Year: 1877

pracble" The comments OF the brother editors At fra
both harsh and conflicting but read In the light II


the speech they are neither but nt each other ana tho
case completely.


| The President seems TO understand the stu
ntion pretty we'll He said last week to correspondents
| OF The Cincinnati Commercial: "There are men who
arc making great fuss about Southern policy when


they don't cents what the Southern policy s 70
they get Offices to distribute. Congressman for
instance will promise lot OF local Offices In his district
in repayment setting up Convention and giving ba


denomination. Under this vicious system we are likely
TO indifferent Congressman and bad Civil Service.
The system works evil both Because want 10
try do something toward reformation In this particu
lar TO divorce local politics from Federal oceholdns,


there out-cry against the Southern policy from
who are really give the grounds Of op
position my Administration, for am trying 20 carry
the Civil Service Reforms that m Republicans


fixed fact, and every day demonstrates that IL tho
wsest course all things considered that could have
been taken But IL really amusing to find this assaed
by those who don't really care anything about IT, using
simply cloak to cover up their disgust for Civil Ser
wee Reform"


The friends of the President in Ohio are be-
ginning to show anxiety about tho apDroaehngconven
tion at Cleveland The formidable proportions OF tho
opposition thus pcturesquey summed up by The Gin
einnd Commercial: he machine politicians ofthe Re
publican pcrsuasion-th0se who would throw mud at
Hayes with the delicacy with which they licked
Grants bootspropose TO capture the Cleveland C0nven
tlOn Ihey were thinking OF tnl5 as long ago as Whcn
they called the Convention. Cleveland the spot that
had Blaine tant in it before the National Convention
ia Cincinnati 1t contains disappointed editor. Ths
Garfield movement Is in that neishborhood Ben Wades
bursting indignation is Travel New
England and the Northwest the Cleveland route.
Packard can pass that way. Chamberlain may make
call The thing TO do To shy dead cat or two at
Hayes because he did not dispense his magnetic sure
for heads according To great expectations. Tho
machinery In notion and the elements Oi dlssdtlslac-
ton are concentrating AT Cleveland


Speaker Newmeyer, of the Pennsylvania
Senate dscourses OF Republican prospects in that
state: 81 think things much mixed IL looks IL
tho Rcpublicans) going to be beaten this Fall
our people not satisfied, and the Convention viii
indorse Hayes's Southern policy. Ny county A
lesheny) passed resolutions against Hayess policy,
and delegates will vote and work against any such
Endorsement Our delegates are instructed for Judge
serret and after that they left free do they
please so far as the and Treasurer
concerned. mistake suppose that Don Cameron
desires the defeat of the party this Fall II would be the
most suicidal thing heard Of in politics for tho
Camcrons 10 aid in such defeat know 10 is not 50,
because Don Cameron was in Pittsburg within the last
ten days aud had a conversation with him the sub
cc and he announced himself very desir0us TO hayc
the ticket carried by good majority, and hc
thought IL could be done, but IL would require
thorough organization throughout the state and much
hard work. but nevertheless he thought thar it would bo
accomplished am sure senator Don Cameron Is doing
all can the OF the party Tho recent order
the President which pulls ont the teeth ana cuts on
tue claws OF every good Republican in Office has very
much discouraged people, and they say: on, hellI
10 power that get those sort OF people out 10 vote
do not despair; think the State viii be saved bur OF
will not be any good that the present ad-
ministfaton does thepary in the state