The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1871-02-01
PHlLANDER,
WASHINGTON.
January "a, 1871


! January "a, 1871.
The staid and respectable Senator
from Maine, Mr.. Hamlin, it seems is
DESTROYS of getting his hooks" or
rather his "pickers and stealers," as
Hamlet expresses it, into the cash-box
of Uncle Samuel. He merely wants
a few thousands in aid of a railroad
from Portland Maine, to Chicago.
The road to be furnished with steel
rails and iron bridges; the track to be
a double n The trifling aid which
is asked is \ loan of six per cen thir.
ty year bonds to the amount of $50,
600 per mile for the whole distance
from Portland to Chicago. The AID
ministration through the Postmaster
General to have control of the rates
for transportation and passengers.-
These Radicals are determined to get
the control of the railroads of the
country by hook or by crook and this
looks like an entering wedge, besides
being Il grand speculation off the peo-
pies money.
While Mr.. Hamlin is doing a big
thing in a railroad, the odoriterous
Senator from New York, Mr.. Conk-
lin, is going in heavy for a marine job.
His bill to aid, that's the word, to aid
in the construction of twenty or more,
more is rather indefinite, first class
steamships, together with ship-yar'ls,
machine shops; will be reported on
favorably by the committee on com
merce. The Same huge scheme was
also intro luced iuto the House by Mr..
Dawes, who shouts economy and votes
the other way. While this Admins
tration is blowing a loud trumpet over
a Register which is to be attached to
the paper mill which manufactures
paper for the Treasury Department
whereby a tritiing saving is effected,
Congress is voting away millions of
the peoples money in private jobs or
public schemes in aid of their party.
General Pleasanton, Commissioner
of Internal Revenue appeared before
the committee of Ways and Means
and stated that the income tax costs
more to.collect than is p,id to the treas
ary. His superior, Secretary Bout
well, opposes the repeal. A slight
difference of opinion, but as the Com
missioner is backed up by the Gilita-
ry ring at the White House he can
snap his fingers at Mr.. Boutwell,
Horace Greeley, on ascertaining the
facts above stated exclaimed "there is
such a thing, it seems, as riding n
hobby to DEATH Horace should know
for he has ridden at least a half dozen
aud killed them stone dead. In his
wrath, he don't swear, he calls the tax
Ubiquitous and unconstitutional
Horace is such a wag. I suppose he
was getting off a joke when he refer
red to the Constitution.
The circumlocution lately establish
ed by General Pleasanton, i'll the In
ternal Revenue Bureau II connection
with the military red-tape style is play
ing the deuce with the transaction of
business in that Bureau. That work
under the regime of Mr.. Delano, vas
always up and the transaction IF all
business went along smoothly The
difference between n practical business
man and a military martinez, better
qualified to be q drill master han to
transact the most ordinary business is
here most apparent.
The President seems determined to
drive Carl Schurz, put OF the Radical
party though by the by, he is not so
far from Democracy as others who have
,me over, if we may judge by his
very able speech delivered in the Sen
ate q short time since. The Senate,
the willing allies Of his "Grace" in this
bounding of Sehnrz, by turning his
friends out of Office in Missouri, after
n long and stormy debate, confirmed
all the appointments sent in by him.
A number ofSenators severely reflected
OH the Presidents interference in state
politics. but the fiat had gone forth
that Senator Schurz, mnst he punish
ed for his action in Missouri in the