The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1882-03-10
WEEKLY CORVALLIS GAZETTE.
Corvallis, March 10, 1882
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent


several important matters have been
practically disposed OF. Among
these are Mr.. Edmund's Mormon
bill in the Senate and the Arportion-
men. bill in the House. The latter
as finally perfected is the fairsst ap-
nortion1rpnt measure ever passed
and is absolutely impartial as 1t Ia
oossible to make it. Any Democrat
who complains sof it would growl
if he were going to be hung.
Tho only States loosing a member
are three Republican States -
Maine. Vermont and New Hamp-
shire, while the gains are almost
equally distributed. The question
OF dividing Dakota and admitting
the southern part into the Union is
tavorably settled SO far as the conf
mi,,ee is concerned and the indica'
tioi,s are that it will pass. Some
Democrats oppose it solely on po-
!tical grounds. but l have not found
a single opponent among the major
ity.
Talking politics day or two ago
with q Democratic Senator who was
opposed to Tilden as Presidential
candidate two years ago made the
not unexpected discovery that the
Gramercy cipherer is the favorite OF
his party for the nomination i'll 1884,
so far as the preponderance of DEM
ocratic sentiment can be gathered at
this political centre. Their Uncle
Samuel is taking the place so long
flied by Horat;o Seymour as the
pstriarcbal candidate. While the
Republican party has so many favor
ties that ch oice is difficult, the
hapless democrats are fain, when
the time for laying out a campaign
draws near, to fix in DESPAIR upon
the only man in their ranks over
whom extreme old age has cast a
mantle of responsibility. Mr.. Sey.
ssneur had the responsibility by ma
ssure, and with the added qualification
~efage he was quite the ideal candi-
@date of the antiquated Democracy.
Mr.. .T:lsen is not quite so we'll off,
but evgn in this case solicitude has
softened the glare of notoriety into
something like the more pleasant
lustre> ef falne. So it now appears
that the Democrats of all the States
lturl their ey.ss to him-and his bar
;rel---as the Esost hopeful candidate
for Ias4-prsvided that 's4 does not
find the sage Of Gramercy twanging
an oroide harp above the clouds.
When A1r. Hendricks was here re-
Gently he was asked if the report
were true that he had ''conciliated'
with Samuel Jones upon the basis Of
.sthe old ticket" and he did not deny.
The understanding is SAID to be that
in case of election Tilden is to do
something never done betore-resign
the Presidency and let Hendricks act.
That is a fine programme, but it
takes majority of the American
people to carry it ont, and it may
fail in execution somewl, ere
Advices received here from Pana-
ma indicate that the DeLesseps canal
is not fnaterializing very successfully.
The work has not really been begun,
although the fornality of "breaking
ground" has heep gone, through with.
The amount of money subscribed is
almost insignificant when the cost Of
the enterprise is considered. The
available cash on hand after paying
interest to investors and the purchase
money for the Panama railroads does
not exceed $l2,5o0,O00 while the
lowest estimate for the cost Of the
undertaking is $les,ooO. Worst of
all, the second assessment has not
been promptly met in Paris, and the
company bids fair to be left without
money. These things do not promise
the immense returns which have been
held out as the certain result of the
distinguished French engineers con-
nection with the canal enterprise. It
is not improbable that the absence of
the ind dorsement of the United States
has something to do with this failure.
Meanwhile Capt. Eads is here log.
rolling tor his ship railway across the
lsthmus without much prospect of
success. The sum which he asks
Congress to guarantee is only $780,
100000 and the railway will be be-
gun as soon as he secures that triie,
pending which he is on "wai,ine''
orders. So are great many more
people who want a few hundred
million. =.-..-
President Arthar's first state DIN.
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