The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-08-17
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE.


The Radicals in their determine K
ton to continue their hold on their
ill-gotten power passed a bill at the
last session in relation to alleged ,
naturalization frauds. This act gives
United States Officers power to make
arrests at the polls, and to inspect all
records of elections for Federal OIL
GERS this only applies to cities ex-
ceeding twenty thousand inhabitants.
Democratic voters at the next cleo
tons may expect to be annoyed by
government officers placed at the
polls for that special purpose, and II
lacking sufficient patience to tameiy
submit to such interference or insult
they will be marched to the nearest
Station House the pretexts to make
arrests will not be hard to find. Ii
the officials find their documents all
right they will find means to provoke
a breach of the peace through their
arbitrary power. The Attorney-Gen-
eral will soon notify the United
States Marshals of the law, that they
may concoct the necessary plans to
carry out the Radical scheme OF Rad
ical officials controlling the elections.
The Radical FOUNDERS and shoulder
hitters will find congenial- work and
good pay for their services at the
polls as Assistant Marshals. A num-
, her of frauds on the Pension Office
have been discovered. r. r. Butler,
r of Tennessee, he who was charged
with peddling cadetships, and who
/, plead innocent on the ground that he
gave the cash SO received for election
purposes and therefore was not Whit
, temorized, and John A. Wimply,
!, member of Congress elect from Geor'
! gia, are charged with being guilty Of
fraud and forgery in the above cases
g Butler that is Roderick R. Butler
IS I trust none of my readers will con
g found Roderick, Of Tennessee, witt
Q Benjamin, of Massachusetts, as
u have no wish to injure "Honest
y Ben. of spoon fame; as I said, But
" Ter was Attorney for getting q pen
sion for the widow of soldier living
= in N. G. and in his haste to get tn
:. cash in his grip. after the pension
!. was allowed, forged her name to tn
y check requiring her signature ant
Sc presented it two days after where
T. would require 10 days to go and re
t. turn when questioned as to thi
fact he said he had power Of Attorne
II to sign, and after long delay b
al produced a paper purporting to b
rs power of Attorney from the claimant
- and an affidavit taking back all sh
70 had stated in her former statement
al This affair was investigated and til
he result will be that r. r. Butler wi
ed have case in the Courts, withor
at his Radical co-laborers in the san
re- fields Of speculation do not determir
ch that forgery and fraud are the legit
ng mate means of making Compression
IS perquisites. There is no KNOWN
no what that August body, under the j
- SEPARATION of the other Butler who
49, christian name is Benjamin, may d
=, termine, as to the status of Congress
e,t men who commit fraud or forgel
ION after their action in the case of t
ald martyr, Pat Woods, who welted t
ball and chain carpet-bagger Port
in Richmond. The same officer VI
oh. Investigated Buffers case has be
adj detailed to look after Wimpey,
la Georgia, in connection with fra
lay' and forgery. Other agents are c
'A.' in quest of equally high game, viii
- pursuit if not interfered with for
rio. litical reasons, viii make the peol
,tlv think that there certainly is son
,po- thing rotten in Radicalism.
d it these charges, oil these inyestigatl
will committees, all these whitewashin
leon and all against Radicals must mi
the good easy people pause and
4. quire if with all this continu
A. smoke there is not considerable |
two When Grant appointed Tom MUIR
! .ui " Collector of Customs at New Yor
Or was given out by the Preside
lie II friends that it was done in the in
% to est of his party in order to carry
ices, State for the Radicals, and Tom. n
ting, ply was to manipulate certain
wan ments to that much desired REF
are Some charged that Grant was q
rum. to make change of base and th
has has himself, his wife's relations and
,lish- into the arms of the conserva
2, or Radicahs-whoever they are. S
- II IL roll moo n