The New York Herald Newspaper, May 27, 1876, Page 4

4 ; ST. LOUIS. The Democratic Race for the Presidential Nomination. WHAT CONGRESSMEN SAY. Bepresentatives of Thirty States on the Relative Chances of Hendricks, Wilden ard Bayard. PENNSYLVANIA FOR HANCOCK, The Trans-Alleghany Feeling for Davis, or Anybody to Beat Tilden. “NO NEW YORKER NEED APPLY!” —-+-—__—_. ° Wasuixatox, May 25, 1876. In some respects Washington 18 one of the poorest standpoints and the Congressional lens not the clearest | for viewing the Presidential situation, In the early days of the Republic, when Congressional c.ucuses named the candidates of their respective parties for President, the opinions ana preferences of the average Congressman were of some account. But since President making has been taken by the people into their own hands and the National Convention bas | supplanted THE CONGRESSIONAL Caucus, our average Congressman has ceased to be an important | factor in the problem, and be is of consequence only an Indicator—and not always a very reliable one at that— of the drit of opinion among his party constituents. So far as the present Congress 18 concorned it 18 well to bear in mind, when setting a valuation upon its | views of tho probabilities either at Cincinnati or at St Lous, that six months have elapsed since its members left the bosom of their constitu- eney, and they cannot be as well informed of the thanges which may meanwhile bave occurred in popu- lar sentiment as they would be if they had come “fresh from the people.” Six months may have wrought revolutions in some of the States Again. tho average Congressman gives hia views of the Pre: dential situation with extreme caution. He is in search of the winning man, If youcan tell him whom bis party isto nominate you will see how quickly and | fteudily bis preferences will gravitate that way. The favorite horse is the horse that is ahead in the raco. Your correspondent has been impressed with this truth in many recent interviews with democratic Con- tressmen regarding not only their own preferences for President but also their own calculations as to the PROUADLE RESULT AT ST. LOUIS. For instance, a certain Western member gave it as his opinion that his State would go for Thurman, but requested that this opinion should be regarded as con- fidential, for if bis constituents, who were devotees of the rag baby, should hear of it they would interpret the dpinion as his individual preference, and then farewel, to nis hopes of renomination. Another member had preferences, but he would give them only in whispers, as ho was anxious to “keep in’? with all the candi- dates. Outside of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Missouri, and occasional other States where inflation is # “streak,” or where opposition to any hard money and Eastern man, and to Governor Tilden in particular, 1s outspoken, there seem to be no well defined prefer. | ences or decided hostility as between the various ames that are now prominent in connection with the i nomipation, The Southern members agree that the ’ Jate slave States will all, excepting South Carolina and possibly Florida, cast their electoral votes for the St. Louis nominee, whoever he may be or whatever. tho platform, The very general disposkioa of the South- ern democrats, according to their representatives here, isto be only passive agents in the St, Louis Conven- | tion, leaving to the Northern democrats to settle upon the candidate if tuey can, and pledging themselves to stand by the choice made, Some of the Southern dem- ocrats are confident of CARRYING EVEN SOUTH CAROLINA, basing thoir confidence on the Chamberlain quarrel in the repablican ranks and a growing disgust generally | among the better classes of the State with republican and negro rule, Should the late Slave States vote in a | on tbe republican side except Bristow, | with the West whereby ex-Goverror English might be NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, MAY 27, 1876.—TRIPLE SHEET, confident that Massachusetts will go solid for Tilden in the St. Louls Couvention, Mr. Tarbox expresses the | opinion that Tilden, if nominated, will carry the elec | oral vote of theold Bay State against any candidate”| The repub- | licans of that Siate have been decidedly independent | since they had a failing out with President Grant, and | while any republican representing Grantism would be positively repellant, any democrat representing the opposite tendency would draw a large percentage of the disgusted republicans, Believing that Tilden fills | this bill, Mr, Tarbox has great hope of the electoral | vote of Massachusetts being thrown in the scale for the. “reformer.” If Bristow is not and Tilden is a nomi- | nee, the Massachusetts democrats count upon theco | operation of such independent leaders as Congressmen Bauks amd Seelye and the Adams family, conseeTICUT. Although the Connecticut delegation is not pledged, Senator Eaton th inks there is no doubt but that its solid vote will be cast for Tilden. Connecticut ws re- garded as only an outlying province of New York, with interests and sympathies identical, The impression prevailed at one time in Washington that the Connecti- cut democracy would not be averse to a combination given the second place on the ticket, The recent | slaughter of English in the Senatorial caugns has dis. pelled all notions of this sort, and Connecticut is ex- pected to follow in the wake of ner big sister on her western border, NEW YORK. Not so much importance as was at first anticipated is attached to the bolt of te Tammany organ against | Tilden, The Express article was designed, it is aswerted here, more for effect in other States than for nome | etlect, The Tilden men in Congress criticise Johu Kelly very sharply for situngin the Utica Convention and | | accepting the appotuiment frow it of national delegate | | ip the fuce of the resolution recommending Tilden for ; the Lagann, and then, after getting home, endeay- | oring to stab Lim in the back. They say Utica was the piace and the Convention the occasion to utter bis pro- | test and to make his ight, if ever, The Tammany bolt, | | while itis oemg industriously used by the opponents of Tilden as an evidence that be cannot carry bis o1 | State, has helped him in this particular, that 16 16 ac- | | cepted as proof that he Is not under Tammany influence | or Tammany thraidom, Senator Kernan expresses the | | opinion freely that tho bolt will amount to nothing; | | that if Tilden should be nominated all the tactio within the party in New York will vie with one anoth in giving him the warmest support Any other course, | he would be suicidal to the faction taking it The | | cohesive power of the spoils to come, Mr. Tilden’s | iriends argue, will settle all (bis threatened bolting busi- | nest, Ex-Congressman Creamer, who has for some years | led the warfare on Tammany: Hall, and 18 now an active | supporter of Mr, Tilden’s claims to the Presidency, has been visiting Washington this week and advocating the | nomination of bis favorite. Creamer looks for the speedy downfull gt the ‘Sachem’? rule in connection | with democratic politics in New York, and thinks John | Kelly, by assuming an attitude of hossility to the coun- try democracy, and especially sbould he curry the to St. Louts, will materially basten the inevitable o' | throw of the present Tammany secret organization. | Mr, Creamerasks whore John Kelly aud his tollowers | | will be when they go up to the State Convention next | fall after taking the course they have, and threaten to | take, at St. Louis? This ts a significant inquiry indeed, and may well make Mr. Kelly pause. It is too early, | however, to determino just what effect the Tammany | bolt will have upon Governor Tilden’s fortunes, It is | ono of the unknown quantities in the great problem. Both friends