The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-08-17
A WASHINGTON LETTER.
THE GOLDEN RULE IN POLITICS
The President Taking Peep Mt II From
tho Adlron dacks-PrO Of
Administration Defeats ia New
York and OHIO -- Gen
eral Capital GleaniDEs.

WASHINGTON, Aug. l3.--[Special Cor
respon hence. From tho seclusiOn Of
the Adirondack the president will
study New Yors politics and the pos
sible results OF bis six months admin
istrRtion. There are not wanting Dem
ocrats who predict a defeat for the
party, and they consider that IL would
be q blessing in disguise to burn away
tho foolishness that this new method
of golden rule politics has engondered.
New York once lost, tho administra-
ton could SEQ, without being told, that
men won't uphold cause that don't
uphold them; that, oall IL what you
please, spOila or anything worse, 10 Is
tho sll IN oil which crystalizes senti-
ment, shapes policy, commands inllu-
once and makes votes. II, after the
(possiblo) loss oi New York, no cnange
OF plan should occur, IL could then DO
considered that the good Of the party
was not being considered, and results
accepted accordingly, Vammany dc os
not like Clevola. #. IL fought him
III blb NNAAN AAAARNF anu ~ sAAANN ANAAAA VA
at tho presidential election, so 10 is
hardly 60 DO expected that 10 viii vote
now 10 compliment him, particularly
az ne has 10 severely sat upon its toni
ropes. The wigwgm will be for the
wigwam, and unlOsa the Independents
como IN as a fOrlOrn hope to help DEM
ocracv over, New \ ork will have q
Republican governor TO succeed Mr.
Hill. All the big guns are there now.
Secretaries Manning and Whitney 70
manned after the Grant ceremonies,
and something IL being cooked which
may suit the popular palate. There ~
a wealth OF possibilities and sugges
tions In thai cartoon which "1ho
Judgen contained week or two ago,
John Kelly was represented walking
the sands preparatory 20 q surf bath,
but side glance took In Mrs. White
law Reid, who og'ed him and threw
ooquattish glances from beneath her
parasol. A great many things prOnpt-
cd trip to New York by the prOsi
dent.
A prominent Ohio Democrat jus
trombone, said yesterday that his
people were demoTallZed and
quite out OF patience with
the administration. They wer,
unit for clean sweep Of Republican
officials. Some one asked n IL was tho
pooplo really, or tho politicians, whC
thought this. lie replied that IL woult
only be necessary for the questionor I,
interview any 100 Democrats Of his
STATE, wherever found, selecting only
so as to exclude politicians, and hj
would abide the result,
Speaker Carlisle Is NJ his old quarleri
A. .N..H4 A.. Il.
dulged rs 10 the next speakorship.
Is pretty generally conceded that Mr.
Randall will not DO a candidate, AM
that no will not be disturbed In his 20
sltion of chairman of tho appropriation
committee. Governor Curtin, OF Penn
sylvenia, will, II In thought, place Mr.
Carlisle in nomination, thus making
the beginning toward an era OF friend
ly feeling between the opposing forces
A bill 10 hRrmOnlzo the radical lnim
ioal vie 4 on the silver question vii
without doubt, DO presented, but II
fate Is Ia dOubt, New YORK aud tn
East Will drive their Vows rough
shod over tho West and South, II
can be- done. Theirs 10 gol
basis, an exclusive basis, basis the
can manipulate to suit themselves
and with tho president to aid, the
will make big fight. However, tn
manifesto OF Judge Reagan and hi
friends upon the active haste OF tn
president last winter TO enroll himAo
against silver has not been forgotten
aud every thing points 10 determine
resistance toward any hostile legisl
ton.
Among Southern people much III
favorable comment Ia made upon q
remarks attributed TO General j
Johnston in an interview by u CnioaI
paper, where he deprooates tho me
its OF Stonewall jackson aud lauJ
that Of bongstreet. Tho idea begins
hud root that Mr.. Davis was not 1
far wrong In his estimate OF Johnsto
whom he complained that he was II
OF bubbles and jealousy. Followii
close upon this tho views OF Gener
Toombs that Lee was no general al
Johnston would have won AS preside
of the Confedoracy confirms MAJ
Soutberners In the belief that the OF
inant Georgian has lived too long.
Tennessee politics attracts mu,
attention now, and the Difficult
in the Democratic eau
ia not always well unders,oo
While tho State debt is the ms
point of difference, tho negro quest
has entered largely into the hght, ~
tho policy Of a railroad commissit
The first IL practically settled, as
bonds are being funded into the ne
series every day, bu' the two last
red hot. The negroes hold the balan
OF power, aud with the white Reput
cans Will, II there is any consideraI
following 10 tho Colyar tenels, swan
tho straight Democracy. The latl
sec possible danger, and are dol
Just what tic Southern people ha
been dong since the war, only mt
Notwithstanding TO prove 10 tho 4
gfO0g that their former owners a
masters are their best friends.
prove that their promises are n
empty, tho position oil surveyor OF o.
tort Tor Memphis will be given Il
ShAS, a prominent negro OF that eli
VINO IL ne shrewd an organizer a.
manager a. ever sat IN convontic
The "sky-bluesn TO dofeat this NOV
ment have had shaw indicted for p
fury One trouble abont tho TAX
blues'is tif there existed no Other