The Placer herald., 1872-12-21
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE.
TFRoM OUR SPECIAL CoRREsPo N DE Mt
WASHINGTON, d. c., December 5, 1872.
RADICAL SENATORIAL CAUCUS.

the caucus to-day for their approval, previous to
the Senate voting on them. They have carried
| ont the behests of the caucuj in displ icing
| Liberal Rep bcan Senators from all the I'M
| portant committees on which they have hereto
| fore served. When the Radical caucus has APP
| proved the list it will be handed to the Demo
| cratic Senators who Will arrange among them
selves who shall Gil the places left blank on the
several Standing Committees. The Liberal Re
| publicans-Sumner, Trumball, Schurz, Fenton,
ripton and Rice-being classed by their former
political associates as Democrats, will be assigned
! such places as the Democratic Senators may de-
ternne through courtesy, as L understand that
the Liberals will not join the Democratic caucus,
but purpose holding themselves aloOf until
events shall enable them to definitely adopt
their future course of action. For the present
these gentlemen are neither one thing nor the
other, but may prove thorn III the side Of the
administration this session If pressed too sharply
by the insolent and victorious clique in the
Senate.
A BI.UNDER.
Those Radicals in the House who under the
the influence of the speech of Hon. James
Brooks, OF New York. and kindly feeling for
General Banks, refused to receive the latter's
resignation as Chairman of the Committee on
Foreign Relat' ons, have been hoctored by Their
more Wind ctive party friends and the Radical
press in this city most sharply, and q number of
them are heartily sorry for permitting Demo
cratic eloquence and the better part OF their ma
lures to cause them to act even for once III an
ta9onsm to the wants of party, It's hate and It's
vindictiyeness. Governor Blair and General
Farnsworth seem to consider the action of the
House in the case of General Banks as conclusive
in their cases. The Republican, of tins city, this
morning cites the cases of Hunter of Vermont
and Hamin, of Maine, who resigned their chair
manships in the Senate when no longer III accord
with the majority, and asks Tarnsworth and
Blair to resign, as Banks did, if they desire to
test the sentiments of the House. In its rage
and bitterness it calls Hon. James Brooks, one
of our ablest Democrats the new leader of the
House, and says that Thad Stevens mantle is
too big for any Radical member of the House.
OUR DISTRICT.
Yesterday Governor Cooke, A. r. shepherd
our Boss Tweed--and Others of our Board of
Public Works were before the House Approprla-
ton Committee asking an appropriation of money
equal to the amount expended by the Board in
making improvements upon streets in front Of
Government property. The Boald will have
some difficulty in getting the cash asked for III
view of the terrible onslaught made by Mr..
Roosevelt, of New York, i'll the House yesterday
when he arragned them and asserted that fraud
to the amount OF $40 900 contained i'll the
first three lines OF report of the Board to the
President and that million would scarce cover
the whole fraud. The committee, though dis
posed to be liberal with the District, fear the
effect of the bombshell which Roosevelt exploded
yesterday.
CHANGE IN THE REVENUE SYSTEM.
Secretary Boutwell, Supervisor Fulton, Of
Baltimore, and Comm ssioner of Internal Rev
enue Douglass were before the Ways and Ne ms
COMMITTEES yesterday, in advocacy OF the Inter
nal Revenue bill framed 10y the latter, IN which
there will be great reduction OF othc ais III that
Bureau. Senator sherman, who Will have charge
Of the bill in the Senate has heretofore been
opposed to such measure, but now yields as
sent to the piacticability and necessity for the
bill There is but little doubt OF Its passage.
THE CREDIT MoBILIsE
The committee appointed by Hon. :. S. Cox.
to investigate the ch lrgcs of bribery made asan st
members of Congress in connection with the
Credit Moblicr, were prevented from holding
meeting yesterday OWING to the absence OF Gen,
Banks rs Judge Polan1 will not begin tie H.
vestigation until the committee are AL present
| from the names OF the 1cntemcn composing IT,
Messrs. Poland, Banhs, Mernck, Nlp!ack ana
| McCrary, there can be no doubt OF the fullest
| mvestig CATION being made and how some persons
| who have been mentioned can clear their skirts
| of ,he charges so directly made is more than |
| can at present ken, fer To impute white washing
| to tn committee would be to insult my better
| Judgment.
THE LAST DODGE.
| 1t is openly asserted here that the appointment
| of Hon. Ward Hunt to the Supreme bench, IN
place of Judge Nelson, resigned, was made with
| the understanding that Judge Hunt is merely to
| keep the seat warm for Senator Conklln8 WHO'S
not eligible until after the fourth OF March, when
his Senatorial term expires. If this be true, 1t
| will put Conking ahead III the race Tor the goal
| th..t ht. al
Edmunds and Howe far in the rear. Heaven
help the country for it will need 1t when such an
emptypated van supercllions eoNcomo as
| Conkling Will strut peacock ke--to his seat on
that bench which held none but honorable ana
Just men until packed in the interest of corpora
tons by the appointment of Judges Strong ana
Bradley.
THE POSTAL TELEGRAPH.
Creswell's postal telegraph scheme received its
quietus for this session yesterday The effort to
refer it to special committee failed, and it re-
mains with the Committee ON Appropriations,
majority of whom are opposed to it, SO in all
probability it will sleep until next Winter.
OPENING MAIL LETTERS.
In answer to an inquiry of the Postmaster
General the Attorney General decides that post
masters have no authority to open or detan
letters sent through the mails because they may
suspect such letters of containing unlawful mat
! ter
RILED.
The Pennsylvania Radical Association of this
city are laboring under the impression that they
elected Grant, and desired 10 make the Inaugural
ton a Radical celebration. They were very
much riled at the action of Governor Cooke in
convening meeting of citizens to make the ar
rangements for the 4th of March, and last even
ing made judys of themselves by denouncing the
Governor and the committee of twenty-one.
SENATOR SUMNER
Had slight return of his physical maladies on
| Tuesday, but was i'll his seat yesterday.
LEVI STEVENS Is showing patent furnace
in San Francisco that bids fair to do away
with wood aud coal for heating purposes. He
uses little coal oil, and by superheated