The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-05-22
OUR wASHINGTON LETTER.

WASHINGTON. ID. g., May 18th 1873.
1t is clear and warm and from eppear-
ances one wonld judge that it has at last
become settled weather The severe
rain storms for TIE rast month have great
ly retarded business of all kinds. The
farmers are not near through with their
spring work. anu those in low section
:, olnd will be unable to do much until
after there are several days SUNSHINE
The people are conn laining bitterly or
account of high prices Of marketing.
The new postal can d. is the very latest
sensation. Seventy FIVE thousand were
sold yesterday in Washington aud this
mo, ming the city letter carriers were load
ed down With them. Among the few
your correspondents casted a sly glance at
were Eouud in them the fnllowing: ''Su
sic. meet me- to night perciselv at nire
at and if rnssihle bring Katie with
YOU for IN bring along nice fellow for
her Mr. r- the agent says he will
settle your life insurance policy with notes
running 3. 8. 9. and IL months bearing
interest only per cent. which is much
better Jim than to pay it; for you know
vou can get from those poor clerks 10 per
cent a month";; Another. mir IS'ns it
about time that you raid me hack iha,
money you borrowed os me TO keep peace
with yonr boarding house mistress and
your washer woman p Aad smother
writes across his letter tthe written part
OF the car,ll in red ncncil Confidential "
1t is the imnresSinc here that the pos
tai cards viii he made a most potent me-
dunn for black mailing. and il is thought
that it viii be necessary for Congress to
enact law making it a penalty to write
| anvthing on the card that gentleman or
lady can properly consider insulting.
The SUPREME Conrt of the United
States, on appeal from the decision ni
the Supreme Court Of Wisconsin. decides
that railroads are rnhlic hiehways. whe.
| ther constructed directly bv the state or
| hv private corporations authorized by the
state and that. the state government j,
| fnliv authorized to Law anv tax it NAV see
| fit in aid of their construction There is
scarce any 9onht of the technical leeBlity
of This decision YET it opens un new
source of oppression by cnrporatin ms
Onr whole railroad system demands r..
aius'm ment. 1t was adopted az relief TO
government hy creating corporate agen.
cie> to discharge the public function of
carr er~. The government. however still
retains its tuncrinn as carriers OF letters
ami Of ruhlic intelligence. Will not the
demands of normal civilization in time
to cnne require the extension nfthis work
by requiring the government to operate
;he public Highways? This question is
now seriously considered
A law of Congress approved July 10
| 1870, provided for the withdrawal of p
the banks of the Eastern States to redis-
| trihrtp among new banks in the South
and West The Comptroller of the cur.
rency has given rpsice of his intention t"
make an allotment. under the law. of the
amount OF Currency the Eastern banks
are t. lose. and to make the arpropriatt-
| requisition under the law. Tie Ne'y
York banking interest is. o
c,Irse. alarmed this movement aS il
W u mea>urahly curtail the moneyed fa-
cli'ieS nf the great metropolis. But New
York has the lions share and is nov
merely called on to di~gnrge few of her
surplus millions for the benefit of parts oi
the country that need it mere.
Among the potent Influences entering
| INTO the problem of the Chief Ju>ticeshi,
Nill be those arising is3a. The presen.
asrecr of the monopoly question in the
country. Il Is understood that the cnn-
est Tow arising between the produces, s
Of the great west and the commissioners
of the east nu the one hand and the rail-
way Interest on the other i soon 10 test
| III utmost capacities at our government
to deal with great Interests. Questions
| are already awaiting the decision of the
! U. ). Surreme Court is vitally affecting
the rights of the people aad the claiiu>
ii the riuiucracy. The latter Is now a,
work manipulating the available candi-
'iates. Ii becomes the people at large
to let their voiee be heard on this pnint
The Austrian Aristocracy had had their
hearty laugh at our great republic on III.
ecca ion of she disgraceful conduct of os,
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