Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1839-01-31
THE ENQUIRER. ,
LETCHFIELD, JANUARY ~, 1889.

LETCHFBELD, JANUARY 81, 1889.
on the COMMITTEES Of investieasicn, Messrs Foster
and Owens, (whO il was expected in our last paper
might on the next meeting Of the House decline o
their loco focO predecessors had done have not de-
clned the honor Observing the mai
edctiOn Of Hon Ell Moore, and the response Of the
Globe, that any man who would serve on that Com
mitpee would be deemed traitor TO tke dapecr1tSs
party" The Committee now consists Of four Wings
two Conservatives. and three LOcos-as originally
elected to Congress- four Wings and five Van Buren,
men. They Organized Immediately, and appointed
Mr. Harlan their Chairman. They also. under the
appreciation Of the House, chose Clerk from without
their BODY, Mr. p F. Fendall, and were authorized to
appoint anosher printer than the printer to the House
dayor two after their organization. they proceeded
to New York, the place Of the aedged defaications
and are now busily employed in their duties-deter'
mined 10 make out their report in season 70 De sub
mitled 70 the present Congress. ~ a--. .
Money for the Tosbns.-Mr. Rider, the Treasurer oil
this State, has given notice in the Hartford papers
,ha, there has been received in the Treasury the fur
,Aer sum Of s., las so from the United States on ac-
count Of moneys advanced during the late war; which
ia apporoted among the several towns, and will be
paid al any time after the Let of February next.
COld.-Thursday morning last was the coolest for
three years. In New York the mercury was at zero
IN Albany "A below zero--in Poughkeepsie % below
in Saratoga sS-Balston SS-Boston l5-Hartford
lO-New.tIaven 5-Iitchfeld IL. ~ soa&-. f.
Public Lands On the preceding page we have
given short but pungen, article upon this s"'ect-
I, was written before the bill Of the Senate was laid
upon the shelf by the prompt action Of the Represent
,rcs Of tie People Both Of the Connecticut Senators
voted for il and though the bin itself is probably de-
feated for the present our Senators are not the less
censurable for the course they pursued. All OF our
Representatives, even the great DR.. Phelps, showed
their disposition to support the measure BY voting
agoius. the proposition to lay the bupon the table,
Let tkt psople remember this fact p e ~ sff'b
The Albany Ev Journal Of Monday comes to us in
mourning for the death Of Gen. Stephen Van Re"sse-
lae-, the Patroon Of Albany, who died the Saturday
previous He was one ofths most wealthy as well as
the most liberal and phlanthropic in the country
was probably more emphntically the friend Of the
poor'' than perhaps any other man in the state.
D The leading tory organs anticipating that cor
rup,inn in its most hdeos forms win be brought forth
by the investigating committee in the case OF Swart-
WONT and Price, and are already issuing their orders
their euballerns proclaim to their party
@awipders were wings. Every one knows hetter-they
Know that Swarwout wns appointed by Gen. Jack
SIN, and wing removed to make room for him. And
NJ 10 Price he known to have been the greatest ia
yOrife in Tammany Hall the party ever had. Up to
ihe very moment Of his fight to Europe he was the
prince and pink Of loco focos in New ork-spent his
money freely on elections and upheld all the heresies
of Van Buren and Benton The false assertions OF
the most reckless locos cannot gainsay il. n.ss
d The Hartford Times says, I'VE hope the democrat
10 (,ory> press will keep the name Of Wise in red tet-
sers Just 40 hong as he is permitted to remain in Con-
eress' Why don't the ninny then follow out the sug-
aes,ion and cIohe his paper in red or does he
consider the Times not q democratic" paper?
:" Aaan il says, 1--WE are glad TO find that no demo
GRAFT can he found in Congress to servo on committee
with Henry A. WISE" F;Ue Of the nine, however,
which constitute the eouiitiee, and progressing
in their lsbors, elected as Van Buren, democrats
nnd pM serve with Mr.. Wise in developing the rot
ter,,ess and dishonesty Of toeofocoism-the anathc'
mas Of the Times, az well ss the Globe and Argus to
the contrary notwithstanding.
~. THE New.Tfaven Register makes boast that the
whole Of our loco foco delegation in Congress voted
neaus, ,hs Swartwous Tor Woodbury. investigating
committee being appointed by BALLOT and in favor o.
the vpa yocc mode. How consistent! That paper fol
wears has been preaching against what it called the
old federal stand.up fawnohing more nor less than
the viva voce-nnd now. when il wants to trap some
Of it's own party members who it fears are disposed ia
desert the sinking ship Of locois. he lauds the mem
hers Of congress for supporting just such system o.
voting The truth s, that paper is in the hands OF in
divuais who will advocate the most ultra federal and
orpoee the leading democratic measures il by such
means it thinks it gull its readers into the suppcr
If an obnoxious measure or shield its friends from the
inst Indignation Of the people II has sort Of claim
for consistency. except being consistent IN the utte
neryersion Of truth. instead Of being called the &c
lumbar Register il should bear the more sppropr
ate cognomen Of Lying Calendar ss.s,
We COPY the following article from that radical 10
cSfoco paper The N Y Evening Post, that our read
ers may see how the party view the late triumph
in Congress sithregard to the Investigating Commit
tee: rs. .-a.i n g X
u The House Of Representatives. il appears have De
cidel 10 choose, BY secret vote the committee 70 ~
yeetigaie the declarations Of Mr.. Swartwou, and at
forwards proceeded % appoint committee copoeec
of six Opposition members. and three sDds Of the ed
sninissFaton This result was BROUGHT about by fht
nnion Of the friends Of National Bank and the Con
3 eeyvatves, who have now coalesced into enc party
and carried minority in the House.
Il now appears clear enough that the res,sfanc'
made BY she opposition members 70 proposal q ap
o;ntiuly the co.niittee by Uira voce vote Of tn
House was the result Of an intrigue between thos'
two factions OF opposition party. The tmid mem
hers who entered intofhs intrigue were to be screen
ed from The scrutiny and disapprobation Of their con
eiituenss by the secrecy Of The ballot. They were
be shielded from blame BY not allowing the people Il
know what they bad done. Having made their aT
ranpesnents far acting in the dark sey eonsummaie.