The national Republican., 1869-01-13
"our wa ington Correspondence.
JASuAxr II, lseo.

by the Washington public. II
yives rise to another sud not unimportant
question: that OF the supreme Court Of the
States Jurisdiction In the premises,
which is understood to be denied In toto by
the Supreme Court Of this District. It seems
to be anticipated around the City Hail that
the District supreme Court will pay no more
attention to this decision than as though It
had been made by an ordinary justice of |
the pescej leaving the United States Supreme |
Court to pursue any remedy that tribunal may
have In the premises. Their remedy lies, |
in q mAndamus ordering the Dis |
trict court to show cause why II disobeys the |
order. presume the District court will pay
no attention whatever to any such mandsmus,
leaving the supreme Court to Its last remedy
OF preparing articles OF impe ach ment against
the District court, which will be very sure TO
fail before the House Judiciary COMMITTEES; .
majority OF the members Of which
are undoubtedly In sympathy with the Dis
trict court on the subject.
LAST RESORT.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company,
1 hear, have cut of the passes over the nu-
merous roads they virtually control OF an
members Of Congress who failed At the last
session to vote against the various proposs
tions likely to conflict with the maintenance
Of Its monopoly OF Northern, Esstera and
Western travel to and from the Federal me-
tropoiis. Terrible vengeance this, truly.
II You WONT Eat DIRT, YOU "sHAN'r" RIDE
FREE.
Apropos to the fact 1 narrate above, / may
mention that have positive and relisble iu-
| formation concernipg another such act Of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, which
| shows Its utter contempt of decency 10 Its war
to maintain Its entire monopoly Of travel and
| freighting to and from the District OF Colum-
bia. Not long since q friend Of member Of
Congress, without his knowledge. wrote to
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company,
suggesting the propriety Of it's sending him q
pass. An answer was returned, saying that II
would be issued on condition that he would
vote against any proposition coming before
Congress likely to interfere with the Interests
Of that corporation! 1 am satisfied OF the en-
tire truth of this statement In all its material
points. Not having seen the letter, ] cannot
quote its exact language here; but in giving
your readers its purport, know an correct
tits by such means, among others, that the
monopolists combination hope to prevent Con-
gress from regulating commerce" as the Con.
shtution directs, over railroads in this section
OF the country.
MORE RAILROAD SUBSIDIES WANTED,
It's said around the halls Of Congress that
the Hon. Mr.. Donnelly, OF Minnesota, has af-
teen distinct railroad land grant projects to be
| brought before Congress ere the 4th of March
next. This Ia "eutting 1t fat" truly. Never
thelen question whether the public interest
| haS been 60 far benefited by such land grants
to stimulate the construction OF railroads.
They have certainly greatly multiplied rail-
roads just where the territory would have
been likely to have remained an unoccupied
wilderness for many years to come, but for
these improvements. Having been brought
into cultivation, they are already doing their
share for the future OF the country at large.
The question is whether the national Treas.
ury has been more injured by granting lands
to railroad companies who cause them to be
far more rapidly settled with producers and
developers III I may be permitted to coin an
ugly but GpropoI word) than they would other.
wise be settled and developed on any other
conceivable plan Of dlsposing OF them. Sold
10 the ordinary way, unless railroad facilities
inducements-werea athand, the actual settlers
on them would have been comparatively few.
They would have been held In large tracts by
capitalists OF the East looking for their pro
hts on the Investment, to their prosperity
value quarter Of century hence. This con.
tinues to be the case In many Western Stateb,
It will be remembered, and greatly retards
their development wherever II 10 so.
| MORE MONEY GRANTS.
| Yet 1t is clear that In the present state Of
the Treasury the money grants Incident to the
system of late must be stopped, ifit be intend
ed to keep down or reduce taxation upon the
people at large, as the incoming President pro
poses. The fact that individual managers Of
these grants have made enormous fortunes out
OF them is the most offensive point In the
whole system. How to divest them OF that
particular incident Is the problem OF the hour
can conceive OF no expedient-safesuard-
likely to prove efficient to that end. Few men
would "go into" such railroad operations
without endeavoring to make them as profit.
| able to themselves as possible, while contrib.
uting to the indeRnite and rapidly growing
prosperity Of the region where they build
them.
THE VIRGINIA RADICALS.
A delegation Of some twenty leading ylr.
ginia Radicals were at the Capitol to-day.
| They are committee to look after the appli-
| cations for the removal of the disabilities OF
the fourteeath amendment ofthe Constitution,
resting on Individuals of their State. They
come to oppose, not to further such legisla.
tion, In most OF the cases now before Congress ss
Governor Wells and General wickham are
| understood to be here, acting in sympathy
I with them.
SOUTHERN INDICTMENTS.
| The Senate to-day passed a bill extending,
for two years, the time for finding indictments
In the United States courts OF the Southern
| States for all infamous-no political-of-
fences. The enactment of this measure Il
rendered necessary by the unsettled condition
of Southern affairs.
RECOMMENDED ron PARDON.
The House reconstructlon co IN mlttee, | hear
have ordered the following names Of Virgin
ians to be reported to the House for the re
moval of their several disabilitieJ under tn
l4th amendment OF the Constitution, viz
John T. Early, Ira Garrett, VIM. Wertenbs
ker and John Wood, of Albemarle county
Hugh W. Sheffey, of Augusta countyj $. b
Wright, OF Bedford county, WIN. A. Moses, oi
Bucki CHAM county, X. J. Burton and J. W
Burton, of Campbell county, Myer Augle, OF
Caroline county, +. N. Reed, of Charlotte
county; Robert Bolin, T. II. Bosseau and $
II. Smith, of Dlnwiddie countyj II. W
Thomas, of Fairfax county; B. p. Elliot AnC
| A. J. Kirby, of Floyd countyi X. @, B.nks
of Gooehland county; B. F, Garrett, OF Hall
fax county; VIM. q. Wicxhsm and John
Page, of Hanover county, 7. NJ. marlborough
of Henrico county, @. d. Gravely aud O. Y
Thomas, OF Henry county, Jas. Q. Taylor, oil
Montgomery county, F. H. Bruce, of Kappa
hammock county; James q. Paxton, OF Rock
bridge county, J. T. Harris, Of Rockingham
county, J. W. Mckinney, OF Plttsylvania
countyi r. q. Harris, B. S. Hooper, II. X
Hooper, ]. V. Miller aud X. d. Miller, oi
Prince Edward county A. p. Bennett, W. W
Rains and r. +. Walker, OF Richmond county
I. | A. Foreman nf II n..