The New York herald., 1870-06-13

AAeu ~ AlS uWu ncquost- -APpro-
hended Dissension Among Re-
publican Leadsrs-The st.
Domingo wrangls.
WASHINGTON, June IL, 1870
pretty lively sort OF week has 1t been here on the
whole. The Cuban bond lobby mares nest, the
st. Domingo wrangle, the city elections, the arrests
OF two people for contempt OF the mighty House Of
Representatives, and an unusual quantity Of uri-
peasantnesses, large and small have served to keep
the public here In high state Of delicious excite
ment and Afforded relishable novelty in the midst
Of the dreamy monotony Of Congressional proceed
ings.
The Cuban lobby sensation grows small by degrees
and beautifully less The more one pierces through
its stunning looking shell the more one becomes
convinced OF It's almost complete emptiness. What
at the first examination promised to develope into
something which would involve members OF Con-
gress, Cuban ENJOYS ana well known characters
about town in most disreputable scheme Of bribery
and corruption, has dwindled into o very insight
ncant affair indeed; mere lobby trick
at the most in which certain confidence
got possession Of quantity Of vaueless bonds,
for what precise purpose does not appear possibly
not very honorable ruse de 0uesTe on the part OF
the Spanish Minister to strangle the growing senti
mcdt in favor OF Cuba and defeat In advance the
contemplated effort appointed for next Tuesday by
the House OF Representatives.
Ben Butler figures very curiously In the
whole Of this proceeding. lie claims to be
on both sides Of the question. Loud In
his declarations Of sympathy with Cnba, he
nevertheless is laboring very earnestly to develop
everything calculated to injure her cause. Under
authority from the House to investigate how the
gold conspiracy testimony got prematurey into
print he has expanded his inquiry until 1t seems to
take In nearly everything In and out OF Congress.
Instead Of reporting what was expected Of him
namely, how General Garfield and his clerk came to
hire out the testimony taken before the Gold
Conspiracy Investigating Commttee-he has
apparently forgotten all about that subject, and
busted himself in summonin5 Tom, Dick and Harry
to know how the lobby is conducted how many
members have been bribed and how many news
paper men have lent themselves to jobbery. He has
employed detectives it Is said, TO dog people about
and listen to their conversations 1t is said he was
privy to scheme to kdnap the fellow D. B. Taylor
from Canada to the United States so that the whole
story about the Cuban lobby might be disclosed.
But Taylor was too smart to be caught
that way, declining all suspicious invitations
to fishing parties and other traps laid to get him
outside the sacred limits OF the Dominion. Had 1t
not been for this attudnaran investigation of But
ler the Cuban lobby story still would have been en-
tombed among the secrets OF the Grand Jury ROOM
Butler s therefore responsible for the whole OF this
sudden flood of false light upon the Cuban question
1t is his fault it, as q result, some votes that
before were sure for Cuba are found on the
other side when Banks resolutions come
up for discussion next Tuesday. Indeed
Butler, though pretending 10 be working hard Tor
Cuba does not hesitate to state that Banks report
is iature that 1t shows no such condition OF bel
gerency as Is recognized by the law of nations. and
That when the question comes up members VIII dis
appear from their seats rather than give their con-
sent to support movement which Is suspected OF
having bribers and swinders for its advocates
In one OF my recent dispatches called attention
to another popularity of this investigation 1t has
there is no more respectable man in ths country,
who has been mentioned one OF the leaders of the
though he has asked General Butler to summon him.
declaring that he could clear up every thing
s[ates sna tas tast peen e is ntery ae from ro
FAR as he is concerned. His name he states, was
either principal accessory witness, and he Is ready
to swear to all this and more. Now, after having
Butler failed to grant the request Of senior RUIZ
Why not give him chance TO explain under oath
Why not give both sides an impartial hearing
learn that Senior Ruiz, despairing OF getting JUS
tice at the hands OF Butler, has applied to Judge
bingham, who is chairman Of the Judiciary Commit
tee ana 1t is probable he will be granted his long de-
sired opportunity to make an explanation.
with all Buffers admitted shrewdness and cum.
ming, it is evident he, goes on wild goose
investigation, when the name OF Mr.. Par
sons turned up as that Of 2 person who
Cuba, Butler forthwith jumped at the conclusion
that Marshal Parsons Of the United States Supreme
s o N naa @ %
s dsaers Sae Ssa was aa en-
that the genial and good natured sehor
Roberts, the Spanish Ambassador, is at the bottom
of this movement 1t is generally admitted that ne
will find himself in very unpleasant fix. 1t would
be serious charge against q foreign minister and
how it would affect his relations Will. our govern
ment Is being seriously discussed 1t rs generally
thought 1t would result In his passports being
handed to him by Secretary Fish. For minister
to caees in Of the brpery against
men is no slight offence. 1t is no Joking
matter, as Mr. Roberts would could soon discover.
But OF course, am not alleging that the story is
true; am only stating the theory, and explaining
that, if correct, the Spanish Minister would, in ali
probability, be invited TO return TO his native coun-
try. William L. Marcy gave John Champion his
walking papers for an offence OF not nearly such
large proportions. ef
The indications in the Senate for the past week or
two point to a division among what are termed the
leaders OF the republican party 1t looks very much
II the old condition Of affairs that existed during
Andrew Johnson'S administration was about to be
aed ra him. so M he n
stance the radical republicans Will go with the
ADMINISTRATION while the conservatives viii try to
form the nucleus Of Q new party, a1lliating more
OF less with the democrats 10 break down govern
ment. The debate on St. Domingo has developed
this feeling to extent which was not anticipated
by either party, certainly not by the administration.
1t Is said that the President himself expresses sur
prise at the hostility OF such men as Ferry, Sumner
and SchRfz towards him. His friends have ad vfSed
him to draw the reIns tightly on these gentlemen
SO as to make them work within the party traces
Grant, however, Is not quick tempered as Johnson
was, neither Is he quite as bold. HIS inexperience IN
public AFFAIRS makes him more or less tmd, or at
least tolerant OF the opposition Of such men as SUM
ner The old jealousy Of The military power, which
cropped out to such a degree when Grant was
elected, has not quite died out. In the Executive
session, the other day. 1t is said Sumner accused the
Presldent of endeaYoriny to set up military deS.