The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-12-04


he: "When I arrived in Washing
ton found the Grant men in high
spirits at the fact that General Gar
field had lunched with Senator Don
Cameron. This they regarded as
powerfully significant that the ultra
.talwarts and Grant men would have
things their own way after the 4th
of March. Well, L concluded this
was worth looking into, and at last l
learned from reliable source that it
meant just nothing at all. On his
way to Washington General Garfield
was met at Altoona, Pennsylvania,
by Geographic invitation from Sen
ator Cameron to lunch with him as
he passed through Harrisburg. AT
first the President-elect was some
what indisposed to accept the invita-
ton. He felt. that his action in 80
doing weuld be liable to be n,iscon-
trued, and it was only after II on.
Amos Townsend had urged that a
refusal would, perhaps, be liable to a
mere grave misconstruction, that his
acceptance was telegraphed back.
This satisfied me that the Grant men
had extracted good deal of comfort
from very small matter. When l
arrived in Washington [ called on
General Garfield. l came away with
my store of political knowledge in
creased by the information that the
next President was lin excellent
health, and would only remain at the
Capital few days. Then / was in
formed that there was but little prob
ability of the recognition of the
Blaine element in the next admins
tration. So, reasoning that if could
not get any definite information as to
who aCould be recognized, knowl-
edge of who a0Ould not be would mar
row the field for guesswork, | follow
ed up this thread. l was rewarded
by the discovery that although Sena-
tor Blaine's name or those of his
friends were not mixed up in any of
the cabinet prophecies, Colonel r. G..
IngersoIl, who is Blaine's bosom
riend and right bower, was the first
to greet the President elect upon his
arrival here, and had been henored
by the presence of General Garfield
at his tai lie. This did not impress me
with the idea that Senator Blaine's
interests were languishing. Have I
any ideas as to who will compose the
next cabinet? Yes, thing they will
be Garfield men; that is, men whe
are in harmony with the views and
purposes of General Garfield, and
upon which he will construct the
policy Ct his administration, and
men who will harmonic in their re-
latiens as cabinet. There are plenty
of men in almost every State who
will fulfil these conditions, without
rendering it necessary to utilize any
of the old stock. Could L name any
who may be regarded as coming with
in the pale of the possible? No; /
have an IDEA that nobody but James
A. Garfield could do that"
THE GREENBACK MEMBER ELECTED
JEFFERSON CITY, Nov. 29.-The
contest in the 9th Congressional dis
trict of this State between Craig,
Democrat, and Ford, Greenbacker,is
settled by the withdrawal Of the
former. The clerk of Ray county in
making up his returns, included 4
votes for Craig, which were on the
tally sheet, but were not returned by
the election judges. The vote was so
close that those four made tie. Mr..
Ford contended that the clerk had no
authority to go behind the returns of
the election judges, and he Ford
applied to the State Supreme Court
for nandamus TO compel the Ray
county clerk to count the votes as
returned. The Supreme court or
dered the Secretary of State not to
issue any certificates of election until
last Saturday. Meantime the court
inquired into the question raised by
Ford, and granted the mandamus as
applied for. Mr.. Craig saw this
would defeat him, and retired from
the contest. The certificate has been
issued to Ford, who will vote with
the Republicans in the organization
of the House of Representatives.
THE MoREY LETTER AND THE
GRAND JURY.
NEW YORK, Nov. 26.-The grand
jury to-day were still considering the
Morsy Chinese letter and the cir
cumstances attending the forgery.
They had before them some witness
SEES whose names and the nature of
whose testimony could not he learned.
Secret interviews were held in the
district attorneys Office between
Assistant District Attorney Bell,