The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-06-08
POLITICAL NOTES.

And now II appears that Anderson so
journed in wellsburg for a time in 1881,
and was connected with Brother Glas,
the present Editor OF the Nsws, In n Dem.
Ocratic paper. It Is thus that his antes
cedents grow more and more suspicious.
General Buffers theory Of the sher.
man letter Is said to be as follows;
Weber's loyalty to the Republican party
cannot Be doubted. 1t cost him his life.
Anderson wAs 3 trading ~adyen,urer. To
quiet the latter Weber himsel! wrote the
statement which Anderson cllims was
sherman's letter.
Senator Mcdonald, Of Indiana, writes
an open letter 10 say that the PresidOnt's
title cannot possibly be questioned. Sen.
ator Gordon, Of Georgia, tells an inter
viewer the same thing.
While the returns OF Mondays cleo.
ton in Oregon are far from being com.
plete, they are full enough TO indicate
the election of a Democratic candidate
for Congress by a small majority, while
It Is certain that the Legislature will
have a Democratic majority Of from four
to twelve on joint ballot. The State
ticket is likely to be divided between the
Democrats and Republicans, though the
latter will probably bag a majority Of the
Ave offices to be filed, as their candidates
for Secretary Of State and Treasurer are
undoubtedly elected, and the general be.
lief Is that they will have the Governor.
ship by a small majority.
Therei is a good deal Of doubt whether
Congress will be able to adjourn bya
week from Monday. To say nothing OF
other questions, there are several heavy
appropriation bills aud the fishery award
bill yetto DO disposed Of, and it will re-
quire quick work TO get them through
both branches in the few days still left.
1t Is quite likely that congressman will
finally conclude to take another week, but
the prevalence ofsickness and advance Of
hot weather will doubtless drive them
away by the oath at the latest.
The Democrats in Alabama are rather
behind their brethren 10 South Carolina
and Mississippi on the question Of asso-
Chatting with ringers" in their political
conventions. In the latter States the col.
ored delegates and even the negro Dem.
ocratic candidate Is no novelty, but when
two representatives Of the race appeared
in the Alabama State Convention last
week from Montgomery county, there was
considerable trouble. Explanations that
the negroes had helped greatly in ire
deeming" the county barely saved the
black delegates their seats by eight ma
iority in a total Of nearly 500 votes, and
they thereupon concluded TO withdraw
"fOr the sake Of harmony in the party"
There is some talk Of making Caleb
Cushing a candidate for Congress in the
Sixth Massachusetts District. He Is said
to be in sympathy with the ~greenback
movement, and his nomination will come
from that party II 1t comes at all. He
believes that the republic ia in greater
danger than is supposed; that the growth
OF communism is serious, and that legis-
lation Is necessary for the relief Of the
business interests Of the country.
There is one plank in the Indiana Re-
publican platform which will challenge
the attention OF the country by its bold
ness. 1t il in these words: "Full com
msndation Of and sympathy with all sf.
forts for personal reformation"
"Gath" has decided that Conkling
won't be re elected, and that Tilden has
no show for lss0-and orville Grant Is
"as certain that U. s. Grant will be the
next President Of the United States as l
am that I live"
A gentleman who was graduated from
Yale College some ten years ago, who is
a Republican in politics and who has
passed several years in South Carolina,
is just now living among the lowly class
OF negroes who dwell on the coast around
Beaufort, and writes in a private letter
from that region as follows:
~ find the low country very much i'm.
proved in the past two years. The colored
men are better fed and housed; there are
herds OF cattle and lOcks Of sheep brows.
ing through the woods without fear Of the
gun Of the negro thief. The population
Is happier in every way, and you no long
err discover the look OF discomfort and
hate. 0uce more the rule Of the land
lies In the hands OF those who are able
to maintain order, and happily for the
State their disposition is to act with fair.
ness aud promptness. In this immediate
n%eighborhood some two thousand hands
are employed by the phosphate compa-
mics, and the discipline Of work has edu,
Gated both white and black to a higher
level OF intelligence. The negroes get
good wsges, which draws them from the
other parts Of the state-perhaps to the
detriment Of agricultural operations. But
they work with a iaiihfulnesS and docili.
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