The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-07-28
FROM WASHINGTON.

FROM WASHINGTON. =
WASHINGTON, d. c., July 26, 1876.
Ex-Secretary Bristow's refusal to
testify before the committee, together
with Ex-Detective Yaryan's statement
that he believed that the President was
in some manner connected with the
whiskey frauds, has callcd forth from
the President manly, straightforward
letter to Bristow, releasing him from
all obligations to secrecy, and telling
him to tell freely all he knows. Bris-
tow has replied to this letter, and again
refuses to testify. The Presidents
friends are very bitter towards Bristow
attempted to take to himself the credit
of all the ecutions, whereas if the
truth was known it would be seen that
/ he was the most overrated man in
America. Be that as it may, all re-
straint is now removed, and it is to be
hoped that all the facts will come to
light. That the President, Babcock,
Avery and Shepherd were intimate,
familiar friends, and that the President
trusted them blindly, is well known,
but that he used his power to protect
Babcock and Avery may well be
doubted.
There is no class whom Grant so
thoroughly hates and despises as news
paper men. To him thew are simply
mischief makers anu scandal mongers.
When the petition was brought to him
| for Avery's pardon, he told the persons
who had it iii charge to go around and
| get the signatures of all the CORE
spondent that could be induced to sign
/ it, and then they could not find fault
with him if the pardon was granted.
MANY newspaper men here in this city,
with that easy going disposition that
would lead them to sign anything, so
long as it cost nothing, signed it.
When the list was printed, opposite
their names appeared the names of the
papers which they represent, and now
the correspondents feel that they have
been deceived, and are angry accord
ingly, saying that they signed in their
individual capacities only. As soon as
| Avery was convicted, his wife was
given a thousand dollar clerkship in
one of the departments.
The intensely hot weather is doing
more towards bringing about settle
ment of the appropriation bills thar
all the arguments and eloquence thai
have been expended upon them
Washington is a beautiful city, and {
delightful place to live in the winter
but in the summer it is simply unbear.
able. Had the weather continued cool
it is safe to say that neither party
would have yielded one iota, but will
the thermometer gasping at 81 in tbs
shade, and each of the members leak
ing at every pore, both sides have be.
gun to weaken. The long delay in
the naval appropriation has caused the
Secretary TO order out of commission
a number of our war vessels, and stoI
all, or nearly all of the work going or
at number of the ship yards where
Government ships were being built oil
| repaired. A compromise has beer
effected upon the army bill, which
disposes of that for the present. A
commission will be appointed to inves-
tigate into the reorganization of the
army and the reduction of the pay OF
officers, and will report next session
The appropriation for this year viii be
$2,296,000 less than for last yer
Nothing satisfactory can be given in
regard to the other bills, and it is now
almost certain that another extension
of time will have to be granted in or
der TO make provision for the contin-
ucd operation of the Governmept
After seven months Investigation in
to the affairs of the navy department
the majority of the committee have
prepared report in which they
strongly condemn Secretary Robesor
for using the naval funds in bolstering
up Jay Cooke Sc Co., when they were
in bankrupt condition for gross VIC
latiOn OF law in letting contracts; fol
his too great intimacy with the Cat.
tells, naval contractors; for gross vio-
lations in making contracts; for max
ing purchases without advertising
and number of other such acts. The
committee aquit him of having profit.
ed by any OF these things, but propose
submitting the whole testimony, " hicl
covers about 1000 pages, to the Judic.
larry committee for the purpose of de
termIning whether the Secretary shall
be impeached or not. They also con-
demR several of his officers for similar
Irregularities the diversion of funds
from the objects for which they were
1 y
political purposes; and the payment o.
the immense sums of money to Nor
man Wizard, the great gun burster.
Repeated efforts have been made by
the Democratic side of the House K
get the committee on banking and cur
rency to report bill repeating the
Resumption act, but thus far withou
success, and it is now believed tina
, they will not do so unless compelled
Our city treaurer few days ago go
} on spree and left the city, taking a.
bout So, 700 with him, when it was dis
covered for the first time that Their,
was no law against stealing the distric
funds. The treasurer got sober, came
back home and gave up the money, bu
the spree cost him his position.
The Senate has allowed the negrt
Pinchback $17 900 as the sum due him
while contesting the Senatorship from
Louisiana, and $1,000 to Sykes who
contested Senator Spencer's seat. A
great many others would now like Il
go into this business, and are willing
TO serve at less than half this sum
Neither of the men have ever served
an hour or done a stroke of work.
The advocates of silver as a lega
tender are hard at work to accomplish
their purpose by legislation: and a bill
has been prepared by the COMMITTEES
on mines, authorizing the secretary o
the treasury to issue coin notes for So
and the muItiples thereof up TO $40, COO
through the various minis and ASSAY
offices for the net value of gold anC
silver bullion they may have on depos
il. INDEX.
THE AMERICAN PEoPLE--No people in tn,
world suffer as much with dyspepsia as Amer
lean. Although years of eXperIence In med