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National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-03-21
THE ANSWER OF THE BOARD.

THE Ans WEh OF 1HE BOAhU.
In the report of the proceedings before
the District Investigating Committee yes
terday will be found the answer of the
Board of Public Works to the charges of
the memorialists. We lay it before Con-
gress and our readers that they may see
and examine it for themselves. A careful
scrutiny of the document in question, and
of the testimony accompanying it, win
convince everybody of the utter weakness
of the opposition; of the entire absence Of
any foundation for the charges that have
been so widely scattered over the country
during the last twelve months by the editors
and correspondents who seem to make a
business of defamation and SANDER.
The memorialists have not up to the
present time made single point against the
Board of Public Works. They charged
extravagant expenditure of money in the
awarding of contracts. In the answer we
have the record that Mr.. Corcoran and
others asked that q pavement be laid in
front of their property at price larger than
that for which Il was subsequently laid.
John o. Evans is charged with having been
one of band of conspirators. So far as
the evidence goes the memorialists were
the first, the best, and the earliest of his
friends. The record shows that they were
the first to recommend him to the Board Of
Public Works; to petition that contracts
should be awarded to him. In the "con-
spiracy" to give him contracts the memo
rialists were evidently the principal con-
enirators ..-.- .rt- .-.......-. -... .
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-03-21
MR.. PARLsENs TESTI1oNY:


Mr.. VIM. B. Parisen, who has for the
past two years considered himself one of
the most deserving. and at the same time
one Of the most abused contractors in the
District appeared before the investigating
committee, in behalf Of the memorialists,
yesterday. His testimony was given in the
voluble and positive manner for which the
Captain" Is noted. but when the cross
examination began, o will be seen by the
report, he was not quite 50 ready, and when
his answers yesterday were compared with
those in the report Of the Investigation of
1879 TO similar questions, and the discrepan-
cies exposed, he failed to give satisfactory
explanation. A weak point will be found
in the statement that he considered the
pavement laid by him on Vermont avenue
under the board for %. 20 per yard, includ-
ing two feet of grading. and on which his
profits were IS per cent, equally as good In
material and labor as that laid in front of
the Arlington, for which he charged a per
yard, and the actual cost of which he said
was $2.90. There are other portions of the
testimony susceptible of considerable ex-
PLANTATION, As the curious reader will ascer-
tain by perusal of it. rF-sA z
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-03-21

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National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-03-21

. Tn statement in the dispatch telegraphed
by the correspondent of the Baltimore Sun
concerning Nh. David Blakely, Of the Chi
cago Post, who has just resigned the Office
of pension agent of Chicago. is utterly un-
true. Mr.. Blakelv resigned in opposition
to the earnest desire of the President that
he should continue in Office, and so far from
opposing Mrs. Sweets nomination to the
post he gave the President the evidence of
her utility and experience which secured
her final success. Mr.. Blakely resigned for
the reason, as stated in his letter, that he
believed it to be dissdvantageous to jour
nalist to hold Federal Office. t -a-f .
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-03-21

We DEsrRE to call Gen. Joseph R. Haw-
ley's attention to his Washington CORE
spondent- Gen. Hawley is known. or wishes
TO be known, as sfhe gentleman in politics.
The distinguished General should make the
effort to be gentleman in journalism, and
give his correspondent . few lessons upon
the same subject ... ... -.r-.t q.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-03-21
THE MEETING OF PARLIAMENT
The assembling of the British PaY4ia


me hhEiiNd W fdhLiAMENi.
The assembling OF the BRUSH far1n-
ment whiie our own Nationai Legislature
Is in session lnyoluntariiy suggests q COM
parlson between the two Governments.
The queens speech. as reported by the
cable dispatches, diners widely from the
charac ter OF the annual message Of the
President to Congress. We look in vain
to find in the former any resemblance to
the Independence Of thought and recon-
mendations OF measures for the benefit Of
country which we are accustomed to read
in the latter. In fact, the address seems to
have been formal recital Of leading events
of recent occurrence, with some allusion to
the peaceable condition Of the civilized
world and few words Of praise for the
..ooEs accompany ns 'ne Asnsn'oe eAPeoi-
llon. from ~ Ameian s'ane Pomt now,
ever us s'anses, ien'uIe = .Ie ,nen'loa VI
'ne mai nse =. 'ne D1A. ~ sn as
peu y, us O'"sen W. ga
empires ot.ef'y So'o Us ene aoofess Is
VI any Moio VI argument 70 susea.n any e.
PeclA nne OF governmental poncy' the
assulnp''on Is lnvoiuntaly tnat tne Eng
.isn pe'pie expect from her majesty noun
ing mofe 'nah 'ne merest mention OF facts
winch may oe'ui W her OF ner Ministerial
.uI,se,' % sup!.e' " n'elest Wnen We
u' %.,u :. .n1, oI.y ie~ ua.s ae1, ~nen
ne - -. ' ' ~ '.. ~ Aoneon
nOn 'ne. -; g. .S ea,;. human nVes
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nan .a -.sN"o 49, .D.S..s 49, ~
e.oh VI uouo'- a. any M "S,'ss 1e'' %1 -,
them and renew the stfassle for supfems..
In the East. In fact the progressing en-.
croachments of the Car in that si.action
his recent accessions Of territory Is the Re.
suit OF imperious dictation to weaker Pow.
en, and his known disposition or policy to
enlarge his domain and power in every re-
spect prove that the event Is not Of great
importance except as proof Of Temporary
truce We are compelled to believe from
this explanation that the force Of the address
? resades In Its Omissions to refer to the i'm
poffaut topics rather than in any Of ita
references to matters Of greater or less i'm
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-03-21

