, 1870-03-29

AL
WAsurSdroN, March s.
Two-thitda at least Of tho members and Sep-
atoFs take TUE CHICAGO TRIBUNE, and al cx-
press da1ight 1t your change OF typo. The
newspaper press OF this country seems to have
taken contract to put out the eyes Of tho
present genaration-
scUKScE AND TIE FUNDING nt1L
Generl Schenek expects s.ot to be candi-
date for rc-electon to tho House Of Hepresen-
tatires. While this correspondence has had
reason many tiraes to say that the prcjudiecs
and opinions Of General Schenck mako his will
md ability dangerous at the head OF the Ways
and Means Committee, it is yet tzuo sh.t in
his long public life ha bas been invariably can
did, courageous, and Responsible.
CARPENTER AND ooFKL1Sa.
Two SenAtors hAvo recently distinguished
themselves by 6no efforts in beh1lf Of the
constitutional construction Of public matters
Carpenter, Of Wisconsin, and Conklins, Of New
York The latter drove Sumner to the wall on
the Census bl1, and he has Joined his efforts
to those Of Carpenter, against the admission
was the military Governor 81 the State, > nun
resident, and he had tho power to reject any
member Of the Legislature whom he might
CHIN to bo improperly elected. Clothed with
such absolute poEers, he had tho bad taste to
request himself to be sent for si1 years to tho
presaly ssys that man must be resident OF
heplace where he is elected, the Judiciary Com
mittee rpportod against Au1es. 1t once such
blind and dumb partiaans As Howard. Of
Michigan. MuscoFy DTake, et al, reared THAR
frontlets md cried that the Judiciary Commit
So it is- Tho speech Of conk}ing On this SUB
ject Was closo and seyere that Of CARPENTER
full Of his urigina1itics Of statement and clev-
ernees Of eatire. These two men are amongst
the uaoet cultured and disciplined Of the Sen
iliocy alike. Howell, the Iowa Senator, has
made good rnaidon cfKors here Wright in
jured himseH in advance by q silly letter ho
wrote about piG-iIon protection. DC. Fentan,
Of New York, is eingularly unlike Conkling, his
ever oftice-hunting in the interests OF his get,
while Conkling pays no attention to this petty
business. I am bonnd to axpFeas myself Of
tho belief that Fenton has not greatly improved
the public serrice ly the manner Of his inuo-
vatious. He aud Oliver r Morton turned out
Defrees from the Government Printing Office,
routed Brown from the Sergeantey -at-AEns
and reyolntionized time-honored places Of
trnstful l,ermanancv, and there has been rcigr
OF doubt. mistrust, and littleness ever
since. Now Cole is trying to drive
Gorham out OF the secretaryship OF the Sen
ate, and the worst form OF caucus corruption
aud scandal has invaded the restibules Of The
Senate. Neither has Morton covered himself
with lauzels here, and his late Senatorial cA-
rcer is crooked and tlippant past the limit Of
demagoguery.
GENERAL wA1EEn.
General Walker, the new Superintendent Of
the Census, has already began to pnt his oit1,o
from his we'll known industry, decision and
method: He is but % years Of age, sli:ht,
wiry and handsome, and he was etaT soldier
with DeuIis and several other New England
Generals. His father Was member Of Con-
grcss, nne man Of rhilanthropic and intellec-
tuAl bias, and the General was formerly
school tea :her and an editor at Springfield.
During th war he received five wounds, one
OF which, rom shell, broke five bones in the
hand, and the lleoling OF this wound was at
tended with the partial ossifcation Of tho
palm. HI Ia a thoroughly alive, modest, and
cheerful entle7nan, and an ornament to the
country Of which be is go bright an exemplid-
cation. Mr. David A. Wells had the honor TO
h-vo been one Of the first appreciators and Gu
conragers II Mr.. Walker. whose writings upon
financial and commercial subjects had enlisted
his admiration.
HIGH TAHITI MORALS.
Kelley and HoEace Maynard, both members
OF the Ways and Means Committee, alleging
that for ycaff, they have known Of caIetships
hing peaalea s,y their colleagues, but neither
OF them thought the matter Of enoush consc-
quencc to cali attention to it! This shows how
tho consciencea Of men, naturally high-mint1ed,
arc perverted by associations with high tAsiN
lobbyists. To sec tho buying, selling, driving,
winning. ETC., ETC., Of tho pig iron, salt, aud
lumber interests every day, is to conclndo that
il man sells out cadctsllip hc il merely 4
petty offender, Starkwcather, another high
ta1itr man. pleaded for Upshur because he WIS
from his (sta.kweatter's) district, and this
DpshuF set up the plea that ho wRB a descend
ant Of George Waahington's family. Then,
General Schoepf was excused By come folks be-
cAuso he had been "a brave soldier of the Tn
ion" The prevailing nuisance is tho bravo
soldier. Tro-thirds Of the men in this cadet
chip matter were Of this class: Este, Schoepf,
Brooks, Ct al II the brave soldier got his
wounds for the purpose Of parading them be-
fore petit jury, he got them cheap.
