The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-09-29

Inc SETal pAO4fS NO.
ten tina. one of the last acts OF President
johnson was 20 remove from oIhce, or
retire from Executive list, Brevet-Major-
General B. W. Brice, PaymasterIGen-
eral Of the Uuited States Army. Dis
obedience to orders, or indifference to
them, which Is the same thing, was
the cause OF the Presidents action
/ The clsp-trap CRY was instantly set up
by Brice aud his claqueuEes that "BFIce
was known TO Be a friend Of Grant
hence was disliked by johnson, dc
That was enough, whether true or not.
The very frs, official set OF President
Grant was to -eins;a;e Brice as Pay
mas,sr-Gens-al at the head Of the Pay
! Department.
We are now told by President Grants
principal organ in New York, that
. Hoi.e's isfalca,ion j. manifestly the
result Of the carrlessnsss OF the chief
Of h.s Department General Brice;
this, his examination OF Hodges &C
! counts, as required by the law and reg,
ulations OF tie Department, was
! omitted because Of fayo-ltlsm, aud from
! the vicious system watch has prevailed
in the Paw Department, whose chlei Is,
/ b7 h.s habits ,ncapac'tared Tor dong
business. and VINO lends 40 easy faith
20 other. while he neg ec:s the affairs
OF his own Office.
DRUNKENNESS y H!GR PLACES
! Thisis strong testimony against Brice,
tpi what else can b. expected OF az
a-nv officer bu: "iucapaci'y for doing
business. who Is 10 the daily haO.t OF
assoc a.;nE with tie Chief Executive OF
the nation, whose loose habits have
/ become more 'yic.oG-' than Brice :
ever were. TIE PRECEDENT should 10:
set bad examples. \ rsf3!n Is re-
lou:-ei in other channels besides the one
which jas. now seems 10 attract the ST.
,enlion Of certain mora, reiormers. the
press AMI city authorities.
l.; The truly moral people OF the
! D.s,-;c: revive the great Westinghouse
movement in earnest. a.i appeal to the
heal. o: tue several Departments TO
sign tie total abstinence pledge and
| stop d-inkio. AMI getting drunk. Geo
! :. Boutwell,. the Secretary Of the Treas
NV. : the only one 0: the Cabinet Min
.s;e-s surrounding President G-antEho
ge:s up ever morning with cles: head
| 'o- business. He never uses lntoIi-
eating drinks. Let him deliver. as he
can. an address in the House o. Repre-
| ,epta:.vss uyon toe duty Of men holding
high and responsible positions Of trust
confied 10 them by the peoPle. Let
MIN illustrate the power OF example,
aud appea' to [. 5 Gran: 20 abandon
NE loose habits snd s'so me pledge,
and then be can cons silently exact o;
s1sa a man sgb.ieJy aud attention -
tgs,res. He caaco; 10 it Tow.
L. Mr.. Boutwell, aPpeal to Us
| brother Cabinet Ministers - aoaoion
tie habit Of baccbsna'ian 'ea-.s now
prevailing % an alarm gextea: IN the
Capital. and then :aey can consistently
-elli7= hab.is 81 sobrie;y ami a;:enuon
! n business ron their sUco-d mates
Vast mar NAV 90 az private c.:'-
zen, be mas DO; always the !:sni - 90
after De accepts responsible agency
! AMI ;-g-; from the people.
N ALARMING STATE OF AFFAIRS.
Dissipation among Government on
Gers : me creates, existing danger TO
hi. Republic. lie; our chief o;fic.a :
q; Washington, aad those VINO shou :
rox be there. begin SOCIAL reform
among themselves, and lAes viii at
| once remove serious causes Of disruption
and corr pi.on OF every kind, ani wi.
practically reiut+ the stories that are
iv;ug through the nation OF The dis
:-ace.uI condition Of some high eIecu,
live officer, o. some Senator, OF OF III
Or that Rep-sSe NATIVE, one or s.. O.
whom a-e perhaps reported s. d.
gracefully drunk and vulgar aud o'a-
/ yhem9gs on public occasions
Drunkenness AID ljceatoGsues- "a
Washington are not TO be stopped 5y
c,osin, I'd houses Of il,-fame. The evi.
exists undo! roofs in Washington e.-e'
where than those referred 70. S0c!eiy
IN Washington, especially when Con
..sss i in session. IS q loose texture
! Drunkenness ard liceai,ousness pe7.
nea.e i g. water pe-mea:es sand o!
me llghI permeaies glass. l. eI sts IN
the GEs-ec. Bureaus 0; the DePar:'
9ea:s. Introduces ;he-e b. Presidents.
! Cabinet Ministers, Senator's and Repre-,
.ealalve., sui often agsius: tee WISHES
o. the Bureau othce-., VINO nave 10
,ujm.: 70 the Disgrace OF iske the
Chances OF bxiDg suiieliy removed.
Asr0Ey OF WESTERN SENATOR.
Sometimes the parties 50 appointed
~ officials approach the senate. or
ReprxSeDtaiiye with whom they have
hai relations, with ihrea; Of exposure
| !. ne does no; get them appointed. The
/ Senator, f1r instance, IL married man.
/ ives in good SKYE. receives elegantly,
sud en:sTIsIus sump;G9us.y De CAP
no; afford 70 Re exposed. He Knows
( tia; the woman WAC = hanging so1u:
10 blackma!l MIN i bsi woman. he
I knows that she : sssociatsG with s
man Who claims 10 te her busbarQ,
who i suspected Of belong - 70 gar
o, c9Qale-'eiters- No:viIhStsnd %. ne
ias:sis that she sni her lady i-iend,
VINO also demands place, shall occupy
s position beside respectable women II
the Currency Printing Bureau OF the
Treasury Department where ample op-
Po:iun:ueS are afforded these two lady
eomPa2ioos Q; the suspected counter
.si;eE to pursue Their criminal p.cfes-
si0ns
: ! SIN illustrating my point by s real
case l SIN not sapposing o0e, Dor
drawing upon nv imagination. This s