, 1879-07-26

President IInyca and tho Succcssiou-Jo1ln
Sherman All Original Aavocato of tho
Southern rolloy-Gen. sicklcs' Mysterious
Mission.
Sptctas to .ssto Tnrk Herald.
WASHINGTON, D. e., July 2222.-Whcn Con-
grcss is IN recess and the Capitol Is given over
to the watchmen the Washington correspond
cut hics him to tho other end Of the avenue, to
delve In tho halls and galleries Of the Executive
Departments for the news items With which ha
rcOales the public, md hero he hears some won
drous tales, It ,sas only the other day TINT the
Nerald man In his peregriuattons camc across q
startling revelation Of political intrigue, unfold
eI In tho Rltb talk Of q couple Of hardwork!ng
Government ofIcinlB who, with feet perchcd on
toslts md couple ot pa1mlcats In hand, were
doing their best TO overcome the detnoroliztnE
influences Of M exalted thermometer. The
secret Of 1.-THE Sherman boom " was dtscloscd
without the loass attempt Of rcticcncc or con-
ccnlmept.
"You eee,' said tho cider Of the speakers,
"John Sherman Ia k!ng-ptn OF tho Cabinet
This Administration Is ruu in hls iutcrest.'
".rhen you don't believe uayes wants seq
ond lcrmr' said the younger man, who en-
joycd the military designation Of Captain"
mot at all," returned the other. HaJes
mado each other. Sherman undo 1larcs Frcsi.
dent ard Hayes Enrc Sherman tie chance af
distinguishing h!tmself IN the Treasury. liz is
80 pleased with the career Of his Finance &c.,
rotary nnd bears such ErudFe against tho btn'-
warts that he wnnls to eeu Sherman elected
President to yindlca,c himself nltl Ills Admin
etratio,,, aud tu apitc the whole crowd OF Stall
warts, from Zach Chandler aud Grant down."
"But Sherman used TO 6c regarded rs ono OF
tllu StalHnrtsl" intrsposed the Captatn.
t'That must hayo been a good wh!lo ago.
rcopic seem to forget that John Sherman wnA
4 contemporaneoas advocate, y not Tug or'g1nal
a,tllor, or the prcsdcnts Southern policy. You
didn't know that Jnhn Sherman used 70 DO d
s!lvor-Hray Whigl"
"You don't say sol's
Yes, md limits tho meaning OF the revival
OF tho Presidents hopes Of making IN Admins-
tratton pbrty tn the South III tho Interest OF
John Sherman. a grcat many Southern poilti-
ciaua who see tho lopclcssncss nna folly Of
Solid South atc falling IN with tho idea Hayes
is being denounced BY tie atalwarts for his con-
ccssfons to tha South In giving SO many South
ernors appointments In tlls Departmenta lately,
but 1t ia all 4 paft Of the plan to scclro South
ern Electoral yutrs Tor Sherman, and It Is
for him. Hess your hearts, Hayes fs shrewdcr
than the stalwarts themselves. Whtic they arc
| beratg tim md making Republican capital In
the North. their abusc md l1ss appointments are
! milking cap!tal for John Sherman 10 the South.
(uht lnok at soulo Of these appointments. Gen.
| IIuryey belonged un the btaf OF Joe Johnston,
| WIN declared himself lsgnstea with l!ln
Democratic party. Col. Kobcfts. o. few Or
between Nic!lolls and unyes Gen: Wright llas
u soldiers Independence Gen. Wlthers, who
Inns been recently appointed In the Treasury De-
-1'artIncut, va. Ma12r.denGrai 70 Tue Eonted.
Alabama during tic WaE. llc ia graduate Of
Wes1 Point and takes logical and philosophtcal
rlcw Of tic whole situation. saya le, III thcro
Icy S'e q tp IT, Fssra ii s out "
\ material that the President hopes to build d
| Nnsionnl party In thu South and, 70 secure tts
support for S1leEAan in 1850. sonatttncs 1 thlnk
that Tho ssalwarts aro tn. .caguc with HaYcs, the
Is Ilnyes Who ID ,isng the 9tRlwarts without their
know ledge that he 4 ao!ng So" ~.
"what was Gen. slsklss {! doing IN I ,he Treasury
spondcnt, ventur!ng to break in upon The inter.
"IIe was worktng for Sherman, too. It was
all d part OF thIs sarno plan. o. course It was
given out by the Southern Democrats that
sick,es lIal something else IN vcwi that hc was
after tho position Of Secretary of War when
McCraFv wcpt out, alitl 1ll that Bqt he WAS
sent Tor 10 tall With the Southern Democratic
leatlcrs u,id to sound them IS to an Endorsement
Of sharman anil Of the Southern policy Us q
Presidential queston. Slcklos Has selected be.
cause le il hail-tcilow-Tcll-dnct with tho Cor
lions, and fla1np'ons. mud all that class Of
limb, ur wore wounoed 10 tic War: l1o did
Ills work Aore quietly nnd we'll. Didn't you
notice how many BIZ Houtherncrs had bualness
| back Ia Washington so suddenly alter they ha,l
| Eonu for eoou when Congress xdjourne4t I
Ejcklcs saw them all, one by one"
At this point d Uittdlo.aged gentleman, who
t,au crossed tic grounds from the War Depart
! mont, tauntercd within calling distance. lilo
wus readily recognized as one OF the officials Of
TINT Department, md was satuted as "Ainjor,''
tic rank lc bore iu 1.-THE lato unpleasantAess.f y
"liallo, Major" eselai.ncd !l,e senior g no
original Eraup; $50 YOU'RE 10 AaVo me" aecFe-
tary over your wayth
1You mustn't bellows all you hear, and oalY
part OF what you Know. Tha Frcsl1unt isn't
going TO waate Cabinet position OH Minncsota
aud Ramsey. Why, what OH earth good would
Nunnsey bo to bim ar hts political plAusl Ram
seY had been proposed 10 Hayes by Winloin,
WHO wants to get the old fellow out Of thu ~
OF bis reelection to the Senate. WInunm wants
to CONS baek to Washington, II not to bo Vice.
President, alld Ramsey had 0 sort Of rcsurrce-
t!on iuto political lilo nltar a long tnternlent,
and threatened 10 10 u m!schieyous corpse.
Window kuoHs 1t Ia death to be she!ycd on tho
staff aud that promotion 10 Ecscrycd to tlla line.
Houra ho played h!s cards 10 got Natnsey
foreign appointment Or anythng% % That would re-
tire him from the &etlyo ticld This ID all there
Is II, thu Kalpeey business. The real truth Ii
that Pennsylvania can got the War Secretary
aAp ANY tina ehe aGEcca upon man. IL Il
part of lha pFesidents gatne to coax tlu
Pei.nsYlyanta factions ipto unlon and harnony
by withholding this appointment from that
Btatc uultl theY reconcile their differences md
guarantee tho State Tor tho Republican ticket iu
lHslH
"But they bad such an otles In 1877. and they
got badly snubbed because thcy presented Simon