The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-05-17

days leave of alb cnCe, on the score Of
i'll health. He has since tclegraphcd
TO Speaker pro tenn. $. S. Cox, desir-
ing an extensive of the leave, has be, II
urged by his physicians to resign the
Speakers chair, as the only means, if
there be any, of regaining health
This fact has not been officially an
nounced; but it is expected that it will
be when the House gets back from
the Centennial iamboree in Philadel-
phia, Should Mr.. Kerr resign, it is
probably Mr.. Cox will be chosen
Speaker. Mr.. Cox has usually filed
the chair; and his dignity and impair
TALLY have received meritcd encomi-
ums.
MORE SALES OF OFFICE.
Babcock's family and connections
are now shown up before the Congress,
and the Grand Jury of the U. S.
Court at Chicago, owe his father-in-
law, Cambell, U. S. Marshall there,
a similar compliment to that which
the Grand Jury of the District of Co
lumbia have paid the sonin.law.-
Miss Ada e. Sweet is the pension
agent at Chicago, and she testifies be-
fore Congressional Committee that,
in consideration of receiving that ap-
pointment, she agreed to pay her pre-
deccssor, David Blakely, 81, 100 and
was directed by him to pay 1t over 10
u. 5. Marshall Cambell, which she
did. Cambell came at her, however,
for 81, 800 more, saying he held Blake =
ley's note for S5,000-the whole of
which she was TO pay. Blakely was
also defaultcr in his office to the
amount of $1,000, and when Miss
Sweet took possession, he induced her
to give him Il receipt to cover up his
deficit, and afterwards brought Com
missioner Baker there, and compelled
the poor girl to pay the money,
charging the deficit to her account
She has had so much to pay out, that
she has not only had no benefit from
her office, but is worse oft by $4,000
and her time lost than when see ac-
cepted it. This is a pretty steep fig
ure to pay for a fat place. These fell
lows have not conscious enough to COW
er flea. And this. is the way the
party of moral ideas and women's
rights treats ladies when it distinguish
es them by an official appointment.
THE DEPUTY KING-MAKER.
Steinberger, Grants Deputy King
maker, has escaped from Samoa, after
having, by his vile practices, disgraced
the American name, and involved the
British and Samoans in war, which
resulted in the death of four British
marines and three natives, and the
MORALLY wounding of eight marines
and five natives that Is, if the story
related by Steinberger's brother, who
has just arrived in San Francisco from
the seat of war, be true. OF course,
Steinberger, initiating the nepotism of
his chief, had to provide for his broth
er by taking him out to Samoa, to
help carry out the infamous contracts
by which, before sailing, Steinberger
bartered away trade monOpolies to for
eigners. He has doubtless found out,
by this time, that you must "frst
catch your hare" before you can cook
him. Steinberger, his brother, and
one Coe, formerly American CONNER
cial agent at Samoa, left there Oh the
BaRaoOnta for the Fin Islands, whence
the ship was ordered to Auckland, for
investigation, whittier the King-ma-
ker, also went, as his brother says, "to
demand satisfaction" We hope he
may get it. This fellow, Steinberger,
was an agent through whom the i'm
mense sale of arms was made to the
French government during the war
with Germany, so caustically assailed
by Carl Schurz and Mr.. Sumner, in
the Senate, as corrupt transaction
and unwarrantedly low, as well as an
act of bad faith toward Germany
Steinberger was witness before the
investigating committee, and made
his account at the White House by
protecting" the War Department
Ring. After this, his reward was sure,
besides which he held an old note of
Grants for $500, which he used to
show about the city here to friends,
Boosting that he would have to be
taken care of-that they dare not
refuse him, DC. There seems to have
been some foundation for his boastful-
ness; for he was at last accredited with
plenary powers in an autograph letter
from the President to the Samoans,
and was sent out to the islands with
presents on board a United States
steamer. Upon his arrival there he
set up q monarchy, with himself as
absolute ruler. 1t is only through
the good sense of Foster, the U. S.
Consul there, that we escaped a quar-
rol with Grant Rrition n, oOneoonouoa