The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-04-24
Washington Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, Arpil u, Ioo7

WASHINGTON, Arpl II, 1854
Daily the prospects of democrat
Fl ic success in November grow bright.
er, the fight in the republican party
over men making it apparent, even
q from their own standpoint that they
have not men or leaders in their
party possessed of sufficient intelli-
! gence, combined with personal and
political morality and honesty out
of which to make up presidential
ticket. Republican estimate or re
| publican leaders as expressed by
their leading papers and their re
| preventative men here, is sufficient
to relegate the wholelcrowd TO obliv-
ion. In fact, if what is being said
of each other is true, hades is hard
| ly hot enough to burn out the
| blackness and darkness of their
| characters. 1t is this beautiful pic
turing of each other by republicans
! that causes democrats to take heart
and once more unite to rescue the
country from the present corrupt
| party in power.
! Leading men in the democratic
ranks, while of course having per
sonal preferences, are advising that
no com binations or attempts to in
fluenoe the action of the convention
to meet at Chicago, July s, be made
until after the action of the republi-
can convention of June 3 shall have
done its work. One month will be
then left in which to figure as to
the wisest nomination to make and
from what sec tion to select oandi-
dates. There is a general, we may
say a universal feeling among prom
inent and leading democrats to ig-
more personal and local preferences
in order to unite upon a ticket to
win, and with either Arthur, Blaine
or Logan as the republican nominee,
there is more than an even chance
for democratic success.
Truth-but before we begin it
may be proper to remind the people
that Truth is a newspaper publish
ed in New York. city, the newspa
per that printed the forged ''Morey
letter. that was designed to defeat
the election of the late lamented
President Garfield, and ruin his
Well, Truth still exists,
it may also be necessary to remind
your readers, and as an administra-
tion organ this year. Truth is on
the rampage. 1t declares in its
many Photographed editorials, that |
Arthur has been betrayed, sold out
and sat upon by various fellows and |
classes. The office-holders and |
non office holders, the Irish, the Ne |
groes, the Catholics, the Baptists, |
the MethOdists, the-welI eyerybo |
dy-has turned traitor to Arthur.
Even John O'Brien and Jones Of |
the Times has gone back on him
and for this alleged teaching, Truth |
is for war to the knife and the knife
to the hilt. These things are recited
by your correspondent for the rea-
son that they afford a good deal of
to democrats in Wash
ington who daily read the stuff dol
ed out TO the country by the CORES
pondents of the radical journals rel
ative to the entire harmony in the
camp and the strife ex-
listing in the democratic ranks over
the tariff and other bills. Two cats
tied tail-to-tail and hung over a |
clothes line would not be more
fierce and bitter in their scratchings
and fightings than will be the two !
factions Of administration and anti |
administration republicans after
their nomination at Chicago, unless
q very great change takes place in |
the party between now and then. |
After the election in November, re-
pUblicans Will be looking around in |
coupled with bewilder-
ment. wondering what struck 'em.
Mark our words.
Col. Morrison, of Illinois, says
his horizontal tariff reduction bill |
to be called up next Tuesday and |
eventually passed, and passed too, !
with less debate and sooner than |
people generally believe. Congress |
man Payson, of the same state as
Morrison, is Of contrary opinion,
and says that he does not believe
that the bill will even be considered !
by the house. ''The republicans
will object to it's consideration and
believe that Mr.. Randall and the
democrats who think as he does
will do the same thing. Ifl
there are fifty democrats oppos-
ed l do not think the bill will be
brought up. 1t looks as if con
gress would have to sit until August
anyway if it takes up any public
business now waiting for it, except
the appropriation bills, and the tar
iff bill would simply Iengthen the
session uselessly."
General Butler is in Washington.
He comes, it is said, to attend to
some court business, but will proba-
bly, scan the political field with his
open eye and note what chance he
may have for the presidential nomi-
nation by the democratic national
convention. If his friends are to |
be believed, he still has hope in
that direction, though to your cor
respondent the probability of the
democrats selecting him as their
standard bearer is the slimmest of |
the slim.
Senator Vest made quite an elab-
crate and able speech on the naval |
appropriation bill on Tuesday and !
Wednesday. He opposed the con
struction of steel cruisers, "com-
merce destroyers," and urged the
defense of our sea coast. When |
asked by senator what remedy he
had to suggest in view of the situa-
ton, he replied. "The over-whelm-
ing necessity of this country now |
is the defense of our seabeard, for
to-day we are practically at the
mercy of the maritime powers of
Europe. 1 do not deny the necessi
ty for a navy, but say the first du-
ty to the people of the United |
States is to defend the sea coast, |
and we cannot do it with commerce |