The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1877-01-06
Letter from Washington.

WASHINGTON, ID. u, Jan. I'd, 1877.
"The Oldest inhabitant" opened his eyes upon a
novel scene this m0rning-one not seen oftener
than once in decade here and which, in connec-
ton with the many days of excellent sleghing
vouchsafed us during the last month of the Cen
tennial year, will render the present season men,
orable one in the calendar of the dead years
pleasantly to the well-to-do devotee of outdoor
winter sports and pastimes, but recalled with all
the bitterness of acute suffering by the hundreds
of destitute in our midst. New Years day cover
cd our icy streets and avenues with liberal twelve
inches of the truly "beautiful snow" Every tree,
fence and projection was covered this morning, an
inexhaustible subject of discourse to the hundreds
of school children who played hide-and-seek and
other frOlicsome games in the drifts, on their way
to school; and its coming appeared quite as ex
hilerating to the aged who appeared with shovels,
and set to with will to clear the pavements in
curing thereby the ill-wil of the army of Anglo
African shovelers who regard snow fall as a
special dspensation of Providence for their good,
and hold the most contemptuous opinion of the
party who so demeans himself as to clean the snow
from his own premises.
With the e-assembling of Congress the lull in
political affairs has come to end, and from in
dications this morning it would appear that the
blatant, bullying element of the Democratic House
has taken the bit in its teeth and is determined to
rule or ruin and the country will very soon learn
what manner of patriot and feformer Mr.. Tilden
really is through his special champions in Con-
gress-whether the low estimate of the hundreds
of Democrats and Democratic papers which fought
him before the st. Louis convention was correct or
otherwise. The outlook for speedy settlement Is
not regarded re-assuring. So far as manifested
the inspiration drawn from the great Reformer by
those who have employed the recess in a pilgrim
age to New York seems to be in favor Of Tilden or
| anarchy.
The President has again exasperated the Bour-
snff hIa
with member of the Associated Press, in which
he stated his views in a very concise way, re-en-
| forcing his position by an array of facts, very
convincing to those open to conviction, and alto
gether unanswerable to those WHO pirate loudest of
| Tilden's great popular majority. Relative to
South Carolina he said that one now appeared
to dispute that the State had been fairly carried
for Hayes; that so far as Edgefield was concerned
| he believed it was Justly excluded as armed bands
of non-residents took possession of the polls posted
pickets, voted as often as they pleased, allowing
every one else sympathizing with them to do the
| same so that the returns showed about twice as
| many votes as there were voters in the county
| Referring to Florida he said that Tilden could
only be shown to have carried the State by count
| ing for him the votes Of q county in which there
| had been no registration nor other legal measures
taken to hold an election; and that under the laws
of the State the Board of Canvassers could not dc
| otherwise than reject its vote. He regarded the
|
final from all the evidence he had been able to OBJ
| tain. Speaking generally he did not regard the
late election as fair one in any of the States OF
| the South except Delaware, perhaps; that fair
free election in Maryland would have elected three
Republican members of Congress, according to the
best information he had received that there is in
fact, Republican majority of thirty five thousand
| in Mississippi, while there is returned q Demo
cratic majority of fifty eight thousand; that in
| Alabama and Arkansas there is likewise q legiti-
mate Republican maj Ority. He gave it as his
| opinion that not of the Republican State gov
| ernments in the South could stand twenty-fo
hours in Tilden is declared elected, and thai
the Democratic contestants for State offices IL
South Carolina and Louisiana would probably hold
out till the result of the national contest shall have
been declared, quietly dsbanding in case of Gov
| Hayes election. The President does not appear
to entertain very eXtravagant estimate of Wade
Hampton's chivalry. He gave it as his opinion
that the Presidential succession would not be set
tied by the 4th of March; and though he ceased
to be President from that date, members of The
| Cabinet Except the Postmaster General would
hold over until the qualification of their severa
successors, and that the President of the Senate
| as acting President, would not be embarrassed il
continuing the government. In conclusion he
said that he could find nothing warranting him in
calling an extra session of the House after the
piration of his term of office; but that it would be
competent lOr INC dcJnS ITeslVeuI W w oo, oouiu
it be deemed necessary. Of course the President
frank expression of his views attracts much atten
tion as everything coming from him does; and
while many dissent, there is growing impression
tlat arr Ia prise of the Presidency IS %
probable. Many are coming to view new cleo
ton as the shortest way out Of our present Difficult
| ties.
Although it was prophesed that the present
season was to be exceptionally gay, present indi
cations all point to the other extreme Every
thing is very quiet and preparations for the usua
designations have not been made on the magnif
cent scale of past winters; and the number of Wis
itors who have thus far appeared is in marked
contrast with the army that usually fills, not only
the hotels but the private boarding houses which
are unoccupied this winter. "RoOms to et' stare
at you from every third house throughout the city
Even the New Year receptions lacked the spirit o
other times, although the severe character of thu
storm which prevailed all day partially accounted
for the failure in that particular case. RIP