Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1876-04-21
'oue WASHINGTON LETTER.

WASHINGTON. -. T..
March 20. Is76.
Byron writing about the army OF sen
nachcrib, said
.rhe Assyrian came down IKE wolf on
the fold. -, 1901.
His cohorts were cleaning with purple
and gold"
And a. It "a with rs. An army almost
- great as that which the Assyr'an MOI,
.rcl, led into Judea is now here anu ad'
vanc,ny here. 1t is an army Of witnesses
they come
Gas the waves come when tn" navles are
stranded
They come from far and near, from the
rock ribbed coasts Of Maine to tell what
,hrv know Of Kitterny Navy Yard-from
the everglades of Florids. from the sun
buried plains of Ar'zona-from VIII RI
tine Pacific leaves the golden shores OF
Cal,torn q, end the sun, as it follows Hor-
ACE Gree:ey's advice to '.gO west. bids
adleu to Amerlca-from the ''banana belt,
through which J,y Cookies roa" was not
built from the pine forests OF Minnesota,
from the great lakes IF the north-in fact
they are coming from everywhere. ana
the second and third rate hash house keep
ers rejoice. Ten cents per mile and four
dollars per day, with the opportunity I"
see the great men If the nation assembled.
are Inducements not to be en-. crcl a.
Iris armV Of ours is not lik' 'neqpfn-
n cheribs, CLOTHED in purple and god.
They are rather shabby in appearance -
look seedy III fact, aud not as though they
h.d been fed at the public crib.
For the benefit of your lmpecun'ous
read. rs who want to visit Washington and
zee the babb ers III the 'Ower and the great
father in the White House. will 'el you
how to get here Let US suppose Smith
an Jones want 10 come. AT once Smith
10 ditcs Il letter to Clymer. give his name
and nd rcss in full Tor want to see Smith
and Jones, @'Hon. Hester Clym'r. NJ. C.,
Washington, L. c.: l. that letter Smith
says .Jones,'' giving his full name AID
address, knows something about the sale
Of post leadership" ut once Clymer
Jones. On his arrival Jones
goes to Scales, NJ. c., or Whittborne, NJ.
C., and says that his friend Smith, Civ
ing full name and address, ''knows some
thing about Navy frauds or Indian s'ea'-
,ngs and a, once Whitthorne or Scales
sen summons tor Smith. So both
Smith and Jones get to visit the capital
and have their expenses paid by the dear
peopl" THIS is just til way the 4 .di
Gals used to do it. and the Democrats are
proving that they are proving that til, y
are good copyi>ts-in tact they are lall''
b. atipg the original inventors of this
plan. Tor there are more wlt.esses sum
moned than ever before. The a. propria
ton Is exhausted and the cry is still give,
give
Excep. to investigate, tie babbl RS are
dong but little. They meet and tolk-and
talk and falkland tn adjourn. occa-
si"nally sOmeth. G is said about the up
preparation bill, or some law that is need
led. but that is all. 4 nso!u:ion va
adopted in the Ilou-e I" have rec nigh
MEETINGS per We k, but it was se,ntl' d
the next ,Iay, rs it inrerferred too much
with the real bu-n. 81 of Congress-in
v-stiga ion. should be glad ~ an,
or ert~ef,in,e,'t, expos Fl. bur no sensible
man can approve this plan Ut sending q
drag net all over the country and bring
ing men here to te,t,iy, bee use some II
newspaper. i>,harg.d Gle, k
.r unpaid lobbyist has said that som.
officer has been guilty Of wrong doing
Where !, d finite cnsrye IS mad, by re.
sponsibie man. it should be examined mic
no one would mini the expense.
The case of Hailet KiIbourne. of thu,
city, should attract more attention than
has been given TO it. The facts are few
am SIMPLE ana l will give them that YOU
readers may judge of what Congress !.
doing. Some years ago five gentlemen Of
this city put in 5000 Piece into p,.,
to purchase real estate upon speculation
Jay Coke & Co. put !" an equal am"un
and h llb0urne was made trustee, N whose
name the properly was bought. The,
fought extensively and were supposed t
have information as to where improve
meats would be made that would nhanc.
the value of properly. Jay Cooke 4 Co.
failed, largely indebted to the Govern
lmen'. and he bankrupt court 10 looking
after his Interest in in the pool. Som.
men have asserted that certain official,
Lere were interested in this speculation
and have excited curiosity okno~ WHEEL
Ter this is SO Or not BY some means a.,
inyestis alton Of The real estate pool, h ),
bee" Or'irred ami Mr. KiIbourne sv,omon
I'd 10 appear before it and produce all hi.
6>'oks AMI papera. He vent befor. IT,.
committee and was asked. who we,e thu
rneu'befs Of the pool!' He d. clin+ d te
tell anil politely told the commit. e ",h.,
It was none Of their business He also re
fused 10 pr"dace his books aod papers. a.
|'bey we're only on pr,ya,e business OF
himself and partners, but offered If any
responsible person would make IN affi.la
vt that the Cover ment was in any way
interested, to produce his bt0ks aud an
swer ~Il questions that nigh: b+ sske l.
Instead Of requiring this The committee
t'ok Mr.. K,lbourn- be ore the House a. 4
rec''sant witnsss. fhe House decided
that be was IN contempt AMI sent him "a
the district Jail, where he has heen fol
|nearly two weeks. Under a law of Con.
|gress. passed regularly, whenever q wit
ness refused to answer II is the duty Of
presiding officer to certify the facts 10 the
District Court, and the itness is liable n