The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1882-03-21
South Kentuckian.
ADVERTISING RATE.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington, d. c, March IS, 1882.


Washington, ID. G, March Is, 1882.
Nothing Ia more apparent than that
the Stalwart or Administration wing
.of the Republican party does not feel
remarkable happy over the general
situation. Notwithstanding the ines
that all the prizes in The lottery of NJ
sassIDali0n fell TO their lot, and thev
have entire control of the Federal
patronage, the signs OF the times are
not inspiring from their standpoint
The way Mr.. Conkling's nomination
was received by the press, the recrnt
local elections in New York State.
aud numerous other "straws" indicate
that all is not lovely--tliat the loa,t
OF Tanmary bargalns and Repudia.
tion combination IL entirely too
heavy. Worse than all Mr. Blaine,
whom tley set out to kill On, appears
10 be livclier than ever. Thure il not
a particle OF doubt thnt II the nonina-
tiny convention were TO be held next
week Blaine would Garry of the
prize in spite OF blr. ARTHUR and all
his Office holders. Mr.. SECRETARY
Frclinghuysen, it Is said; rctires 10
the privacy of his room each morning
aud weeps copious tears; lIo hns
put his fou, IN it so thoroughly that,
like ra. with his tail caught in
stcel-lrap, lie cannot escape whole.
To mix metaphors, he Is; as tho boys
say, over his head and should swim
out. Seriously, there Is no doubt
that the old gentleman from New
Jersey made blunder in his foreign
policy, and that tho result IL MIR.
Blaine's triumph over AN Adninla-
tration whose first desire was 10 de-
strUy him.
There was an oil rooster calte.l Fro
Lin1huyscn, Of long pc'ligrec;
His craw had NJ rnnhi
so hc took bold stand
On thc tail OF his long pcdigrce.
II il too bad that the letter of Mr..
Conkling declining tli6 Supreme
Court jas iceship must be withheld
from the public. Considering tho
time devoted 10 its preparation, il
must be one Of hi. great efforts, and
would undoubtedly prove highly
characteristic. If not decidedly
valuable, contribution ~ the polit-
cal literature OF The time. There il
some danger that the entire transact
tion will he regarded with unseenly
lcvi,v by n public kcenly perccptive
of tho farcical aspects 0t thia very
solemn paniomine. The letter Ia
said to lie very long and very sarcss-
sic, The great, noble man, taking oc-
casioli To give his little friend Arthur
severe castigaion on paper. la it
for this reason that tho President
desires to keep the COMMUNICATION To
himself, for a ementO as il were.
The next appointment credited to
Mr.. Arthur is that Ot w. L. Chand-
Ter ior Secretary OF tile Navy. Now
that looks like business. With Robe
son at the head OF the Naval Com
mittee TO engineer the appropriations,
and Bill Chandler as Secretary, In
help carry out The schemes. there
would be some inn for those who got
a chance AT the pickings. Chandler Ia
Robeson's man.
Persons who have schemes before
Congress for subsidies and kindred
matters are struck dumb with ainazc-
ment and admiration to hear that tho
Senate Committee OIL Commerce re-
ports In favor OF guaranteeing elk per
cent interest on $50, 100000 bonds for
the mythical ship railway OF Capt.
Eads across the lslhmus. Mr.. Eads
has always been remarkably aLccess-
ful in engineering his projects
through Congress. and perhaps one
reason for his success 10 that he never
strikes for paltry hundreds Of thous-
ands, as do tho more modest beleag-
uers of the Treasury, but bnedly de-
mands millions Bit 1t is easier To
get through committee than through
the whole Senate, and easier to carry
scheme through the latter body
with lie rs members, than through
the House with its 293. So Eads ia
not out Of the woods yet. In tho
House he will have hard work to
conciliate Holman the objcctor.
Holman is always In session when
the House Is, and Speaker kiefcr has
doubtless found out by this time that
tho rugged old Ilooslcr IL, by the dis
pensaiion of nature, a member Of all
committees, aud by virtue Of his own
indefatig,ble industry personally in
charge OF all bills that have money in
them. Holman doesn't cit in tho
committee rooms, but when any com
mlttcc tries to bore hole In tho
Treasury they are sure To find llol-
man around when the boring begins,
aud just as well informed az anv
member Of the committee abnut thu
sizc aid purpose OF the proposed
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