Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-02
WASHINGTON TALK
The President and the Democrats-New
York Custom House Omcers-
Chandler's BOmbshell.
DEMOCRATIC AID.

Washington, Dec. 3O.-President Hayes
is receiving from democratic sources a great
deal Of encouragement to renew the nomi-
nations for the New York custom house,
with the assurance that a sufficient number
of democratic senators will vote for them
IL secure their confirmation. The Post, the
new democratic organ here, says, in a
double loaded editorial: 1--WE are author
lied to say that Conkllng will not apaln be
sustained by any of the democrats who sus-
tanned the New York senator in the recent
struggle to vote hereafter to confirm the
nominations of Hayes, unless specific cause
affecting the interests of the civil service be
shown why they should not be confirmed"
This means nothing more than that the
democrats are trying to further the already
disastrous dispute in the republican party,
and President Hayes will do we'll to ignore
such counsel. H. is receiving no such adj
vice from republican sources. George Viii.
Liam Curtis and other reformers have advised
him to allow Arth IF aud Cornell to remain
in Office up to the end of their terms. While
he was in NV York recently, he made an
effort to obtain the opinions of prominent
men Of both wings of the republican party,
which we're generally to the effect that he
had already done his duty, and the burden
OF the blame for any future mismanagement
Of the custom house now lay on the senate.
SECRETARY sHERMAN's EXAMINATION.
S. cretary Sherman and special agents Of
the treasury, who went to New York with
him, nave returned. He refuses to be inter-
viewed upon the results of his examination
Of the custom house, merely expl lining that
he merely wished to inform himself upon the
affairs aud h. manner OF conducting bus,
ness III that inst tuition. bu' the clerks who
assisted him III the examination do not hes
lt,te To express their opinion that h. secre-
tary was g%ratltird atlhe condition OF things.
and that the sweeping changes recommend.
ed ny the Jaw commission Will not he car
ried out. No one knows whether Secretary
Sherman went to New York 1t the sugges-
ton of the president or mol, hut it Is
believed that he did, and that the
president can offer as an excuse
tor not suspending Arthur and Cornell
again the fact that Secretary Sherman. upon
examination, found them to be gopd Off
GERS, and that cause inr removal did not
longer exist. 1t is again suggested by 9th
ers tlat sherman. who was originally OPP
posed to the suspension Of Arthur, went to
New York to make this investigation on
his account in order that he may use it
as leverage to prevent the president from
further insisting upon change there.
CHAMBERS LETTER.
Washington, Dec. 27.-The letter pre-.
pared by Mr.. VIM. E. Chandler, and so
widely published to-day through the asso-
ciated press, has caused more comment in
Washington than any recent political docu
ment not of an official nature. Taken in
connection with recent utterances attribu-
ted 10 other prominent republicans. it has
quite generally been accepted as sign of a
speedy aud open declaration OF war on the
part OF the radical wing of the republican
party against the policy of President Hayes
and especially against that portion Of it re-
lating to the south. It has been generally
expect. I'd ever since congress mel that Gen.
eral Butler would introduce q resolution
calling tor an investigation into the meth
DDS by which the Louisiana commission
accomplished the work it was dispatched
to do. The accusations now made by Mr.
Chandler, will, it is believed, be
used as the basis for moving for
such an inquiry. The assertion of the
friends Of Governor Packard, with whom
Mr.. Chandler is quite intimate, and in
whose interest, in part, his letter vas writ
ten, is that from $4,000 to $4,000 of the
$4,000 raised BY the Nichols men to Sc,
their government on its feet, was used al
the time the commissioners were in New
Orleans to induce returning DO ard members
Of Packard's lower house of the Legislature
to go over to the Nichols house, and 80 tc
give Governor Nichols a returning board
legislature in both branches.
WHAT PATTERSON SAYS.
Louisville. KY, Dec. 30.-In an inter
view with a New York correspondent to.
day Mr.. Henry Watterson s,igmatizes the
Hon. William E. Chandler's reference to
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