The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-05-25
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON CRY, May 18th; 1870

WASHINGTON CRY, May 18th; 1870.
The Revenue Department has de-
cided that wholesale liquor dealers,
dealing in wines and malt liquors on
", are not required to keep the new
form book prescribed in special order
76, inasmuch as spirits received and
sent ont are only to be accounted
for. Evidence was given before the
Howard investigation committee on
Saturday proving that the money re-
.ceived for the sale of lots from the
Howard University land whic b
amounted to over 500, 200. was not
paid into the United States Treasury
as a reimbursement for the amount
originally drawn from there to pay
for said lands. This rather knocks
the story set afoat by Towards
frinds, that the Government had
been made good in the speculation.
Ths committee are prosecuting this
investigation with an earnestness that
proves how much depends upon it.
Either General Howard must come
out of the ordeal with ruined rep
utation or Fernando Wood who
brought the charges had better hide
his diminished head, hence the I'M
firing energy of the prosecutor who
has so far as the evidence can be got
at, the investigation being secret,
placed Howard in most unenviable
position for one who is up head in
the class of moral reformers in the
Radical church. Messrs Humphreys,
Evans, McGinty and Harris, a dele
cation from the workingmen Of the
rolling mills of Pittsburg, are here to
plead against any reduction in the
tariff or iron &c. This is one among
the lodges resorted to by the Iron
Princes of Pennsylvania to help their
interests in Congress. The Radicals
in Congress not knowing exactly how
they stand after the recent division
of their Senators on the Georgia bill
and the more recent detection of
many Western Radicals on the ques-
ton of tariff in the House have deter
mined on q Congressional caucus in
order to straighten matters. The
real object is to secure the return of
the "carpet-baggers and those
Western Radicals who voted against
the interests Of their onstituents in
favor of Yankee monopolies and now
fear to face those they have betray-
ed. The interests of the carpet-bag-
gers are to be subserved by propos-
ing a policy which will secure the en-
forcement of the fifteenth amend
ment. This will be incorporated in
to bill which will declare it to be
unlawful for persons to combine OF
conspire to violate or hinder or i'm.
pede any of the rights meant to be
secured by the act, one Of which is te
prevent the discharge from employ.
ment of any person with intent te
restrain his free and complete exer.
else of the elective franchise. The
President is also authorized to EN-
ploy the land and naval forces or thu
militia to preserve the peace in any
State. Thus the carpet-baggers vii
be returned by the bayonets of tn.
army and in case of defeat either o
carpet-bagger or Northern or West,
ern Radical the law to enforce thu
fifteenth amendment will be the pre-
text to contest and get the seats O.
the successful Democratic member
There is also to be q platform O
principles to be announced. How
Senators Conkling, Edmunds, Trum
bull and Carpenter can agree to sup
port the policy of the President. a
enunciated by Morton, Summer
Drake and Howard, on the questio,
of admitting Georgia, and what is ex
pected to follow in the wake of tn,
admission that state under the aus
pices of the Drake party, is past t.
my ken. And how can Logan ant
the Western Radicals in the Hous
who have been voting with the Dem
ocrats against Schenck and Kelle,
and the high tariff protectionists cal
go into caucus with men who declar
that protection to Eastern monopo
lies, which high tariff means is a car
/ dinal principle oftheir party? Thos
who enter a caucus are bound by il
, action and how would these recalci
trant Senators and members loo
"taking the back track" on thei
professions of week or so old at th