and foes of the candidate will spare no | eflorts to twist this ‘back action” to their own benefit | At least it is two-edged, and cuts both ways. NEW JERSEY. New Jersey has within her narrow borders not only an aspirant for President, but an aspirant for Vice President also, among her’ seli-sucriticing democrats. Ex Governor Joe! Parker will undoubtedly be pre- sented by the Now Jersey celegates, and, in certain | | Contingencies, will be pressed with vigor. His record | as a war democrat, when, as Governor of New Jersey, | be was zealous in sending forward troops, is quoted as | wstrong card im his favor im these times of popular | sensitiveneas as to the relations of candidates to the | “late unpleasantness’? His irreproachable private | | character, his irieuds claim, should not be left out of | | cousideration when reform'in the public service is a | | | leading issue m the contest. Should Tilden go down under the two-tbhird rule Parker’s friends hope to con- centrate suilicient strength upon their favorite, as a compromise, to securo his election. Failing in secur- | tng the frst place on the ticket, the New Jersey demo- | crats, prolific in resources, will respectfully present a | pame for the seoond place—that of the present Gov- } ernor, Bedie, } | PENNSYLVANIA. The democratic representatives from the Koystone | | State discuss the Presidential question with that wise | caution which is characteristic of the Pennsylvania | | politician, The State Convention uecliuéd to instruct | the delegates it chose, and tabled a resolution favoring | Judge Binek a8 the nominee. Heister Clymer and | | Senator Wallace are among the delegates at large. ‘Tpe currency issuo comes somewhat into nuvionul qu | tions in Pennsylvania, and Lere the democratic party | | is divided, That portion of the party that still teels | | aggrieved on account of the cruet thrusts received | from the New York democracy in the iast campaign in | Pennsylvania and Obio treasures up a determination to prevent the bomination of any New York man at st [ | Louw. This sensitive soft money elemeut is to be | | found principally west of the Alleghanica. Of this | element Henaricks 1s the favorite, but with a willing- ess to accept Davis or any one else to beat Tilden. General Hancock's uame is considerably canvassed in | Eastern Pennsyivan a, but if his name is brought for- | | ward it will be, from present appearances, only a bridge | for the delegation to stand on while it hesitates which | | way to go. Indeed the mentions of the Peni | delegation to st. Louis are quite inscratable and past | | finding out. The Ponnsyiv€nia politician, no matter | | ments of strength necessary to carry those States, any body only forty-seven votes will be weeded from the | what his color, hus a steady eye to business, and entire North to co-operate with them and elect their | sure to look betore he leaps. ‘11 there is any candidate of these, So faras the action of the Southern dele- # concerned two policies ure before them in the & event of the Northern democrats being unable to con- | centrate upon a candidate. One policy 1s a combi tion @ tie Southern vote in the Convention with the Northeast, resulting in the nomination of an Eastern man; and the other contemplates such a combination with the Northwest, to result in the choice of a Western man, The first policy would be regarded as a virtual New York alone might furnish thirty-five | more than another dear to the Pennsylvai | eran’ heart it 18 to be 1ound on the winning si goes Pennsylvania so goes the Union,” should be made | to read, “As the Uuion goes there you may find Penn- | sylvania going also, It Peonsylvania’s vote will n imate Tilden, but will nomivate no one else, Penusy | vania’s course will pot long be doubtful. Tilden | triends claim Pennsylvania op the third or tourth bal- Jot; but if she follows ber sympathies sho wiil say, | with Ohio and Indiana, “No Ne Yorker need apply.” | DELAWARK. Of course, “Little Delaware” is unanimous, what ! there 1s uf ber, and enthusiastic for her favorite son, the younger Bayard, Suould Senator Bayard get out | surrender of the Western States to the enemy, with a” of the race there is good reason to beiieve he will reliance upon the Pacific coast co-operating with New York, New Jersey and Connecticut to carry the candi- date through, with the assumed aid of the Soath, The ther policy would be adopted only as an aband $ | Step to imperil Thurman's candidacy. other policy would plod only us an abandonment | (ee Jughicred. 1n the huuso of his friends and Bayard | Gi | Governor Tiluen is th» man for the emergency, Thur. | man is very higlsy respected by the Louisiana demo- of the East and the Pacitle coast on currency grounds, with the expectation of carrying a sufficient number of | Western S! .tos by an appeal to the popular sympathies of that sr ction ona SOFT MONRY platform to insure the election. Tho latter policy has lost ground very perceptibly during whe year, and especially during the past month. Tho hope ot success At the polls, the leaders are now declaring very gen- erally, is in the choice of a candidate who can carry the bulk of the South, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and the Pacitic coast. The action of the Ohie democracy in reviving Biti Allenism and shelving Thurman, whose | moderate Views on fluance might bave made him a lair T his forces to Governor Tild Had not Olio shel Thurman, the “nob! Roman of them all,” Bayard’s w personal regard for, the Onto states- | | nan would have prompted bim, doubtless, to take no But Thurman | | tran | will give his influence tor Tilden, MARYLAND, In Western Maryland the soft money contagion has | Astronghold, but the State as awhole is not & wor- | | shipper of the rag baby, © There is somethin, | dricks sentiment 1m the State, but Maryland’s tir cuoice is unquestionably Bayard. Next to him Tildeo’s | iriends coant upon the Maryland delegation, The Bal- | timore Gazette, however, the leading democratic daily of the State, # continually pouring cold water on the Tilden movemevt, and may, ere the delegation 18 chosen, reverse the exiting feeling. A prominent Muryland Congressman says his State will vote in the Convention for Tilden, with the hope that he won't bo | nominated, and that iinaily Tilden’s friends will come | over to Bayard and make hun the nomiuee, There is | no doubt agreat deal of this sort of forlorn hope in the | South that Gnally things will so shape as to make cdndidate to compromise on, has only strengthened | Bayard, whom they so much admire, not to say love, | this growing conviction, Were the St, Louis Convention to elect a President | imstead of naming a candidate there is reason to believe | that Senator Bayard, of Delaware, woula be the Con- | All the South and much ofthe North | vention’s choice, would rally enthusiastically to bis support, But the prime object of search is availability, aud in that search the sagacious politicians ia the democratic party have decided that it would be suicidal in these days of ex. treme sensitiveness in relation to war questions to select any candidate south of Masou and Dixon's line, So Bayard has been practically ruled out of the race, Of the thirty-seven States of the Union thirty havo democratic Reproseptatives in Congress, The seven whose Congressional delegations aro exclusively re- + feelin, 1 favor of an alliance with the West. Ex-Gov- ern pudlican are Maine, Vermout, Rhode Island, Soath Carolina, Minnesota, Nebraska and Nevada, Without | Tegard to unforseen combinations which may control the action of the delegations from these thirty States respectively ia the Democratic National Convention the following 1s the situation as described by the demo- gn at St. tratic Representatives themselves :— NEW HAMPSHTN. Tho New Hampshire aelegates to the St. Lonis