Year: 1876

the southern Pee


PIE think About


St. Louis.


WASHINGTON, Mayo


OF course, as might be expected, the sub
act most current here just now, is the one |
ii the impeachment of Belknap, which oc
.upies certain portion of the Senate's |
lime every day. 1t is impossible from the
present stage of the case to search out any
hing that Will even intimate how the case
s going to end. Ex-senator Carpenter, OF
Wisconsin, one of the counsel for the ac-
FUSED is, careful and industrious in his ar
guments, and is as fruitful of citations in
he presentation Of the case as though he
we're handling something in law of less i'm
portance. AS far as the Senators and the
managers are concerned. think they are
pretty we'll sick of it, and would not care if
It were ended tomorrow, but they have re
solved with the House to take holiday. to
attend the opening ceremonies of the Cen
tennial, and this at least, will be tempo
rary relief.


Who Grant favors for the Republican
Presidential nomination is matter much
discussed by the politicians and the news
PAPER correspondents. There is all manner
Of conjecture. Some say that he is for Nor
ton, because Morton has done everything
possible in the Senate to further the villain
GUS schemes of Grant to place the Southern
people under political tyranny, and so
paralyze them by placiug thieves in office as
to have control of the States in voting
majority. There is no doubt that Morton
has done more than any other man, in
similar position, to tyranize the South and
keep the Republican party alive by the in
csssant flutterings of the bloody shirt. But
II was not done through any special love for
Grant. It was as much for Morton as any
body else, and this the President knew, for
be has some perceptive qualities, and this is
one of them, studying out those who are
friendly to him and those who are not. 1t
was easily discovered by him that
Morton is thoroughly selfish, and wanted
at some day to fill the very seat he (Grant)
was then in. This has been literally full
filed. 1t is contended by many that he
favors Blaine. This cannot be. Mr.. Blaine
was guilty of slight to Mr.. Grant that the
military President can never forget
Grant, although he never said so, was for
the third term, until he saw there was no
possible hope. Gradually, one by one, his
strongest Republican states declared against
him, :nd then to complete his chagrin
and disappointment the House voted against
it to. It was in this that Mr.. Blaine
stabbed the President, and it was the un-
kindest cut of all. Instead of proving
himself the friend of the President
he had always professed to be, he
lodged the vote by slipping out of the
chamber just before his name was called,
and left U. s. Grant and his pet scheme to
fare as best they could. From that day to
this Grant and Blaine are not the friends
that they were, and will never be again, it
is therefore easily seen that Grant is not for
Blaine.


There are others who say that Grant is
for Bristow. This has as little truth in il
as the others. He thinks Bristow is an
honest man, but this is the very reason he
does not like him. Honesty is very good
thing in a man of power, in Grants estima-
tion, where it is applied properly, and he
does not think Bristow exercises his
honesty for any good to the administrations
plans. He has Gagged some of the most
successful electioneers Of the party in the
West. Upset Babcock, and knocked some
finely drawn electioneering tactics that were
to be used, higher than kite. He started
the lightning to striking, and it has been
striking ever since in some very uncomfort-
able places to the administration.


But if person will look carefully at it,
in strictly Grant-like way, they can easily
tell who the President is for. Senator
Conkling has been one of the strongest ad-
herents Grant has had since he went into
power. What the President did, was the
subject of Mr.. Conkling's praise. He was
sycophantic to the administration, careful
never to do anything to offend his Majesty,
and active for Grant in all his campaigns.
Now it can be seen with very little thought
which way the Presidential influence is to
be extended. 1t was easily seen in the
appointment that was made to fill the place
of Collector at Norfolk, Virginia, when the
favorite of men, named by those who had
expressed for Blaine, was disregard land the
one advanced by Conkling's advocates re-
ceived careful consideration. And another
evidence of the Presidents partiality to
Conkling is that he and the New York
Senator are as good and intimate friends az
ever. This will no doubt be feather in the
cap of Mr.. Conkling, he will 60 to Cincin-
natl with recommendation from the
President in his coat tail pocket, and be set
up as the man whom the President wishes
his mantle to fall upon.


Secor RobesOn may be very good fellow
socially, have fine color in his nose, and
tip q glass as gracefully as anybody else
but there is one thing very certain, he can
not run Navy Department in a strictly
honest manner. The committee that is
looking into Robeson's ideas of managing
aNavyDepartment are particularly struck at
this, and it looks as though the Jerseymar
had been playing adeep game, that resulted
in profit to himself and nothing to the
government. 1t is thought here that Robe
son has been done for, and that he will be
tried for malfeasance in office. Another
matter very surprising ,, that Robson
should go into Office worth only about
nineteen thousand dollars, and at the pres
snt time be rated at largely owe,
. million. But this can be easily
explained when it is made known, that
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