Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-08-24
Letter from Washington.


MN-I.N,4.N- j.. IT,.
Aug u, 1905
cur c;y VIII nj probably experience the H.
uAi -'a-u4tion following the adjournment Of
Congress h-e.u-c Of the relief Afforded bs a
cloui Of visitors io or from ihc Centennial, who
take IN and do" the National capital, going
Or returning. TEcy are readily distinguished
from the obi resident by their eager air OF in
4Iiry; by prcuIlArtic> o.drc-, ant adlrrs, and
BY certain proNinci4l!-n. Of speech. uuesriusly
pro-laimlns the place Of nativity or long con-
uuuel residence. A. = rule thvy arr c, I'll and
agreeable people, whose patriotism mauifr,t-
l,-sIi IN their grAtihrd expressions relative 10
the great Exposition they are about 10 visit or
whose wonders have been already inspected.
An exhaustive Ni-it 70 all point, OF interest in
AMI about the city appear, 10 be 4 part Of the
programme, which they stick to with 4 peril
nacity Of purpose amounting 10 herois m, con-
sidering the terrific heat Of the present season;
anu pilgrimage to Nj. V,raoo. i. il sine gau
NM 10 4 resumption 81 their journey and Is U.s.
ual.y Irictrl a, the lat and mos; interesting
oil their seric, OF excursion, while sojouruing
here. want to protest against the unkind
criticism, and structures Of these visitors. in
dulscd IN by some OF our Washington letter
writers. The statements Of such are inhospi,-
able and libelOus TO the last degree, except 10
a very few forming very small portion Of the
whole number of such eXcursioui>ts who have
visited our city during the past three months.
The last end Of Congress was turbulent and
entirely IN Keeping with its whole career. at
least tLAt Of the House si.ce it assembled in
DrceinDer. 1t had been better for thl, party
had il tied Il milestone about Randalfs stin
neck and cast him into the depths OF the sea
than 10 have given the Republicans the oppor-
tunity hi, Ob>tanaey on the appropriation bills
afforded, and which they promptly accepted to
show up the fraudulent character Of their pro-
fesslOns Of reform and economy the Democrat
ic party's responsibility for the war OF the re-
bellOn and for the terrorism and unproyoked
murders III 1T have prevailed in the south since
the war. Mr. Tilden's close sympathy with
the cOpperhead wing OF the party during the
war. and his sentiments expressed By the
resolutions Of the chicago chnvention, his
great ability tinancier shown by his
shin plaster operations in Michigan, and his
manipulation of the funds of the ST. Louis Al
ton and Terre Haute railroad, entrusted to his
custody; his career as "A reformer in connection
with VIM. Tweed, Connolly, Garyy, Geneth
sweeney, Watson and other men whose thefts
and populations have made the New York Dem
ocracy Wiley odiOus and infamous from the riy-
ers to the ends OF the earth, We're all made TO
shine with an efulgence Ike that of the noon
day sun. The majority in the House We're
shown to have repudiated a national obligation
by refusing to pay an award of the Court of
Claims; they were shown in the position of
negatively facilitating the payment Of fraudu-
lent claims out Of the U. s., Treasury, BY retu,-
ing TO appropriate 50 900 to continue the exam
ination of the rebel archives by means of which
millions have been and might be saved to the
Government, on the plea of economy; their
hgures indicating S3S. 600 .009, as the
amount saved by Democratic reduction, wer,
shown TO be quite SIS 600 900 too large and on |
the whole, the Democratic party was shown |
up as about the worst fraud OF the present GEN. |
fury. Of course carpet-bagger Cox, who has /
been made extremely misanthropic over hi, /
ridiculous antics the present session, the prone
condition be occupies at the feet of the red. /
headed kluxss and by the quantity Of crow |
be has got outside of within the past six weeks /
wanted TO fight and became very insulting; and 1
1t took an intimation of expulsion to- wiring an |
apology from him. During the last hours of |
Inc session commission WIS appointed TO in
qure into the relations of gold silver and green
backs, and to report the results of their inyes-
tgatons at the next session. scott Lord an
unfortunate DEMOCRAT from New York. be-
trayed his party into putting its eleven hoof in
to 1t, toa depth quite humiliating. Without
consultation with his party associates, he in
troduced resolution with preamble similar
to that. preceding the 18th amendment, and
reclting that as it was alleged that frauds, in
violence and blood-shed had been !