Con- Fention were chosen last January. The mode of choos- | Geciued Hendricks fechng in tbat State, Hendricks? ing delegates ig novel in that State, Instead of select- ing by Congressional districts and then delegates at large, the New Hampshire democrats know only coun, vil districts, Qf these there are five, and each selects two national delegates, making altogether the ten to which the State ts entitled. Delegates at large are unknown in that State, It ts a curious fact that New Hampshire, as a rule, polis a much larger vote at her annual Sinte-gtections, occurring in March, than she does at the elections for President. One of the demo trate Representatives from that State expresses tho opinion that, so far as personal preferences are con- corned, the tov delosaces are much divided—so much Y fo that it is doubtfal whether any two could agree. New Hampshire democrats are not especially in sym- pathy with their Now York brethron, and it is by no means certain, if we may believe what we hear, that Now Hampsbire will not support Western man for nomination at St. Louis, The logic ol geography is Ikely, however, to control these votes in the end. As New England ty without a candidate the choice of New York i next in order, and Tilden’s friends count cont. | dently upon. tke old Granite State, as upon New Eng- land generally. MASSACHUY RTTA ‘The Massachusetis democratic Representatives are the choice of the party. Senator Whyte is named for | Vice President. | VIRGINIA, Tho ‘Mother of States aud Statesmen” has taken an | especially deep interest m the Presidential canvass. At one time the press of the State decidedly leaned toward General Hancock ; but one fine day reference was made to the fact (hat Hancock presided over the court mur- tial which tried Mrs, Surratt, and immediately Hancock stock dropped so iow ‘hat it is no longer quoted. The Richmoni Wiig, the Dispatch, and the Lynchburg Re. publican, the Uiree leasing journais of the State, have | declared for Tilden as the most avaiable candidate, and | their utterances have tot been Without evident effect, | Mr. Govde, inember of Congress trom the Noriolk district, and member of the Navional Committee, i of | | the opinion to-day that Virginia wil’ give her vote at St. Louis ior Tiluen, This opinion i# not, however, | shared by all the Virginia Congressmen. There fa a | Walker, whose wise aiministration of State attairs ritical period brought Virg:nia oat of the slough of despond and pitced ver on her present sécure foot- ing und endeared bin in the hearts of the people as viour of Virginia,” has legion of friends and admirers who would ike to see his pominated for Vice President. Any caicalation as to the course of Vir- Louis should bo made with Governor | falker’s possible presentation tor Vice President in | view, NORTH CAROLINA. A prominent democratic Congressman from the Old North State intorins your correspondent that there is a Visitto phat Staie last season produced a most favor- abie infpression. He tays Davis won't do; that the | North Carolmians dispe in to Tepes candidates for the Presidency, ought to be satistied with having had the jast three candidates. He thinks Trden would be looked upon as @ representative of Wai reet and the vondhoiders, and would not be a popu! ndidate in the Sonth; that the natural alliance of the South is with the West. ‘On tinancial questi ur informant claimed that his Slate was conservative, but decidediy opposed to cor traction, The fact that the vote of North Carolina’s Representatives has been invariably fore repeal of tho Resumption law of 1876 indicates pret sively that, teaving aside the question of availability, the North Carolina democrats would not hesitate long as between Hendricks and Tilden, Bot, like all the rest of the South, they stand ready to sink their own pref- erences and subordinate the currency ang U vional fasue to the prune object of winning, But per | money” bond of sympathy which holds togethér Ohio, | | Indiana, Missouri, Tennessee and Arkansas clasps the | Old North State also, | { oronGta | | __AS soon as we sirike « bard money State we inevita- | biy Hind asentiment faverable to Tilden and Bayard. | | This is true of Georgia. Governor Smith, the leading man tH the delegativ, is claimed for Tilden, and tt is | Understood in Congressional circles, although the dele- | | gution i8 hot instructed, that Tilden wil; receive the united vote of Georgia at St, Louis, Shoulda Bayard bo | in the held, however, Tilden conid not hold the delega- | ton, The manuer of selecting dolegates at largo in | . ' four in | elect delegates on see Representatives, it would onl ‘trict conventions, calied to choose district delegates, | bame each four delegates at It any four) are Bamed by a majority of the conventions they are declured duly elected. In case of failure to elect by majority vote tho igur are selected by the State | Contra! Committee. ALABAMA, The rag baby has numerous devotees in and fey have looked very naturally to the West as the rock of their saivation, The Representatives report a decided revolution in sentiment of their State on the subject of the Presidency. months ago, say they, Hendricks was the favorite, but to-day Tilden has a long way the lead. Not that they love Tiluen more, but they are coming to regard bim as ap essential to success. FLORIDA. close State, with the average chances in republicans, The democrats have, how- ever, one United States Senator and one Representa- tive—the latter, Judge Finley, admitted as contestant of the negro Walls’ seat. Reports irom Florida repre- seut the democrats as greatly encouraged by Judxe Finley’s admission to the House, they baving had utile hopes of his election, Surprised at their own accomplishment, they propose 'to enter political con- tests mm future more energetically and determineuly. Judge Finley savs the rlorida delegution will not be instructed, and he is not aware of any crystallization of public opinion on the great question. ‘MISSLABIPPL. The democratic Representatives trom Mississippi in- clude some of the most influential members of tho House, among them being Lamar, Hooker, Singieton aud Money, They give svariably hard money votes. Mr. Money, whose opportunities as President of the | Mii ppi Press Association are especially good tor learning the popular seutiment of his State, is sanguil that his people are for Tilden and will send a deie; tion in bis favor to St, Louia, He says the papers aro coming Out for Vilden quite generally. hat they want tn Mississippi above ail things, Mr, Moaey says, isa change in the national administration, and the dei y of bis State will not stop to inquire what a candidat currency notions are or what is opinions of the tariff, but will aecept any one who gives promise of lifting them out of the rut und sett'ng them on the high road to the prosperity oy, enjoyed before the war, From all he can learn of ‘Tilden Mr. Money believes him to be not only the avail- able candidate, but the best man for the emergency. | New York's vote in the Electoral College he holds to | be vital 10 success, and until he can be gonvinced that some other candidate can carry New York more surcly he ts for Tilden. VIRWS OF LQ. C LAMAR. In connection with the situation of the Presidential | question, as viewed by a Congressman from the State | | would take Divis as @ second choice, but it it eame to | Georgia ts slightly peculiar, ‘The Congressional dis- | ing public sentiment in his favor. So long, however, as there is a chance for ether Davis or Hendricks, Ten- nessce wil be the last to desert them, KENTUCKY. : » lying between Onto and Indiana on the ‘enbessee on the south, naturally shares the financial notions of her: ‘With the exception of the single republican from that’ State the Kentucky members lose no opportunity to record their opposi- tion to specie resumption