Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-12-20
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER

nary 10.
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER
80 WASHINGTON, Dec. 18th, 1877.
The weight of testimony makes Col
lectOr Arthur one of the most efficient
heads the New York Custom House
has had for many years. The most
ever heard here alleged against Mr..
Cornell is that be- j. a friend and a
proteQe, so tusptak. OF. Senator Conk
.ine, and had treated the Presidents
civil Service sordtr rather cavalierly
The term oianeither had expired while
Mr.. .Sharpe's had; and the pretense that
Civil Service reform was vitality in
volved in the confirmation or rejection
of the three gentlemen nominated to
succeed them, is laug he'd at here among
men who, if desirOus of conscientOusly
doing their duty, were necessarily
obliged to inform themselves of the
merits and dement's of the. matter in
dispute Ii the Democrats voting for
confirmation based their action on any
.high her ground than to vote as to widen
the breach between the President ano
the Republican dissenters TO his gener-
al policy towards the Democratic party,
they don't get credit for it; and divest
ing the quarrel of all the extenuouS
matter by which the principals sought
to gain the popular endorsement for
their respective sides, il would. in the
opinion of very many, resolve itself in
to SIMPLE trialsof strength between
Mr.. Conkling and Evarts, where the
President had honestly en0ugh-per
haps-certainly very naturally-es-
poused the side of the contestants
standing to him in the intimate rela-
ton of confidential adviser and per-
sonai friend. 1t was square hand to-
hand fight, and Mr.. Evarts has come
out second best, through pretty gen.
eral belief among Republicans, that the
latter gentleman, MIR. Curtis and other
New York politicians had attempted
to use their influence with the Presi-
dent TO crush an opponent standing in
their way yand " ho WIS regarded as too
formidable to preclude all hope of their
success unaided. In this view it WAS
the elimination of an old Cendettd run
ming back for years into New York
State politics and radiating thence to
national affairs. The Democratic esti-
mate did not probably differ materially y
from that entertained by Republicans;
and personal friendship or an inherent
love of fair play may have moved
lenough of them to side with Mr.. COnk.
ling to make him certain of victory;
otherwise it is believed the pigeon hole
tactics would have been persisted in to
the end of the session. Mr.. Merritt
was reported favurably to succeed Gen.
lSherpe. The vote on the confirmation
of Messr5. Roosevelt and Prince is Civ.
en- as follows: Yeas, 25-19 Demo
Gratis, Republicans, to wit: Burnside
/ Dawes, Hoar, COnover, Christiancy and
Matthews. Nays, 31-29 Republicans
y Democrats, namel,: Mnxey and
Eaton. Absentees, 17-12 Democrats
and Republicans. Dodgers, Thar
man, Cockrell and Jones (Florida) all
Democrats. Gordon made the mOsI
elaborate speech in favor of cOnfirma
ton; Bayard, Herman, Hear and Mat
thews also spoke on the same side, and
Conkling (very effectively, Edmund:
and Tilley against. Various report.
come from the White House as to the
effect OF the vote there; but the Presi
dent is regarded as an amiable philos;
|
defeat in spirit consistent with the
/ character imputrd to bin; but if Mr.
EvartS ESCAPES an attack of dvspepsia
| he is more a stole than Is usually sup
posed.
Mr.. Matthews' ambition to achieve
greatness as fndncier since his col
lapse as political manager, led him t.
get in the way of the silver bill, with
q project of his own to secure thai
eommendable end. His resolution
Substantially affirming that all. public
and private obligations might legally
be paid 10 silver dollars of 4l21 grains
had to be considered and disposed o
before the Bland DILL Was taken up. 1t
was the subject of good deal of unin.
lteresting talk in the Senate Yesterday
No vote reached. The friends of re
menetization still hope to get thai
measure through both Houses by Sat
urday night, in such shape as TO com
mend itself to the requisite two. third.
majority to insure lis passage over 4
Presidential veto, should it be inter
posed, when Congress re-assembles af
ter the holiday recess. With the tw,
lcommittees-HOuse and Senate-to in
! vestigate our relations with Mexico, i
Il thought we may get at the bottom
facts If that is the object. 1t is useIes.
to longer deny the existence of a very
general apprehension of war with tina
volcanic people. 1t prevails anon.
Republicans and Democrats; in tn,
} Houie and Senate; thrOag hout the Elk
; erutive Department and outside then
all among the s'sOvereigns."
!. IT, TQipr a6vieaa mako fbnsa 6rsf ro
: ceived relative to the rebellious Sioul
: lappear exaggerated as To the magni
: ltude of the outbreak in the BiaeI
: Hills country; but there is no doub
, that Sitting Bull Is being very heavil,
, reinforced by recruits from this sid,
, lof the line, and a hostile invasion b,
thst brave appears among the early
! probabilities. s,sat
\ Notwithstanding the crusty refusa
of Mr.. Dawes Committee to allow tn,
use of the Senate Chamber for femal,
Isuffrage Convention, the cause gain
Influential advocates every year. Mrs
Hayes is counted among them, and tn,
President is more than halt persuaded
} The petitions presented IN favor far ex
1ceed those at any previous session o
congress. go DEWITT.
4 Alice Oates has commenced a $25.-
1000 libel suit against the Cincinna
lCommercial. 1o -''l
Root Alexander, a colored murderer
WAS lynched la Rutherford county
Tenn, Saturday night. .,aa feaf
/ Senator Patterson IL not stricken
with apOplexy, but had AN attack Of
vertigo on Saturday. - So
I The GordonC Conkling duel will no,