The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1876-05-11
NATIONAL CAPITAL.

WASHINGTON, ID. e, May ., 1876.
EDITOR TINES: One by one the ISLANDERS
fall, and Messrs Morton, Blaine and Bris-
toy brush them away like cobwebs on
wall. These three gentlemen have been
particularly fortunate, which all fair
minded men will truly appreciate. On the
eve OF presidential canvass, all assertions
against prominent men affecting their in
tegrity and honor, must be received with
caution, and
SOME LEADING DEMOCRATS
have recently been flooded with this impress
sion, for not few of them have made blum
ders in everything they have put their
hands TO, and the more unfortunate for
them is that everybody over the country
knows it. In the selection Of the House
officers, one would think they had had ac-
cess to the museum in New York called
the Rouges Gallery" or some other place
equally famous for material out Of which
they could embeilish the House officers.
They came in with flourish of trumpets,
with Benz. Hill, Regain and Tucker in the
vanguard, when these valiant knights fired
and iell backward in bad order.
ZEN. HILL
is peculiar-looking man-large, square
built, about five feet eleven inches, sandy
hair, pale-blue eyes, chin-whiskers half
gray and cropped, carries his head ten de-
grees down in the bow, ten degrees TO the
starboad, As if effected with carbuncles,
confines himself to his seat most of the
time writing letters, was Davis right-bower
in the Confederate Congress, and the Con-
sentative Democrats guard him as show
men do Bengal tiger, after having devour-
ed all the women and children in the
neighborhood. Ii was my privilege TO meet
him, the other evening, and to hear him on
the absorption of the States in the Federal
the recent division # the Su-
preme Court on "eminent domain" the
personality of the States and their SOW
ereignty, and of a dark and doubtful fu-
ture. One Democratic member swore to
read him out of the party, in the House, if
he showed signs OF lie hereafter, and there
fore Ben. thinks somewhat but says moth
ing.
REGAN, OF TEXAs.
was born in Palestine Tennessee; was in
the 35lh and seth Congresses; was Post
master General of the Confederacy, and
Acting Secretary OF the bankrupt Treasury
when the war ended. He is a stout built
man, about the size of Jim. Legate; dark
dark heavy hair, heavy eve
brows. ewes well set under forehead. face
covered with coarse stunted whiskers;
voice sounds as though in close proximity
fn hAf tnfrsh and he,
not like TO meet in the pine knobs without
a companion Of some kind.
TUCKER, OF VIRGINIA.,
was born at Winchester, Va, where Nc
Clellan mounted his wooden guns; was At
torney General OF Virginia in ls57-6l, and
Professor of law at Washington and Lee
University, Va, and belongs to the IF. +.
N's."-whaiever these letters stand for, in
1876. He decided, while Attorney Gen
eral, that a country squire could gobbe up
a Postmaster, whenever he found the Post
master delivering trashy mail matter from
the North.
His size and make is after the model of
Judge Sears, though his hair is darker and
a little gray. In 1857, SO and 80 these
men were known as the "fre-eaters" of the
South, and in &c, with due respect, We call
them ''unreconstructed rebels" for want of
4 more appropriate name. With the for
mer. Mr.. Blaine had tilt, and routed him,
and with the latter he has little spats every
now and then.
SAMUEL SULLIVAN cox,
Of New York, Familiarity known rs Sunset"
from somewhat graphic description he
gave of that luminous body, ''The Sun
Setting" in the Columbus Salesman in
1854, which sobriquet follows him to this
day, and most persons know him only by
this name, is prototype in politics Of Hill,
Regain and Tucker, and only for residence
North, would be worse than they. He has |
been fifteen years in Congress, and is nov a |
rarpet-bagger of New York. A man can |
live nearer Georgia, in politics, in New
\ ork than any other locality north of Ma
ION and Dixon's line Hence he lives in
New York. He is the real Speaker of the
House, while Kerr il the 6gure-head only.
Cox is versatile, volatile and venomons,
largely in wit and humor,
put in retort and sarcasm invariably
'sloshes" over. Those who have seen Gov.
Tom. Osborn can have a very good Likeness
a r..
The contested case of Farwell vs.. L-
noyne, from chicago is still before the
House, and Is holly contested on both sides.
In Illinois the ballots are numbered, and
when duplicate Numbers appear in the
,ount it shows evidence of fraud, and in
his case many duplicates appeared in the
inal count in some wards. A poll of forty
'aupsrs, who voted late and early, and who
we're csrted from one precinc; to another
al day long, is the vote on which Iemoyne
,laims seat in Congress, and, as Demo-
rats never go back on one another, under
my circumstances. he is likely to be admit
ed on the vote of forty paupers, duplicated
everal times.
JUDGE BROWN, or KANSAS,
made gallant fight for Farwell on Satur-
lay in q speech OF over one hour, which is
eally unapswesable to anybody but Demo-
rate, and iron numerous precedenfs show
d that Tie House nust, II it seated Lei
noyne, tam its back On all precedent and