The New York herald., 1873-09-17
AN UNSUBSERVIEKT SUBORDINATE.
Boss Shepherds Lecture on the
Finances of the District.
OUTRAGED PUBLIC SENTIMENT VENTS ITSELF
The National Capital in the Hands Of
Foreign ShylockS.
A RIOT I'M ALEXANDRIA, VA

WASHINGTON, Sept 16, 1873
The New Tycoon of the District Form ally
Installed.
The formality OF recognizing the new Governor
Of the District formed an amusing scene to-day In
the Onice OF the Executive, corner OF Pennsylvania
avenue and seventeenth street. The satellites OF
the new administration gathered In squads, ready
to do obeisance to It's mandates. 1t was a motley
gathering, such as the anti-nng organ OF the Dis
trict describes as composed of falsiiers One would
have imagined that King Carrot had succeeded
TO the throne. Among his ministers is Mr.. vii.
liam Stickney, son-in-aw OF the late Amos Kendall
and President of the District Council Common
decency required that he should be present but it
did not take away rom him his independence as a
citizen, or bellrte him as an onhcial. He said on
addressing King Carrot
Your lab0rs in the past In improving
our city have been eminently success
lul and % are fully appreciated II you shall be as
rassments and establishing our credit at home
and abroad upon firm basis, we shall be the first
Of Dsrc and the whole counV '"e On
OF the members OF the Council, promise you their
cordial support In all wise measures to secure SO
At this the King got wrathy and read his
subordinate (only in ollice, however) q caustic
lecture on expressing opinions matters belong
ing entirely to the throne. The President Of the
Council had alluded to financial embarrassments.
He could not agree with him In his remark.
He believed the District was really in
better financial condition than most other cities
in the country Of the same size. 1t was natural
that IN the sleepy condition they had found affairs
when the present government OF the District was
inaugurated, they should incur large debt in Sc
curing such improvements as would guarantee the
stability OF the city as the seat OF the general
government, and he believed that in a much
shorter time than most are aware OF the District
woudbe freed from this debt by the aid of the gov
eminent. ta rn
That settled 1t. The statement made In these de-
spatches Of Sunday is now authoritatively con-
frmed by the King himself. Carrot Is monarch
Of all he surveys ana what he does
not survey is done under the direction
OF the Presidents private secretary, and
the bills are paid all the same. The disgrace
which to-day overhangs the national capital can
not be too painfully described. The bonds which
have been issued security for the Districts
Indebtedness are manly held in Germany,
where the loan was placed under the
representation that It was authorized by Con-
gress. In other words, Washington is mortgaged
to Germany, and In the event OF Congress failing
to assume the Indebtedness OF the District, the
humiliating spectacle OF q foreign Power threaten
ing to sell out the seat OF government. as
dorsed the loan OF the Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal, and Holland demanded either payment
or q replevin on the property OF the city, will be
enacted over again. But when the HERALD sounds
the note Of alarm, warning the people that right
under the shadow OF the Presidents mansion this
impending disgrace was concocted, and that what
was once regarded as significant Is now spoken OF
In derision; that any newspaper can be bought up
with money and none others are regarded
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all the sterling republican journals OF the country
simultaneously open their columns, and follow the
read OF the HERALD In denouncing this encroach-
ment upon the rights of the people. Desparlng
of receiving any assistance whatever from the
press OF powers that be in the District, the
outraged citizens are now preparing memorial
copies of which will be sent to the Governor of
every State, and the President and Speaker OF
every legislative branch in the country, praying
shat their Senator's may be requested to carefully
examine into the condition Of affairs Of the District
OF Columbia before any new appointments are
confirmed, and If they are to be taxed
FOR Improvements, that it may be by men
whose reputation in the community is not tainted
with fraud or yelled by tyranny. Against the nde.
pendent press will be matched lobbyists interested
Congressman and everybody else whose interests
are at stake in making the financial condition OF
affairs In the District appear respectable before
Congress when 1t reassembles. II necessary even
The President is counted upon as the most valuable
of lobbyists For 1t is a notorious fact that during
the last session OF Congress he devoted hours to
interviews with representatives. the new Governor
acting as doorkecper, and Impressed them with the
Importance OF voting every cent of money called
Cor by the Appropriation bill for the Improvement
81 the district.
'Thc battle is not one Of locality" said an old
atizen OF washington to-day. "The same kind OF
ring may be organized in every city in the
country"
For two years King Carrot has had everything
his own way, but the course OF the HERALD
alarms him. and he Is surprised at this unexpected
Soinbardmcnt, against which he had made no pro-
vision. His organ, however, attempts to explain
It, and says
In accordance with the preconcerted pro-
gramme referred to, the correspondent of the
HERALD and sent out their fearful blast
against the President for his action IN appointing
q successor to Governor Cooke. The
country is informed by these truthful
gentlemen, or rather Dy their spokesmen, for all
the dispatches were evidently by their phrase
ology the work OF one hand, that the Indignation
and excitement in Washington is intense and uni
versal over the appointment OF the new Gov
ernor
Thisis only the opinion the evening organ OF the
Governor, although II guides the other papers IN
all their comments. The question here is still an
open one, whether the contempt General Grant
entertained for correspondents during the war
Will sustain itself In his scorn for newspaper advice
when Congress meets, and his course Is seriously
questioned by those having a right TO do so.
Almost . sanguinary Riot In Alcxan-
dria, Va, All About an Old Railroad
Track.
An old railroad track laid by the government
during the war, the rails OF which are claimed bv
both the Alexandria and Washington Railroad
Company and by the city Of Alexandra, occasioned
quite riot in Alexandria to-day. At the last
meeting ofthe City Council an order was passed to
take up the railroad track on Henry street, and
put that street in repair by selling the rails. Mr.
Beach, the solicitor Of the Alexandria and Wash.
ington Railroad, obtained an injunction. The In.
.Anction was not nled owever this morning.