Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1877-01-13
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, d. c.,
Jan. 9th, 1877.

the Democrats of Washington are be-
levers in the Inauguration of Tilden,
and the meeting will be limited only by
the capacity Of the house. 1t will send
greetings of confidence and encourage
ment to all parts of the country.
Much importance is attached, 10y
some, to telegram alleged to have
been sent by Seo'y Chandler to Repub-
lican managers in Florida, South Caro-
lima and Louisiana, ordering that those
States be "returned" for Hayes and
Wheeler. The dispatch is said to have
been sent the day after the election. No
doubt Chandler was capable of sending
such dispatch, for did he not, on that
day, telegraph all ever the country that
uayes hnd carried Louisiana, though
he knew the Democrats had a majority
Of 5000? Aud was not that dispatch all
the order that Wells, Anderson and the
rest OF the returning board needed 81
do not believe in violence" said radi.
cal to 4 starving mob in Paris "by all
means refrain from violence; but yonder
is warehouse full of bread and you
are without loaf | do not believe
Chandler sent any palmer dispatch than
the one claiming Louisiana, for the rea-
son that no palmer one was needed.
Attention is again called to the SUI
preme Court, as an ultimate tribunal OF
all questions as TO the electoral vote, by
a reported statement OF Justice Field
that he believed Louisiana had gone
! Democratic. Chief Justice Waite has
I denied the use of the words some time
! ago attributed 10 him on the same sub
I iect, that events indicate the proper
| inauguration of Tilden, but his denial
| extended only to the use of the words.
lie does not deny having expressed the
belief implied in those words.
! No improper use Of money in the Or
egor case has been shown, though Sen
ator Morton expected to show pretty
| close financial connection between Gov.
| Tildens immediate friends in New York
and Gov. Growers in Oregon. 1t is ev-
/ dent that his attempt to do so will re-
suit in failure. The leading American
! writer on international law, William
I Beach Lawrence, has just sent 10 Sena-
tor Kcrnon his opinion that Gov. Gro
/ yer acted in strict accordance with law
/ in giving a certificate to Cronin as an
clector from Oregon. This opinion
will be brought out before the Senate
in debate.
BEYOND debate, little of Importance
took place in the Senate or House last
week. 1t is said that the Senate will,
at an early day, take up and pass the
House bill giving pension Of SIS per
month to all soldiers of the Mexican
war and the Black Hawk and Florida
wars. The expense would not, it is
found, be very great and the money
would BE- much more generally dlstrlb-
uted through the country than the Pen
sion money now paid.
No report yet comes from either the
! House or Senate committees on count
iny the electoral vote, and confidence is
| felt that the delay is favorable TO al:i-
mate harmony.
In the new Police Board of the city,
Just appointed, Fred Douglass has a
place. He says he will accept it. The
President has heretofore appointed
! Douglass to a like unimportant office,
which, also, he accepted. 1t has been
understood that nothing but Douglass
regard for President Grant, which is
strong, has kept the venerable negro in
the Republican ranks for the last few
years. He wanted TO go when Sumner
went. The silent man at the White
House should reward such devotion as
/ this with something more than pct
I " local office. Fred Douglass is a
mach better educated man than Sec
rotary Chandler, ard of UNNECESSARILY
superior moral character He is also a
better speaker and has done more to
keep his race in the Republican party
than any other man. But President
Grants civil appointments are mystic
~, always.
For some reason the friends of Gov
Hayes are industriously circulating a
report that, if inauguratcd, he will re-
tain Secretaries Fish, Taft and Morrill,.
/ Whether this promise is made to secure
the support Of these gentlemeu's friends
or is sent ont as an indirect notice to
BristOw that he cannot be made Secre-
tary of the Treasury, is not known.
RENO.