The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-06-22
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.

bill as substitute for the Senate
funding bill, which didsuit Boutwell,
and did not suit the banks, and an
effort was made on Saturday to have
It reported, but storm Of "noes
defeated that project. In this bill
the foreign loan is omitted; there
are a long gold bond at 4 per cent.
The Banks are not compelled to ex-
change the bonds held by them for
the new bonds. OF course this bill
is the result Of the power Of the banks
and is not acceptable to Secretary
Boutwell,. The probability is that on
this question as on others, which the
business community ore waiting to
have settled in some shape or other
that business may progress, there will
be nothing done and the work that
this set of venal tricksters fail to do
will be left to be finished at the next
session after the people have rebuked
their unworthy servants at the next
elections. The investigation into the
affairs of the pious, christian-soldier
General o. o. Howard, Commission
er of the Freedmen's Bureau, will be
resumed on Tuesday next. On Fri
day it was proven that Gen. Howard
had loaned to the American Mission
airy Society $24O, 600 without the least
authority of law. Yesterday the evil
dence showed that $3.50, 900 had been
used in purchasing rati9ns in the
State of Florida, which rations the
Bureau Agents sold and pocketed the
proceeds. 1t is charged that nearly
$4OO, 900 of the Bureau funds were
used in South Carolina to secure the
election of the present Governor of
that State, who was at that time As
sistant Commissioners of the Bureau.
This will as Captain Cutie would
say, "be overhauled and a note made
on it" by Hon. Fernando Wood, who
has conducted this Investigation with
a patience, determination and an en-
ergy thst reflects the greatest credit
on him. In thus ferreting out and
exposing to the light of day the
frauds, villainies and hypocricies OF
set of canting, shifting vampires,
who under the guise of religion and
philanthropy have been robbing the
Treasury, Mr.: Wood has had no
easy task, as every thing is done in
these cases to battle and hinder those
who investigate. Mr.. Wood claims,
even now, that he has unearthed
more rascalities than were charged
originally. His report will be the
strongest kind Of a campaign docu-
ment. The people will learn how
1
they have been robbed in order that
elections could be carried for the
Radicals and that the Bureau ring, on
immense one ct that, could grow rich
There was lively time in the House
on Saturday over the adding to the
Internal tax bill Schenck's tariff bill
gotten up on his own responsibility
as sort of substitute for the defunct
"bil of abomination." The frs,
section was added, which reduces thu
duty on tea, coffee, sugar and pig
iron, but increases it largely on Bes
semer Steel. When the amendment
was first offered, it was defeated b,
three votes this state of things could
not be permitted by the steel ring
and they drummed up their friends
from the surrounding saloons, and
corridors and were permitted by TIL
speaker, on the verbal alteration of |
word, to again offer the amendmen
which was carried by such majority
much to the Joy of the steel ring AM
of " Daddy. Schenck" theespecial ad
vocate of the monopolists. That tn
people may know and see throug
the dodge of the Radicals in thu
lowering the duties on coffee. tea an
: sugar, it will only be necessary t
. state the simple fact that the amour
saved to each person annu q IL
! by this tub thrown to the whale
Ii. g. the people, amounts to about
cts. In the next elections they wi
9 pirate of this reduction of 500, 000, OF
e in the duties on necessaries Of life {
d an evidence of the love of the Rad
: Gals for the poor man, but they wi
q fail to tell that they reduced his Blu
u dens to the immense extent of
(" cents each yearly, while on those q
ticles from which the Gousrnmel
y derives no revenue, which are pr
n tested that the Aonopolists may gro
a rich off the people, there will be
~ reduction. The Democrats irritatl