Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-07-05
Our Washington Letter

N''ecfat cerl'esPoa,leHceof Tic oRsrRvpn
w AsilINeroN, DC, June %, III
Fhe four OF five notable polit.
zeal movements OF the past
Week may be stated as follows:
lst: Tie Presidential order
prohibiting Interference by Fed
elsli oflice-holders, in the man
agcment of cauchses and con-
seEtions. With this, and as
illustrating the Presidents SIN
Seriiy, it should be mentioned
that Secretary McCrary of his
Cabinet, started on the same
Jay FOR Iowa, to manipulate the
Republican State Convention.
a further Illustration may be
found in the removal of the
collector at Baltimore and the
appointment in his place of the
most skilful Republican politi-
clan in Maryland. Great is
civil service reform.
2nd. The action of the New
Hampshire House of Represent
tatiycs, in tabling resolution
approving the Southern policy
and the reform professions of
tho Administration. This was
done by The full Republican
vote.
Bird. Yesterdays action of
The Republican State Conven-
ton of Iowa. The convention
seems, from Geographic re-
ports, 10 have treated Mr.. Hayes
in very much the same way
they would have treated Mr..
1'ilden, if the latter were Prcsi-
dent. the people out there
don't know Hayes as Repub-
lican. They believe in TIE par
~, not in him. He is the tail,
and is 10 BE- wagged, not the
dog that is to wag the tail.
To these things, all of them
significant, must be added the
New England trip of the Pres
ident aud members of Lis Cab
met. This is as purely po-
iitical affair as the others. Your
reahers will remember that your
correspondent has more than
once foreiold the elaborate re-
ception the President would
meet in the business and manu-
featuring cities on his North
crn trip. But the attentions
thus shown have not the actual
political significance that the
T. action Of representative Repub-
hcans of New Hampshire and
Iowa, noted above, possess.
Douglass, moving to probes
tined defeat in every New Eng
land State, in 1860, was wei
coined as generally and as osten-
tatiously in Boston, and Port
land, and Bangor, and elsewhere,
aus Hayes has been at the first
named place. No city controls
any State of New England, or
any of the other Northern Re-
publican States.
The Southern excursion of
the President is not definitely
arranged yet, but the proba-
hility is that it will take him to
New Orleans, at least, and that
at some time during the sum-
mer he will be the guest Of
NVashington's iI'ustrious bank
or, Mr.. Corcoran, at the Virgin
ia White Sulphur Springs. AT
this place will also assemble
many of the Democratic and
Administration politicians Of
the South and North.
A report from Texas that
Randall was sure of the dele
cation of that State i'll the
Speakership contest, has re-
Viyed the discussion Of that sub
iect. / sec no reason TO change
fine opinion previously ex-
pressed, that Randall has the
chances in his favor.
The last of our public schools
has closed for the summer, and
the progress, reported is very
gratifying. The system is ex-
pcnsiye here for various rea-
sons. Whenever the District
builds a school house it makes
tia too costly building. The
Franklin school-housc, for in
stance, though a model in APP
l,earance, is an extravaganza.
The interest ON its cost is some
thing over $13 per year for ev-
cry scholar it can accommodate.
The schools are made expen-
sive TO the taxpayers also, by
the large number of INDECENT
coloicd children who are taught.
An act of Congress requires
the school money TO be divided