THE CLAlAS Or THE CApYTAL.
The journals not blinded By passion and
prejudice toward the Administration and
the District government acknowledge the
justice of the appeals Of the capital for an
equitable If not . generous national sup
port. 5l.i ~, ~ &C.,. 'r
The Graphic in an article on the subject
says: go r.,t
"Had It not been for the people Of the Dis
trict Of Columbia Washington would stili be
one of the most dresry and wrstched cities In
the country. Those people, already heavily
burdened with, taxes, have expended over
90 600, 600 in making the city attractive, while
the government has expsnded dnce the found
ing Of Washington. les than Oh, 000, 900 for
the same purpose. The Improvements for
which the District has PAID have bean, In point
offact, put upon the property ofthe Governments.
By these improvements the buildings and lard
owned by the Governments hare greatly u
creased in valus. No tsxes, however, ase
paid upon these, while the enormous tAxes
private property, due TO IT, increased value,
have zone into the Government cofIen. The
case thersioss skands, tins The Government
undertook TO build city which should be .
credit to thenation. Il failed to do Il, and the
people Of he Distsict have done q their OWE
expense what the Government ought to have
done. Tha District now asks that one-half Of
the difference between the amount paid by the
Government and the amount paid BY the peo-
nle Of the District, amounting to les thar
S7,ooo,oN. s,-.-h be reimbursed to the latter
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National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-03-21

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down snd ne balsnce n fnnr anrusl inla,lI.
men,s, Z ssd Y haa onfv msde q In
cash payment, { 6ndsi himself / unable
to meet tbe second. The ..ls Of the
whole property for 1--WE hundred would but
little more than Hauidate the second nav
ment and the expensss attending the saie
leaving two more annual nevmenta sin
unprovided for and hanging over him. His
only vav Of eueana = throno oh the hsntn,nt
law, which releases him mon the nmrren.
der OF all hi, property. Re gives mn all
and probably more than an. that he Re-.
ceived for his contract and es50 in casb
But the value of the prouertv haa fiuctu.ted
while the dollar remains arbitrarily the
same. When he purchased the dollar rem.
resented half dsv's labor wbereaa now
It represents the result of the toll Of /. whole
day. It's purchasing power ha. ipcrrea.ed
Suppose the volume of currency were e
doubled, and BY this means its purchasing
power decreased one.half real properly, the
purchase alluded to above would command
two thousand dollars and the fortunate pur-
chaser could sell one.half Of II and nav of
his mortgages, reimburse his first payment
of $e50, and enioy the other half "a Il might
please his fancy. n III
Such il the power which Conores., now =
holds in liz hands, II ia beaeieed bv an
sorts Of theories a. TO possible and probable
effects. But each member Knows that ve
saw eold decline bv essv graduation. fInar
$50 to 100 in the last ten wear. without anv
serious commercial d,....s, grh.v n, tnov
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-03-21

Tn widest condemnation prevails among
the people in the vicinity Of the Bald mountain,
North Carolina, whose internal rumblings fur
nish evidence Of volcanic working. For sixteen
days the people Of the vicinity Of the noun
tain were IN . frenzy Of Excitement, utterly
neglecting al business affairs, permitting their
cattle to 90 unattended, and devoting them
selves exclusively to prayer. The rambling
noises continue in the mountain, and 1t Is not
unlikely that ~ eruption win follow. j..
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-03-21

