Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-01-22
PINCHBECK.

BY reference to our dispatches yes-
terdsy Il will DO zen that another OF
the infamcu, scoundrels, who now con-
troll the politics Of Loulsians. Is likely
to come to grief. Senator Morton, OF
Indiana, has introduced . resolution
before the Senate asking for authority
to investigate the circumstances A..
tending the election Of Senator Pinch
beck from that State. The charges are
that Pinchbeck procured his election
by open bribery. It Is alleged that he
received from Durell'a Register In
Bankruptcy, one Morton. the sum Of
$3.50 to withdraw as a candidate In
his tMorton's) favor, and thar, sftsr
receiving the money, he used 1t to fur
Their HE own election.
Pinchbeck's way Of procuring votes
Is not altogether new /; but. IL must be
confessed. shows the Louisiana Legls-
laturs to have been, OH their arrival at
the State Capital. a most ~impecunious
lot Of vagsbond,. Doubts, however.
will arise as to the continuance OF this
poverty after the election Of Pinch
beck. According to the charges laid at
his door. the method most successfully
employed to seduoe the ~incorruptible
Legislators into his allegiance aud
support. was the payment OF their
board bills. This was a happy thought
aud none but P~inchbeck could have
successfully carried 1t into practical
operation. The voices OF lrate land
lords. whose grub was disappearing
without recompense, were hushed al
the approach OF the Senatorial candi-
date. The seowls OF unpaid and wear
led landlsdies were At once transformed
into smiles when the ex-convict and
political aspirsnt whispered In their
waiting ears, Here Is the money for
the Hon. Sambo's board bill. | will
guarantee the bill Of the Hon. Cuffee,
etc." But the resources Of the inde-
f,tlgabls Pinch were not exhausted
by thl, stroke Of policy. "Slrat-
esy my COY, strategy" Thus. ar
gued Pinch, that II the payment OF 'ac
class Of bilis had 30 good an effect, tn
enlargement, Of the classes would pro-
porlloLately increase his chances.
Wherefore lsundrymsn were soon re-
joicing at the prospect Of returning the
accumulation OF Legislative shirts.
drawers. socks, etc., retained for lack
OF payment, and under the magic
voice Of Pinch the Louisiana Legi'la-
ture frightened, bslhed, and for once
appeared Ia clean linen, combed hair
and shaven fsces. The generosity OF
the ulustrious Pinch was uhbouuded.
Hackrnen waited at the doors OF anil.
Ing clearinghouse keepers, wherein
were lodged and fed tho Honorable
Sambo Clay or the distinguished
Quimbo Calhoun. Theater Tickets
came In welcome numbers to the I'm.
pecunious horde. Tailors rejoiced.
Tho $4,000 we're we'll expended. and
the Honorable Mr.. Pinchbeck. whose
first public appearance was before the
bar OF . New 0rlesns police court.
not a. an advocate. not ~ . witness,
but ~ principal In = larceny case,
whereof he Was convicted and sell
fenced to jail, was elected to the Senate
Of these United states. Triumph was
his. On his brow was set the zeal Of =
statesman (of the Boss Tweed VARIETY
aud to his name ri prefixed the word
Honorable. and affixed tho magic let
ters L. $. 5.
But the enemies Of Pinch probably
those whose bil's tor board, laundry
work, etc.. wer> epudla,ed) will not
let him enjoy In quiet the o'famI esm
dig. so worthily, so honestly, attained.
They cry "stop thief" so loudly that
even the Senatorial tympsnuin Is star
tied aud afflicted. They point persist
entity ut Pinch, until the Senate :isl
vision, distorted though it be, can no
longer shrink from gazing at the de-
voted culprit. The result Is natural.
Senatorial dignity Is threatened.
Have We . Jonah among us?" Is the
universal cry Of all ave Pinch. '.An
investigation must be had. aud this
successful asplrant for Senatorial robes
be v~indlcated, whitewashed or ex-
pell-d." Meanwhile the world goes
rolling over. Congress talks finance.
Flanagan keeps his back pay; so also
does Keeda.;; aud we all walt for the
resul, OF the Committees research.