South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1877-02-02
Letter from Washington.
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W AsHiSGT0S, -. e.. Jan. 20. 1877.
The most popular fellow in this cisy
to-day ami the one most talked about
is undoubtedly Electoral Bill. "A pro-
4 phesied in my last the bill has this week
passed both Houses OF Congress- b n
vote of over two To one. and befors this
reaches you will have become . law
Unier i, the mem bers or tho Electoral
tribunal Will be elected ness Tuesday.
BY nearly all parties this measure is re-
caried as an unqnaiifsit yietosy or the
people ofthe country over the counting
! IN cOnspirators. II IL should succeed In
making fiiden the next President. so
much the better for the country and for
administrative reform, but whatever bc
the result. i: will NJ least provo tho ca.
Pacity OF the people for sch-govcrn-
meat.
| lnthe Senatorial elections which have
thus Tar taken place. The Democrats have
been the only gamers, the following
retiring Republican Senators having ali
been defeated by Democrats: CLAYTON.
Logan. Aleorn. Fre,ingbuysen, and
Hamilton. Shoa,d the two Senators 20
be admitted from Alabama, ard the sue.
eessor or Robertson OF South Carolina
be Democrats. and this will probably be,
she Senate, after March 4th. will stand
Republicans SO Democrats 81. The
same man can have doubt to-day az to
WHICH political party in this country ia
in the ascendcacy.
| The defeat OF one OF the Senators
meo,ione,i above retires forever from the
arena of public life one of the greatest
moontibaniSs that ever graced, or rather
disgraeed American politics. and the
/ question may now be asked with greater
| pertinence titan ever berore--Who will
mourn for Logan? Certain not Illinois.
/ Tic was the bowling dervish OF The Sen.
ate, and in his congressional life has
I probably murdered in cold bombast more
innocent parts OF speech than any other
/ incnber ever Known to that body. lie
/ now passes into an obscurity whore, let
MS hope. he will find no returning board.
As the one lament would phrase 1t, !
aui moved TO obitIate,
Nj snll is now cur Title Johnui..
I We can hear his ronr no-wh here
After nine ard thirty osl.un
lie gone up t!ie golden stair
Gone to meet Utoiaic B1utwen
/ But from general I,om5as. 10 general
corruption, otherwise General Belknap.
ihis latter gentleman. undoubtedly q
close observer ot the signs ofthe times.
/ ID evidently losing conf lencc in the
/ Inauguration Of Hayes. and has this
week demanded OF the District Court
al Immediate trial. IL is but faic 20
suppose that while brother in. law Sharpe
remains marshal an acGuital will be
/ given Belknap as WAS done for Babcock.
hnt should lie be concictei through any
failure OF the wires TO work, 2 presiden.
lial pardon Will be very necessary 10
/ bis happiness. After Tie 4.h Of March,
! THAT prerogaliyc will rest in other hands
titan Mr.. Grants. and hence this has
teUiDI.
! The committee on The powers AMI
privileges OF the House had 3 witness
be Gre them this week. one De Berry. q
telegraph operator from Tallahassee
( FlDriia. who succeeded most wonderful.
! y IL refreshing the defective memory
I vi Hon. Zach. Chandler in regard to dis
: patches sent South by that gentleman
during the political campaign. One
dispatch he gave rs from Chandler to
( StearRs read as follows: I'VE must
have Louisiana, South Carolina. and
+ Florida, Jg ftir means Or o,hervise." All
the surrounding circumstances appear 10
+ corroborate the testimony of De Berry
/ IN excellent opportunity is now given
. Hon 4. OF turning States evidence and
making clean breast of the whole af
/ fair, which excellent opportunity, il is
needless 10 s.ate, he will probably dc
cl no.
| senator Coubling's eight hour speech
on the Electoral bilI il considered by
! his friends The ablest effort Of his life.
( Who stands better chance than he for
a Presidential nomination in 1890?
lnquir'n9iy. GRrDoE.
EDUCATICS ~ TIE SOUTH. The i'm.
precision SO ipjustriously cultivated by
/ republican, Journals mat democracy and
neglect of colorci schools would go to.
gethcr bias lately received another ofthe
many Gnawcr5 Which havc been afforded
bY The statistics OF schools in the south.
err states. in the message which Gov
James VI Smith hes lately sent to the
Georgia Leg alatD.s Tpon retiring from
t.lc c@ecU FC chair Ok that STATE, which
he hl1 occupied FOR fJur years. Onc
sixth o. his ne sage is devoted 10 the
question of education. which he treats
% an apPreciativo manner. The figures
presented by the Governor show a rapid
advance OF school attendance. Tue
aumbcr OF white pupils is almost three
times O. largo uuter the last year OF
democratic rule as Tie last year OF re
publican, aud the number Of colored
scholars nearly nine times "a great
One great difficulty ia developing the
school system in Georgia Is said 10 have
been tIIc laclc OF weli-qualifcd teachers.
especially in the public schools. Gov.
smith urges upon the Legislature the
appropriation OF u liberal SUN. now civ.
ca TO tho Atlanta ,cologcd) University,
"to the establishment OF norlnal schools
for the education Of coiorcd teachers"
This democratic Governor OF tie strong
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