination of Hayes. He retired from
public gaze after tue convention, and
did not emerge from his retirement
till after the struggle was ever. He
supported the compromise in q way
that was singular, to say the least,
for Republican, and his enemies in
the city assert that he is preparing for
a change of oase. It is cot supposed
that he will go over to the Democracy,
but It is expected that he, Davis, and
a dozen others who have had half
and half affiiliation with the Republi-
can party, will organize an indepen-
dent body, and be the Spanish flies
thereof. Conkling is soreheaded, and
is in the precise frame of mind to
make fool of himself, as greater men
than he have done. 1t ia pity that a.
man with the talents he possesses
could not be better balanced. He
has too good an opinion of himself.
There is a great deal of actual chart
ty in New York. Probably no city
does more for its poor in proportion to
its population and wealth, but mixed
up with it is an amount. of snobbery
and bosh, that is as disgusting as true
charity is delightful. The charity
ball, in aid of the Founding Asylum,
is regularly the event of the season,
and while it nets a very considerable
amount of money for a very deserving
object, the manner of it is enough to
turn Christians stomach. It is as
snobbish as any thing can we'll be. To
begin with, it is made exclusive, and
all the would-be fashionables must
needs have their names in all the pa
pers. The list of Lady Patronesses
has to appear in long columns, and
the cost of advertising them runs up
into the thousands, Now all this is