The Republican journal., 1875-01-28
Pacific Mail Bribery,

business reveals in a striking manner the
means by which schemes Of this kind are
worked through Congress- The company
wanted a subsidy and put $3.50, 900 into
Mr.. Twins hands to procure it. In the
meantime the directors of the company and
other brokers commenced to gamble upon
the prospects of securing governmental
aid. The party who held the stock set them
selves to make fortunes out of the rise
which would follow the granting of the
subsidy, while those who were interested
in depreciating the value of the stock set
about with equal zeal to defeat the subs-
dy bill and to profit by clearing" the mark
ct. Both organized a lobby, enlisted spies
upon the conduct OF their opponents, brib-
ed officers of the House to distribute their
documents subsidized newspaper cores
pondents and editors to write Pacific Mail
up or down, and showered their money
lavlshly upon all who aided in their re-
spective purposes
Boyd, assistant doorkeeper, says he re-
celved his share for carrying pamphlets to
members for Irwin, Hersey, messenger,
received $1,000 for spying out persons
who came to Washington to oppose the
subsidy. Averill got $40 900 for like ser
vices. William B. Shaw testified to oct.
ting Sl5, 900 for keeping Henry Clews post
ed On the prospects of the subsidy passing,
80 that he might operate accordingly in
the stock of the company, and Mcfarland
received S25 900, which he straiohtway
carried to Col, John w Forney without
asking any questions As one Of the wit
nesses remarked, at was merely ques-
ton as to which had the most money.
| Money seemed to be in the air Every
body was talking about it.
The Progressive Age makes the follow
| ING explanation of its premature publica-
ton Of the Governors message
Saturday previous, we received IA note from
the Governors Secretary saying that an ad-
| vance copy of the address would be sent us
| Thursday, if we wished it for our next issue.
| We Immediately replied that it would be too
| late, that our paper was published Thursday,
and unless we could have it before that day, it
| would be of no use to US. Tuesday eVenin" we
received the copy with the following written
upon the margin Not to be used until
| Thursday morning. Portions enclosed in paren-
thesis may be omitted" We had it put in type
and il was published in our issue Thursday.
The Secretary's note addressed to the
! Journal office is as follows.
| Gov. Dinsley has instructed me to forward on
| TUESDAY advance copies of his address to
| your office if desired by you, to be published
or made public after Thursday noon, unless you
| should be previous y informed that it will not
| he delivered at that date.
Respectfully yours, MARK HARDEN.
| When the message came, it had written
conspicuously on the margin, "Not to be
used until THURSDAY NOON" Every
other paper in the state was put under this
restriction The Age says that it was
specially exempted If that be true, the
Governor on his Secretary has been guilty
of deliberate at1ront to the press of the
state, while protesting to do them favor
| If it be not true, the Age has falsified
in the matter. The public will judge
which is most probable For our own
part we see no reason to doubt that Gov.
| Dingley and his Secretary are gentlemen
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| We do not take much stock in the rumor
| that recent message sent to Congress by
| the President in regard to coast defcnces
and the preparation of heavy cannon, real
| ly means that the President is bent on q
war with Spain. Gen. Grant may wish for
| a third term, but it may be doubted wheth-
| er the bullying of Spain into war would
compass that desire. The result of such Il
"rar would - chat should rain i'nha
and lose vast deal OF our navigation.
The part of the country that would find ad-
vantage in the acquisition of Cuba would
be the Atlantic states-just the ones that
would hose heavily in ships. Future adj
vantage can seldom. in popular estimation,
be balanced by present loss Therefore
would such a war be likely to be unpopu-
lar. Certainly the necessary preparations
for defending our coast should not be con-
demned in New England; and the maxim
''in time of peace prepare tor war; is as
old as the days of Washington.
Does it ever occur to our radical men
and brethren to inquire why, in the Dem
ocratic states of the south, there is an en-
tire absence Of tumult, ill-blood and out
breaks? Do they ever seek to know why
those states are not only peaceable, but
prosperous? We publish to-day the fig
ures showing the very satisfactory condi-
ton of Georgia, financial and social. What
is the reason why South Carolina, just
across the Savannah river should not be
equally well off :? In North Carolina,
Georgia, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky,
Missouri, and Texas the democrats hold
the ascendancy. We hear OF no outbreaks
or demand for troops from those localities
Why is it not true of Mississippi, Louisi-
ana, &c, where the radicals hold. OF pro-
TESS to hold sway? 1t would seem that
this is worth thinking Of
Camden Items.
Mrs John Rankins committed suicide at
Rockport on Friday last in the following
peculiar manner She loaded with pow
der and shot a gun which happened to be
i'll the house, fastened a string to the trig
ger, tied the string to post at the foot OF
the bed, then placing herself on the bed
and removing the clothing from her breast,
took hold of the barrel Of the gun, point
ing it at her heart and drew the gun to-
wards her, discharging it and killing her
self as it is supposed, almost instantly,
She had been appearing and talking queer
ly for some little time, and left, we under
stand, some writing showing her intention
70 al. % Mar lifa She lnavoS a husband and