The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-01-21
OUR WARRINGTON LETTER.

PIETRo
OUR wAsHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Jan. 10
! THE CUSHING FIAsCo-ANOTHER LAMB
FOR THE sLAUGHTER-wEsT vIR-
GINA CONTEST AND TEXAs ELEC-
TIoY-DEMAND OF THE COUNTRY
PREss-YoMAN SUFFRAGE AND DIR.
MARY WALKERS PANTS-REUNIoN
OF VETERANS OF THE MEXICAN WAR
NAVAL APPROPRIATION BILL PASS
ED-DEMoCRACT WASTING TIME.
The excitement over the nomination
Of Caleb Gushing for Chief Justice
has subsidized. The discovery made
through the captured Rebel archives
regarding Mr.. Cushing's anxiety
for putting good men into the Confed-
crate Military service is only one Of
many happy results of the possession
of these archives by the War Depart
ment SO thorough a ventilation Of
character and sentiment has seldom
been afforded in so brief a time as in
! the case of this nomination. Mr.
Cushing's letter to the President is a
very positive statement of hisprcscnt
! feelings, but when he states that he
never conceived thought of disloy-
atty to the Constitution or the | Mon"
it will be taken with some caution in
connection with his recommendation
of clerk in the L. :. service as a
suitable person to aid a similar service
of the COnfoderaoy In view of his
strenuous advocacy Of slavery and
his official persecution of the anti
slavery press while Attorney General
under President Pierce, it is thought
by some that he is not the best rep
reseatative man for our Government
to send TO Spain for the purpose of urg-
ing the Presidents views regarding
the abolition of slavery in Cuba.
The spirit and tone Of his letter II
the President leads naturally to the
belief that his purpose in writing it
was to accept the mission to Spain
for which he had already been con-
iirmed ! am not among those who
doubt for a moment that this mission
could be fully as well filed by Re-
publican of pronounced anti-slavery
views and consistint record.
Now that the President has with
drawn a second nominee for the Office
of Chief Justice, it is supposed with
apparent reason that he will take
some time in considering and maxim g
sure of his man before presenting
third nomination. 1t is the lightest
nonsense, however, to suppose, as
has been alleged, that President Grant
has at any time exhibited personal
offence at the delay and negative ac-
ton of the Senate regarding Mr..
Willisms. His well known hard |
sense, aside from his military educa-
ton and habits, should shield him
from snch silly charges
In the West Va. contested election
case three reports were made by the
different portions of the Committee
on Elections. The lst. deciding in
favor of the October election, the 2nd.
declaring both elections illegal, and
the Sd in favor Of the August election,
and the admission of Messrs. Davis
and Hagans, whose opponents pur-
sued the same course as did Gov
Davis Of Texas, viz, at the August
elction, and when a full vote showed
them defeated, wished to profit by
another chance. They ran again in
October, but received q very meager
vote If the House acts upon the
same principles as the President did,
in refusing to sustain tcchnicalities in
Overslaughing foil expression of the
people at the polls in Texas. it will
seat Messrs. J. J. Davis and j. Mar
shall Hagans as the duly elected
members.
As agreed upon in the Republican
caucus, the House on Wednesday
passed the salary bill as amended by I
the Senate. congressman are now
being paid at the old rate, and all the
officials and employees affected by
the bill of March 3D., 1878, increasing
salaries, are put back to the old fig (
ures, except the President and Su-
preme Court Judges, whose salaries
cannot be reduced during their in {
cumbency. This will no doubt I
prove satisfactory TO the country
press, which has been unsparing of
its denunciations of Congress on ac- .
count ofback pay, &c.
If members have any regard for
the future friendly support of the |
press, they will do well to immediate I
ly repeal the determinations impos- t
ed at the last session in favor of
few metropolitan newspapers against 5
SIX thousand country papers which j
constitute the third estate of this .
country. The free exchange and
the free distribution of papers in their {
counties is demanded in the interest
of progress and general education. {
A return to this American system is
The only means by which members '
,an hope to escape fusillade all c
ilOng the line. SO much encourage r
Dent to educational facilities is Just 5
md reasonable, and viii be main
aimed by all the intelligent editors of
be country press, Il
The Woman's Suffrage Conven- Q
ion is now in session here, with I
Miss Susan il. Anthony as President, C
md full set of officers. The dele I
rates are in good humor with them
elves ard in bad humor with the t
es: Of mankind. Hence the pro- q