Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-04-17
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Bulletin.

FROM WARRINGTON.
Correspondence Of the Bulletin.
WASHINGTON, D. G., April II, 1874.
How things change in the course
of few years was made manifest
in Washington this week. 1t seems
hardly six months since the Pres
idcnt of the United States in tho per.
son of Andrew johnson on return
ing from little trip, was met at the
depot by a calvacade, band Of mu-
sic, a Departmental Association,
composed of clerks whose tenure Of
Office depended upon the will Of the
said Andrew, and ! procession of
citizens with banners and beaming
countenances. This week the Pres
ident in the person of Con. Grant
returned from trip, and not even
a hungry and lank Bohemian was at
the depot to sound hurrah, in hon
or of the event. Andy Johnson too
came in a night or two ago, and
there was no music, and no depart
ment clerks on hand to greet him as
the great statesman of the day, or
the future, but like any ordinary
traveller he went to his hotel, "alone
in his glory" The contrast must
have been suggestive, and probably
wrought upon his feelings.
On Monday the Senate passed
bill fixing the grcenback circulation
at $4OO,OOO,OOO, and the National
Bank issue at the same amount.
There remains in the hands of the
Secretary of the Treasury $ls,ooO,-
900 only to be added to the circula-
btion to make up the $4OO, 100000
greenbacks, and SAC, OOO, 900 to make
up the maximum of the Bank Note
circulation.
The passage of the bill was ar
IDENTIFY protested by some of the
leading men in the Senate. Mr..
Salisbury, of Delaware (democrat),
said he was sorry his party were to
give portion of the votes to carry
It. Mr.. Stockton, of New Jersey
(democrat), pronounced it dishon-
err to the nation, and an example Of
reputation never before known.
Mr.. Thurman (democrat) said the
meaning Of it all was that men of
his age were never again to see a
currency of solid worth, and good
for the amount expressed on its face,
and Mr.. Bayard, of Delaware (dem-
ocrat), called it dismal and sorry
day for his country. Conkling,
Anthony, Sargent, Schurz and Stew
art, of the Republican element, were
very solemn and emphatic in their
denunciations. Carpenter in the
chair complained that he and his in
tlation friends had sat there and
been basted and roasted like so many
chickens, and now they were going
to return the compliment by little
voting which they did. The vote
on this measure, which is the i'm
portant measure Of the present Con
gress, indicated that the old division
Of party lines is being rapidly oblit
Grated. The old republican leaders
united with the old democratic lead
ers, and Frelinghuysen aud Stock
ton, Thurman and Sherman, Bayard
and Conkling, found themselves to
gether in unison, while carpet bag
gers, scalawags, (Pickwickian) rad
icals, secessionists, rebels, and all
other sorts and kinds were found in
the same bed, with no desire to kick
each other out. The lion and the
lamb laid down together on the full
bed of imitation, and with a cover
! ing of greenbacks, were as happy
as the celebrated babes of the woods
under the protection Of autumn
leaves. The era of good feeling has
come.
On Monday, Sanborn gave tcsti.
mony, and was understood to con-
tradict Mr.. Richardson on some
points. He thought Richardson was
we'll posted on the contracts, and
signed them after several conversa-
tions indicating a fair amount OF
knowledge. The difference between
the two may be explained perhaps
by the remark of Simmons about
Sanborn, as the mysterious man. d
1t looks now as though Sanborn did
not "let on" very much as to his
intentions to Richardson, or any
mothers son, but talked in 4 general
way, got Boutwell, to give him a
contract, impressed Boutwell, with
the idea that much publicity would
defeat his scheme, and Richardson,
kno wing a contract had been prom
Used, signed it in the Secretary's alb
sence without much scrutiny all
hands being under the impression
that nothing would come of it, and
no one suspecting the size of the
cat Sanborn had got wrapped up in
that piece of paper. In giving his
testimony before the committee, Mr..
Richardson of course had in view
the subsequent revelations, and be-
tween what he knows now, and what
knew at the time of signing the con-
tract, there is such difference that
his original knowledge seemed inf
Intestinal, and much like ignorance.
Sanborn said he had received as
his share of moieties 100000, and
his expenses were 100000, which
made it look as though there must
be another mysterious man in
the case, and the question put indi-
Gated that the committee suspected
that his name was Butler. Sanborn,
however, was so mysterious as to
who got the money, that the con-
mittee were not much wiser for the
information they obtained. He own
ed up however to having contribu-
ted to the Butler fund for securing
the nomination Of Butler to the gov
ernorship, but as to the amount his
memory was amazingly deficient.
On the direct question of paying
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