South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1883-07-13
Letter froaa W&shilyssn.
EvE CIR Gg<ser Css~arvsanz.
Wssunsrox, y. G, July 9.


The old ssyine thst Inc Fourth of
July Is tie hottest dag Of che year
~as pretty wcsa wersAeA bore this year.
Ii ~as @4szmg 7scs, uad everybody
~so oesaa g@ 'out Of tcwH did co.
Chose who could not s0sesk tho
f1iead'y shade Il trees end roofs z.A
laid il a xocdly soppsy Of ice. THE
sta&e Ct weatlser war N decided coa /.
ssa& with chat cf last ySsr, when, bS
. asgsa&r freak ef Vcn@0 O. the wca.
tber bureau, cNerccats were brcxxhe
into requirement late Ia the day
Bat ia spite Of the prescnt hot weath-
q politicians arc tamiug up here GO
very day and the political pot beils
vigorously The Speakersaip race is
Alta acting attention of late and two
Of tho candidates have been here with.
in few days Mr.. Carlisle, who
seeus 10 be . favorite. spoke very
cheerfully Of his prospects, and It is
believed that bc has q strong lead,
though the friends Of Sam Randall
appear to be confident. The repub.
'icaus. knowing that they cannot elect
tho Speaker, are generally favorable
to Randall on account of his protec.
ton theories. But not withstauding
the clai,ns Of candidates, 1 happen to
know that large proportion of the
membcrs-elect arc still uupledgcd.-
From what l have learned think q
free. unhampered vote ut this time
would result in favor Of Car Isle "a
first choice, but there is no estimating
what may be brought about by com.
binations and promises. Mr. Cox, of
New York, who has some strength, is
thought to prefer Carlisle if he cannot
win himself.
Preparatory to the Presidents COM
ing trip to the Yellowstone Park the
Signal corps is about to run a tele.
graph wire into the park 80 that COM
munication may be maintained. The
Signal Office reports that the wire can
be put up at the rate of loo miles n
week. 1t can be connected with the
nearest present telegraphic point,
Fort Bliss or Fort Washable, and be
completed into the park before Au-
gust 1, the time now fixed for the
President to start OIL the trip. The
field telegraph wire can follow him
from place to place in the park, if it
| should be thought best, with much
greater rapidity. With the facilities
for travelling comfortably, which will
be Mt the Presidents disposal, no
doubt this trip will be u pleasant one
but for less favored mortals it is at
present long and tedious and fraught
with many difficulties, to say nothing
of the great expense. But the park
is full of interesting features and won.
ders, OF which I may give you some
account later on.
The warm friendship which exists
between General NJ. G.. Butler, Sen.
ator from South Carolina, and Don
Cameron is well-known i'm Washing
ton. The southern senator had, until
the recent lease of Cameron elegant
house, a suite of rooms in it, which
we're as much his as if he, instead Of
Cameron, owned the house. The re.
publicaDs have wondered at this in.
timacy, but not nearly 80 much as
have the democrats. The republicans,
| however, are ready to bless the tie
that binds, whatever it is, because it
secures them from any political loss
i'll the senate through Cameron's alb
sence in Europe. tis known, wheth-
er that absence be long or short, that
on all political subjects Butler ls pair
ed with Cameron. Some of the de-
mocratic leaders have demonstrated
with Butler, telling him that it Ia bad
politics to make such indefinite pairs.
buthereplies that Don may stay as long
as likes, and be sure that his pair is all
right. Senator Butler doubtless re.
minds himself that if Don Cameron
had so willcd it, Senator Hampton
would have had republican collca-
que all these six years, for it will be re,
membered that the republican senate
would have kept Butler out but for
the vote of Cameron. 'Why doesn't
Cameron resign?' was asked of one
of his closest friends, with the added
remark. There are no more politi-
cal fish for him to catch. He has
been everything except President and
surely he cannot be looking forward
to that The answer was; Don is q
great deal more anxious to get out OF
politics than ] could IN. Ike you believe;
again and again he has been on the
point OF handing in his resignation,
and nothing but the urgency oil
friends has restrained him. As il is,
you may depend upon two things
first, that he will not, under any cir.
cumstances, be n candidate for re.elec
ton, and second, that he has already
retired from active participation il
the management Of party affairs.
Then, said /, What is the real reason
OF Don's holding on to thesenatorshipg
My informant hesitated a momen
and then replied, well, you know
those Shermans are never satisfied un
lcss they are in office The point 0
this will be seen by those who know