, 1873-02-16

Ar. Sargent eaid he did not make 1t 08 against tht
resolution particularly. He only wanted to ahow tha
members we're embarrassed in their action by the prez
| ence Of lobbyists.
Tho resolution was then adopted without division
The cause Of tho adoption Of tho resolutio,
was not indignation at Sargent's unmanly action
but the panic created by the Credit Mobilier OK
posures,-.Thich, it pursued, will scarcely leave
quorum IN Congress to e1pel the corrupted
members:
Tho spirit Of Sergeant in the shove episode i,
not possess the prudence to conceal but antici
pated the despotism to which ne may be coming
Mr. McRner represented the City Of San Fran
cisco, was an ex-member Of Congress, and yet
torsooth, was q lobbyist. The period may be u
hand when the lobby and Congress- will chang.
and the representatives OF the people exposed tt
their insults while tho demi-priri1eged guests o1
the Doorkeepers. Burnt in efigy once On tht
Pacific Coast, Sargent swora that Goat ISLAND
should pass, whether or no. The day is impond =,
ing when it shall be said on the floor, with The
nildness and moral meaning Of great cons1c'
ton and duty:
ssMr. President, I see lobbyists on the floor >
And then, fully aware Of what the notification
MEANS about one-haf of the United States SEN
ate viii step out of the door and never return.
That day will come when Senators are voted for
By the people, and not by reduced constituency
of brokers in politics.
EDMuNp5' AMENDMENT.
Horace r. ClafKe, fTeeldent OF the Union IA
cifc Railroad, and eon-ln-laW Of Cornelius Van
derbilt, "a bland, grandsire kind OF man, who
would conciliate crocodile even If it had sought
to devour a member Of his household, has been
before the Committee this week, protesting
against Senator Edmunds' amendment:
And the Secretary Of the Treasury IL directed to
withhold all payments to any Railroad Company aud
Its assigns, on account OF freight or transportation
over their respective roads Of any kind to the amount
Of payments made by the United States for interest
honda nf the Tfnifai EtAtas n aurh
Company, and which shall not have been reimbursed,
together with tho per centum Of net earnings due aud
pany may bring suit in the Court Of Claims
the price Of such freight aud transportation, and In
auch suit, the right Of such Company to recover tho
same upon the law and the facts OF the shall be
determined, and also the rights OF the United States
upon the merits Of all the points presented by it in
thereto by them and either party to such suit
may appeal to tho Supreme Court aud both said
Courts shall give 8uch cause or causes precedence Of
all other business.
A large number Of members are saying that
the above is unjust. Then prove its injustice
appeal, as well in the Supreme Court Of the
United States, where two railway lawyers are
lodged, to the great scandal Of American iuris-
prudence.
In no private transaction known to man does
q lender pay his borrowers interest upon the
lenders own money. The Union Pacific Rail
way neror proposes to pay one lcht OF either
principal or interest, but to use the road until
it is worn out, and then 60. into bankruptcy, or
agree to let the Central Pacific levy upon it.
Ono expectation is to raise half q million, and
spond the same here, to prove that the Pacific
roads have already been OF such use to Govern
ment that their obligations ought to be can
celled.
This road should be made an example Of. It
has presented all the phases Of seduction, pro-
il Cannot pay It's interest, let tho Government
clip OF its biography, and dispose OF it as o
source Of public disease.
AFEARFuL PLOT.
Nh. Horace Clarke exposed, q few days ago, a
plot against him, the principal hgurer in which
was e Committee Clerk named CoWlam. Mr.
Negley, Of Pittsburgh, introduced q resolution
in the House, which had been preceded by
alarming telegraphic dispatches from Cowlam
to Clarke, to this effect Honorable Clarke!
formation give you is the warning counsel OF
an honorable friend and the secretary Of Benja-
min Butler. An attempt is to be made to pizen
you: A dreadful conspiracy is planned: Thrice
The brinded cat hath mewed. Bewair!"
To this, Clarke responded characteristically
with an. essay several reams long, breathing
the essence Of gentleman, Statesman, sweet
bread and peas.
Another telegraph-despatch rejoined from
Cowlam. The conspiracy Was the most dreadful
by resolute and extraordinary men. One Of
these gigantic freebootera was to rise in Con-
gress and point the way to the booty, and all the
rest we're to fill the breach. "Bo warned, says
Cowlam, " for my Intentions never were sinister,
since am the secretary Of Benjamin Butler.'
a lawyer WIS sent down by the Owl Line, and
he called On Cowlam. For this disnterested
savior Of The Union Pacific Road, he esaw youth
Of a fleckled phyeiognomy, with eyes which
6parkled at the rattle Of pennies, and whiHkers
blown out from his chops; as it at the vigor Of
bis own windinesB. This Was the rescuer Of the
and he pointed out, after much
mystery, the dangerous authority who was to
have mounted tho barricades. It WAS Negley,
:alm1y arranging his hair at glass.
The lawyer at once stuck Cow1am's CORE
,pondencs in the hands of the immaculate Jim
Brooks. When Negley mounted tho breach,
Tim Brooks appeared at the saIly-port, and pre- |
|ented. the Teracious Cow1am correspondence. |
Negley fell into the moat. Cowlam disappeared |
y volatile evaporation, md Jim Brooks slapped
lis hand over his pocket, aud exclaimed:
'' The honor Of Congress has been maintained |
y me to the extent OF deserving so mora shares |
i Mobi1ier for my dear little son-in-law !"
PoMERoY's READING CONSTITUENCY.
I have observed that Pomeroy, the blinded |
samson Of Kansas, has been interv1ewed by the
eporter of the paper called the Betceen-P Puddies.
his highly artistic report proceeds in this form
t solidarity: |
Mr. Pomeroy was asked II he wished to say anything
the public in regard to the election and the serious
harges made against him in connection with it. "1
hould Ike he 1epled "to natea statement through
he uddis for that reaches more Kansas men
nd more KANSAS Republicans than any other news-
aper."
Probably this accounts for the morals of Kan
as and the existence Of Pomeroy.
am moved, nevertheless to labor of love.
have discovered an editorial motto for the Eo-
peen-P n-Puddles,-something which, as it strikes
,e, that publication may need to cheer it up.
Then the Rev. John Wesley WAS at Lands End,
Q made this motto all out Of his head. He
,uld not 20 ahead, and there was sea on both
des of him, so he must needs edit something.
lie therefore wrote as follows:
La! on narrow neck Of land,
Twixt two divided seas I stand
Yet, how contemplated
point Of time, moments space,
But gets me to that foreign place.
Orshuts me up in hell!
This is beautiful and appropriate motto for
le Bet,oeen-P Puddles, published by Skimnin,
zinnum l. Co. Subscribers for Kansas, Pome-
y and Caldwell. GATH.
Il mr.. {oL Ln+ter fhsv, horco 1oris. |