The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1880-10-06
For THE HERALD.
Our Washington Letter.
WAsnINGToN, D. c.,
Sept. 20, 1880.

There has never been more activity
OR anxiety, for that matter-among
the Federal officials in this city than
during the past week. Bad news
came to Sherman, and to all other
Radical Ohioans, aud is still coming.
The leaders were demanded for that
State, and all who were worth any
thing as political workers, it was said,
must be taken from their desks and
sent there. The operation commenced
at once, and still continues. Usually
no Washington ofice-holders, except
speakers, are sent into States where
they are not voters. This time 10
distinction is made. Every one goes
who can by any possibility do any
good. At Democratic headquarters
here there seems to be full apprecia.
tiou of the desperate work the Radi-
Gals intend to do 10 Ohio and Indiana
before October 18th, and Chairman
Baruum, who was here Oh Monday, is
entirely confident of Indiana, and
hopeful that Ohio will show a Demo
cratic gain. He holds that with either
of these States Democratic in October,
the real coatest is over, and says the
most intelligent Republicans so think.
The extraordinary manner in which
Grants supporters have lately pushed
themselves forward and have been
allowed to take the lead of the Radical
forces, is not agreeable, it is said, to
the Hon. Edward Mcpherson. Chair
man of the Republican Congressional
Committee. The two Committees
the. National aud Congressioual-were
organized in bitter opposition to Grant.
1t was determined that Grant should
not be nominated, and that as far as
possible he and his supporters should
be squeezed out Of the campaign.
Hardly were Hancock and Garfield
nominated, however, before it was seen
that in order to keep the Radical party
even in good condition for 1884, it
was absolutely necessary to change
that part of the programme. Hence
Garfeld's declaration in his letter of
acceptance, that the old spoils doctrine
should be revived if he became Presi-
dent, aud that all there was of civil
service reform in the party should be
thrown over. Hence, too: the practi-
cal retirement of Jewell, aud the i'm
ploriug appeals to Cookliug, Grant.
Cameron aud the rest to enter the
campaign Hence, also, the fact that
Grant is to-day the uuquestioosble
leader of the party. If Convention
were to be held tomorrow the General
would receive four-6fths of the votes
on the first ballot, even though the
delegates knew all the iuiquities from
1868 to 1876 were TO be repeated.
There has been no like revolution in
party in all the history Of parties.
1t was not very strange thing that
Republicans should rob soldiers and
soldiers widows and orphans, as they
have done in the Second Auditors
Office in this city, by stealing the
money found on the bodies Of dead
aud wounded soldiers at Gettysburg
aud other battle6elds. 1t was not
for at points in all the North
ern States where Regiments were or
ganized there were rings and combipa-
tions who got rich out Of the volun-
teers who entered the army. But it
is significant that the robbery was kept
from the people, who had right to
know ali about it, for nearly a year,
and was then revealed only because Of
an accident. This seems to indicate
that, whatever frauds or theft may
havs been committed during fifteen or
more years Of Radical rule, We shall
n ever know Of them till accident or
change Of administration makes dis
covery Inevitable. DEN.