The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-02-15
OUR WASHINGTON LerrER.
wAssIssfos. D. e.. Feb. ., 1872


wAssISsrox, d. e., Feb. ., 1872.
Until TODAY, the " Gather for the
past week has been mild anil the
abundance of snow reported u week
since has been melted. and the ice
in the Potomac fioated away into
the broad ocean To-day the ther-
mometer indicates ,nulcury down
to zero, and the ground is frozen;
hut, notwithstanding Tie Weather
without, the hearts indoors are
light. The gay season IN WASH
ington brings with i, hap, iness.
The commingling OF pe.rie here
from the different par,- I'll. the
country, results in the eli6cstion
Of oil. The receptions given by
high officials are arist.cra,ic in
feature. yet they are promotive OF
great Deal Of good to those in
the lower walks Of lie: tor these
gatherings extreme good feelings
exists, and since we have always
With US the poor, the interests OF
the poor is taken into considera-
ton and many are tue good sug-
gcs: ions offered % alleviate their
suffering. iR 8a
Only the House was in Sc sion
yesterday, and therefore the at
traction at the Capital was not very
great. except to those who have
business with the Committees
which have full meetings in til. ir
respective rooms when both houses
are not in session.
Your correspondent has wit
messed two inaugurations, Lincoln's
second and Grants first, and con
ciudes that Grants second will he
more grand than either of those.
The committee of arrangements are
busily engaged in making suitable
preparation tor it. Tickets for the
hall will be $50 each to all, except
10 the President and hia Cabinet
I without discrimination, Thos e
here who are usually dcnomlnate cd
deadheads, feel sore Of course and
characterized the exacting OF pay
from every one Yankee enter
prise ny the committee to make
money out Of President Grants
admirers. SEQ
The Credit Mobilier investigation
has developed this and nothing
more: That several Congressm n
invested in it's high paying stock
which afterwards became sutjec,
of legislation, in which they had a
part. II given is bride, it was
too small to buy any but the mean
est Of political tricksters. It is
impossible to conceive of men oc-
cnpying the prominent positions
Of the men charged being indu..
enc. d in their legislative acts even
il they were as corrupt as The most
malignant construction Of heir
~cts would make them. The cppo-
sition papers, however, are pitch
ing in regardless Of decency as
well as Of sense, stretching their
case go vigorously that it Threatens
~ hreak down on their hands. Nc
doubt a savage use of it will be
made in the coming Congressional
election in Connecticut. There
will t',en be the usual reaction
against urscrupulnus crlumnv, and
the public mind will approach the
subject With something like cslu-
ness. af 4fI5H. Afo9 l3fs6
The impression appears to he
gaining ground that the late coup
d'etat in the Kansas Legisla' ure
whereby Senator Pomeroy was de-
teatcd, was put up job. A grea,
many hard things have been sail
OF the Senator and charges Of cor-
ruption have been freely banded
by his enemies. The more reason.
able OF these, however, have ever
recognized his shrewd business
act. or as they call it, fox like
cunning. Hence they sometimes
give uttelance to q doubt of the
whole story Of the bribery, explod
ed just at the critical moment
reasoning that Mr. P has ALWAYS
been too sharp to he caught in
such scrape. 1t is easy to see
how shrew.i men, anxious to carry
point and at the same time ut
te.ly Inscriptions, could concoct
! just such a story as that Of Colone
/ forke. The latter acknowledges
that he went into the detective
business, fact that deprives his
| character of all esteem. Could q
man as INSCRIPTIONS as he has
acknowledged himself 10 be, retain
much credibility, especially in the
face OF the temptation before him
Such is the reasoning Of intelligen,
politicians here. and it seems al.
most impregnable against the re.
ception of the statements made b,
1 Yorke. z+B re} s5l6
The present method of eiectin.
the President is receiving sharI
criticism in various quarters. i
! Is easy to conceive how even civil
war can arise under present ar.
raDgcments in the case o: cloud
contested election. Suppose I. b,
electoral vote is SO equally divided
that the vote of Louisiana coutt
decide it one way or the other