National Republican., 1873-09-26

ncsc NicWs upon inc lurihctb rs pertinent 10
he subject matter or intent Of their late
Meeting; but insist that they are relevant
hereto, and we are confident that the cur
-ent Of thought aroused In their minds will
inevitably lead them to the conclusion that
more radical change than can be accom-
pllshcd through the agency Of social clubs Is
needed.
ar. J. H."
In the Boston Globe of the 9th inst ant Is
to be found two-column article from this
city over the initials, "R. J. H." which con-
tains the usual amount Of slandcr, vitupcra-
tion and Misrepresentation In regard to the
District OF Columbia The writer Of the ar
ticle In question Is Richard J. Hinton, who,
in the capacity Of q Government official, and
with his share OF the back pay grab In his
pockets, has boon running around tho capl-
tails Of Europe during the last few months,
interviewing every red-hot member Of the
International Society, and writing sensa-
tlonal letters to two young newspapers-one
in Boston and the other In St. Louis. The
reasons which induced the President to
give him the appointment In question
are inscrutablc. He did 1t, probably, to
get rid OF him, because as long as we
can remember Hinton has been send
ing up a piteous cry about his services
to the Republican party, and the failure OF
the said party to provide him with COM
Portable position which should leave him at
perfect liberty to spread his wild ideas about
thu labor aud other questions with which we
arc convinced from q close observation and
knowledge Of his career he has no sympathy
whatever. Hinton has been always pretty
well taken care Of by the Republican party.
There Is hardly month since the close of
the rebellion that he has not been drawing a
salary from the campaign fund for services"
which were utterly worthless. A year and
half ago he was paid fifty dollars per week
for doing absolutely nothing In the capacity
Of an assistant secretary" and, time and
again, he has Travelled through the South on
missions which were perfectly ridiculous,
and which were given to him to stop his
plaintive appeals. Now he turns up the as
sailant Of one Of the men who contributed
largely In the last election to defray the cx-
penses Of hirelings like himself.
This District and city has suffered good
teoa WV 'oo' WV 1Na'o Nv thS hahuo W
gentry like r. J. Hinton. Beaten and bafiled
In their efforts to induce the Board Of Public
Works TO buy their pens and the newspapers
Of which they are the correspondents at the
capital, three or four of them have, like this
man Hinton, turned round and abused and
slandered the men whom they could not bend
to their purposes. 1t Is time there were
an end Of II. There are honorable men In
this city representing the outside press, as
honorable as can be found in any profession
or In any walk of life; but, unfortunately,
some few unworthy persons have crcpt into
1t, and 1t Is a remarkable fact they arc fore
most In dcnunciation Of all that has been
done during the last two years. This man
Hinton, In the letter referred to, print
q lie in almost every sentence. i
is only necessary TO refer TO two o
them: lie charges that Governor Shepherd
In his capacity a. vice president oi
the Board Of Public Works, procured "thc
construction Of costly county road" to hi
residence. It Is very well known to every
one OF our citizens that the road In question
was built by previous administration years
before the Board of Public Works was heard
Of, or the present District government organ
lied. Again, he says that, for the purposes
Of speculation, a large area has been i'm
proved north Of the Capitol and east Of the
Government printing Office, on which ther,
Is still little population, and which Is tapped
by one of the city railroads, the insinuatior
being that Mr.. Shepherd Is directly interested
In tho railroad In question. Now we know
,hat hap haa In, n
road In this city; and Us to tho charge that the
Improvements were made In advance OF the &c
tual wants of the population, 1t is only neces
sary to state that no railroad In the city ha,
paid larger dividend, or is doing a better
business in proportion to Its capital, than the
one which, we are told by this yeracious cor,
respondent, is running through an cXpcn
sivey improved wilderness.
We do not care to follow and refute hi
ISLANDERS in dctalli to correct the vagarlcs oil
his free-loying Imagination. 1t Is certainly
strange that journal which aims to be re-
spectacle should keep In this city a mar
who seems incapable Of telling the truth
who stands convicted by the Wilson commit
tee No. Of having been bribcd to keep 81
lent upon certain railroad transactions, whit
was directly interested In the success Of tn,
Webb-Australian steamship swindle. In othe
words, at the very time that he was putting
himself forward as champion of th'
worklpgmen he was in the pay Of corpora
tions which were endeayoring to obtain large
and extrayagant concessions from Congress
Wehave only givena few Of Mr.. IIlnton's little
transactions, and If he persists In assalling
men in this District who arc honestly en-
deavoring to advance Its interests, we shall
refresh his memory still more and paint "a
portrait" of him the fidelity of which will be
acknowledged by all who know him. Personal
journalism Is distasteful to us; but when we
have for opponents men rs INSCRIPTIONS
as the Washington correspondent of the
Boston Globe the public should under
stand their character, that they may
know what degree Of credit to attach to their
statements, and we intend that they shall uu-
derstand II.
1T is, OF CousE, GENERALLY KNOWN in this