The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-01-31
Things in Washington.

The Republican Congregational Com
mittee have already got to work and
mapped out plan of campaign. The
South is to be fought for in every Dis.
trict where the census shows negro
maj ority. Contests will be invited, and,
in case Of a Democratic minority in the
next House, seats from our aec:ion of
tho country will be vacated by Wholesale.
1t is necessary for the Democrats to car
ry the Presidency to save the House be-.
yond peradventure, 80 that, incidentally,
the Republicans may be baked in the
design of appointing managers of elec-
tions with all the powers Of returning
board. Confronted with such danger,
it is the supreme of folly to insult the
business interests of the country and
risk defeat that will put us back twenty
years. This practical view. the keynote
Of which sounds in every Byllable of
Henry B. Paynes speech, has made not
few tariff reformers wake up from q
lunacy into which the Whiskey Ring
had led them.
1t is thought here that Mackey, of
South Carolina, has been given the pat.
ronage OF his State, in order to fix del
egation in favor c. Arthur or Gresham
for President. The latter has posed be-
fore the country hitherto as a civil SER
vice reformer. and his opinion of South.
ern Republicans has been expressed in
the came way that Vanderbilt anathema.
tised the public. But recent events ex-
hibit him in different light. The over
whelming majority Of the decent people
of Bamberg, white aud black, petitioned
that the widow of the deceased Republi-
can postmaster should have his place ;
but Mackey had determined upon a ne.
gro named Johnson, q member of the
State Republican Committee, and that
settled it with Mr.. Gresham. The
Clailin University professors vent on the
negro's bond. Mr.. Tillman made an
earnest appeal for tho widow lady, but
in vain. She had no sote and did not
run primaries. Tie Edgefeld philoso-
pher and statesman gave tho Postmaster.
General disnified rebuke and retired.
So much for Civil Service Reformer
Gresham.
The idea of nominating Butler and
Payne meets with favor In some quarters
and hostility in others. This was to be
expected. Some people think that tho
sentimental South would reject the Mas.
sachusetts politician, because of come
old sine Of his which are ranked with
offences against the Holy Ghost--not 10
be forgiven in this world or the world TO
come. A very shrewd Democrat, on the
other hand, says: "The nomination of
Butler and Payne lie not vha. l would
ordinarily prefer; but our party has been
put into such a ridiculous attitude by
provincial enthusiasts that something
out of the common run must be done to
secure victory next year. Butler and
Payne would at least divide the capital
of the country in political contest, and
behind Butlor tho laboring masses and
every element of discon.ent would as.
semble. He would set tho East and
West on fire and would neutralize the
best laid plans of the Republican ma.
chine. The hell that yawns for the Re.
publican monster would belch behind
him Until the Democrats can get the
veto power and the patronage, they are
impotent to reform anything. They can
secure neither by being controlled by
their Don Quixotes. la my opinion, tho
majority OF the Southern people want to
see q change Of Administration but
they are not apt TO do SO willis led by
the nose by village lawyers, college pro.
fessors, rural enthusiasts and sentimep.
tai dudes" This language may not
please some persons. give it, however,
as 1t was spoken to me, leaving the reader
to accept or reject it, as the case may be
Correspondence Chronicle and Co,stitu.
tiondiisk.