Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1873-09-05
SENATOR CARPENTER.


are dealing with Senator Matt Carpenter of
Wisconsin. This gentleman is pre- TEN Presi-
dent of the Senate of the United States. lie
is bright and shining mark to aim at. This
Senator. With Senstor ConKling OF New
y XXegk syopssd thtee vhfsGfsd nj bSre tht
effort to punish certain correspondents for
dyulging the treaty OF Wa hiagton. These
gentiemen obtained their srotninence in tine
affair from the fact, that the Senate selected
them as part of the committee to investigate
the matter. Other Senators would have ill.,
Cured the same displeasuie on the part OF
newspaper correspondents. had they dis
charged their duties with the same fidelity
and ability. We believed at the time that the
Senate acted unwisely in ordering aay com
mittee or investigation whatever, as the
| whole thing amsunted to nothing. Ever
81, ce this affair however, the New orK
| Trbune has never let up on the Senators
who were proninent in this investigation,
and the recent assault on Senator Carpenter
is only carrying out the programme to crush
out all who kept the correspondents prison.
ers at the Capitol. The principal charge
now against Carpenter is that he drove out
publicly at Long Barnch in carriage with a
woman OF doubtful reputation. We do not
believe one word Of such story Carpenter
was at long branch on visit to the Presl-
dent. whose family were there. 1t is not at
all probable he would have done anything OF
the kind. 1t turns out the lady with whom
he was driving was respectable married
woman, an intimate friend OF his wife and
family We have seen good deal OF Sen
ator Carpenter since he has been in the Senate
and rs an evidence OF his standing. the Sen.
ate elected him its presiding officer when the
Vice President cannot occupy the chair
, this would not have been done if he had beer
, the d,bauche as charged by the Tribune ahe
f and Times. This writer of this, also, knows
| that no Senator lakes 4 more enlarged ane
I liberal view of all questions coming up II
i the Senate than Matt Carpenter. In all fnea
E ures affee ting the down-trodden people OF tn
o South he has proved good friend. On cues
/ tions az TO the admission Of Southern State
i since the rebellion he has stood side by sid
j with Trumbull and Thurman, opposing al
q degrading conditions. When bills appropri
a ating money to pay private claimants cam
il M. he has shown himself to be liberal ant
e lust. The wronged and oppressed whethe
e North or South, have always found in him
! fast friend He opposed in strong terms tn
. Louisiana outrage, and protested against tn
d course of the Senate in not settling that dl
fieulty by ordering at once new election
n Personally there is not among all the SCI
.e ators more social, unpretendlng genliema
It than Matt Carpenter He has nothing OF tf
Is aristocrat, SO common among Senator'S. abo,
" him. he is one of the people and SO act
10 Senator Morton has, also, been fiercely q
" sailed By the press in the last four years, D,
y he has outlived 1t, and stands now as one
III n the most prominent men named Tor u
is Presidency. He. like Carpenter. is liber
b. and just legislator. He proved this, in T
ed efforts ffiade to purify the Senate by the
lie nulsion Of Caldwell Of Kansas from tn
ce chamber. We have not belonged to the p
er litical organization of which these gent
pr- men are distinguished members, but this do
. not nreyent Justice being done to their MI
M Its. Political papers commit great mlsts
-. when they attempt to make capital agar
pst nnhlic men BY personal assaults \
os- charges are in n.ne cases out af ten prov
he 70 he false, and then the reaction reverts
ha favor Of the accused. Gen. Grant wo,
ob- never have received the immense majority
,ns the last campaign if 1t lad not been for
;rs violent personal abuse of the opposite