, 1879-04-17
OUR WANNIyMYNX LETTER.
WAsnvNGroN d. C., Mch. 2s, 1870

treatment and condition in the South
he "struck a bonanza" SO to speak.
His idea has taken root very widely
among intelligent colored people,
and now the mails are burdened with
letters to him and many others here
with relation to the subject. Or
course there is no hope of Conted-
crate Congress doing anything to
ameliorate the condition of the col
ored people, but the public have got
hold of an idea that will develop
strength as it is discussed, until the
philanthropic people and societies
will do all that the Government
might do in this work. Perhaps tho
most interesting feature Of this sub
iect is the prominence it has given
70 Senator Window as a candidate
for political prelerment. Indeed,
since the repeated announcement
that Gen. Grant has endorsed the
Hayes policy, he has lost friends III
the South and Senator Window is
taking his place as \ favorite, and the
North is not 10th to honor him. Hts
own State is ready 10 push his merits
TO the fore front, but more than that
his admirable qualities as states
man and his unimpeachable charac
ter go long way in his behalf. He
is sound Republican who deserves
all the praise he is receiving.
In general terms it may be said
that the Democrats Of the House and
Senate IN joint caucus the other day
threw aside the masks behind which
they have been working and unani
mously, Or practically so, declared
in favor of adherng to the old pro-
gramme bequeathed them by their
predecessors of the 45rh Congress
relative to the political riders to be
attached to the army aud the Legis
lative appropriation bills. On the
other hand tie determination Of the
Republicans to oppose their passage,
thus loaded down with irrelevant
matisrs has only been strengthened
by lapse OF time, and formal express
sion was given to this sentiment at
the caucus held yesterday. 1t WAS
further resolved that until the appro.
priation bills shall have been opposed
of it was the sense of the caucus that
no Republican should consent to
pair with political opponents. The
last is accepted as indicating that
Republicans will resort to every dill,
atory device known to experienced
Parliamentarians to defeat the pas
sage of the bills in question with
their obnoxious riders. 1t seems
now the general opinion in Republi-
can circles that Springer was pushed
forward by the Bourbon iutriguers,
with his pretended conversion to
more liberal views than those here.
tofore characterizing his public ca
reer, to divert attention from theiI
efforts to secure pledge from the
President not to oppose their ''mo1i
fed" supervisor law which practi
cally amounts to an absolute repeal
OF that law and to an unconditional
Surrender of the Republican posi-
tion. Their boasts of success werO
premature, or at least are now gen.
orally believed to have been so, and
the excitement that prevailed here
Saturday, Sunday and Monday over
the many rsmors put ont to the el.
feet that Mr.. HAYES had given the
required pledge, has largely disap,
peared, though there is still an ap.
pearance Of anxiety begotten of un.
certainty among the Republican lead
ers.
The visit Of Senator Hamlin to the
White House and the appointment
of President White of Cornell Uni
yprsitv To succeed Bayard Vnvlnr . ,