Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-04-16
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
THE UGLY DILEMMA OF THE
COALITION
The LoquacIous LOchrane and His
Persistent Persuasiveness - Mr..
Tom Black Confident = RIodgett
and Mason TnVisible-LOngstre
Confirmation More Than Assured.

WASHINGTON, April 15.-Judge Lochrane
is again in town. He must be very deeply
interested In the fraudulent railroad bonds
which were cancelled by act of the Georgia
Legislature. He is most agreeable gentle
man and very shrewd. He knows how to
go to work In pursuit of an object. He in
variably turns the subject whenever he is in
conversation with anybody Of influence or
supposed influence to the question of re-
pudiation, and then drops gracefully into
saying that Georgia repudiated SIS, 900, 900
of her bonds and that the only recourse Of
the defrauded-God save the marks
in the enactment of an amendment
to the Constitution allowing suit to be en-
tered against States The prediction of
the attempt to secure sucA an amendment
is more than verified BY Judge Lochrane's
actions and conversations at the capital of
the nation. He is trying to make converts.
How many of the fraudulent and worthless
bonds he holds Is not known here.
The Republicans now more than ever
show q desire to find pretext for receding
from the awkward position in which they
find themselves In trying to pay off Malone
for services rendered, by an immediate
change of the Senate officers, which would
rebound much to the benefit of Mahone's
friends. While they have con-
tinued the present dead lock
there has been much discussion in the SEN
ate on the subject of reputation OF States
debts, and the tenor of such discussion has
been to show clearly that, In allying them
selves with Malone, the Republicans ally
themselves with repudiation. This phase
of the question has been rubbed IN upon
the Republicans day after day by the Demo
Gratis in the Senate discussions. It was a
chance of thousand, and the Democrats
have promptly taken advantage of it. The
consequence has beer felt all over the Union.
1t is bad for the "honest, debt paying" Re-
publican party. They see this, and note
that their call for the bloody shirt is cold
wstered even among the most staunch Re-
publican precincts, They, therefore, want an
adjournment, though they are ashamed to
acknowledge it. They want to get out of
the affair under good colors IL possible.
The Democrats, however, evince a very
general determination not to let them out
without very clear backdown. To that
complexion 1t must come or the Republican
Senators will have to sit and the more
thoroughly convince the country that they
support the repudiating principles of Ma
hone. AS minority the Democratic party
is great success. As a purchase Malone
is destined TO bring only trouble to his
buyers.
Tom Black, nominated for Collector at
Brunswick, Ga, to day told me that he was
only waiting for the deadlock in the Senate
to be broken to be confirmed. He says he
has fully satisfied Secretary Window of the
falsity and injustice of the charges made
against him. and further, that he has both
the Georgia Senators on his side, who will
see that he is confirmed without any trouble.
In the meanwhile Rice, j. Mason, and Tom
Blodgett, who are conspiring against Black,
and In favor of Rice, must have departed
the city, for they are seen no more a-hunting
around.
| to-day told the gentleman who informed
me first about Longstreet's nomination as
Marshal of Georgia having been made out
ready for Transmission to the Senate,
what Senator Frye said the other
day about the President having recon
sdered his determination, and the chance
that he would nominate SmYth for the
place. "Don't you make any mistake" he
said. SIT is true Smyth is pushed by
Blaine, Frye and Hale, but he will not get
the place. Longstreet will get 1t, and don't
you fly off tie track about the thing.
Smyth's nomination would oe in the in
terest of Bryant, and would tear the Re-
publican party in Georgia all to flinders.
Longstreet is on the slate, and will STAY
there. be nominated and confirmed. /
know what l am talking about, and my in
formation not only covers all that Senator
Frye said about the appointment, but is a
good deal later than his. You stick to the
statement you made some time ago, that
IOn0street will be the next Marshal of
Georgia, and you will be all right" The
gentleman quoted Is in a position that
gives him peculiar advantages for such
knowledge OF events as the one under con-
sideratior. Therefore l stick, despite what
Mr. Frye said to me, to the statement first
made in these dispatches that General Long
street will be Georgia's next Marshal.