The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1869-08-20

fscs aln.oss n hatsaiins hassalsot , pl1e
and many ere ha4Gard and pallid with dis'
esse. u Il the custom Of mistrssses - 70 r
such place, hang up their hoop skirts on
ti,e same peg witt llse3s boNnsts AID lhsyls
cOver tlseff ksir with 1 pipcr cop, snli stand
I'll day ct Que Of those presses, performing
On unchanRiugc movssneoA 'ON a0ney L
counted thirty three times before Il ID packed
in boxes and handed over to the tseassSes,
Perhaps those swift fingered ladies, % ~.
spectacle In appearance, 20 intent upon their
work, who Do this counting. are thus expi.
ating On impcnpE, nay. Of life, Or, posi-.
bly,, nen,be5s slaaioa tAeir miGtseosis In the
upper rooms, where they cit very close 10.
eetheE copyipg sed dung sunaa i the:e
things arc %. then may AmericS boast that
her very ''riff nf and pollution an NJ in.
duslrious, decorous, and ~ useful - tn
must vistuous women IN the down-ss0d'
den nations Ut the Old World" .s.t
But tho charges have ainos been carefully
Investigated on the sp0i; particularly Ivy the
worthy md able edik,r III the Ohio (COlum.
bus) STATE yowrNni, who was In Washington
WHEN the letter WAS published. He ascer-
tAincd lbat there was no Suck nAlhelAs Han .
ash Tyler upon the hooks Of the department.
and tlsAt every statement in the letter re-
ileCeing UlHnt the character at the ladies wtss
10 better than . strikers lie.
ssnP.AouMxNT losDskA fNc
The greatest triumph of the Washington
It wis wholly tho IObl,y's doing. His con-
viction was sure until The lobby went To
work in earnest, and sna4clStsi him only
branded from the burning. A person the
least crvdulous cA,i hardly resist the impress.
sion that three Or four Republican vUtes
were bought aad- paid fss. Cash down, only
few hours before the votes were given.
Some of the besl Informed men Of Wash.
inktOn-- even The best Informed arc con.
WINGED Of It. They think they know WHO
received twenty five tllOusand dollars for y
vote, who fifty thousand, who Indian Con-.
tracts, and WHO railroad influences more val
usl,ie than 10th thOsc Sums united. They
think they know NJ what l,Ousc, ~ what
time Of night. and t,y what member Of the
loOl,y. the money va, lost Ut cards IL Sem
stor who voted next day for s.quit,al All
Of which p,ey W true. -Mpch VI fhc ye.pa-
jle testimony gathered ny tho select co'h.
miltcc 1T the managers seems to confirm
these contec,~.cs. We know that the John.
son lobby. utterly, devoid of principle and
dcccncy, hai tllv money in their hands with
which u buy 4he criminal ,OH We know
tU0t uJOuCy WV I0SCu III GOStVSU' SoOUSSSs
and subscribed by distill:rs, and that mil
from those two sources alone, if it had been
necessary. We kns,w THAI the cOrrup tibility
Of Senators was \ t0pic.Of conversation ut
the Presidents table. nd that one Of his con.
6dsnts correctly predicted, five weeks bsfore
the test yots was taken. which peysn ltepub
licsn Se2aaCts Would VOTE W scqMttN. We
know that Two Of those Senators, 10 within
q day or;tw0 0f.j,e N,ting. eoaljsg Sltts Do
clare their intention to v.te for conviction.
and then suddenly changed their intention
without any visible cause. We know that
tho lobby vas in the fullest &C ivi,y about
Masl6nyton, rushing to md fro 6sa~sen
New York and the Capitol. and tclcyraphing
IN cipher. j know, that lls strikers VI the
lobby were not idle, but rose to the &C, aston
and offered II ell 70 the nsAnexcTS votes
enough 70 convict for 4 hundred AMI ten
thousand dolIsrs,-but the ussnsxery were
up IN the game VIZ kM,w that the jolly,
son libby were y sure Of m acquittal b.
fore the vote was taken - they wsre after |;
and that they acted upon their knowledge
lathe yoIlsoom and elsewhere. w.
New the simplest explanation II all this
Il, thai the three ar four votes supposrd %
have been given against the convictions ct
with money; and yet the probability Il, ihat
they were mt. | wis!, they hal l,en.
Probably, the, crude, primitive vickedness
Of sSlLxx vStc 16r s6muth cash argues .
ehsil0weS, = more manageable pervcssity
shan, that Ut which the testim my ELECTED By
the. 'scjoct SSGs,n1yteS igitS usptkMpeeS.
FrOsn shAS testimony we may infer thst
there were several distinct lObbies working
fUr stYuiitaj: Slse I0iIA1sn hDlsby proper.
who wanted to get Or keep places and
chances under the President: the Chase
lobby, who wished TO- plsog the President
under sucl, signal obligations that he would
drop General Hancock and take up Nj.
Ol,asA fqE ~ AsaCassioQs oaa .Psus1st0p
lobby, whose aim wAs To secure the same
advantage for Mr. Pcndieton; tho whiskey
lobby, who wanted another year OF tmpu'
nifty; and - conservative who had . very
lively sense Of what would happen II Nj.
WatsI slpuldE eiengs;h is aqeften Api'he
pect. These Hobbies would have Icon gisd
enough. perhaps, u reduce the prs,blesp u Z
simple pofci,aSe: but their task 'wSs fss
more diihcult.
Members of Congress, like members Of
the British Parliament, may lc divided into
two ciasscs-legislal0D andpuppets. There
pc,sd , With oCIiSis'sas, III Il you u want
their vote for ssyshineawi.h politics o.
mOncy1N &; ~ have to . 60 = sASf 1ban ~
corp.,rs,jon Who placed them l,ers y, ltmay
nay treat railroad 10 send Senator u iwu
10 WxGhinxloaJ Or half dOzBa cArpss-6ag.
Gcx. II MAY, slsD suit the wealthy c0sI)ora.
kiou "a 1e4ts 70 The sle,sAllsgs WHO sefve Il
The bssrsn glory Of being pure; ~ grva,
| 'ramnlsny often pesa1Iss 10 creatures to vets'