, 1873-10-13

tiona Of professional BchomorH agninHt tho purity
Of CohgrcsH and tho commercial credit Of tho na-
tion but may aay that tho Ring Of Kansas
nnd Missouri railroad folks, who. expected 10
open up the Indian Territory, ia still largo, aud
only weak by tho poverty aud paucity OF its
agents In the lobby tint oven Don l1a1lldny is
seeking to build up tho ruins Of bis wsgon-camp,
Tint a moro humorous lobby as to numbera tlnr
my Of tue above, although less cohesive. Is tho
claim lobby, which strikes at oyory department.
and buroau, including tho Court Of Claims aud tho
ComniIt,ooa ltis coinpohod Ut notles than 900
rosdent attorneys, runners ex-army-oliicers,
aud tetirel or discharged utcfnls who lrosecnto,
through the avenues they are informed about.
through association, or goo1-followbhip, or past
greatest Of all, through bribery direct, eycly
description Of account which can he liked up
againBt thu Government. This lobby is tho
most formidable Of all, because 1t Is reinforced
81 eoor4 us Congress- meets by another crowd Of
c1an-ngonts from tho outer parts OF the co1ll-
try, sone Of whom arc big, men of social and
uoighborhool forco.. Il Ia impossible to oncoun-
tor this groat- general lobby, because it comes
though oao claimant carries of little piece,
tho whole crop is destroyed IN the eud, aid tile
Treasury loft barc:! Let mo give you IN OK.
amplo: :
THE SOUTHERN CLAIMS APPROPRIATION.
Ono Of Tho abuses of our app1opriat!hg time
In loyal Southern claims, The aum Of damages
awarded to obscure. unknown, audaclonH, and
often probably fictitious poFsonages, last year,
wag proligious. About LOO persons In Alabama
received trom $50 to 81, 800 about ono hundred
Arkansans, from $50 to 81 500; two rloldiaus got
about 81 800 about fifty Georglans, received
sums up to 1000; fonrteon Lou!Hlanians
&04,000; about si1ty AlississippianB received
Sums up to $50, 600; one hundred North Caro-
linans; GUMS up to 5000 fourteen South
Carolinilans, sums up to s12,ooo nearly two
Toxane wero awarded moro than $4,000 +; and
moro than throe hundred Yirginians wero
awarded and voted sums up TO $4,000. How
much all this may be, Ihavo not had the patience
n count up j; but, II each claimant will average
Ae300. tho total viii bo 5000. 600. It is probably
nohrer 90, 600, 900,
Thoso sums arc wholly for ,Tar-clnius; upon
them subhat small army Of abystora and claim
agents, who get about so pcr cent Of what they
rocovor; tile carpet-bagging Congressman lays
up treasure out OF these bottlemonts; everybody
Is corrupted as they pass along; loose womon
lohby tor them; lying ia put at q premium; and
voteB tho monoy without examination mud thus
q moro outBidc md special tribunal las tho
power to dccreo money out Of Tue Treasury.
The tribunal is composed Of the following por-
soNR:
ASA o. Aldis Vermont, or~Judge;
James B. Howoll, Iowa, ex-senator;
Orange Ferris, Now York, ox-Congressman.
A gentleman has just given me IN illustration
of tic sum Of money received by theao resident
A plantor hal lost ZOO balos Of cotton, and
brought suit for It. The cotton amounted to
950000 pounds, say at 10 conts q pound, or
ponses, etc., no reooived Just $500. "Como up,
boys" ho said, "and lot us drink this up in
champagne. Ihayc bought my railroad ticket,
and don't want to take q dollar of it honse."
Theao lawyers, claim agents. counsel, or what
ever they may call themselves, s,-aud tho Preni-
don't has brother-n-law In all branchcB Of tho
busiuoBa,- mako up much OF
TILE WEALTH AND TONE
OF our Warrington society. Therefore, when
say that the lobby IL the equal OF Co,i5Iosa, you
must add the tremendous local and BOcial force
| Of tho Capital City to It.
claimants apply, gonerally paases upon case
| the Government almost invariably appenls and
it il charged that tho appeal iB made in order 10
plunaor the successful claimant.--tlo Govern~
ment resisting, little or more, In proportion Us
tho claimants counsel are cahootH with tho nt-
| torneyB OF the Government. Thua tho poor
chap. who has been induced In tho first place to
come to Washington for Justice, is often glnd to
| dust Of the Capital City from hiB feet.
| Another gang in tho general lobby OF which
! have spoken is made up of
RAILROAD LAWYERS,
often Congressman or ex-CongreRsnlbn, who
avoid public notoricty by fceing bureau officers,
| auch as so,no tool whum they mny have preyi-
! ously placed In the Land Office, OF at tho elbow
Of the sccIotary Of tho interior, Or in the Inlan
Of nowsnaner.msn noatne you ,,n in s"cl, u"e%
nattors, when ! state TINT, at tho third acssion
PASSED the House Of HopreBontatiyog, 1nanv o Of
tn "s; w. n iI -. isuI - 's tnuy "
| might keen tho run of such bilia an
they came up from day to lay; but.
after they hayo paseod and layo been
lost sight Of, then begins tleir ramiiication
through The dopartmonts,- -caoh bill often ro-
quiring aeyerui years to ret tbo money. Be-
sides. tho pubiio props would only confuse its
readers by exposing at lougth oyory smalI acan-
dalous transaction. Our oilico hero, therefore,
and that Of tho press at LARGO. ia iim}tod bv thn
nature Of tue general reader, Il il ouiy When
wo can find the public mind ant. aud Interested
iu soulo ono question. line Credit A[obifier or
bact-pay, that wo eau present to tho nubIic tho
situation morally. RocIaily and POLITICALLY, a we
SEQ It i'll multitude OF cases not loss lagraut,
Wv = wa TfE n 'I,1 SAFETY s OF % TnE rEolIE
Ia reuosed in the ruling maiority Of thomselyes
il that can he fairly 1ncasured up; but some OF
the v orgt ipstanceS Of official despotism which
arn fo In fnund in fho hjaforv ~ ~, = raco avn