ADAnEFACEp u. G.
Roderick r. Butler, Of Tonne8see, With al
votes for his expulsion from Congress, keeping
his seat, too low and too dishonor3ble 10 resign!
Els name and this feet are mentioned at the
breAAaet tables OF his colleagues. He keeps
before the country, soiling tho floor OF Con
his colleagues, : dreadful spectacle OF moral
lcprusy. It is HI outrage upon the House Of
Representatives that enough votes could be
cozcncd to sAro him, aud that he keeps his
seat after this rebuke passes doeent inder-
standing. This being took money to put in
AAo Uy 4L%&A4AS y AlEA[9AAQAS Al bpu LII
Tho army Of his country. i'll. Bnt1er is .
trader in the privileges Of = Legislator, md he
is mot ashamed it. Yet. while he bugs hia seat,
there arc members Of Congress- WIN Affect 10
exprcrs astonishr,cnt at the current runor
thst Congressman generally will sell out any
thing on which there is bid. When this sort
OF aato.,is hmcnt is expressed expect to point
out Nr. Butler to an hdniring world.
Ld}ASs coKM1rTEE.
-Four members Of the Military Committee
have behaved like men Of honor. VIZ: Logan,
Cobb, slccam, and Morgan, two: OF thom
shown no favors, and dignided ths rank OF
republican legislators. The other members
Lave been weak in the knccs, and have he1ped
to reduce the credit Of their country. In this
cadetship investigation most Of the go-be-
syeens we're mere dr.bs. want somebody
could such beings as LAndon, for instance, 60
into the business Of selling and buying cadet
ships without the presumption that They could
buy cnngressmen Ike sheep?" Tho result
proves that theE were not wrong. And how
wrong must onr social conscience be whom
Whittcmore AMI Golladay 70 home with q fair
chance Of reelection, and ret mp to be injured
men bccause they were caught rteaIing7
LNrS0 CSrEn MISTAKE
Mr.. Cook, Of Illinois, who has made the tnnst
careful and temperate. as well as the most
effective speech on the reform side Of tho
ta1iG question. brought the bluai, to Dionysius
Dennis 1lcCarthy's face, tho other DAY, by
charging that be had u1israpresented the salt
question nj every stage Of it. Tho Inference
was plain that be had done It Intentionally. for
sueh monstrous lying could only have been
pzemeditated. Mccarthy a1leSedthat salt sa1d
for lower price At present that in 1850. He
said:
In View FORK in 1850 foreign sa1t soIi at .
cents per buAhel In gold: to-day domestic eat IL .
cents in currency In Boston, in 1s6o, foreign llt
ENth Af 3t rpnfG In -ntt+ fn-ftF n
Boston Is = cents IN currency. In Cleveland do
mcsdc salt IN 1850 sold At g cents In gold; to-day
rrncy. 10 Toledo IN 1850 domestic salt sold for %
GEMS gold: to-laF saonest4c salt sells there for 81
cents currency. In Detroit In 1880 salt wss nv
ia, ~ cents IN g6'd: to-day i cents canenc5.
Thus The tact Ii dcausstsra.ed that domestic pn,-
duct,an has overcome the advance ~ lie tar,1,
and made salt cheaper generally throughout the
country: tn the West especially"
To .his Ar. Cook replied, with equl courtesy
and power. as follows
The difficulty With the argument Is that the NJ.
urcs arr cutlrely unreliable Ny friend from uaon-
daRA has been misltd- The tue tgures are ~ fol-
1nwk. Prize IN Chicago IN 1854, $l..3 per barrel:
:na ~: Io as ne tas tas .est la'o 3.
The Tase to-da1 Is tscs rer barrel. thoNine the
hA1rei by the t2TH. During the entlrr operation
Of the present tarn the a]rrage price Of salt tn
Chicago has bern 20 cents \ bushel, tacladinx the
barrel hold tn my hand tho latest quotatsons,
which show that the price Of salt Is now 80 rents
re1 bushel In chcaru beg leave TO quote from
the spcesh Of my friend sentence which meets
There ate mo:c lalss tacta current IN the
world than false sheorte.'"
Nov. Whist should 10 aaid Of + man who
voted for stopping the salsT and stopping the
report Of Hon. D1rid A. Wells, on tic ground
that tho 1atters statistics weze imperfect
when he hinRcf is eapabfo Of such bare
faced miErer7e sentation as the a5ore9 am
free to Ray That 7 do no. believe that NJ. Nc
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