In THR British House OF Commons yesterday
IN amendment wss moved to the Queens I'D
dress, reprssenting the dissatisfaction of Ire
Land With the present system Of government,
and declaring It the duty Of Parliament TO con-
sider speedily means 70 remove the discontent.
Dr.. Butt, In moving the amendment, sid Ire
land wants . complets,poliey Of conciiiation,
and not immediate homo rule. TheIfish Home
Secretary argued that no particular homo rule
policy could be agreed upon By the Irish people;
that each party ineerprets home rule according
70 IT, own particular wsnts. The motion
ELECTED considerable discussion, In which Glad
Stone took part, Ard was finally rejected by .
decided vote-11x to 81. 81 - f',...s "a
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-03-21

THl Springfield Republican is exceedingly
anxious to see NJ. Dawes transferred to the
shoes Of the late Charles Sumner in the Sen
ate. It Is said that Sam Bowles thinks he will
get the shoes Of Dawes IN the House, If they
are vacated Why mot : As rule, good edi-
tors make very bad legislators, upon the same
hypothesis that good critics make the very
worst Of artistes. Il Is the easiest thing In the
world to find fault With what others originate,
but rather difficult to devise and perfect i'm
provements or remedies. This is probably the
reason that the greatest successes ~ editors
are comparative failures when they are placed
upon N exact level with other men. In the
snnesssu they always have the floor, and too
frequently refuse to yield any time to an op-
ponent. They can constantly apply the pre-
vious question. There is nothing takes the
coneeit out Il IN independent editor like few
years in Congress. BE finds his level very
quickly, and u h rarely upon the high seats,
By III means ssnd Sammy 70 the House.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-03-21

Mr.. sfA1Kw1AfHlR, of Connecticut, made
little speech In the House the other day which
was at once an overwhelming reply to all the
accusations Of Aessrs. Beck and Wood, and .
complete yindication Of the Republican party.
He showed that our appropriations for fsrtiaca-
lions under Buchanan had been greater than
under the present Administration. We have
not only been economical IN the past, but, owing
to the peculiar embarrassments of the country
ct present, We have already, IN the three appro-
pziatjon bllls that have passed, cut down the
reyised ,estimates ovef ten and quarter mil
lions. The Republicans proposed going on in
The same line Of eoonomy, regardless Of the
happiness or misery Of the gentleman from
Kentucky, and be predicted that we should have
. surplus inthe Treasury at the end of the fiscal
year Of twenty-five millions. Mr.. Starkweather
fully exposed tho fallacy of the pretentious
accusations Of proaigacy and corruption made
annually by Mr.. Beck Against the Republican
party during the last Ave years. He had been
annually challenged to the proof, and had
always promised TO furnish them, but has q
often failed. Mr.. 6tarkweather reviewed the
glorious works Of the party with pride, and
paid merited tribute to the President for the
wisdom and fidelity with which he had admin
istsred the Government. He had also exhib-
Ned degree Of magnanimity toward recent
rebels which was but badly appreciated. The
conduct Of Hon. John Young Brown was de-
nounced in the strougsst terms, and scathing
rebuke administered to him and bis friend,
Beck, for their unfair interference In Connecti-
cut elections. ...,..........,.-' iirl5 Ia
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-03-21

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National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-03-21

THB REPUBLICAN, LAS 4 LAR0ER CfkCU-
LATI0H THAN ANY OTHER M0REING PAPER
IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. IL >
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-22
New York Produce Market.

