The weekly Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 1882-188?, 1888-03-01
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our regular correspondent.
Washington, Feb. 9th 1855.

, Washington has been the Mecca
! towards which the eyes of all good
/ democr2ts have been devoutly turn
ed during the past few days. Here
+ the FIRST steps were taken towards
i the great victory which Is 10 he won
; this year again by the party. The
{ ID mocrdtic National Committee
which met in this city 10 select the
time and place for holding the
National Nominating Convention,
held ii three days meeting of intense
interest and every rival city worked
its hardest for the prize.
The only other business of impoT-
tance transacted by the committee
was the election Of Mr.. WIN. Stein
WY, the piano mlnufIcs urer, of
New York city, TO fill the vacancy
OH the committee cIused by the death
Of Hubert o. Thompson. This Sc
lection was a great disappointment
to the republicans, who confidently
expected a great row in the commit
tee over 1t.
Representative Scott, OF PenEsyl-
vania: was in favor of holding the
convention before the republicans
held theirs, believing that having
possession Of the Government, it
was the proper thing for the demo-
Gratis to take the initiatory steps in
opening the Presidential campaign.
Senator G. ,rman, Of Maryland, OPP
posed al early convention, maintain-
inc ..-. there was 70 reason why the
democrats should change their poll
cy of following the republicans: that
with ii llte convention they could
take advantage Of any mistakes OF
their opponents, whereas, by pre-.
ccding the republicans it would en-.
able them to make capital out Of any
plumbers that night be committed 10y
the democrats. Senator GOrman's
views were shared by nearly two
thirds Of the committee, hence the
selection, at first, Of July 3. The
next day a reconsideration of thi,
vote was scared and Mr.. Scott:
views accepted by adopting June the
) a. the date for the convention. /
WAS not until near noon on Thursda,
that st. Louis WAS fixed upon as tk'
place; up % that hour it was believ
ed that san Francisco was sure t.
wiz.
Nj. Mills, Chairman OF the HOUSE
committee on Ways and means, ha
just returned frola a flying tip t.
Providence, Il. |. He says he is de
lighted with the spirit Of the New
England people in regard to the rev
enue question. Throughout the man
ufacturing districts the tariff foErev
enue theory is popular and they ar
pleased with the Presidents tart
message:
It is now said that little Phi
Sheridall's deciination of the nOmina
ton for President was case Q
"Sour grapes" He is not eligible
"Even granting that he was born a
his mother says, several month
, after the arrival of his patents i
. this country" caid naturalize
} citizen of this city, that would max
4 him an alien, under the law, as hi
e father was not naturalized, and n
r more eligible to the Presidency tina
: if he was born in Ireland. I know
I because had a son born severe
; months after my arrival in tn
, country, and he was obliged befor
. he was allowed to vote, on reachin
= the age OF twenty one, to take tn
oath Of allegiance, as he was held t
be alien born. The same law woul
r apply to Sheridan's case.
Charges having been repeated
make in number of republica
papers, that the Commissioner G
Pensions had given the soldiers c
democratic States an advantage owe
= those of republican states in tn
: amount of pensions allowed them,
table has been prepared at tn
Pension Office, which efferruall
disproves the silly charge.
Another bad break is to be charges
up to the republican leaders of tn
House. They see it now, but it
too late TO stop the deluge. The
proposed and passed a resolution t
investigate the Government Print
ing, OR rather to investigate Mi
Benedict, the first democratic Publ
Printer, promising to show up man
startling things. The propositio
was readily agreed to by the demo
Gratis, after an amendment was adde
providing that the investigated
should include the four years tell
of Mr.. Benedict's republican pre-
decessor. The committee appointe
under this resolution, has alread
begun work, and enough has bee
done to make the republican Yer
sorry that they started it, and til
indications are that their sorro
will continue to increase. Here 81
some figures taken from the boel
IF the Government Printing Offic
that speak volumes: La Jan. 1Ss
!, under Rounds there were 1852 pc
# sones on the rolls receiving S163, 80