The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1875-03-05
MATT, CARPENTER.
Fhe Man VIII" Fooled With Newspapers.


washington Letter to tho Chicago Times1
And so Wisconsin has stepped on
MN: The sanity Carpenter, whose
soul Knew no guile, who never owned
lounge, and who never saw Long
hranch in all his life, has been fattcn-
ea beneath the Badgers foot. Thus
they so. Even the few Republican
States that were left out in the cold
When all the rest of the country stepped
inside and warmed itself ut opposition
tires, are not reliable. Christiancy laws
out Chandler; Ramsey ia like to be
putVcri|ed by vile independent:
Carpenter is Kicked to death by u forth
| country lawyer with the unpropitious
tame OF Cameron. The birds Of the
air have roosts, and the beasts Of the
field their hiding-p places, but the Adj
mlnistratlon is sure of nothing.
This Carpenter came to Washington
six years ago, like the Russian Prince
i'll ':Caste," ''somebody at home," but
of little account elsewhere. He was
known outside his own State only as 1,
lawyer who had talked solid constitu-
ton and slang English in the Near
die case before the Supreme Court of
the United States, and as one of the
Butler-l l.ogan-NIorton floppers from
poverty stricken Democracy to lucra-
| tive Radicalism.
Elected Senator on Il narrow shave,
he showed his gratitude to those who
had heiped squeeze him through by
kicking them out of Federal Jobs.
Then he chassezed toward the ca pital,
where he was met with open arms-it
is said they We're not all masculine
arms.
| / iS 81 toy 1,l, H. 4
somebody. Carpenter had it bad. He
wanted to be somebody besides him
seli-anothcr laudablc desire. He con-
clu'lcu he would be another Conkling.
With all of the latter's almighty CON
| ceit and malignnncy, but with none of
ms respect for the common dcccncies
or life, Carpenter started in to make u
Western ConkIing of himself.
Conkling hated newspapers. Carpcu-
ter would do the same. Ilcjoined with
the yclloWhcadcd knight OF criupiny
pins, who has been known to mako
eleven visits TO II Utica tailor ere sat
isfaction ut the adjustment ofn new
coat Tiled his Senatorial fastidiousness,
iii jailinG two correspondents. Tho
crime OF tho scribcS was in Obtaining
and publishing certain information
which Conkling and Carpenter thought
should not bc made public. Opinions
will differ. The New York sovereign
ana his Wisconsin counterfeit were
current coins OF the Washington realm.
t'hcy Wrr" onlnipOtcnt where the hum
Die currency of correspondent only
passed as secondary. The upshot of tho
furry was that tho newspaper attaches
played nicr game OF checkers with
their noses in accll under the Capitol.
senatorial dignity was rindicntcl, and
-, fn.. a. .I.,.I L.,
tries ut Long f;r,ncf, because he had
beaten the newspapers.
So it went for six years. IIe could
t":dy Grant; Iickspittlc every spat OF
The diplomatic corps; wig II m,,,ltllcd
head at the sidrboard of each big and
little lobbyist, and tag pctticonts till
daylight. For journalists and jOurry-
iism he had only conrsc rcbuns and
towering insolcnc". When tho respect
able correspondent appeared to him in
n friendly spirit for legitimate informn-
tion, he huttoncd his cont about him,
made impudcnt rcjonder, and swag-
gcred away. He had petty prosecutions
and jibcs, in the shape OF "statiOncry
rcsolutions' for correspondents sneak
ing press gag laws for the editors.
lie pridcd himself, toward the close
of his term, on being one of tho few
reached a place where the darts of the
independent press were unable to reach
h!m. ga newspaper which takes the
side Of no political party is powcrlcss
for good or cviI,' he said. Then hnv-
ing played with small electric machines,
ne grew cr,zcd, and fnncicd he could
fool with the lightning. 81 regard the
uttcranccs of independent newspapers"
said Carpcntcr,' with no more nttcn-
tion than ! would give to ordinary
street rumOrS."
This grew tedious at last, and the
bolts Of wrath were let slip. Carpenter
became the object of press solicitudc.
He had voluntarily taken an interest
in them. The papers now took an in
tCrc5t in him. They Glove to him like
II brother; like Il poor mans plaster;
yea, even aS Hercules Glove to Antms.
They arc still c!caving, and under their
embrace the OvcrblOwn bladder is
shrinking astonishingly. When their
grip shall finally be lOOscncd, CARPENTER
will be found in his correct proportions