The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-05-17
WASHINGTON LETTER.


wart Republicans are in an uneasy
state Of mind because of the general
impression that Mr.. Hayes will sign
the bill to prevent interference With
elections at the polls The acting
President has committed himself so
often to the grounds of this bill that
there does not appear to be any loop
hole through which to escape, howev-
er much party necessities demand a
different c6hrse. In fact, Mr.. Hayes
has said as much to several persons
since the bill was introduced in the
House. Had it been acted upon in
the Senate as promptly as it was in
the House, no doubt it would now be
a law; but the old die-hards in that
body have fought for time to enable
them to brace up Hayes Chandler,
Logan, Edmunds and others of that
ilk, visit the White House daily, and
spend hours in the work, the result
of which it would be unsafe to pre-
dict. The old Michigander declined
to say the other day whether he
thought Hayes had changed his
mind; but, after he had applied his
persuasive eloquenee to the de fdctO's
ear, he simply observed: "You fellers
who say in your newspapers that the
President will approve that bill, had
better 90 slow" Mr. Frye has also
been one of the White House callers,
and his latest opinion is that the bill
will be signed. Certainly there is
much uneasiness all along the Radi
cal line, and the only hope of the
stalwarts rest in the vacillating
character of the occupant of the pres
idential mansion.
Ohio politics and the Presidency
all one and the same thing, as some
people think-occupy a good deal OF
attention hereabouts just now. John
Sherman's trip west "to look after
his fences" gave fresh start to the
speculations that have been rife for
some time, and renews the talk of his
candidacy for Governor There is no
sort of doubt that John is the Adj
ministration candidate for President
in 1880, and, failing in that he wants
to succeed Judge Thurman in the
Senate If he believes that his chances
of success will be enhanced by run
ming for Governor of Ohio, he will be
the man and the political straws
point pretty strongly in that direc-
ton at present. Despite all the Grant
talk and the well-laid plans of his
strikers to work up a spontaneous
movement in his favor, knowing ones
admit that the present Secretary of
the Treasury will make stronger
showing, when the time comes, than
has been generally suspected. The
South has been counted solid for
Grant, but when it is known that all
Federal appointments in that section
are held for Sherman's approval, and
made strictly in his interests, expe-
rieneed politicians will not be surpris
ed to find the willy John in the nomi-
mating convention with pretty strong
sprinkling of delegates from DiXie's
land. Take this with Ohio and the
Cameron influence in Pennsylvania,
the Evarts and Curtis influence to
divide New York in his favor, and it
will be seen that he will be long
ways from behind in the race. 1t is
known that he could command I'M
Limited supplies of money for the
campaign, and some shrewd workers
predict now that he will beat both
Grant and Blaine in the convention.
The Senate proposes to look into
the Kellogg case. 1t is not the in
tention, as l understand it, to decide
between Kellogg and Spofford, as that
issue is believed to have been settled.
There is no sort OF doubt but that
Kellogg was admitted to his seat with
out the shadow of legal title. The
Legislature that elected him never had
a legal existence, many of its pretend
ed members having never been elect
eel, and Packard, who signed his GER
tificate, never was Governor, but the
Democrats will not follow the lawless
and arbitrary presidents Of their OPP
ponents by turning him out. But the
charges of bribery will be investigat-
ed, and, if proven, he may have to step
down and out to make way for new
election. Kellogg is among the deep
est and worst carpet-bag scoundrels
the era of corrupt Radical rule gave to
the country. His crimes in connec-
ton with the last Presidential cleo
ton ought to have jagged him for life.
He has figured largely in the annals
Of the Senate during series of years,
but has never been elected Senator in
his life and it is to be hoped that this
is the last he will ever be heard of
here. PHoNo.
Good Time.
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