or contraction of the cur- | Tency. Senator Stevenson, of that State, is a bard money man, but McC: 8 now inclined to go with the Western current. fr. Jones, ove of the oldest members from Kentucky, says his State will undoubt- ediy be for Henaricka first, He thinks very highly of Thurman, but bis views on the currency question are not in accord with the Weat, and he won't do. He Kenta north and choosing between Thurman aud Tilden he would not hesitate in favor of the former, Mr. Jones thinks New | York has had ber share of Presidential 8 and may very property give some other State a chance now, Another Representative trom Kentucky wre Daye ard is the choice of the y ip bi ; that althoug! notions of finance are no inere accepia- ble to the West than are Thurman's, the Western democracy can overiook in an Kastern man what they cannot forgive in a Western man who is of themaclvea, Thurman, being out of sympathy with the democrats ot his State aud section, is led with even less favor by the soft money devotees than Tilden or any | other Eastern man who by bis location hasa right, The Courer- effect in Kentucky, that paper being widely circulated throughout the State, Ita Tilden edi orials have been extensively copied by the nT ee of oky, but eee without comment. The Courier-Journal, the Kentucky rey tatives say, exerts very littie in- fluence 1m the politics of that State. It is regarded as brilhant, bat erratic, and its jump to Tilden is looked upon more as a Watterson sensation than result of thought and conviction. If Kentucky can see any way of winning the election with a Western candidate, it is sate Lo presume her delegates at St. Louis will preter combination with the West rather than with the East onio. The slaughter of Senator Thurman and the bringing ot Governor Allen once more to the tront by the Ohio | democracy, although not une: wed, bas quite con- founded the calculations of the political figurers in Washington, What the effect will be upon the remain. | ing candidates is variously estimated. It ‘is conceded that the lines between the Kestern and Western | democracy have been by this action of Ohio more clearly drawn, and that now a compromise candidate on the currency issue is out of the question, The nomination must be made with Fr ce tO 6 the West and losing New York, Connecticut and New be ih Jet , or vice versa. The prevailing opinion is that | be Beogy sires ee rata pears he toe pees Ao | the shelving of Thurman removes a lormidable rival to | sissipp) orator, his views at some le Colonel | Titso; And What che lake will: How rally ait opponeass | Lamar is recognized as ove of the foremost Represent- | atives of tho south in Congress, and he is credited | even by his political opponeuts with bein; id and liberal in bis views. As the chairman of the Demo- | cratic Congressional caucus he occupies a position in his party which invests with a special importance his | utterances, as follows, on the political situation. It | will be remembered that he was recently elected United States Senator. He will take his seat im theSenato Chamber next March :— ConkEsPoNDENT—What is the prevailing feeling in the Sonth as to the St. Louis nominees? Colonel! Lamar—Well, sir, great ag is her interest in the 8, Louis Convention, she feels fully as deep an | anxiety about the action of the Cincinnati Convention. | CorRRSPONDENT—Why? ‘or this reason: Whoever may be will be a national man and will do justice to all se tions. But if narrow, sectioual man should be nom- inated at Cincinnati his election, which tsa possibile event, ag all must admit, would be most calamitous to the Scuthern people of buth races. It would prolong the rule of proscription and alienation and greatly de- Jay the restoration of fraternal ieelingand national prosperity, to say nothing of constitutional yovern- ment. There are republicans at the North of broad and generous views whose nomiuation and electio woul ve much disastrous to tho souh and who might thereiore more nearly divide the votes of some of our States. It is a matier of regret that the policy of that party has up to this time forced the white people of the South, who have the intelligence and wealt and moral culture, into an alliance with one of the great national paries exciu- sively. It is an evil to any-country, and especially to the South; but it is forced upon her by the mexorable law of self'preservation. We would rejoice should the republican party adopt a broad and just national poi- | | | | Se ee ey eo irevbether the republican wonnines. | @ considerable Hancock sentiment among the Missouri | be elected or not it is important to the Southern people | democracy. briny aad bgp bed bea learn at | that he ve a man whose spirit and influence anuil rep- | New Orleans, Afr. mien blir ipeerspenp ose gee regent the just and national elements of that party, | Perception of th constitutional line which divides civi and thus soften the antagonism between Southern re- publicans and democrats, as well as promote the work of harmony between the sections. The South cher- | ishes no schemes of sectional ascendancy in tho ap- prouching Presidential contest, Tho issues and con- | flicts about the area of avery ae struggles tor the bulunce of power to protect siavery in the Union and the tendencies to secession to maintain it out of the Union have all disappeared from American politics, and with them the aspirations which they gave birth to. CorRrespoxvENT—Whom do you think the South prefers ws the St. Louis nominee—Hendricks, Thur- man, Hancock, Davis, ilaen or Bayard t Colonel Laman—I um not sure the South is berself conscious of a preference, There ate certain States consideréd as exsential to the success of the party in the next election, and within the reach of success, | Now, the mah who, upon consultation with our North- | ¢ru friends, 1t 1s determined can most sorely carr; those States, is and will be the choice of the South. If upon that consultation Hendricks, or Thurman, or Hau- cock, or Davis, or Tilden be tound to combine the ele, one of these will be acceptavie to the South, und all the South would support bim cheertully and cordially. It they think Bayard is the mad, all the South will sup- port him cheerfully and cordially, and some of us wjth enthusiasm. Coxkesroxpent—Do you think there 1s an alliance between the South aud West upon a common policy and jor a common candidate? Cotonel Laman—I have no evidence of i. There has been un idea that such an alliance is a natural one; but | all efforts to combine the two upon common policy | have been counteracted by stronger influences and will, | think, always prove illusive and disappointing to the South. The truth is, if we are to have a real union there Should be no sectionalism or combina- tons of sections as such, but a subordination of each part or supposed Interest to the interest of the whole, and each should seek its greatuess and prosperity in the greatness and prosperity of the whole. : LOVIBIANA Louisiana is strongly committed to hard money. Her | Representat show no sympathy in their votes for the greenback heresy or for any scheme that does not look to @ return to specie payments. As to the Presi- dency, they agree in expressing anbounded admiration | the | was necessary, of course, to use an Ohio club, and | nephew’s bral..s ds well a8 | Washington. Even the “soft mouey’’ men deplore it, as | @ rule, as tending by its rashuess to injure their cause. | Representatives here. Hendricks, accordiv, | natzon of all the elements of opposition to the repubil- of the Ohio extremists. On the other band, others argue that the triumph of Thurman would have put a quietus on the rag baby, and that inthe ead Tharman’s | strength would have gone over to Tilden, Jt wagon | Tilden programme, it is whispered, to give §=Thurman the — se place on the ticket, and