, 1880-02-01
rhe secretary's "1nauence" Unmis-
takably Visible in South
Carolina
Tim Cameron Putting In Ills Blows for
T. Grant in Pennsylvania.
rr,oh1s Between the Friends Of Sherman
and Blaine in Ohio.
patiremeut Of the Last Fusion State
Officer in Maine.
n. Haw York Republican State Convention to
Be Held at Utica
suERMAS1Z1NG TIE SOUTH.
en-..tal n,nofch To Ihx Elitdro Tfttu7sk.

sUERMANlL1NG lie oOU UAa'
snrciat Dtspatch to IA< Chicago Tribune.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 31.-Dispatches
.rscpired yesterday from the South show
.rsttr .. c1f arly that Secretary Sherman has ef-
tkactcd kd very important political organization
:. Vo,th Carolina, and already controls ma
- ;o,3tr of the State Committee; that in direct
1r1rtsst ehich was made between the friends
~ Cen. Grant and Sherman, the friends OF
tha 1attar by the superior arrangement were
~uecessfuL Tonight similar information
sones from South Carolina The Charles
TN co,lrtcr, which certainly cannot be ac-,
.nsed M. of partia1ity for any faction In the Re-
nnh]ican party, has long communication
{rorn Columbia, S. C., with the following
hesd. aShermanizing the South; what the
sonth Carolina Republicans ara doing;
asr,1rsis Of the Grant boom; how the ma
.hine has been fixed for Sherman" This
.rticle Summarizes the situation at Columbia
<ince the meeting OF the Republican State
Erecutiye Committee there After stating
thzt efforts are being made to remove the
niesent District Attorney, Northrop, the
artjc]e describes the Sherman movement IN
The following language:
At the came meeting resolution was o1ered
tndorsng Thomas Johpston M one o. un',se 1ae e~9 n
r 1s-s of Sumter, for tho United States Marshal
tht, thg Il plaoe Of Col. wallace whose turn has
expired This was adopted, although rot. not Win. xs
efnG e fhe m nrst-nnmed- It is .rumored among
tic faithful that they vii als9 s,aH endeaSoe
e he "tap support sa ot the state deleeation in
,the National Nominating Convention for the
Federal patronage and Offices This scheme; It
is said, looks to the removal OF GnSctpr na'o a.
Taft IN hts place, although TAFT ana hn~en nase
heretofore been understood to be Grant men:
and it is more than probable that there g Is gooo
mey Sa1 thst @ ether Bowen or Taft Kould be moved
to 70 to Washington merely in the interest OF
Johnston or of any other man. 1nere are
s sss 9sSsS'ass' 9ns'ss t t9F sse sess t5st
I'll of the government officials IN this State are are
working together with view to banding It over
to To this ePa Saan ode snd az Rniess
somebody changes bis mind number q add
ttonal appointments are to be made Of active
politicians paid By Uncle Sam to a1d Br1.9e1 81
has aiTeady been 61ed," 3: 3. Elliott Chairman,
T1ess,;ry ar1 Depa!tment: v: F: Msyers, e.
Seaator S from &c Seef09 Gomee' ana s0'ns Depaty
Collector Of Internal Revenue; DE.
ii Ensar, another member. Boarding Officer IN
the Custom House. and several otnor memuets
of the same Committee having been presented
With less important Offices which are almost Bin.
ecures Two ex-CongTessmen: Rainey and
Snalls, are now holding Offices, that OF the TOT,
be announced himself in q recent speech for
Grant first and Sherman second choice, where
npon be was put upon the active service, bis in
arc some Of the symptoms that Indicate q
severe attack Of Ehermanism upon the
Republican carcass in South Carolina, and the
be borne in mind that Elliott, if he goes to the
Convention instructed for Sherman, viii be
dangerously apt to make the fight against rant,
which It is admitted would kill him. If nobody
else does being an able and ugly fighter on such
occasions, possessing. as he does, the STUBBORN
ness Of mule with the 3ne ldozing qualities
which contributed go much to Blaines defeat at
Cincinnati in l6s6, and real 6hrewdness and
nuickness