Year: 1876

WASHINGTON jan 26, 1876.
SENATOR sHERMAN's LETTER FAyoRNa THE
NOMINATION OF GOVERNOR HAYES AND WHAT
IT NDIcATEs-UN COMPLICATIONS
LIKELY TO ARISE AT CINCINNATI


Senator sherman's letter advising the nomination OF
Governor Hayes became public here oday 1t is un-
dcrstood 10 be chiefly important as a very positive
declaration by influential Senator against the re-
nomination of General Grant The frank declaration
by the Ohio Senator-one OF the Oldest and fore.
most members Of the Senate-that the Presi-
dents denomination would be can act Of
suicide" will it is thought by many persons encourage
other Of influence in the party to follow him with
similar expressions The third term project has failed
greatly here since the meeting OF the Republican Ma
tional Committee, and II may almost be said that
among the leading republicans IL has fallen into con-
tempt AT any rate they longer fear it. and they
mean to kill IL ftt shows its head II is because of
this they begin to say that the rotten borough South
delegates will not be allowed to rule in the Con-
vention, that they stand aside and let the dele
gates from states which carry the election make
the nominations This sentiment is rapidly growing
and will make itself strongly felt in tho Convention


The manner in which so grave and usually reticent
a man Senator Sherman speaks OF the democratic
party in his letter, that those who think with



carry the campaign the policy OF suspicion, alarm
and hatred There are, however, influential republi-
here who do not favor this course and some of
these when the Sherman letter up for discussion
remarked that It not impossible for the e'bloody
shir people to ALLEVIATE considerable part of the re-
publican party who desire peace and honest govern
ment and without whose hearty cooperation the re-
publican ticket is not OF success


To men who think thus the effort beginning TO be
made the South for the reformation of tho republ
party has good deal OF interest They are watch
ing IL and will encourage it and II the movement
should gather force II may come up In troublesome
way in the Cincinnati Convention The two admins
traton papers here have divided the question for
the special organ, the Republican, abuses Governor
Chamberlain this morning while tho Chronicle reprints
his letter from the HERALD and speaks kindly OF him
and his effort IL is suggested that II the re-
form movement should become general In the
Southern States two sets OF delegates may
appear from those States in the Cincinnati Conventions
which the Of different candidates may
be vtaly affected by tho admission Of one or the
other OF the contestants that the question as to which
set shall be seated may cause serious struggle II IS
already known that the antiAmes republicans in Mis-
sissipp do not mean 70 submit to tho au-
thority OF the Ames executive committee and
It is possible that they may organize, from coalition
with Senator Alcorn, and choose new State Com
mittee, which would OF course the election OF
an anti-Ames delegation 1t Is possible that similar
movements may be planning In other Southern States
and this would seriously trouble those candidates who
counting tho Southern vote help them in the
Convention