The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1878-03-30
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON ID. c., March Ii, ISL

WASHINGTON d. C., March Ii, lH1-.
There are indications of a yielding,
on the part of Mr.. Hayes. t" the tw"
classes most opposed to him ~rx'r"mr
Radicals and the old Leaders OF the
Republican party. Recent events
make probable the retirement of at
least two, and probably tire" Fah'
net officers, an attempt I" bring back
the soldier element by pl"Aigatr dis
burSentnt> of the public money t" it..
and an attempt t" revive in the Mouth
the old time sectional spirit. Happily
Mr.. Hayes has gone so far that he can.
not, by returning to his former ASSOC
ciates, recover ground he once held.
Happily the House has il Democratic
majority, and the Seuate is nearly a
tie. Happily, too. the vast majority
of those who supported Nr. Hayes iD
his Cancellation policy were more dis
interested, more honest, more stable
than he, and will not remain in par
ty which seeks to strengthen itself
hereafter by a revival Of "ld and dam
gerous qnarreIs. Mr.. Blaine takes
little stock in the contemplated bar
gain. Indeed, lie is not one of those
who believe that the next campaign
can be won on purely sectional issues.
He is anxious]y seeking new questions
on which new spirit can be infused
into the Republican party.
H. Stanley Matthews yesterday
spoke 10 the Senate chamber to an
audience about equally composed of
Senators and people having an inter
est iu the Union and Central Pacific
Railroads. He spoke three houts ic
favor Of acceptance, by the Govern
ment, of me settlement proposed by
those roads. Senator Matthews may
not have had the money Of the corpo-
rations, in his pocket, bnt his speech
was the speech Of an advocate, not Of
IL person trying t" do justice to both
parties to a dispute. The committee
bill, which he opposed, seems to pro-
vide means by which. without Grip
ping the mpanies, the Government
can secnre the reimbursement by
them of the large advances made to
assist the building Of the roads. The
schemes of the companies, which Mat
thcws advocated, postpones the set
Element and provides for pay ment at
time when the roads will not be
worth the amount, principal and in.
tereSt, which the companies will owe
the Government, the companies mean
while to pocket tho current profits.
Not being in need of any new facts
20 convince him that the Democracy
will elect and inaugerate the next
President. your correspondent doesn't
Try to extract encouragement from
the reduction of the Republican ma
jority in New Hampshire. There is a
lesson, however, in the fact that the
Democrats did not carry the State
That lesson is found in the fact that
we have il nominal Democratic major.
ity in the House of Representatives,
and ought before this time to have
put through this body bills reducing
the expenses Of the Government, and
conseq uently taxation, ton or fifteen,
per t.:but have failed doto anything
of the kind. 1t was a step in the
right direction, the other day, when
a caucus of Democratic Representa-
tives was called to consider the Army
bill and make it a party measure
Economy is what is needed at this
time, and every voter in New Hamp-
shire knows it, and would have been
more likely to have voted the Demo.
cratic ticket if the House had given us
better promises Of retrenchment and
reform.
In former letters have urged the
transfer Of the Indian Bureau from
the Interior Department to the War
Department. This would save enor
nous amounts of money to the Gov
ernment, and, in view Of what has ta
ken placej the last few years, it il
pretty plain that the Indians would
be as we'll treated, at least, az under
the present arrangement. The pros
pect of the change is good.
ALBION.