The Baltimore County union., 1884-01-19
Correspondence Baltimore County Union.
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. l4th, 1884

NASHlNGTON, " VI. Jan. lftut 1901.
Messrs Editors General Grant said that
the Democratic party could always be relied on
to bunder so as to lose the Presidency. This fa-
tality does seem to accompany that party yet.
The election of Mr.. Carlisle to the Speakership
of the House was blunder that destroyed al
most every vestige of its chance to win the next
Presidential election And yet, right on the heels
of that blunder comes another equally or perhaps
more egregious, and leaves it, it may be said,
without the least hope whatever, and it will be
compelled again "to sit in sack-cloth and ashes,"
as it has done SO often in the past
1t made some show of an honest resolution to
stick courageousy by its principles in the Speak
ership election, but since then, haunted as it
is by fear and bound by its old habit of vacilla-
ton, it has weakened, and is now afraid to con-
front the issue of Its making, viz the tariff.
But yet it had left two issues" with which it
felt it would be able to combat the Republican
party. They were Civil Service Reform and anti
monopoly. But, alas the strange fatality that
accompanies it ia all its torturous peregrinations
at one fell swoop of its evil genius" these have
beoa swept ay, and it Is loft without one thing
to base ray of hope upon for success in the
coming Presidential campaign.
1t occurred thus: The Democratic caucus of
the Ohio Legislature last week determined to nom
mate Mr.. Henry B. Payne, of that State, for the
United States Senate. Mr.. Payne is the repre-
sentative of the worst monopoly in the coun
try, the Standard Oil Company. Also, as is
charged by the Democratic press everywhere
throughout the country, his nomination was pro
cured by "the most atrocious bribery and corrup-
ton ever known in Democratic politics." THAT
is a pretty bad charge.) The National RepubH-
can, remarks, as it comments upon it, "We ac-
cept Ohio thus brought to the Republican party
on tie Standard Oil Companies silver salver.
Now we can carry Ohio in October whoever
we nominate" and the Post (the Democratic
organ in this city, as it copies the item, heads it
"The only just result"
Ohio is an October State, and as goes Ohio so
will go the Presidential election. The Demo-
cratic machine vas well "lubricated" with "Stan-
dard oil" dollars, and neither Mr.. George II. Pen
dleton, who was the recognized father of the Civ
il Service Reform bill that passed Congress two
sessions ago, and has been so benefcially put in
operation since in all .he Government Offices by
a republican President, nor Mr.. Allen g. Thur
man, the stirling opponent of all monopcles, nor
any other honest spd able Democrat of Ohio was
able to stand up before and resist the momentum
of this STANDARD Oil machine" So Mr.. Payne
was nominated by the caucus and will be elected
by the Legislature, and thus disappears the two
last issues ON which the Democratic party hoped
to gain the Presidency.
The sensation of the hour here has been the
political scandal involving the name of Hon.
Abram S. Hewitt of New York. In paragraph
sent off to one of the Philadelphia papers ca last
Friday night, it was charged that after Mr.
Hewitt introduced the resolution recently in Con-
gress endsayoring to stay the execution of fO'Don-
nell, who claimed to be en- American citizen and
under sentence of death in England for the shoot
ing of Cary, the Irish informer, he went immedi-
ately to the house of Mr.. West, the British Min
lister, and said that he was not in earnest in in
Producing the resolution, which was done only for
"buncombe" to satisfy the clamor of the Irish
American citizens. TIE House and Senate adopt
ed the resolution, and it was singed BY tho Presi-
dent So if the charge against Mr.. Hewitt was
true it would be great beittling of the two
Houses of Congress and of the U. S. Govern
ment. But Mr.. Hewitt denies having "apolo
gzed," as was the charge, to the British Minister
for introducing the resolution. OF course, it the
British Minister should insist that Mr.. Hewitt
thus "apoogized" to bin, as was at first asserted
he did, it would raise question of veracity be-
tween the the two gentlemen. But IL is now un.
derstood that the British Minister merely claims
that Mr.. Hewitt Explained" the resolution to
him. Thus serious scandal is saved the whole
United States Government. Had the question
of veracity, however, come to head between Mr..
Hewitt and Mr.. West, your Republican readers
would remember that, in 1880, Mr.. Hewitt, as
Chairman Of the National Democratic COnven-
ton, gave his endorsement to the Morey letter,
which was afterwards prosea to be such an in
famous forgery, and thus the "bepsft of doubt,"
in such case, would probably be given by such
to the British Minister.
The question of the issuance of two per cent.
government bonds Is being mooted for the re-
lief of the National banks, whose securities for
circulation will shortly be called in unless pre-
vented by some expedent Of Congress, but It Is
hardly possible they will be issued, as Ii would
require thsm TO be of long time to be aoated at
par, possibly fifty years. and the sentiment of the
country is thought to be avsFso to the extension
of the National debt. ANON