Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1875-01-22
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. 10, 1915

Mail investigation began to pan out with
more richness than had previously been de-
veloped Irwin would not answer ques-
/ tions that would disclose names OF men to
whom he had paid money, and would go
to Jail first. So many recusant witnesses
have been put in the jug for refusing to
answer questions, that the novelty has
rather WON off, and it being understood
that the Jail rooms are cleanly, and that
so long as q man has money he can have
Wormley to provide meals, and not being
obliged to eat the questionable soup OF
the establishment he is as well off in Jail
as anywhere. No large amount of sympa-
thy is wasted upon Mr.. Irwin therefore.
Mr. Schumacher accounted for the $3.50, 900
which came into his hands very neatly.
He had been introduced to a General
Smith, and had paid Smith a considerable
portion of it, 1t was not Badly Smith,
nor Giles A. Smith, and no Gen. Smith
can be found that looks like the one who
got the money, except Gen. Morgan L..
Smith, and he died three weeks ago, so
that Schumacher is as much vindicated as
though he had told the committee he had
paid the money to one John Smith. Then
came the testimony of Chas. Albert, who
gave the names of the chaps who got some
ofthe money. Twenty five thousand went
to Mcfarland, who gave every dollar to
John W. Forney and never got cent back.
] Thus Forney must be reckoned as pure an
editor as Bowen OF tie INDEPENDENT, who
sells his columns to what pays provided
the interests of trut religion are not put in
! jeopardy. Shaw of the B >ston Irdnscril t
got fifteen thousand and used it to pay his
IA e., 81,
Piatt got five thousand dollars, but sue
ceeded in proving it was IA loan" and he
alone of all the newspaper folks came out
clean. Hersey of Maine got 81 900 which
brings the thing uncomfortable near a
distinguished officer of the House, makes
talk. and that sort of thing. None of the
money has been traced to any member of
Congress ut the time the subsidy was
granted, and if any took tAe chink. it was
taken in some indirect way, and will never
/ be proved probably. The old foxes grew
cautious about the time that the subsidy
was on the carpet, and covered their tracks
pretty well.
| The New York Bank Note companies
/ have continued their war upon Mr. Nc
Cartee the Superintendent of the Printing
Bureau, who is one Of the most careful
/ industrious, competent and faithful men
! in the service. McCartee had claimed
that il was necessary 10 the protection Of
the currency against countcrfeitinC. that
the printing should he done here, to pre-
vent the cOunterieiters from getting hold
/ of the paper on which the currency is
printed. To meet this obligation the Bank
Note companies went 10 work and by some
hoCus pocus got hold OF 100 sheets of the
paper and brought them before the COM
mittee. How they obtained them is not
known. but it is known that they have no
RICH: to them, and in getting them they
nave shown themselves able and willing
to commit a wrong. and one which renders
them utterly unfit to he placed in charge
of the note printing. No one who knows
Geo. b. McCaItee viii believe that he is
either dishonest or incompetent, and the
war upon him So tar as il is personal is an
outrage.
The greatest excitement has been over
Louisiana matters. Bayard and Schuz
made the two ablcst speeches against the
\ administration. hut Schurz attracted the
largest audience of the season. He is the
finest orator in the Senate.
Some Republicans were disatfected to-
ward the President and Joined in the de
nunciation Of him. but Logan and Howe
made able speeches on behalf of his course.
and Logan placed himself squarely on the
offensive, charging Gordon Of Georgia with
sympathy for the ku k!uX.
The Message was sent in on Wednesday.
and gave great satisfaction Ia the admin
istration party. Vice President Wilson.
who had been in great alarm about the
situation was delighted with il, and has
concluded that the President has done
pretty well, and has not put him self out
Of the pale Of the party or the Constitution.
II is generally conceded that the message
has put impeachment out of the question,
as it shows there was conformity TO the
form Of law and disposition not t. press
matters beyond the point of preservation
of order.
The Womcn's Suffrage Convention,
headed by Mrs. Stanton and Susan Il. An
thnnv held their annual convention in
Lincoln Hall on Thursday and Friday.
and was largely attended. The proceed
ings were interesting, and the speeches
able, especially those of Susan. Cady Stan
ton, Miss Burnham. and Miss Couzens
the handsome lady lawyeress of st. Louis
- Tie 'dIN" ol tue lttn INST. says :.
The Bar Association of the District, at
their last election. chose the following Off
GERS: President. Richard +. Merrick; Vice
Presidents. T. J. Durant. II. X. Elliott
Treasurer, William F. Mattingly, and Sec
rotary, John +. Hanna. Without intend
ing To make invidious comparisons, the
choice of Mr.. Merrick tn the presidency of
| the association is just tribute to his long
services and high standing at the bar and
to the position he occupies in his profes-
sion
! BUTLER IN GREAT GLEE-When the fact was
whispered about upon the floor of the House,
the day Abert's list read, that several
/ newspaper men had been discovered with poe
kets full of Pacific Mail swag, Butler INDUCED
/ in mock grief, greatly to the amusement of a
/ lot of members who gathered about him. cod
/ Cock-eye' put one hand in his pocket. passed
! his hand sadly over his face as he said in
| gloomy mock stricken tones 81 want to die
now Ny confidence in everything is gone |
| have long known Congress was corrupt, and
| last summer my faith in ministers was consi-
ierably shaken. However. | would not give
up. | chung to my sweet faith in the purity of
the immaculate press. Now that is gone.
have nothing left. The sweet dove of purity,
! like the dove first sent out of Noah's ark can
| find no resting place. Let me die now" said
| ''Old Cock-eye,' with a savage twinkle, amid
| the roar of the members about him. 1t is the
| only good news the old man has heard this
season The best of it is that Shaw was the
author of a jeering dispatch sent to the old