thus rally tho disaflecied West. Allen’ 1s generally understood to be merely A decoy for Hendricks. In order to beat Thurman it Allen answered the purpose for beating out bw other, Senator Thur- | man has the entire respect of all who have watched his public hie and know his personal parity, and bis treat ment by the State he has so highly nonored has awak- ened both grief and indignation among all partics in | The astute calcu! say Obio might now. as well be counted out of ibe race—be conceded in advance to the enemy—and thus the effect of inevitable defeat in Uc- tober be less injurious to whe party in other States | By the way, the Cleveland Representative, Hon. Henry B. Payne, bas for a few days past been talked about in @ quiet way as the possible ‘‘litile joker’ who is to de- feat the calculations of the professional speculators in Presidential stock. He ig very wealthy and popular with the masses, He came within a few huudred yotes, once upon a time, of defeating Chase for Governor of Obio. The trouble ts, the same elements that slaught- ered Thirman would be equaily hostile to Payne. MISHOURL Missouri ts in close bonds of sympathy, on financial questions, with Obio and Indiana, and her Representa- “id Bullion” had never been their political teach A cordial antipathy to Tilden exists in Missourt, and 1s fully shared by ie tu the Dest information, 18 tho first choice of that Stave and Tilden the very lust, Representative Rea says there is and military authority, ond marked bim as a statesman as well as a soldier, The State Corivention to select | delegates ts among the last held, meeting only the week prior tothe National Convention. The St Louis Re- publican and tho Times are leaning toward Tilden, but what their influence is with the masses remains to be seen. KANSAS AND IOWA. For the first time in ber history Kansas has a demo- cratic Representative in Congress, and for the second time only lowa enjoys this distinction, Mr. Goodin, Kunsas’ democratic member, was elected by a combi- can party—the anti-monopolists, grangers, eee ent, sore-head republicans and democrat Goodin thinks the nomination of such a mi Dav would: strengthen the party in bis State by attachi to it all the disaflectea elements. He tears iiden’s | nomination would Jead to the organization of a third rty in his State, 4f not through tho West generally, Pocatse of the association of bis name with har money, Wall street and raiiroad monopolies. Towa has already elected delegates to St. Louis and they are unpledged. ‘Tuiden’s friends here claim that Representative Ainsworth thinks they will modestly reftain from taking a prominent part in making the homination, believing tbat the States which are ex- pected to give democratic majorities should be permit- ted to name the candidate, ‘ WISCONSIN. Wisconsin is one of those hard money States that, in politics, do not consider the currency question as prop- erly puramouant in the Presidential contest, There is a growing feeling throughout the State in favor of re- pealing the Resumption law, but coupling with tho re- Peal some new measure looking remotely to resump- tion. It, might be styled, on the currency issue, a compromise State. Thurman had a strong backing 1o Wisconsin, and should he be in the fleld will get a part if pot the whole Wisconsin delegation. The Wisconsin democrats are of the opinion now that their delegation will give their vote to Tilden. ILLINOIS. ‘The Illinois democrats in Congress are decidedly at | variance in their views on the financial question, and of course on the question of the Fresideucy. ure hard money men like Morrison and Wik ‘e extreme infiationists ake Atidersom and tor Bayard, but are not unwilling to accept Tilden, Judge Davis, if nominated without reter- They look upon Tilden as the embodiment ence Wo the vexed currency question, would, they say, not only of sound financial ideas, but also / carry Mlinols. But Davis is not talked about as ot the longing for administrative reform | much as he was, and it is by no which the country feels so keenly, General means certain tbat his name will be bs specially pronounced in his vpinion that | presented to the Convention. The “ereenbackers” are / crats, and Wore his nowiination practicable he would be lm preference to Tilden. Unver all the oir- | nees there reagou to doubt that Tilden will the Louisiat jegation solid, and most certainly | as against any Western or greenback rival TEXAS. In the “Lone Star” State the people know no other | money but gold and silver. Even during the war, | when the South was flooded with Conte ¢ paper, | the sturdy Texans persisted in refusing to touch the | stuff, and maimtatned the gold basis in their commer cla! transactions throughout. The Texas delegation in Congress 18 one of the ablest from the South, votes have consistently been, in all 1 resumption, with wsingle exception. made his Jast attempt to repcal When Holman | the resumption certain that Tilden would be beaten “out of sight” in Tihnois, but they tail to indicate what democrat can carry the State. There are some who aspect that Morrison himself is the ‘dark horse” who is finally to carry off tne St. Lou's honors. The presént indica- tops are that there will be a bitter struggle in Lilinois | | between the friends of Henuricka and Tilden, and that | if the delegation 1s not iustructed to vote as a unit each will have some votes from that Stute, INDIANA. Of coarse Indiana is for Governor Hendricks, first, | last and always No stone will be left unturped to et- fect his indorsement by the national Convention. Th Tndisna democrais claim that with Hendricks nomi nated jor President they can carry the October electi for Williams, their caudidate for Governor, by an over: whelming majority, und thus do marh to assure vic- tory in the nation the following month. The third act Mr, Reagan, of Texas, Jefl Davis’ oid rly. movement, 1m the greenback interest, is still Postmaster General, changed ‘frout along with | lormidable, although Frank Landers has withdrawo Sum Randall and voted for Holman’s motion, trom the gubernatorml race. Tbe origival nom- But hard money 18 thoroughly imgrounded | ines for Lieutenant Governor has been placed at iu the faith of the Texas democracy, aid no candidate | the head of the ticket, and Mr. Lunders says | of the opposite school will have any considera:ion | there, Mr. Schleicher, the “heavy waight” of the | House and one of 118 soundest members as well, says the pretorences of Texas are Grst for Bayard, and then | for Tilden, What the people particularly want in canuidate now, Mr. Schleicher says, 18 honesty and of | the aggressive order. Hendricks is undoubiedly as honest as Tilden, but the latter has bad a fairer oppor- | tunity to make his hatred of corruption premiment | before the people. Mr. Schleicher believes that | administrative reform is one of the most vital issues of | the campaign, and that Tilden’s record in fighting Tings and corruption and largely reducing taxation in his own State shows bim to be the mau for the times, He believes that it {8 the policy of the South, in making | a Domination at St. Louis, to join with New York and the other States of the North which are expected to furnish democratic electoral votes Texas will, her | Representatives say, go for the man that stands the best chance of boing elected, whoever he may be. ARKANSAS. Arkansas 1s joined to the rag baby idol Mr, Wil- | shire, her reading Representative, declares in favor of | an ¢ of legal tender notes to an amount sufficient | to meet the wants of trade, He says three out of every + State want the Resumption law repealed | and the volume of currency increased. He thinks | Arkansas—which holds her democratic convention to | 4th of June—may be safely put | down as for the man who comes most nearly to sym- | pathy with her financial