The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-02-11


Enormous Demand Dofeatcs-The Seat
The watchful Washington correspondent OF
the Baltimore Gazette writes:
Those who underratc the Importance Of the
movement of Mr.. Dawes must be Oblivi0us Of
the fact that the cohesive power of public plum
der is the only ligament that now binds the
Radical party together. Ben Butler came to
the relief of the administration. II is known
that he never acts without an object. He has
had several jobs with gigantic prospective fees.
Mr. Dawes las had his eye upon him. 1t Is
great point gained to have watch dog, at the
proper point, competent to smell out and
ready 10 expose wholesale depredat!ohs upon
the treasury. The administration is utterly
powcrless except through the corrupt infll-
cnce which the public money can purchase.
Butlcr.s defence of Grant and Boutwell, was
known to be referable to the claims he has
been prosecuting before the treasury. Mr..
Dawes has clectnaly frightened the officials,
and they dare not succumb to the enormous
demands of their champion. A pet "claim' OF
his has Just been rejected by the treasury in
Obedience to an opinion of Atlorney-General
Hoar. Butler modestly requested the Sccrc-
tary of the Treasury to have turned over to
him. as chairman Of bogus concern called
HThe Board of Directors OF the National Asy-
lun for Disabled Soldiers and Sailors" the
bounty forfeited by desertcrs during the war,
amounting to the enormous sum OF four mil
lions of dollars OF course this money was
due to no one What Mr. Buffers share in this
nefarious transaction would have been, had
h. succeeded, no man can teli. IL IS enough
That the bold stand assumed by the present
"Chancellor of the EXchequcr," nipped the
thin~ iu the bud, and has lost the government
another of its most talented advocates For
no one familiar with the proclivties OF the
doughty Massachusetts general would for q
moment SUPPOSE that he will ever again be
found defending an administration that refuses
to ssshell OUT for whatever cause 1t has
shown the white feather upon an all-linportant
financial measure, OF the most vital corlsc-
uuencc to their herd, and he may. therefore,
hereafter be clusse(l with BontwelFs most bit
ter opponents. No wonder Hoar WAS rejected.
The carprt-baggers at the South have gene
rally agreed to recommend Drake for the seat
on thc supreme bench, made vacant by the
death of Judge Wayne. He will not be af-
pointed. This get from direct and trust
worthy source The recommendation of no
senator who voted against lioar's conhrlnatlon
will be go much as considered. inc Attorney
General himself will designate the new Judge.
So Infamous have been the decisions III what
are called s:contcsted election cases" in The
House, that many members have been silallleu
into an attempt to correct the evil; The Conf
mittce on Elections, on Friday, adopted res,
solution to present a.blll, prepared BY General
Paine, their chairman, to the House, pTovialnS
for Il new mode Of conducting contested Glec-
tion cases in the committee. The bill, which
viii vii, be offered on Monday. contains sGbstan-
tally the points as govern contested election
cases adopted by the Legislature of Pcnnsyl,,
yania. and assigns each individual contested
case to special committee to be chosen by lot;
The Sunday Herald of this city appeared
this morning under new auspices: It Is much
improved, and promises to be guided by con-
servatiyc principles. Its contents To-Day are,
politically, as uneXceptionaole as coulq oe eS-
been been classcl as ':Republicans. This is but
another sign of the tumbling to pieces of the
Radical organization.