CorroN--market is dull. Sales Of i,7o5 bales
at l6'. for middllng uplands.
FLouR-Receipts 1876 bhls. The market
Is duh and 5a loo lower, with moderate In
qulry. Sales Of $4,000 bbls at So IO,a6 Is
for superlne western and state 50 80 as So
for common to good extra choice do; do.
30 "a % for common to choice western and
state ! rs "a I 80 for good TO choice white
wheat extra western aud state; 80 as 90 for
common to good extra Ohlo Sd I5Gll 90 Tor
common to choice extra ST. Louis, market
closing dull
RYE FLouR.-The market is steady at a 7hCs
CORN MEAL. The market for corn meal IS
firm at s. 25ta4 20 for Western 81 boa So
for Brandywne.
99699k.
WHEAT.--Recelpts lo4,4ol bush. The market
opened duh and slightly in buyers favor, and
closed rathed more steady. Sales 1000 bush.
at 81 5l(a 81 for No. chicago; 81 bal Gi
for No. Milwaukee; 81 52@l 60 for Iowa
western.
RYE-The market Is quiet at 81 Ossi 10 for
western and state.
still tend upwards. Sales of 5000 bush. prime
Canada Vest at $3.50 in store, now held at sl95
per bush.
BARLEY MALT; The market Is quiet and
/ 16 prime Canada West at 81 00a2 10.
CoRN.-Recepts 2T,sO0 bushels. The market
is flrmer and quiet, with fair demand
western mixed aioat o3]G do. in store So new
oArsDRecelpts $3.50 bushels The market
Is decidedly lower. Sales Of $4,000 bush at GO
IA 6lc for mixed western and white WESTERN
closing little more steady
HAY-rhe market Is unchanged at $40 5S
| II 90 per ton for common to good shipping.
HoPs - The market is firm at 80 a 40 for
| good to choice 30 for low TO fair.
| CoFFEE-Markct Is firm and buOyant at 26d
IS for stock Rio. Good business in Jobbing trade
| at full prices.
suGAR.-Market is dull and &C lower 7lIa
| ~ for refining; 70 for prime.
| MoLAssEs.-Market is dun New Orleans a
| shade easier.
RIcE-The market Is steady with moderate
PErRoLEuM.-The market excited and decld-
eddy higher closing buoyant. Sales 5000 bolS.
EGGS Market Is heavy at 26a27c for state
! and Pennsylvania; Ac to 26c for western
and Canada l5GlS for western and state
Coal. The market quiet and unchanged at
IS Ooa6 90 for Anthracite per ton per cargo.
MISUNDERSTANDING Is firm. Hemlock sole
Buenos Ayrcs. and Rio Grande. light middle
and heavy weights at 21i4 TO SOC California
| do 90 "a 2S.; OriuOCo do. at 25ls To 2Ile.
| WooL.-Market is firm domestic fleece al
40a7Oc unwashed at i,6a3 pulled at 25eo2c
ls@S5 for Texas.
SIS 3d.
BEEr..-The market is quiet at IS I5all Of
plain mess Sll 300 10 90 Tor extra mess.
BEEF HAMS. The market is quiet and un
TIERcE BHRF.-Thc market is unchanged
2l@22c for new prime mess 2S@ p 80 10
CUT MEArs-The market is quiet short Gu
hams Il pounds Al l0Ac; shoulders at o. a6g
Middles heavy long clear 81 snort clear a
s9l6asss.
LARD-'rhe market is firmer al o. for prime
BUITnn-Market is firm at 25a3o for west
CnEEsE-Is firm at 9I@isc for common Il
TAIiow-Market is steady. Sales OF $4,000
lbs at Tss@'%
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-22
BY TELEGRAPH.
Special to the Globe.
GRAND ARMY ENCAMPMENT AT
BRATTLEBORO.
Election Of Officers.

BRATTLEBoRo, Jan 81.
The annual encampment Of the Grand
Army of the Republic, Department of
Vermont was held here to-day Head
quarters were established at the Brooks
House. the department Commander, Col.
Veazey and staff arriving last evening.
Delegates and comrades from many Of 'hc
Posts of the Department arrived 10y every
succeeding train and the encampment
opened at the hall of Scdgwick Post No.
8, of Brattlcboro at 10 o'clock this morn
ing with large number in attendance.
The reports of Col w. G. Vcazcy Com
mander, J. II. Goulding, Assistant Adju-
tant General and l.. c. Kingsley, Assistant
Quartcrmaster General, were very full and
comprehensive, showing the order to be in
Il very flourishing condition.
a recess was taken ut 1890 for two
hours that various committees might ar
range for reports later in the day. The at
tendance of prominent soldiers from all
parts of the State was very noticeable
showing the marked interest felt by the
order in the success Of the reunion. and
making the same one of great enjoyment
TO all participants.
The encampment reassemblcd at two
o'clock p. m. and proceeded to the cleo
ton Of officers for 1874, with the following
result:
Communications. Stephen Thomas.
Senior Vicc-Dep't Com. Geo. f. Sci
leck.
Junior Vicc-Dept Com-H. s. Hand.
Medical Director-Dr. C. L. Allen.
Council Of Administratlon-R Farm
ham, ]. c. Baker. J. w. Newton, f.. A.
Howe, ]. w. Hastings.
a camp fire was held this evening at the
Town Hall at which occasion Gen W. w
| Henry of Burlington read his story of
'From the Rapidan to Cold Harbor," and
stories of army life were rchearsed by Col
w. G. Veazey and Capt J. C. Baker
Music was furnished by the Brattleboro
Brass Band and quartette of mixed
voices, which enhanced materially the
pleasures of the evening. The Town Hall
was thronged with large ssemby of in
terested spectators
At the conclusion of the exercises the
members returned to the hall of the Sedg-
wick Post and portook of Il collation. fur
nished by the members of said Post of
Brattleboro.
The encampment was the fullest attended
and the most enthusiastic in interest mani
tested that the organization has ever held,
and bespeaks hearty cooperation in the
ranks of the soldicr-frat ernity of the state.