The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-03-28
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Senators ana Representative Lin.
ger-The NebulOstfy OF the FUTURE
The Southern Question. Etc.

Ger-The NebuIosisy of the Future
The Southern Question. Etc.
From our regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON. March %.
Although week has elapsed since the
adjournment of the senate. many sena-
tors and members OF the house remain in
Washington. and there lie reason to be-
lieve that interest in the political sitna-
ton will be prolonged far into the sum
mer. It is difficult, jus. now, TO tell
whether the struggle Tor political supre-
macy in the Forty-tifth congress, the eff
fort to recuscitate the old Wing party.
the civil service departure, or the South
ern question, is the more entertaining or
aggravating, as the case may be. to polit-
ical partisaRs or philosophers. But these
questions are enterdepenent, conglome-
rated, and the future is nebulous, charged
with surprises. The Democrats who
have been doubtful OF their ability
to control the organization OF
the next house are now more
confident. since Packard's oestinacy en-
barrasses the presidents Southern policy,
and has tendency though suspicious TO
keep the democratic phalanx intact.
Messrs. Wood and Randall are here look
ing after their respective interests. and
genial Sunset Cox is ''touung" through
the sunny congeDiaI south OIL the same
unss.tish mission. But lis by no means
certain that the naxt speaker will be .
democrat. or that the result will be de-
pendent merely upon the de,OneH<n' in
| Louisiana. The effort to make the Wing
party..a factor in politics is formidable,
and some democrats cay. porteniious.
Political parties may be held together
by great hops or great perils but IN pl-
piss times Of peace they are permesble
by the dew Of patronage. II the repGb-
leans shall decide that they cannot elect
ss speaker one OF the straitest Of the sect,
they will try, At any rate, 10 defeat the
democrats by combining upon some
southern man who il is hoped will De
able 70 draw sufficient number OF votes
from his own party, TO defeat with their
powerful help the democratic nominee.
Again, there are those who treat a. q
Qmxotism the idea Of galyanizing the
Wing party. and ask if there are dolts
stupid enough 10 believe that political
parties issue Minerva like from tie brain
Of presidents and cabinets, instead OF
through dim throes Of birth and
struggle. of infan y from the people.
The determination Of majority OF the
cabinet to recommend sending CON-
mission to Louisiana, 10 remain and II.
port upon the condition OF affairs in that
state has been anticipated since the cabi-
net meeting on Wednesday. Ii was
such bitter disappointment to Southern
Democrats who had hoped TOR the with
drawal of the troops upon the inasgura-
ton of President Hayes, that their mer-
curial temperaments fell at once, and the
southern policy Of the president that had
been lauded to the skies was denounced
TO the opposite locality. Since President
Hayes has been inaugurated he has lis
tened to the intermlnable eloqueuce and
argument OF delegations from the dually
but not duly governed states. He has
listened with The patience Of judge, and
Of Job TO both sides; bur, in no single
instance, il is believed, has he indicated
just what he proposed TO do. Notwith-
standing this, a great majority OF the
Nichols and Hampton men have INDUCED
in the illusions OF hope, and reports have
been extensively circulated that the
troops would certainly be Withdrawn.
and:that the Chamberlain and Packard
governments, unsupported by bayonets,
would tumble. OF cour:e the
: Democrats are very angry and
respondent oyer the appoint
ment Of commission. 81. &. Butler
elected to the senate by the Hampton
a legislature, telegraphed to Wade Hamp-
ton "There is no hope for our state.
. 1t is the second edition Of T." Hamp-
7 ton replied asking If it would be advisa-
bic Tor him to come here in person, but
. he was advised to remain in Columbia
/. and look out tor that end OF the line
: Ii is the intention OF the President to
. start the commission forthwith and /,
will most probably be Oh its way TO
Louisiana in forty.eight hours. 1t is
: not definitely known who will compose
the commission, but, it is understood
that they have been selected to incluce
representatives OF each phase Of opinion,
and ii is believed that the President,
Evarts, Sherman, and .Schurz, have each
nominated . member OF the commission.
II WIS distinctly understood in the
Cabinet. aud SO expressed, tina, no in
I curry should be made Into the votes
cast or the votes counted. The commits
sion is not to determine de j1'e title;
Hto Scertsin de taeso holding, to
a. acertain which government Is the better
g established and the better supported,
y and report the facts as they find them.