New-York tribune., 1873-03-03

ture of the bill ia that which dates the IN
crease of Congressmen's pay back TO 1911
This is retained but those who were pre-
vailed ON to vote the scheme through nave
submitted to reduction of their grab; ther
consciences are probably freer.
IT, ia some satisfaction to know that, what
ever becomes of the Congressman affected ny
the late Credit Mobilier investigation, the Gov
ernment will proceed against the gorged
stockholders of the Credit Mobilier Assocla-
t;on. An attempt to disincorp0rate that organ
;1ation was frustrated by clear-headed
Pennsylvania Judge and now both branches
of Congress have passed the Dill "hiol
authorizes proceedings to be commenced
against it at once. 1t is tangled skein OF
deception; but an earnest prosecution OF the
case can unravel much of the chicanery oil
the mighty railroad
We hone undue haste over the Appropriation
bills. at Washington, will not permit the
Custom house job which we exposed on
Saturday to slip through. We are told that
the sum of 81 900 900 is concealed in one of the
bills. BY that scheme two or three spectators
hope to make half a million dollars by the
sale of an old building to the Government for
a purpose for which it is unsuitable. Mr..
Thomas Murphy has been at Washington on
this business for a fortnight will those who
have been investigating the intricate Credit
Mobilier frauds suffer this shallow scheme of
downright robbery to succeedf
The passage of the Sundry Civil Expenses
Appropriation bill, Saturday night, was fair
illustration of the tactics against which THE
TRIBUNE has warned Congress again and again.
The bill was delayed until but few hours of
the session were left; it always was an omnibus
into which all sorts of jobs are crammed. No
one man knows what this particular bill con-
tains but it is known that it bears along with
it appropriations for every imaginable object
Chickasaw Indians, Washington Public Works
and public buildings and petty theftS being
cOnfusedly Jumped in one mass. BY and by,
when too late, some of the worst items will
come to light; then there will be great won
der and indignation. This comes of cOnsum-
in days with talk and hurrying the real
work of Congress.
Louisiana affairs look darker than ever.
An attempt to reconsider the Carpenter bill
was made on Saturday, but was lost by one
vote against the friends of reconsideration.
The Yeas and Nays list shows that the Sena-
tors who are anxious to leave the Kellogg
government in power are the superscrviceable
Administration men and those whose only
appearance in the Senate is in the roll call
and the payroll. Some of these reluctant
Senators want to go home; some of them
think they can best serve the Administration
by this course so between the indolent and
the ver-anxious Senators, nothing will be
done to restore legitimate government to
Louisiana. 1t is easier weakly to drop the
whole subject than to take hold of it in manly
fashion and put it into shape. But this is not
craftsmanship nor safety.
We give place this morning to story OF
actual suffering by q convict just released
from Blackwell's Island. 1t is not sensa-
tional tale calculated to harrow anybody's
feelings unnecessarily; yet it will excite
human interest, and is of special concern to
the Prison Reformers and their cause. The
man who writes it we have found to be in
telligent; we believe also that he has been
truthful in his statements, and cOncealing
nothing of the authority we venture to give
the contribution for what it is worth. 1t Is
the more deserving of credence because con-
frmation in many respects of statements re-
peatedly made heretofore If accepted as the
truth it affords good argument not only fol
the investigation and reform of the
prison system at the Blackwells Island
Institutions but for the passage of the
bill pending at Albany for the remodel
ing of the Police Courts, in which it appears
it is possible that man can be remanded fol-
three days without knowing the charges
against him, and then be tried in two min
utes without being allowed word of testi-
mony or argument in defense. The Judicial
"Mill" of the Special Sessions is not merely
a mockery of justice; as described it Is an
outrage upon personal liberty.
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