The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-10-24
WASHINGTON LETTER.
wAsuiNorox, d. g.. oct. l5.

= aatsS pogin 70 doom again at I'll
Cal ital. After the usual dull snmme
and alseoce from among rs of Coz
gressmen, diplomats and oilicials-t
say no.hing of tho correspondence
pleasant fall weather brings back th
wanderers, or many OF them. and tb
sidewflts are again lined with fanilia
faces. Even tho administration, whie
has deserted rs Cor country fairs, polil
zeal meetings, and other free lunch Ok
ears'on', Is now coming back in sec
> ttons, 40 that neither private seeretar,
Rodgers not Commissioner LeDue vii
enjoy the honor Of running the govern
mont 81 .facto any longer. Wo still
nave the Marine Band concerts in IN,
Capitol grounds ON "Wednesday nrtor
moons, and in tie White House ground,
on Saturdays These bring out III,
styles while Pennsylvania Avenue /.
alive with promenadcrs and handsome
elnlpages every evening after dinner.
= lew Senators and Cengressmen are
here, but they are only such ms have no
campaign work Mt home ON their hands
Senator Lamar has been bvre most Of
the time for month.
Great interest is lnanifesled in noliti.
cal circles here concerning the campaign
IN New York. The other dav / met
That veteran politician. Hon. Montsom.
ety Blair, WHO was President Buebnn.
ans PoStmaster.General lie is and
always has been warm Tildcn man.
and expresses the opinion that If MIR.
Tilden had "sot ul," tho Kelly bolt in
New York it could not have resulted
more to that gentleman. advantage
than 1t has and will. lie has no idea
that Kelly will have more than a con.
temptible following wl,en tie day Of
e'eciion comes nronud, aud the whole
affair VIII only tcnd to help, what lle
thinks was certain at any rate. the
nomination of Mir. Tilden by the next
Democratic Convention. A prominent
and very shrewd Republican politician.
who has no particular sympathy with
Cohk!'ns, returned from New York a |
daY or tao aimee, anil expresses himself
very much as Judge blair does He |
thinks the Kelly. .Eonkl ling X orpell |
continuation will l.eo tho Republicans
more votes than Tammany Hal can
take away from the Democi ats. and r,-
s'rds It a very unfortunate thing for
Tho Republican party u he placed in
he ni'i;ylc Of aa ally Of Tammany.
As Tor keliy's stnsngth. ho says there
nothing more certain in politics than
hat the atlherenta of any leader will
all largely frofi him when they know
hat doftat inevitably awaits them.
'or this reason, las says, Mr.. Kelly
ouid not possibly have committed "A
aore Foolish act than to get up and pro- 1
lain to the hosts Of Tammany that he
al nn hopes Of his o~n elecLioa. and
u that he could expect ~as TO defeat
I9bin'on. The TAmmlny masses take {
. interest in Mr. Keliy's personal t
iarrels with Mr.. Tilden and Gov. a
Johnson. All Nc. Kelly is to them is
the dispenser Of crumbs of patron. .
e. Therefore, as the politician afore- y
I'd sasely remarks. when Mr. Kelly v
'ntesse. himself ia advance that all he y
'Pes TO accomplish is the satisfaction .
his lhiVntc luminosity, that affords Il
prospect Of material advantage TO a
en for throwing their votes away. y
ey will make haste To enrol them. = :
Ives with the 1II,len and Robinson !,
rces, where they may expect some 81
ing. al
Among tLu Democratic politicians 1
re- generally, there was dcspondent ~ ~
'ling when the Kelly bolt was FIRST II,
nounecd, but it has since given place W
decided confidence and a belief to
1t the Democracy Of New York acted ~ =
sely in refusing to tenporize or COM be- m
'niise with John Kelly, whose selfish. fic
IS aud arrogance u insufTerable. A in
npromise this year would only have In
nlted in fresh outbreak and a repe- &c &c
on of his bulldozing tactics next to
II. If the Democracy Of the En-. te,
State cannot stand upon the splen- hi
record Of covc,nora TILL. 70.
binson it cannot stand at all, and it
nld have been pitiable spectacle TO
the party abandon its vantage
und at the dictation of disreput ta- spc
tax-eating faction. of
The Grant boom, among other things, Oh
lately strnck Washington with re. ia
'ed force. the "old mans" return to De
native heath having been tho signal Ge
ally do not think there is much in ali,
A few politicians who were "soiid" We
ing Grants former Presidency, and Una
expect to profit by another term Of los
nc shouting themselves hoarse, and ara -.
ematically working up the senti- N
It, bnt it is all noise. It reminds III
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