The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1876-04-22
From the National Capital.
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.

rhOh Ouh COhthhfONDENI.
WASHINGTON, April, II. 1875.
1t seems that there IL never to be an end Of
the blackemng developments which follow i'm
rapid succession and rum one after another
men high IN the councils of q party that once
assumed to comprise Within itself all the inttll-
gence and morality of the country II the Repub
lcan party was ever party of great moral
ideas" its deciples certainly have not maintain.
ed themselves men of great moral practice
rhe leading sensation Mt this moment is the re-
port concerning MIR. Blaine. jim " Blaine as
he is most frequently called Just now reads all
his Republican competitors IN the Presidential
race. The reason for 1t IL his superior tact for
organization. and the fact that he has had the
confidence Of a class who ere not in sympathy
with the White House ring. Blaine has been
Just outside the inner circle and is generally
regarded IN his own party as a Representative
Republican. Not that he ia classed as strictly
pure man, even by his friends, for his associates
In Co gress cOncede that he ia both tricky and
,nsincere. But he possesses IN an UNUSUAL de-
gree that useful and happy faculty of being all
things to all men, and uniting all factions in his
interest. In the last Congress he made friends
with the Conservative element Of his party and
at the beginning of the present session he rever
sed his tactics and started out to make himself
solid" with the ultra south hating element.
1t is by such artifices as these that Blaine has
nut himself forward as the popular candluate
y is interesting @ 70 % see % h,m when holding one
corner at the rear of the row OF seats he stands
the centre of sometimes a group Of twenty per-
sons, mostly outsiders, whom lie has admitted.
and he passes from one TO tine other III his role
of great American hand shaker In that cha-
rncter he has no superior.
The story OF Mr. Biaine's receiving sb4oOu
IRON the Union Pacific Railroad Com uauy is OF
course promptly denied by III, but It contains
inherent evidences OF truth and IL believed by
politicians generally. Blaine would have hard
work 10 pass for an honest man. His ieput
ton for slnartness" ohd tor trading ia too well
Established and too Incompatible with any such
theory. There lS not more unsCrupulous and
instructive trader IN politics TO day, and II he
should finally suaceed in getting tne nomlna.
hon-wnch he wont-lt Will be by means Uf
some of the shubblest trades and barc aims ever
mace At least hait his workers iu various
pats of the country arc tOr him because Jhev
have been made to believe that there is some
thlng III II for them personally. This is nOtOr.-
Gus. If elected President his administration
would only be approached in rOttenne is bv his
Immediate predecessor lie has been out of the
Grant inner circle, not because he is too hone t.
Jut because he cou d not get in The sci CT few
who manage things could not trust Blaine
They knew his uuphclty aud feared his treach-
ety In pursuit OF his own ends. a prominent
RepuDiican, who mas Oeen United Sti tes sen
tor and occupied position high in tue Uuncis
of the party, s0lJ to me today tlat II Blaine
was nominated by the Repuhh cans ne would be
Dlackeneu DeyOnd hope before the enc of The
canvass said he: There are men WHO know
tnngs concerning James q. Blaine that would
sink HIM TO a lower depth than BelKnap has
fallen" This ex-senator beheves the indiana
polls story. one circumstance very much
against Blaine is tnat come OF his own par
u sans are more ieaoy to believe reports to his
dscredit than are the Democrats This Is be.
cause they know Inn DetteC have the name
Ot gentleman in Boston who is said 10 DO seas
secrets touching Blaine's puUlic career that
would damn him eternal Y If ulvulged, vet this
same gent eman advocates HIS nOmln tiOn TO
III n ron tNVag nrtap pE Nls,
Things lately ninted at is tina Blame aud PO.
lHnC sold out In the Arkansas case last WINTER.
The BaOCOCk case has continued to occupy at
tenuon the past week and the further II goes
the worse it gets, From the evidence OF four
witnesses, detectives and toOs employed on the
JOB. responsibility lOr the nYs eriOus and nOto
nous safe burglary case has " en- fastened up
on HIM. Ibis ls the wors Of all his nnsdeens.
1t was an attempt to save the District ring here
by putting up Job hat should ruin an hOnored
citizen who mad been active IN exposing their
imquiues. Boss shepherd evidently put "BaJ"
10 the 'front.', being himself too shrewd to appear
ON the surface The latest phase of Bgbc,ck's
troubles Is the apparent pu pose of the Lang"
to throw hlm overheard. Ii o is caught aud they
must do lG TO tighten the sinking craft. TIL
was fOreshadOwed by Grants relieving him
from uuty at the " Into house and by the At
tOrney Generals tes lmony concerning the stDl.
en- letter. He is completely broken town
man The change in his personal appearance is
most startling, so emaciated and caTeworn is he
becoming. Had the circumstances been other
lhan as tney are there would have 0een a great
deal OF sympathy ior HIM. and matters would
not 40 so naru with ann. But his COurse seems
TO nave been SO mexcusable. He was young
man occupying an exalted position. He was
educated at the expense OF the Government and
had life office ample for all his wants, lund
full of honorable distinctions, There was no
temptation induced by necessity, or anytning
axiu 10 1t; vet ne permitted himself TO commit
series OF crimes. the more desplcabe because
Of his position, and eXtendiug thrOIgn several
years. 1t must be native wickeaness-the ut
Ter lack of moral character, What cOuIse Will
be taken III these later developments is not
known definitely, but his indictment is prob.
aole here Is even talk of his flight II permit d.
Ihe senate has just passed the House bill rela-
tive to the Improvement Ut the pub ic buildings
and grounds, leaving in the provision taking
from BabcOcS the disbursement OF funds for
TINS purpose so That, after the LIST OF JuiY, his
position as superintendent Will be merely nOnIi.
nal Heretofore he has disDursed millions OF
dollars annually In the discharge of tins duty
lhe House, aside from the trans, ctiOn OF some
miscellaneous business, has occupied itself tins
week with the consider alton OF the hill Tor
Transferring the Indian Bureau TO the War De-
partment The indications are that the bill viii
fail 10 pass. The silver coinage bill passed the
senate with the provision maKing it legal ten.
der to the amount Of $50 stricken out, and the
House has agreed 10 this amendment, so that
with the Pre- idents signature it becomes a law.
we may soon expect TO handle silver change III
place OF ragged fractional currency. L learn
that the smallest and meanest OF all counter.
Ieits,-a 6-eent pleoe-ls now circulating in great
numbers throughout the country. 1t is ldenti-
cil IN weight and fiueness with the genuine
coin, and is WORTHLESS only because not made at
the Government mint The cent piece IL a
sham and deceit at best for 1t costs the Govern.
ment. including material, labor, ETC.. less than
ha 4 II cent apiece or ten per cent OF its nominal
value, some OF the cOuntertelts were recently
sent TO the superintendent OF he mint IN Phila-
dolphin by the Treasurer for the purpose of
maElng inquiries ana TO test their value. The
superintendent says the cOunterieIts have been
assayed and found 10 contain copper and nicAel
IN the legal proportion, Ihat the coins are of
proper weight, Slze and finish, and Just as val
liable as the good com. The only way Co detect
The spurious coins is by the imperfect impress
SION OF the legend I'm God We trust"
oRPHRUs.