National Republican., 1873-12-29

OF Congress and It's committees for lufcrus-
ton, Often Investigated w Jus, surb eanaris ss
the Sun and,7ribrns set snosl Without vSrill-
nation OF cxplssatiou; n also fsilsto as'c
that ths Tressury lbear upon rs nclis resii-
larly somethin IA nys thoussrd persons. NJ
thess use On the svsrageten dollsrs' worth Of
s,a,ichcry each, (asd u,say Of thcur certainly
write oysr seveyal hundred dollars WORTH an
nua'iy } Che t50,0o0 mentioned Ny the Ttba.
would be fully accounted for at small pr'
capita allowance. And Il Is Just the ssme with
the other items Of expenditure mined In the
ospatch alluded TO. They are all legitimate
expenditures, regularly and snuually made
WIN due regard TO economy Ns before
stated they sre referred TO just now by the
Chicago and New York Tribma ani other
Democratic reform 70 prpen h'ordcr TO ad
vertise thosc sheets TO the "granqcrs" rs the
vide awake. economists OF the press. They
have been hunting new parties to lead ever
since they became willing to do ''suything 10
beat Grant" They nrsl felt Of tho "yic.
Woofhi,ll frcelove psriy;' tl,cn eoqnettcd
with tho "Boss Tweed gang:" the Cincinnati
convention and lie abortive attempts 10 ruin
the Republican party and bea. Gran, was their
hcxt achievement; and nov, having the i'm
mensc minority Of one member, fresh nom the
people, In The lover House Of Congress, they
have taken to misrepresen.a'' and lies on the
one aide, aud nslte~y of the farmers on the
other, in the hope ths they may no, sink into
utter oblivion.
TaH Baltimore Sra thinks that the election
Of Senator b, the place of Hon. William T.
Hamilton, whose term expires TN the 4th of
March, 1873, viii attract most attcn,ion Al
Annapolis this winter. II also mentions as
named ior the position, bcyidcs the present in
cumbcnt, Governor whytc, Tfoo. William NJ.
Mcrrick and 8. Teackle Wallis. These gentle
men all seem 10 he of past age, except Gov
ernor Why,e. Their progress belongs to tha,
age--the ono Of the stage coach and Cones,oga
wagon. There is no use in sending such
people to the United States Senate now. The
portraits Of Hkks, Pcsrce aud Pratt, hung up
in the Senate haIl, would he oftwice the value
tothe state. Hsmilton wants to tie his own
hands and the hands Of all those who arc to
come amer him rs Legislators IN regard to the
making Of paper money legal tender. He
would 80 amend the Constitution that nothing
but gold and silver can be made legal tender
by Congress 10 the future. Teackle Wallis
was one Of the martyrs Of 81, who buried him
could not take the old State Of Maryland up In
his arms and bury her in the embraces of the
Southern oonfederscy. Suppose he had sue
ceeded, wherc would have bsen the commerce
and trade Of Baltimore sid the Chesapeake
nowf vieing with that or Charleston and
savannah for miserable existence. Mcrrick
also died when slavery gave up the ghost, and
has never yet been res,rrccted. II the Legis.
laiure Of Maryland has any young blood IN Il
"a live man orthe presea, age will be chosen Ia
s,rceed scus,or Hamilton. All she wants Ia
constitute her the foremost State of her size on
the Atlantic coast In point Of population and
wealth Is an infusion OF the same spirit Of en-
terprise and energy into her legislation that
now charscterizes her business men, mer
chants, manufacturers and railway managers
TnE cfrIzsSs and press of Chicago are In I
state of considerable anxiety about the pay
mrnt Of the coupons and lo,sis of the cii,
falling due, to the amount Of k5ss, 900, ON th,
ist proximo. II wou,i sll have been ess,
enough n Treasurer Cages strong box ha,
yielded according It's label; hut half mil
lion short, which Is a mere bagaielle in iusl
timcs, proved to be quite = iormids',le sum dur
ing the panic. They are NOW relying upoi
the courtesy OF the Illinois Central Railway
or the precarto,is results Of loan, TO save IN,
credit aud honor Of the city. Perhaps tn,
mucl-abuseJ District Of Columbia may be par
doued, iu view Of the Tweed and Gage expo
sures Of other cities, for pointing with no smal
degree Of pride to the fact that her January
interest is provided for. Although her lat,
Governor had been compelled 10 succumb 4,
temporary embarrassments, he laid no 'felon'
hand upon the trust which hal been eoniied
to his honor, In vain attempts to stem the cur.
rent. Our officers have becn charged with al
most every crime In the decalogue except steal
iug, AMI hat has been mos, loudly insinuated
But all the investigations anI the examination
If accounfs have not only shown that oul
money T. we'll taken care Of aud all accounted
I,r. but that when the examinations were mad.
consequent upon tho change la the ExecusiyJ
snI Board of Public Works, and the book nc
counts ani business transactions OF the two
banks with which the late Governor was eon'
nrcie,l as proprietor, were exposed TO public
view, there was absolutely nothing upon which
vpnomous and Idle tongues could gossip to tho
damage Of the fair fame Of the Dis'rict or he:
officers. II may not I've impcrlncnt to suggest
10 the press Of New York aud Cbicago to eeas.
their ISLANDERS Of othsrs until they can shoN
clean hands AT home. CO.," ... arf. r
TnE NAf,nN Al RkrI nI.irAN. referring To lli.