views. Hendricks or Davis will, be believes, be the choice of the delegation. For | his ‘own part he believes Davis would be ihe strongest | candidate that could be named, for the reason, in part, | that (Davis) has’ no recent politica: record, full ; all the conditions of honesty and is in sympathy with | the masses, The Arkansas delegation in Congress pally auciton all the great questions. arkansas may ; ly be counted as for any man rather than Tilden, ® uniess it becomes necessary to take the latte TENNESSEE, Nowhere in the South has the Ohio heresy taken so deep ahold as in Tennessee. Her Kepresentatives in Congress go as far as the farthest, if possivle even bo- | yond Ohio and Indiana, in their opposition to specie re- sumption. They will accept no comprom‘se, The Payne bili was oniy evil in their sight. A lead: nessee Congressman, in conversation with your cor- respondent, that his people looked upon Titd ratiroad / Monopolies, and as having no sympathy with the toil- dng and_ sire tion of Tilden at St Louis would endanger This would depend, however, on whether repul can nominee Was aby more acceptavle, The people Tennessee were not particular, be said, as to the kind of money they got; they glad vo get any kina of the article. “He repregouts the Stato aa in a ble coudition, Judging from the views of the Teanes- us a lust resort to put ber delegation at tol Louis ped : 7 Rebate ng the Memphix Appeal and one or two other papers: eo | State have Jately come out for Tilden, and are educat- | ling masses, He believed the nomina- oat | he Is likely to poll 40,000 votes, Others of the In- diana delegation put the maximum vote of the green- back candidate at 6,000, With Hendricks tor Pre: dent, and Mortou not the oppos.ng candidate, the | democrats expect to gathor in the disuffected elements and carry the State on a grand hurrah, With Hen- | dricks out of the tleld the Indianians will provabl; seek to form a combination with Ohio and other 801 money States, and if they canvot nominate a candi- date of their own willaim to prevent Tilden from se- caring the requisite two-thirds vow, and thus compel the majority to take up a compromise candidate, And his name is “The Great, Unknown.’’ It is a question | which is the more vehement, an Indiana democrat's devotion to Hendricks or his vostility to Tilden? MICHIGAN, Michigan bas three democratic Represenatives in this Congress, and came very near electing @ democratic | Governor a coupie of years ago, It bas come into the category of the ‘doubtful’ in political figurit Micn- gan is perhaps more closcly allied to New York in bus- jness and social ties than any other State of the West. One ot ber Senators and five of ber nine Representa- tives are natives of New York, while threo of the four others are natives of New Kngiand. None who wit- ne assed the scene will forget how, at the Chicago Repub- ican Convention, in 1860, while all the rest oi the West seemed to have gone mad over Abraham Lincoin, the PLichizan delegation stvod firmly by the ‘“tavorite son” ‘of New York, and marched through the streets of Chi- cago with @ portrait of Seward carried at their head. Michigan 1s an Eastern State, set down among the great lakes, Her people are for ‘‘hard money."” At one time Hendricks, who lives over the border, seemed to be their favorite, but Mr, Dursnd, one of her democratic Represeutatives, lately returned from home, reports a decided change in favor of Tilden. He expresses en- Ure confidence that Michigan will vote, in the Conven- tion, for Tilden, WEST VIRGINIA. ‘This State, carved out of the mother of States by the Cwsarcan process, les justfar enough west of the Alle- ‘hanies to be tinctured with soft money notions, A w days ago Thurman was mupposed to havea hold | there, but to-«lay it {8 saie to say, according te the Jatest information from that quarter, that West Vir- grnta will go for Henarickes, ¥| THE PACIVIC STATES. It is accepted as a cardinal principle that the gold ‘and silver producing States will vote, in conventions and at the polls, only for that man who favors the | earliest return to metallic currency. No calculation | ‘on electoral votes that embraces the [gy sem 0 States can safely include the States on the Pacitie coast, ‘The extremes ot the con the States bordering on | the Atiantic and those on the Pacific, are 1m sympathy — uestion of currency, and the man who can carry the extreme East will be likely to be potent yzens of the extreme Wi ir. Late ‘nia, as information that Caliiorn: poet fn Heveda teh hes fd ee Lowie—in con- ' janction with Novada, wi as already Tilden ry tes-—who will cast thor votes money, ILLINOIS REPUBLICANS. THEIB PLATFORM ORITICISED BY AN ADVOCATE OF BLAINE’s NOMINATION. Cmcaao, May 26, 1876, The Tribune, reviewing the action of the Republican State Convention of Iilinois, declares that, while the Cincinnats delegates were unanimously for Mr. Blaine, the Conventiun packed @ Committee on Resolutions which declared for the rag baby and the bloody shirt Of all the statesmen proposed tor the Presidency Mr. Blaine bas the least questionable record on hese two questions, and, while the Convention was overwhelmingly for Mr. Blaine, the agents of the adversary were preparing instructions that ate a libel upon his intelligence and an assault upon bis patriotic record. The second reso- lution declares a8 a fact that the policy of leniency by the republican party toward the people recently in re bellion against federal authority has resulted in the death by vio'ence of at least 5,000 Unionists, white and black, since the commencement of the present policy of reconstruction; also in placing in power in the lower | House of Congress a political party dominated by ex- Confederates; and, finally, in relegating back into the control of disloyal whites nearly ry State recon- quered to foders! authority by the federal armies. ‘This is a perversivu of truth—an aspersion cast on the republican party, Who authorized the Platform Com- mittee to call that party to account for ite poitey or to denounce it in behalf of the republicans of Iilnois? ‘What 16 it that has opposed the policy of lemency, of peace, of harmony? What bas op the abolition of the color line and the aivintte ot barnes at the South or other thap 4 line of hatred and extermina- tion? Was it Blaine, the mau that forty-two delegates were directed to vote for, or was it some other man? Whose record has been that of vindictive Gatred and a government by she sword? Who is the unknown, whose fri on the Piatiorm Committee have pre- bene the way for an abandonment und betrayal of Mr, laine at Cincinnati? The resolution asserts a falsehood when it declares that the policy of leniency bas put the democratic party ju power in oue braveh of Congress, Did the policy of leniency olect democratic members of Congress in Mas- wachusetts, in Connecticut, in New Hamp- shire, Iowa, Wisconsin ana Michigan? Did the piler of leniency give the democrats a majority of the fepresentatives from New York, New Jerscy, Pennsyl- vania, Ohio, Indiana and Linois? Was not it fraud, corruption and bribery under the garb of spec:ous loyalty? The insinuation that Biaine by his commit- tecs—the Wheeler committee in Louisianu and the Poland commities in Arkansas—relegated these States back into the control of digoyal wuites is a calumny, no matter in whose interest it may have been utiered nor by which of the champions of the bioody shirt it aay have been « sagen it oto in a paragraph biguly complimentary to Mr. Blaine, the Tribune asserts fo has been in favor ot moderation, peace, by ggg peo and fraternal unity. This was displayed in the great debate on the amnesty question, and these resojations are a thrust at his buck. Tne resolutions demand that there shall be an Executive whose public lie is a guarantee of the alacrity and fidelity with which he will