Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-07-17
EVIDENCE THAT THE STALWARTS
ARE SULKING. II"

Especial dispatch to the New YORK World.1
WASHINGTON, July e.-The impression pre-
walls here that the selection of Marshall Jewell
for chairman of the Republican National Com
mttee indicates that the Conkling- Cameron
members of the committee do not propose to
make much effort to elect the republican ticket
A strong friend Of General Grant said to- night
that man like Marshall jewell. who had been
dismissed from Grant's cabinet. and whose
qualifications were SO inferior to those of other
members of the committee. could only have
been selected for the Craftsmanship through the
indifference of the stslwarts. The promotion OF
Logan and Dorsey from the ranks to minor
offices. however important they may be regard
ed does not, 1t is argued. hide the fact that the
stalwarts mean to pursue passive policy in the
campaign. The gentleman referred to said
that il would he impossible for Grants friends
to forget the treatment they received at Chicago.
and however reconciled they might appear to
be the canker- worm of revenge was still at work
within. AS an evidence of this it is said that
Senators Cameron and Blame, sow at White
Sulphur Springs, have nothing 'nsteVer to DO
with each other, and that the GOODNESS between
them is so marked that 1t has got to be the sub
iect of general gossip there. The talk OF repub-
lican politicians who have passed through here
since the Chicago convention confirms the re-
ports of the demorslized condition of the repub-
lican party. On the other hand, the intelligence
received at the headquarters of the democratic
congressional committee here shows that Han'
cock and English clubs are multiplying in every
pant of the country, and that the enthusiasm in
favor of the democratic ticket 10 everywhere in
creasing. General Duncan s:..Walker. secretary
OF the democratic committee, returned from
New York to-day and. after q consultation with
fho ohroyv yvdo icaIn nj, har
expressed the firm belief that New York state
would go democratic by from 80. 600 to 80. 600.
ID
Thomas Francis Bayard: was at
tempted at Chicago to renomlnate a man
who typitied nothing but brute force and
arbitrary power; but the attempt failed
because there we're other machines
machines of the lobby, and machines Of
railway management-and between
them they quarreled and finally dropped
upon a comparatively unknown delegate
in the convention"
The Globe Democrat says:
Chicago Inter-O Ocean explains how the
thing might be done in pinch. 1t says:
Some time ago the Inter-Ocean ex-
planned how the republican party could,
if it so wllled, take care of the presiden-
tlal election without the formality OF q
vote for electors. and tnat this could be
done by having the legislatures appoint
the electors under the power conferred
by the constitution. Some of the states
follow this plan now, and it is but a few
years since very many of them did so.
A correspondent OF the Detroit Post
shows that six New England states with
forty electoral votes, have. republican
governors and Legislatures. Twelve
other states are similarly situated, in-
cluding New York and Pennsylvania,
and having in the aggregate 1913 votes,
or total OF 1913, or thirteen more than
necessary to choice. OF course it weuld
be necessary to call special sessions Of
the legislatures to appoint electors, but
this could be done if thought advis-
abIe.'" This is pretty able-bodled
feeler. But, o. my, what happy time
there would be if this game were to be
tried?
The supreme court of Wisconsin has