, 1875-02-13

4ue ctAte VoHFHHt Nv 5Il!Hp4e!A ui4s upo1l
several occasions Of 1nto printed articles
touching upon The ofllca1 con1not Of spcal;er
HA1SEs which are not very creditab1o to that
gentieman's reputation for fairness. Tho
gravest feature Of these articles is TINT they
have not been denied. From these articles,
and from other statements which hnve come
to us from m authentic source, VIC are en-
Of the SPEAKER, which at loast demand m In
vestigation by the Republican members.
The facta which have buen furnished Us show
conclusiyely that tllis man HArNEs hns used
his power and place to increase tho clerical
forcs Of both Houses for mere partisan pur~
poses, and that he has subsidized tho COM
mittee clerks to do l,s dirty work, in other
words, to write him up instead of down,
as correspondents at Springfield ore inclined
to do, Whatever 111ay be the poiitical character
Of tho pnpcrs for which they write and that
lie has threatened 10 refuse to certify to their
pay il they attack him or refuse to do his
bidding. Several clerks Of committees are
newspaper correspondents, and they have
been organized by him into Bureau of
Correspondence" with the Engrossing and
Enrolling Clerk rs the chief Of it. The mem-
hcra Of this " Bureau arc expected to writa
In praiso Of HA1NEs, and, in caso they cor
respond with tho Opposition pnpers, to ablse
and defame the Republican members, and
have copies Of the papers forwarded to tho
Speaker, SO that be may ba sure the members
Of the Dureau hnve earned their per dien.
These clerks have nothing else to do One
Of them, woman, aud assistant to the En-
crossing Clerk who writes for papers in Yor1t-
vile and Aurora, who has vindictiyely at-
tackled the Governor and members of the
House without cn,lse for fear Of losing her
pay, has her letters rond and revised, We are
informed, by HArsEs before they are sent ont.
Another clerk, who writes manifold letters
for half dozen country newspapers, submits
TO the same modification. The whole clerical
forco Of tia two Houaea seem to ba engaged
in this disreputablo business. The roasou for
this unusual operation lies in tho fact TINT
HA1NEa is candidate for Governor. lie las
therefore subsidized rs many as possible Of
tho country press to advance lis presumed in
forests by denunciation Of the present Gov
crnor and the Republican members and has
commenced newspaper electioneering, paying
for it out Of tho state Treasury. We're it not
for tho fact that he controls the clcricat force,
who aro paid out Of the Stnto Treasury; TINT
he requires them to write in Lis interests by
| their knowledge that they viii lose their
! situations If they do not and TINT
what they write, therefore, ia inspired or ia-
spectel by him, he would receive such u lash-
ing for Ills unparliamentary and grossly parti-
aan conduct aud wrongful rulings that he
would hs g!ad to step down ind out from Ills
| position to save himself from tho wrath OF
papers Of alt politica1 compilations. Speaker
HArsEs is playing the rola Of demagogue,
but it will not win. It will only be necessary
to call tho attention Of the country news,
papers, whose correspondents IRE engaged in
cleaning HANEa' dirty linen, to the fact it.
self. If they have any independence left,
they will give this tricky aemagogue picce
Of fresh, rural, spioy advice TINT will aettle
his Gabernatoril p.etensions FOR \ long time
| to coma.