discharge the great public trust-. This is a das- tardly reflection upon President Grant, against whom ‘no fair minded man hag ever charyed o want of Adelity tm the discharge of all the duties incumbent upon him im the matter of reconstruction. Having put into these resolutions ali the suggestions aud malicious tu- nuendoes which the scurvy politicians of Peansylvania are now giving to justly the transfer ot the vots of Penusylvania from Bisine to Conkling, there is a covert assault upon Mr. Blaine for his recent speech sn tavor of epecic payments. After quoting trom Blaiwe’s finance speech one ot the hard money passages the article criticises in the severest terms the adoption by the Convention of resolutions deciaring our paper money system the best ever devised, and deprecating a return to any system of currency redeemable in coin, aud concludes:—“This platform 1s out of place in Llinots, It can command neither the respect nor support of the State. [tis a fraud upon the repu. lican purty who support Blaine upon his own noble record, and not under the ly shirt or bayonet rue and rag ‘aby policy of any of nig rivals, Let the republicans of other States not do the republicans of this State the cruel injustice of supposing that they indorse thw L Wrens or countenance the odium it inflicts on laine, THE SOUTHERN DEMOCRACY. ABANDONMENT OF THE PASSIVE POLICY—NO RAG MONRY PLATFORM OR CANDIDATE— TILDEN GAINING GROUND. Ricnwonp, Va., May 24, 1876. The triumph of Allen and his rag money supporters in Obio is just beginning to be realized here and in the South, and the indications aro that it will cause a com- plete change of policy among the Southern aemocrats’ ib regard to their Course at ‘the St. Louis Convention, The plan heretofore agreed upon among the leadersof the democratic party South was to let the North and West name the candidate and frame the platform, and they Were todo nothing but vote This was understood everywhere, apd in all the Southern democratic con- ‘ventions that nave been held this poticy was rigidly ad- hered to, and by it their action was controlled. Under that plan they were willing to support any of the can- didates named for the aemocratic nomination, without exercising apy influence whatever in making the nomi- nation or in constructing the ‘ah piatiorm. Now, however, there 1s cvery likelihood that this namby- pamby passive polio will be abandoned, and the Southern delegatom will go to ing the balance of .power and prepared to name not only the candidate, but to dictate the platiorm. The action of the Univ democracy has virtually de- royed all hopes of that much spoken of political coali- yn between the South and West, and there is, turther, a growing determinativn to preveut such rag money States as Olio and Indiana, which are not clissed as certain democratic Statics, [rom saddling upon the witty any candidate like Allen or aoy platform em- Rouying ils flnancwi heresies, With the people of the St. Louis hoid- | South the paramount object is to obtain an honest, con- stitutional adm:nistration of the federal govermment, and to into u Presidential campaign upon o° word—reform, Wath them f minor im) ice, Their sole wish 18 to defeat radicalism, and they propose to ‘throw overboard ail other cousiderations untii that de- sirable end 16 gained, Under this very bold View ot the situation it is now believed to be the verivst folly that the South, with her 250 odd votes, should allow herselt ently by and leave to the doubtful West the entire managemens and control of th ty and us candidate, Neither the East nor the West can nomi- nate; the Soutn can and will vovo; and it is proposed that 106 vote shall be cast for that cundidate whose bom- ination will give tho best assurance of victory in No- ‘vember next, Another very startling indication here, where until recently Hancock was the strongest . is the gain in popularity of Tilden. The defeat of Thurman is con- dered to Jeave the New York Governor Virtually the ling candidate in the field. Bayard, whom they like and would acuvely support, 1 wo Southern man to risk his nomination, Hendricks 1s jso regarded as bebind in the ruce, mun of ali who w create the greatest euthusiasm Sonth, Jacks the strength in the North ana East which at tis phase of the canvass 1s deemed so essential to success. The design here is to go into the ight rd- less of the West, relying upon those States which can be counted upon with certainty for the democratic party. Under such a plan of cam Tilden looms up far above his competitors as man to be the sianaard bearer of the party, and as the recognized Pioneer of reforin the Southern people are willing to enlist under his banner and assist in carrying him trl- umpbantly ito the White House on the next 4th of | , March. | * POLITICAL NOTES. | Saratoga (N. Y.) Advertiser:--“The leading evil that | has afheted the republican party of Missouri in the near past, and continues to afflict it to-day, is tho utter | want of anything like an efficient organization.” GRANT AND CUSTER, « [From the Inter-Ocean.] Puff, broth uf with care, Puttene Gener Goarge’ Oa on Paff, brothers, pal with care, Puff the General George Custaire, St. Paul Pioneer-Press:—“if there is anything the country is more sincerely sick and tired of than any. thing else it is the bloody shirt, Uno chief reason why Morton is not a popular candidate for President is bee cause be is always waving the bloody shirt. And there appears to have been something like a general resolve among the bet-er elements of tho republican party to get rid of the bloody shirt and bury it out of sight, with | all other pretexts for interfering by military coercion | or in other arbitrary ways with the local governments of the South, and devote themselves to the practical work of rooting out corruption and retorming the ad- ministration of the government within its own legiti- mate sphere.” Harrisburg (Pa.) Telegraph:—“If Bristow cannot be sustained for doing tis duty in pursuing the whiskey tax swindlers he is in aforry plight And tho dem- | Ocrats seem determined to so harass him in this work Uhat he will break down.” Davenport (Iowa) Democrat:—‘‘With a nominee whom the liberals will cordially support the democrats can rely upon carrying Obio, Indiana, Wisconsin and Illinois, in addition 6 the ones now considered reason- ably sure for the democracy, for in the four States hamed the unbiussed, non-partisan and liberal eloment | ‘unquestionably holds the balance of power.” , Milwaukee Sentinel:—“'Thore ts nothing to authorize the assumption that the gentlemen at the Fifth Ave- ‘Bue Hotel enjoy a monopoly of sincerity. The declara- cock, the | tions of the republican conventions are quite as g2m wine as those of the Conference issuing this address, ‘ana the former organizations are infinitely mote potent to carry them into effect,’ the party elements, and may prove, indeed, an opening wedge for rending it im twain during the further pro- greas of the campaign.”” ¢ Saginaw (Mich.) Cowrier:—* Neither ao we believe that the appeals or threats of the men who met in this Conference will havo the slightest effect In shaping the course of the leaders of the republicaa party in mak- ing their nomination.” ii Louisville Courier-Journal:—“ It is with us now ot never. Beaten this year with @ square, straight ouf ticket, upon a square, old line what hope shall we have of revival? The fates have decroed that the party shall net die, It swallowed the frog in '72, and, as a consequence of its well timed prudence, it lives. It lives to ight another battle. Let that be o good fight and it will win.” Memphis Appeal:—-‘ The pluck, nerve, integrity and ability displayed by Tilden in rescuing the great State ot New York from the domination.of thieves made him the most popular man in the United States, for the people beticve he will do as President