South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1880-07-16
Letter from Washington.


tsS--inSuS s<oiu~StALo W VIC OOuhbts
are now in New York, wherc the Ma
tional Commute will DC organized Ibis
week. There has no. been presiden-
tial contest since 1856 in which The
leaders and the rank and file OF The Dem
ocrstlc party were 20 thoroughly united
and 30 enthusiastic as now. No cor
test has opened viii, 40 good q prospect
OF snecess. independent even OF this
gratifying harmony in the party. and in
dependent OF the 5isorganized condition
OF the other party. In 1876 Mr.. Til
den received flatteripg majority of eli
the votes cast, and il is not claimei by
GDy one that the candidate OF the party.
whoever he rnish.be would receive loss.
Tbiio it 10 certain that the theft OF
south Carolina, louisiana and Florida
cannot DC repeated. Any fairly popular
candidate could have been elected. But
We have chosen: the ,Iost available OF
men whose nomination is cordially as.
scented TO by all other. ospiran,s, End
who will bring us large Gccessions from
Tho other parties. And added 20 ell
this is the determination TO do faithful
campaign work IN every school district
in tho United States. Tia. will not DO
left as hes too often been the ccsc, to
the enomy.
One OF the marvels Of modern Radi.
col politics il the annual assessment
made upon Government officials. The
officials dislike it. Of course, the people
condemn! It, and the. amount received,
though large, is 70 q considerable extent
swallowed up III the expense Of collec-
ton. There are simpler and moro eco
nomical ways of raising money. which
no doubt, arc employed. but a slight OK
tension of which would add to the year
~ fund al that is wrung from needy
clerks and iG5osors in Government cm-
ploymen'. The First National Bank or
New York, for instance, with Capital
OF half million, made Que million two
| hundred thousand dollars in few woefs
last year by single ioh given or. by
the Secretary Of The Treasury. On 9th,
CIR jobs 1t cleared other enormous q.
| mounts. Various banks and bankers
profted enormously through The same
means. Probably these favored people
are assessed their two per cent. as the
impecunious clerks are. but wha, the
Radical political assessor siopld do is
to mako the whole, assessment upon the
sums given to these people and let the
clerks and laborcrs alone. Tho clerks
( and their wives Gn1 children feel the
| tax Tho bankers would not. If any
Democrats have feared for Han cook and
Engilsh's chances IL Indiana, they NAV
safely 90 comfortod. Senator McDon-
! ald was interviewed here the other dav
! by your corresponding, and soys. IS IN
as can be told thus carly in the season
! there Is no reason 10 doubt tho success
of the ticket. lie says tho nominations
were we'll received from Tic frst. and
the moro they are considered tho better
they arc liked. MEMO.
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MAGNANIMIIY or UAHCocK.-It Is
related on one occasion that two H..
! dies of the Southern Rolief Ns5Ocia-
! ton called on the city authorities Of
St. Louis to obtain the use Of the city
| park for g series Of promenade con
/ ccrts TO tie gwen for the benefit % tle
Southern Relief Fund. The Radical
city authorities refused peromptorily
90 grant their request.
Nothing daunted lIo courage OF
these two ladies, and they called on
General Wmdficld Scott Hancock,
who was ut tho time stationed in st.
LOUIS, requesting the privilege of US
ing a portion of the camp grounds
then occupied by his command. The
request was not only cheerfully grant
ed, bat General Hancock removed at
once the soldiers to another camp
some two miles dIst0nt--and had the
grounds prepared for their purpose,
contributing tents, flags, ETC., and with
hispersonal aid contributed largely TO
the success of the concerts.
The OLIVE, q paper, edited by tho
ladies of the Southern Relief Associa-
ton OF Oct. II, 1866, contains the fol-
lowing; Among tho visitors at our
fair Southern Relief yesterday even
ing we noticed the gallant General w
5. Hancock and lady, who seemed
well disposed to ind pleasure in ev-
! cytiliug they saw.-Louisvil!c Cour-
| ;orJourua'.
: TIE REa or WnY all manufacju-
Ircr7 Of thre-l'uE machinery are So
/ ANXIOUS 20 make = Separator OF ,hc
| "Vibga'or" class, IS bocaUro il ha.
/ been provo! beyond question tla,
tho principle mon which the "Viora-