The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1880-03-16
THEs SOUTH KEATUCKIAA.
ADVERTISING RATE.
!, WASHINGTON 4; LETTER.
w ,s,,,soros. Mar. II 1880.

Iilicai manager, but in the conduct Of
his ca,nbaipls Tor The Presidentisl
lie seen sito have Lost J.
cunning orat ieas, m his anx,cty,''
have ovcrreached himself. There ~
something ludicrous MS well ~ ae-
plorable IN the persistent Efforts made
by tie secretary TO capture idelegs.
tions IRON The Southern States, anu
tho methods employed, apparently
with the arquiescence OF Mr.. Hayes
rtake u sorry spectacle Of The pre!en-
SION of this reform administrations
A prominent Republican said to n,c
IN conversation recently; "liuin sur
plised at Sherman. There Was
time no, very long ago when he was
+ garded as the strongest lccmpe'i'.r
Of Grant. His financial ability and
and conservative policy Il was thought
gave him an exceedingly strong pos :
lion. but to-day lie IL almost without
any strength whatever. beyond mt
secured through the most nnblushing
use Of Treasury patronage" This 10
the actual situation 80 far as Sher1
man is concerned aud he will tind at
/ Chicago that delegates secured by the
imfiuenco Of ofIice-Holdprs, or under
nram;ses ofoffice are likely To bolt
with great alacriiy to tle winning
side. Ills strength ~ tile Convcn-
tion win be insignificant enough TO
convince his breAd-and-bntier brig,
a,Ie nerhaps before the frat ballot
,hat their q interests lie somewhere
else. Shcrnmn's only success seem 20
In casting fresh disgrace upon tho
hvnocri,ical Administration to with
he belongs. n might not be sati.-
lhctory. but II would certainly be In
.tr,,cfiye. were Mr. Hayes 10 .attempt
inst ono more authoritative ,inierpre-
ia,ion of the scope and meaning Of
| thnt ia,no,s ortlcrabout Office. holders
and nolitica.
lSlern,ani,a likewise brought dis
credit uuonilimsclf byi his recent or.
A. ;us,r,,ctipg Custom officers 10
wi. hold all information and statisiics
~ relntion io carQoes al imports o.
ex,orts arriving OF departing. wi on
simmer. 90 reoucst. Z Congress has
been men oralizcd TO the effect that
this order only benefits spccuiaiors.
and n bill ,has already been intrer
duced making the Withholding of
sucb information unlawful. But
This IA not tho only instance wherein
Holm Sherman, has been found on the
side of speculators aud money,gob-
hlrrs. Congress- will be likely to ait
down on him in this case. just as It
| bas denosited It's corpero,ity upon
Asst. Post Master General Brady's
Star Roule swihllc. General IIaw-
| lev In his speech on the floor of tho
| IJonse declared Brady's action in. eX-
| ceeding the appropriaiions 40 enor-
n,ouslv N Tie matter Of the Star
Route contracts "a wanion defiance
Eofiawvtbat. demanded the irnpcacll-
ment of its author. Brady lad a
strong lobby working in his interest,
but tho House has passed bill check;
mo his abuses. and IL IA not unlike eiy
That he will finally have 10 rcsign.
Tho long labor of the House on the
:. revision Of its.ruIes Is happy ended
and this il the last of that subject
In has been d tedious task and con.
snmcd much time, but it Is believed
tbat Tho advantages secured will
amn,v sompensatc for IN all. Thi,
rev; don IA in fact A memorable eveny
In Tho history Of the. JIouse. MS 1t &
THE only general overbaulhng sine,
, ths fret Congress. Amendment ha
i modification applied to modification
until the result was chaos. The new
rules will cause ,consi siderable chang
i in The daily. proceedings, ahd great,
t Improve tlie order OF things. As fin
!. ally adopted the rules give the COIN
+ merce committee full jnrisdictiol
/ over The river and harbor bill and IN
r aoricultursl committee, iurisdictio
!. over The estimates for the A9rianli
ural Departmeni. The amendmen
giving the committee on pablic build
Z ings and grounds the right to repol
J, approprjations for public building
and grounds was defeated. The mo,
! notable event In connection with III
Q final adoption was the fiatiening OF
~ 6f Snnrley-yow Cohger. lie wante
;. 20 amend 40 as 10 keep riders ol
lfrom appropriation bills, and whe
Z he found he could not. threatened {
alcadcr" of the Republican side
lfilibuster. But Garfield and FRY
Immediately sat down upon IN
A. proposition aud the Michigan mount
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