what he has al- ready done as Governor of New York.” Springfield (Masa) Republican:—“The evidences of of hard days’ work, not to say nights’, for Tilden and Blaine in their respective parties, appear in all parts of the country, Undoubtedly they are the representa- tive politicians of the day, using the word somewhat in the sense in which Mr. Adams spoke of Governor Til- den as ‘a very politic man,’ The winds favor Tilden’s work ag well, and if thore is not a growing enthusiasm in bis favor there is certainly an increasing acqal- eacence."” + Bay City (Mieh.) 2ribune:—“If the enemies of Blaine wanted to do him a servive thoy could not have adopted abetter plan than by pressing these investigations, It is @ severe ordeal, but he comes out every time without the taint of corruption clinging to him.” Detruit Free Press:—‘‘It was thie design of the men who controlled the recent Ohio Democratic Conventios to kill off Sonator Thurman as a Presidential candb date; they fully and fuithfully carried it out to the best of their ability, The fact, however, that a bare ma jority of the State Convention again gave in their ad- hesion to the ‘soft money’ doctrine and declared for | ex-Governor Allen for President is not conclusive that the entire delegation to St. Louis’ from Obio will be either for Allen or tor solt money.” ' EFFECT. OF THE CABINET CHANGES, Rochester Democrat :—‘‘More Cabinet changes have taken piace under the administration of General Grant than under that of any previous President.” Worcester (Mass) Gasette:—‘‘The secret of the White House is now out, Grant has decided between Morton and Conkling, and Morton is out of the field Practically from this momen}. _It is useless to ask the reason for this choice, bat Conkling, who has pienty of ability, has probably toadied the Preaident with more discretion than any member of the republican court.” Syracuse (N. Y.) Journal :—‘‘It is right to expect good and satisfactory records of Minister Pierrepont and Attornoy General Taft. Secretary Cameron is yet to be tried 1n official life, and should not be judged ‘until be has opportunity to make his record, It is in his favor that he does not lack ability, and that the in- centive is that ho shail do his best.” = * af Gleveland (Ohio) Leader:—'‘Of the reasons which induced the President to select Mr. Don Cameron as the successor to Secretary Tait iu the War Office we know nothiag. To all appearance the appointment is a ‘strange one. Mr, Cameron is known only asa clever Politician, the ally and assistant of his tather, Senator Simon Cameron, of Peansylvania.” Cleveland (Ohio) Herald:—‘‘3o far, the changes will scarcely mect with other than approving comment at the hands of unprejudiced people. The appointment of J. Donald Cameron to succced Judge Tatt in the War Department will not be received with the same unhest- tating commendation. The name of Cameron is not one calculated to msptre perfect confidence. The new Secretary of War may be honest, capabie and the right man for the position, but he is a PenasylvaniaCamerou, and the report of the appointment is coupled with intimations of political intrigue, We hope these are unfounded, But it would have been more reassuring for the country the President had not placed a Cameron in bis Cabinet.” Akron (Ohio) Beacon (rep.):—This is the poorest time fn all its history to load the republican party of | the nation with the promotion of a Pennsylvania poll- tician, and of all Pennsylvania politicians Don Camo- { Yon, the son of his father, skilled in Simon’s peculiar strategy, besides all of the modern improvements in political trickery.” Harrisbarg (Pa.) Telegraph (rep.):—“The nomination by the President, and prompt confirmation by the Sonate, of J. Donald Cameren, Esq., of this city, as Secretary of War, was a surprise which has delighted our people without distinction of party, and they anite. in pronouncing jt one of the very best of the Presi- dent’s appointments, One fact gives it peculiar in- torest, It is the same position to which bis lather, Hon, Simon Cameron, was appointed by the lamented : Lincoln in the trying days of 1861."" Cincinnati Enquirer (dem.):—“But, politically, the reconstruction, whomsoever it may, favor, is a blow at | Bristow. This ia not simply the action of the President, for of course it bas not been taken without consultation ‘with the leaders of the party, and it 1s, therefore; to be interpreted as representing the controlling belief of the Tepublicap party, one month before the meeting of the National, Convention, Its importance lies in thia fact” Cincinnati Gazette (rep.):—“‘Nor can it be supposed that Simon Cameron, who has beeu Secretary of War, would descend to shis barter and undertake to deliver the State of Pennsylvania to any candidate. Sinton Cameron's high character forbids this. We therefore conclude that these Cabinet chaugos are benoficial” Cincinnati Commercial (ind.):—‘“It means, among other things, that the whole power of the administra- tion, using the delegations of Now York and Pennsyl- ‘vanta ag its right and left hands, is to be employed to prevent the nomination of Bristow, an event that the politicians are quick to sce 18 made imminent by the forcible public opinion in his favor, and the general confidence in tho certainty of his election if he is nomi- nated that appear on all sides,” | Albany Times:—“It now remains to be seen if the | removal of Piorrepont to make place for Cameron will give Conkling the filty-cight votes of Pennsylvania and with them the republican nomination, Om the first ballot the New York Senator can depend on the most of the votes from hig own State; om the second he has bargained to rece:ve those of Pennsylvania in addition, while the pressure of the administration, it is calculated, will bring to his support most of the Southern States. This seems to be the plan. There is likel:hood of its success, and with it the nomination by the republicans of Conkling for President of the United States.” Utica (N. ¥.) Observer:—A Pennsylvania republican, | witb an opinion which he did not recelve on the back of a bank check from Simon Cameron, would be a might for gods and men. Mr, Conkling will go to Cin- cinnati with the delegations from New York and Pen sylvania to back him, That is what Don Cameron’ | appointment means, and the republican politicians would do Well to make their calculations accordingly.” Philadelphia Telegraph:—“Tt Is evident, however. that Mr. Cameron bas not been selected fur this posi- tion solely on account of his qualifications, and his nomination must be accepted as an evidence of tho de- sire of the President to strongthen the republican party | in Pennsylvania for the coming campaign. It is as a | political move, therefore, that the induction of Mr, Cameron into the War Department must ve regarded, ‘and, all things being taken into consideration, it is cor | tainly ® shrewd ono, Whether it wili accomplish all that 18 expected of it, however, remaing to be seen.” Philadelphia Day:—‘‘Don Cameron is said to be srorth $3,000,000, He can afford to be honest and to dispense with the profits of post traderships.”” Jersey City Journal:—“General Grant has always had a way of his own in selecting his Cabinet counsel- lors, and neither tells any one in advance what he pro- poses to do nor takes any notice of the way in which his appointments are received. We do not think these istration movements will sertously affect the gen- on,” Grant has again showed Dis geaias asaCabinet-maker, He should have the contract to furnish the coffin for his party this fall, Real Estate Transter—By U. 8. Grant, Genoral Commission Agent, | the parcel of land known as the State of Peumayivae nia (Simon Cameron, owner), to Roscoe’ Conkling, of | Utiea, N. Y., for ome Cabinet office, Sale recorded ia | United States Senate vournal,” } | i | } |