Idaho semi-weekly world. (Idaho City, Boise County, Idaho Territory) 1867-1868, 1867-05-04
IDAHO MATTERS AT WASHINGTON

From private letter written by an Idahoan
in Washington, March 21st, to gentleman in
this city we are permitted to copy the follow
ing portions:
Immediately after the rejection of J. NJ.
Murphy for Governor, Seward, Browning and
Randall sent in the name of George G.. Bates
for the place. Bates is an old friend of theirs,
and particularly of Stewards. He has also
some old friends among the Senators, and can
be confirmed if any man can, probably, but ev-
erything here is uncertain. Seward holds dis
tinctly and positively that Ballard is now out
of ofice-that there is a,vacancy, filed at pre-
sent by the Territorial Secretary. Bates is an
able man, and do not believe the Radicals can
manage him. Williams of Oregon insists that
there must not be any removals in Idaho, be-
cause the present Federal appointees have been
trying to build up a Radical party and ought
to be sustained for that reason. The Senate
is slaughter-house, and the Tenure Of Office
Act has given the Senators great power, which
they use without scruple. Several of them are
known to have their price for favOrs, and also
have their regular agents and strikers on the
outside. Thus it requires money to work q
nomination through. To be successful a can
didate has to-pay big and fight hard for him
self
A man named Carpenter has been nominated
| for Judge Cummins' place. He first wanted
the GovernershIp, but finally agreed to take
the Judgeship. He may not get that, however.
Kelly is here, and says he is ready to answer
the charges which Holbrook has preferred
against him.
Gov. Weller is here practising law and looks
well. He is Of opinion that an effort will be
made next winter to impeach the President,
as it is said the Committee have evidence that
Johnson proposed last Spring to dispense Com
gress by the bayonet and that Gen. Grant will
be the witness to prove the fact.
Gov. Weller, Holbrook, and some others
here from Idaho have signed petition for the
appointment Of H. ID. Van Wyck as Revenue
Collector, in Geers place, as there is no show
for any Democrat to be confirmed. Van Wyck
is likely to be the man.
kely's ara HoWletts cases will be attended
to in reasonable time. The Departments are
too much occupied in more important business
while Congress remains in session. 1t is known
that Hewlett grossly misrepresented facts con-
corning the oath business of the last Legsla-
lature, and Secretary M'Culloch will pay due
attention to the case.
OPINIONS OF FREEDMEN.-We find in
late SaR Francisco Bulletin synopsis Of the
speeches made at the great meeting of freed
men held in Richmond District, s. c.. March
18th. The meeting was addressed, by special
invitation, by Gen. Wade Hampton and two
other prominent Southern men, and afterwards
by two leading freedmen of education, Bever-
" Nash and the Rev. ID. Pickett The fol-
lowing is the report Of their speeches in sub
stance:
Beverly Nash replied to the generally ex-
pressed statement of the white speakers, that
they were disfranchlsed, by stating that the
colored people would present such strong and
unanimous petition to Congress that attention
would be paid to it-in fact the colored men
would not rest till the whites had been enfran-
chised He had respect for man who upheld
his principles at the point of the bayonet;
whereas SkHlkers and so-called Union men at
the South ne could designate as nothing better
than traitors
Rev. d. Pickett stated that he wanted it
distinctly understood that he was no office
seeker. The good Of his people was his first
consideration. He was opposed to universal
suffrage for two reasOns-the want of educa-
ton and property qualification. The first was
readily attainable, and the last. by industry
and economy, would surely come. Speaking
of elections, he said the question should not be
whether a candidate was black or white, but
was he honest?