Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-04-17
THE TRICKS OF \ SE:ESCEE,
CONGRESsNA


or faithfu!Eess o. official rerfor ..ssllce j.
your representative ReforIner- IL Is
Ike to be 4 sorry Dig. prone to loud and
~sarisone barking. Inischievous and
noisy, and never 20 tie depended en- f..
quiet, effective performance Of his dU-
ties. A. sorry :lu illustration of this rs
one need know of WAS the l::.c California
I.s.;Sl,tEre AL il did was to create
Newton Booth :. Senator. Ii merely
del-gltsditS promises and prOcrastiuate,i
the doing of the same in Booth 5 future.
As to the reforms they promised. they
performed nothing. 1t Was Office they
wantel-nnd they got it by sailing be-
fore 4 wind OF their cvn blowing 4
wise people should have got enough Of
empty promises when the California
Legislature which got 10 Sacramento II
.hr strength of Anti Coclie" al ourned
after bling hired. with money. to elect
Eucene C.,sseriy to the Senate and
never perfected nor attempted TO perfect
one Of It's wild and senssless plans Of
legislation. But they are net wise nor
s consistent people; SO there will be, one
Of these hopeless days. another hue ana
cry and another crazy election. AID ye;
ano,h-r Legislature for some denlagogue
to win prize from; and which will fail
to keep any pledge of its members
making. OF a piece with these promise
makers and pledge breakers is Lu.trell.
the fiatulent fellow who was con-
jUred up by the Sacramento Union
to beat John CoghlaE. Having
Morrill, & Anthony and Fitch / Picker
ing for his sole constituency, LuttreIl.
Of course, finds it an easy matter to
manipulate the Associated Press dis
patches: and SO it happens that he fills
the Union and Bulletin and Coll with
mass of mistatemenis as to his own at
tempts to bring about a reform in the
Postal Service of California. The fel-
low mas been, as his b ,ckers always
are. loud of mouth and prolific of accu-
sations; but when challenged to make
good his charges. is mum, evasive and
purposeiy absent After pollutins the
news sources and filling the Associated
Press of California with his distorted
accounts and whole-cloth lies, even
Simonton, fearing the consequences of
having gone too far. and permitted too
himself has been permitted to dictate
these misleading and untruthful dis
patches. And now comes the other side
with a plain, Straightforward narration
of official facts. Note what becomes of
this self-vaunting Postal-service reform
er. when tried by the light of facts Says
thu telegraph correspondent of the Sac
ramento Record under date Of Washing
ton, April Il:
The introduction of the Stone resolu-
items in the House yesterday WAS solely
for political effect, and Is reported to be
only Democratic attack on the Admins
tration- To-day. according to appoint
ment, the committee met for tbs pur-
pos, Of hearing Stone and Luttreii, bni
they did not appear. On motion OF
Il lndail. Democrat. the committee tn, IL
resolved to refer the resolutions iniIudIi-
ced yesterday to Luttreii. requesting HIM
to make specific charges aud name his
witus sSes, so they might be summoned
by tie committee. The Secretary of :iie
scented his INSTRUCT Jns Fl, IN the commit
tee. LrtfrsH then said he had no time
to attend to this matter this week, and
ii not even know the names of Some Of
the witnesses no are IN California, ami !
that he would be obliged to write TO Cal |
itorniI bs fore he could g.vt his state |
ments. Luttreil Is now charged with il !
st. Z ting this trouble because the lost |
master General would not take mail |
contracts away from certain parties to |
whom they were awarded and give them |
to Llttreli's friends. There is much In
also expressed at the dispatches
sent to California by the Associated
Press. most Of which were written II;
Luttreli's request and were false in
many particulars. On the first of April
The Associated Press sent the following
dispatch: ''Lnt;rell is gathering much
testimony regarding California
postal contracts. He bad admissions
rom the postal department that the laws
have been Gisregarded and has obtained
! promise of immediate reform. The
.cntr. ct DIS whose contracts are being in
est; at d row are Barlow, Sanderson &
~. No such admissions on the part
# the Pcstof6c e Department were au-