The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1879-11-05
Our Washinqton Letter.
Special to the REPUBLICAN.


waiting for good Republican news
from N. Y. and other States next week,
it will munopoiize our attention. That
the fair will turn out to be a success
in every way there is no reason to
doubt. The crowds that attended
even while it was in a crude and com.
paratively:: unattractivc state manifest
the popular regard for such an insti-
tuition as permanent one at the Cap
itol of the nation. All the authorities
take great interest in it, and GER
tainly the business men Of this city are
doing all in their power to make it
worthy to be called a national fair.
This year the foundation will be laid
for exhibitions hereafteY that shall
attract the attention of all our indus
tries, and draw people from one end Of
the land to the other. The fair
grounds are we'll laid out to the north
east of the Capitol and about 2 miles
from it. No expense has been spared
to make them attractive, and the
means of transit to and from them are
good. The weather is now admirable
for out door sports, and the holiday
will be an extended one.
There is to be snOtheY notable holi-
day on the 10Th and Goth ofNovember,
when the Army of the Cumberland
will meet here aGd unveil the General
Thomas monument. Some disappoint.
ment is expressed because Gen. Grant
will not probably be here so soon as
that, having other engagements. 1t is
asserted by many that the General
prefers to time his coming with that of
Congress, SO that his reception may
have more significance, but l do not
find any good ground for this. When
ever he comes he will be grandly
received by all parties.
Gen. Butler has been here, thus neg
lecting his important campaign in
Massachusetts,. This is fairly interpe-
ted to mean that he has no hope, as
truly he may not have. He sees the
sign of the times, and is not as much
Of Greenbacker as he was. But
doubtless he has political aspirations
yet, and there are people who say that
ne hopes to be President by running
on an independent ticket, perhaps
carrying one State, and squeezing in
between a deadlock in Congress. But
it can hardly be that the General will
entertain this idea wheG he comes to
sum up the total result of this years
elections. They indicate that the
North will be solidly and enthusiast.
ically Republican in 80, and such as
Gen. Batter had better come in out Of
the cold while they can.
Some Republicans criticise Gen.
Grant for an expression in his Oregon
speech, to the effect that loyal men
and rebels, who fought on different
sides, are now Associated together in
a country Of which they all have the
same right to be proud" This is sim.
liar to the celebrated Hayes speech at
Atlanta tEo years ago. Some allege
this in proof of what they have before
asserted. that Gen. Grant was the orig,
inator and the warm supporter of what
is known as the "Hayes policy"
towards the South, while others assert
that the report must be an error, and
that Gen. Grant "never said it," |
leave the reader to judge for himself,
merely recording the current gossip,
merely observing that perhaps those
Democratic papers in the South that
are talking about making the General
the Southern candidate for President
in the hope that he would be more
conciliatory than everybody else are
no better informed than others as to
what General Grants views really are.
Three Congressman have been inter
viewed lately and their talk has at
tracted some notice from the fact that
all of them say that Senator Blaine
has drawn up ahead of other candi-
dates for President. They are Messrs.
Burrows, of Mich, Wilson, of Iowa