Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-05-17
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.


OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Mayo, 1879.
1t was a somewhat difficult task,
in view of the hodge podge veto mes
sage Of Mr.. Hayes, to frame bill
which would meet his approval and
at the same tilne secure to the people |
of the United States the certainty of
elections uncontrolled by federal
soldiers. The veto message, as well
as the conversations of Mr.. Hayes,
seemed to make success possible,
however, and the result of the at
tempt is the following bill. presented
yesterday by Mr.. Ladd, the exceed
ingly. popular representative from
Maine:
.sWhereas, the presence Of troops
at the polls is contrary to the spirit
of our institutions aud the traditions
ofeur people, and tends to destroy
the freedom of elections therefore,
be ii enacted, &C., that it shall not he
lawful to bring to or employ at any
place where a general or special cleo
lion is being held in a state. anv part
of the army or navy CT the United
States, unless such force be necessary
to repsl the armed enemies Of the
United States, or to enforce section
4, article 4, IF the constitution of the
United States, and the laws made IL
! pursuance thereof on application of
| the legislature or executive of the
state where auch force is to be u sed."
This will pass the house aud senate
very soon, although radical caucus
last night agreed 10 fight it on the
ground that there might possibly be
something wrong in it. No one could
discover anything wrc"e' t like
the present commissioner of pensions.
they deciued to reject con suspicion"
The bill will get 10 Mr.. Hayes before
the legislative appropriation bill
does, and in the event ofits approval,
may lead TO revised action on the
Jury aud supervisor provisions OF
that bill. do not mean that any es.
sential point will be surrendered, but
that the same desirable results will
perhaps be sought by other means
There is nothing now more talked oi
, in Washington, aside from congres
sional proceedings, than the cxtraor
dinary e1ertions of Secretary Sher
; man to obtain a position among re
3 publican candidates for the presiden
cy. Southern republicans comm!
Lere report the secretary's subordi
mates in that section as especial
: active. The visit to Ohio durin
a which the conversations and speeche
i of the secretary are telegraphed ex
= tensively is also significant. Blu
v there is no prominent republica
i more distasteful to other promimeu
IT republicans, and SO far as the sout
is concerned it may safely be sal
that Grant or Window or both, will
]. if they desire it, receive its solid SUI
g port in the next republican nomina
- ting convention.
. The following letter from tn
,e editor of a violent southern paper t
q radical politician fOhio, gives on
z rather ali unfavorable view Of NJ
- Frye, of Maine, who had pubIicl
quoted the paper as representa-
sr southern sentiment.
le OFFICE SOUTHERN STATES,
OKoLONA, MISS, April 80, 1879.
le General j. 5. R1bin.on:-"rne p;
10 pers have been sent agreeable 10 il
u structlons. The points are made re'
$. hot this week, and all of them wi
y hit hard. 1t is advisable to ha,
s. them as extensively copied as po
ID sible. We will mark them for OF
IL northern exchanges. Congressma
Il Frye regards it as II great su ccess. Il
~ will give them hell according TO u
extent of the circulation. The larg,
to the substitution list the louder IL
n thunder. Yours with respect,
ry WILL. Ii. HERMAN"
* Mr.. Frye ia man it is easy
like, and he has not ouly made h
nd aud as debater, but has had Il
ID "a most pleasant relations with men
'e- al parties. But deliberate misrepl
en- sentation like that shown here is
n from comIneudable. HILTON.
its
Tie bill appointing GeneralShiel
or state agent to prosecute clail
against the government was defeat
Of in the house.
William E. Chandler, who has il
been elected secretary of the republic
national committee, thinks-or is
m. ported as thinking. and does not cont
,se dict the report-that General Grant C;
ID. not be nominated in 1880. "as the fav
or ite hardly ever wins against the tielt
,te He thinks Grants name will not be IN,
nm toned in the republican conventit
Grant has the benefit OF the boom a
-, some other man has the benefit of
a. a. organization.
my The supreme court of the Uni
lp- States having affirmed the constitute
lch ality OF the Pacific railroad sinkil
the fund act passed by the iorty-itth c.
gress. the treasury will at once be
the gamer by the amount of $4,000
mt. Also the railroad corporations will he
ted alter be forced to lay aside annually
ing portion of their earnings to constitute
esn sinking fund for the payment OF boz