Morning journal and courier., 1880-12-20
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

 The Solid south-sIgns of It's Continued
 Solidity - Judge Morgan Pressed for
 Cabinet HOnors-ConkIing Following
 Up His Fight with Bayard-The Com
 test for Ke1Iogg's Seat.
 WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.-Senator Jonos of Louisiana is a southern Dem ocrat who evidently does not an .ticipate the demolition of the solid Dem ocratic South for four years to come He thinks the election of Hancock would have done far more to disrupt the party in the South than anything that Garfield, backed by federal patronage, will be able to accomplish A reporter of the National Associated Press met MT. Jonas in the lobby at Willard's to- day and talked with him on the southern question. 1T do not think that the Republi- can party in the South can be successfully reorganized," said Jones; f'there is scarci- ty of good timber to reorganize with. Good men can probably be obtained to hold federal offices, but those will not undertake to re- build the Republican party. will admit there are many intelligent and able white men in the South who are not bound to the Democratic party by ties too strong to be sundered, and yet who have quietly acted with the party for many years. They may disagree with the policy of the Democratic leaders in many respects. Some of them would gladly accept federal offices and ad- minister the office with honesty and fairness, yet do not know one of them who would undertake to run federal office with the un- derstanding that it was to be Republican party machine.
 The friends of Judge Morgan, United States Minister to Mexico, will ask Garfield 1 to give him Cabinet position. Judge Nor gan is native of Pennsylvania man of | high character and fine legal attainments. He | removed to Louisiana before the war and is | identified with the interests of the State He \ is 8 strong Republican. Judge Morgan s | friends believe the South should have a representative in the Cabinet and they pre- sent his name with confidence
 | Senator ConkGng arrived in the city to- night and will probably occupy his seat in the Senate tomorrow. The Senators friends | say the end of the controversy between Mir. Bayard and himself relative to the Dover l speech has not been reached AS the case al present stands Bayard denies having him in the published reports of the speech the Philadelphia Press, which originally published the report of the speech Has obtained the affidavit of the stenograph- CT as to the correctness of his notes Evi dence obtained in Washington shows that ths stenographer is an expert in his business anG a man of good character Mir. Bayard'l friends aver that the stenographer was in ths employ of Dick Harrington of ttsafe's fame and therefore his report is not to be trusted MT. Conkhng does not feel that Mr. Bayari has denied the serious charges made agains
 him in manner satisfactory to the public and it is understood he will at some futur. day, possibly before the holiday recess, trans
 fer the dispute from the newspapers to tht Senate Chamber.
 The Kellogg Manning contest will be fnalI, decided in the Senate after the holidays Il
 was the intention of MT. Saulsbury chair
 man of the Committee on Privileges ana
 Elections, to press the case to vote thii
 week. MT. Edmunds, on behalf of the Re
 pubicans, privately requested that the cas,
 be not taken up until after the holidays The request was granted with the under
 standing that no opposition will be offered t.
 take final and deciding vote debat,
 of some length is anticipated on the right O.
 Manning to succeed to the contest began b,
 Mir. Spoford. A member of the Committee
 on Privileges and Elections said today tha
 he believed the resolution to expel Mir Kel
 logg would have passed, notwithstanding tn
 few Democratic speeches made against it las session, If 1t had not been for the persistenc,
 with which MT. Bayard has opposed the re port of the majority of the committee
 Congressman Morton will introduce in tn
 to the banking interests His bill propose U