The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-11-10
SyaSHliuStoI letter.
From onr Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, ID. g.,


courage and support the Admlnlstra'
tratiou of President Arthur, the 10
dications Enthusiastically are that they
ere many months have passed lind
themselves earnestly opposed both to
his methods and policy. The present
Executive is a politician pure and
simple. lie may be shrewd politi.
ciau, in the scuse of suitiDg means to
ends, but iu all his plans and pur-
poses he will never rise above the
thought Of party success. This much
is clearly foreshadowed both iu his
past record and in the first steps of
his administration. One of the first
acts of the new Executive was to
bring the power aad patronage of the
Government to the aid of Malone ip
tie Virginia campaign solely for the
purpose of gaining small party ad-
vantage, which must be Of question
able value to say tie least Of it. 1t
is beyond controversy or doubt that
We are to have a Cabinet Of Grant
nen and return of Graut policies
On the inside aud outside the Prcsi
dents advisers are drawn from the
Old Guard at Chicago-the famous
506-aud the Influences and counec
tions surrounding his Administration
will be of the same sort fol:tica!
trading and scheming to party ends
and for the success Of certain in
dividuals will be the chef characte-
ristic of the Administration. Even
Mr.. Blaine acknowledges this pros,
pect and recognizes that he has no
place iu the crowd. 1t is DOT an-
likely, therefore, that the re!ations Of
Democrats toward such an Admins
tration will be very different from
their feelings toward that Of Gen.
Garfield.
After all that has been said and
done about the star route ring aud its
robberies the prospect now is that
every one of the rascals will 60 scot
free. No more doubt exists now of
the guilt of the parties accused. or Of
the enoruity of their stealiass. than
has existed at any time heretofore,
but the difficulties surrounding the
prosecution of the cases are coming to
| be better understood There is a
strong suspicion obtaining here, also
| that the President is not in earnest
| in bis expressed desire for vigorous
prosecution. This suspicion arises
| partly from his anxiety to throw all
the responsibility upon the Garfield
administration, and is strengthened
by the stubborn determination Of At
| torney. General McVeagb to retire. 1t
has been asserted iD circles where Nc
Veagh's purposes ought to be known
that this is really his private view.
Certainly be knows the value of
the evidence that has been obtain.
ed and he asserts with the utmost
positiveness that it is sufficient to
convince any unbiased mind This
leaves only the one opinion that the
Attorney General has no faith in the
professions of President Arthur
against Dorsey, Brady aud their asso-
ciates, and therefore insists on retiring
rather than be humiliated with a de-
feat his legal acumen could not avoid
against the secret touches Of Presl
Dental influences.
Dorsey aud Brady are the head aud
front Of the offenders aud the chief
bene6ciaries. To other words they
pocketed most of the swag Dorsey is
Secretary Of the Republican National
Committee and knows all the secrets
of that body He Was dined in New
York for his success iu bribery 10
Indiana and one Of his entertainers
was President Arthur. who looked
upon bis use of ''soap'' 10 the Indiana
contes, as a good joke. The accom-
plished Dorsey is therefore perfectly
unconcerned. He knows he is safe.
He has said to the party managers ::
I must be fully vindicated or when
I fall I will pull down with me the
pillars of the Republican temple. l
can make an exposure that would
shame the party out of existence, and
will do it rather than be disgraced for
saving the party" lie will not be
punished, neither will Brady, and all
this pulling aud hauling BY Arthur
and McTesgh, has this meaning.
McVeagh does not want to be the
scapegoat.
But few Senators remain Id the city
duri1g the interim and there is little
hustle OF interest in political circles.
It will shortly return however, as
members of the lvwer House will be.
giu to arrive in about three weeks to
participate in canvass for the Speaker
ship More or less gossip and specu
lation is already INDUCED in on this
subject, but there is nothing upon
which to base reliable opinlon. To-
der all the circumstances the selection
of Western man seems probable,
but candidates are plenty as black
berries in that section, and that
fact may result in turning the
choice eastward. kassou, of Iowa,
Kiefer, of Ohio, and Burrows, of
Michigan, are the leading Western
candidates, possessing strength in
a abont tho order named 4 nrominent