The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1876-04-08
From the National Capital.
FROM OUR CoRpEsroNDENr

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Republican pot icians Their tender feeiinRs
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n''' no" " " 'v"'o w" 'iy Wy 10 'io
House goes eiong IN the even tenOf OF It's way
getting deeper ana deeper dny by day INTO the
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inquiries that hhNe grown up anu houflsheu
unuer corrupt administration long IN power.
The situation can hardly be appreciated. ex.
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its gradually aneumulating conditions. The
quiet unoatentatious deter mlnntion OF the Dem
aorat. ,,,od n,, surh T,as,,n,,, ,,,. 40 so,,ara,
oo'''' ",uou " SUI ~ p.""' n'o "s 'o"o,H'
Ranks, Professor Seeyle, Mr.. wills. and Mr.
stevenson to correct abuses and protect the in
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leres's o' the people, Is met NJ every poht ny
subtle tricks nnd artful dodges on the Repub-
ucon s,da IN dastro,, or deteat the usefulness of
every measure 1he bepuonsaps III uis Coh'
gress are not trying to do anything, or to bring
.or, .,,,, ,,,aoa,,ros rr,,a,r ontv obiect IN IN
'u'""u uiiF H'easuioS' i"Oi Vi,'S O''s"' =, W
cover mp Their Olu tracks, protect thelr JOOOers
VINO nave peon causn' anu ueies' ,no De",o, ~,
craCS' ~ 'neS oun"oV "evo'ip'sn Nv 'n's W
TICKS and DunoomDe In the House. they relv
upun a Republican Senate to do the practical
mart of tine work Thus L. Ia that deadlock
| already exists between the two ouses upon nll
the nnnroprlatiOn I liz wherein the Demncratlc
| mnioiity IN the House has voted TO prune down
| and eliminate some of the extrAvagences of
| past re .kless legi5alOn and official eXpendi,
tuTes
Another illustration 10 found In the proceed.
mrs relating 10 the army bill Just passed by the
HOusn. 1liS Dill prepared Dy General
| Banning. Of Ohio, chairman OF che Military
| COMMITTEE. alter mucn careful study on the
| subject IT does not reduce the nun Der Of the
| army, or IN auy way impair its efficiency. but
| bv consolidating regimeuCs and cutting down
some of the higher salaries 1t effects saving of
half million doll lars per annum The reduC-
tons were made in aecordance with the advice
| of General Sheridan who SAID TO the committee,
| cut OF at the head, and not at the fool" Gen;
| Blnnlng In his remarks upon the bill explained
| That the saaries reduced were what might be
termed war salaries They are not necessary
| now. 1t Is estimated that o family can be cloth
ed. housed aud fed now as cneaply rs at any
| time within thirty years. Good carpenters read
| fly accepv work at 81, ,25 day I6 never was
Ia der to pay taxes than now, or never could
deserving men be found IN greater numbers 10
| perform official dut es on small salaries In 1860
hee Spsaier ~ fs OF line asa one Of the
| the staff making five general officers whose ag
gregale pay and allowance amounted to s3S,sOO
eral three major generals, six brigadier gener
ais Of the line and seven of the stafi, making
Snces amounted to siei ,iss being an increase Of
| four to one IN number and more than four to
one in amount. The bill reduces che pay and
| allowances OF the General II the Army from
slS, 900 per aInum to $1,000 which was douGle
that of n senator and % per cent more than that
| Of CaOinel officer ana that Oi Supreme Court
| Judge Of the LieutenenG General from Sl3,BOO
| TO sS,OOO. winch was more than so per cent more
than that of Senator and equal that Of Il Cabi.
net officer OF mgjor general from 10000 TO
5000, winch was 70 per cent more han the pay
| of a senator OF brlgaOier general from 81 20 o
| TO tne taHle ~ pay O1 n senator, tnus
mnklug saving or s6OOO on the pay OF general
officers. The paw proper of q cnlomel, lieuten-
ait colonel, major, captain, and first heutenen ant
WAS not changed these are the hard working
| officers OF the army many Of them having been
| general officers during the late war. Adding TO
the amount saved Dy these reductions that saw
cd by ne reduction in the amount OF transpOr-
tatiop, aud in other ways, the bill effects an az.
gregate saving as given above. The Ul passed
that exceedingly smart shvster from Iowa.
hamed kasson. whoi always Oh the hooP and
must always make an ass OF himself, proposed
| to amend the title 40 as to read An act to pun
lsh the officers of the army fOr cher gallant SER
wees in preserving the Union" General B an
nlng sad the amendment ought to he referred
TO the gallant soldier IRON Iowa who nlads the
amendment, Mr. kasson replied that he was
ready TO report for duty winch gave tanning
the opportunity Tor 3 ylnR You show more
reaulness now than during the war when you
cou not % persuaded TO report with knap
sack on your Dach."
spea aing Of army officers recalls General
Clusters testimony day or two ago before Mt
SSmsrs sa coSe n,H into ine aaadns oar"s com o
tractors, Indian thieves, Orrvtle Grant. and the
secretary OF v ar and was no respector OF per
sons. lie spoke his mind freey ana only once
IN the course OF his examination did he hes inte
To answer square'y ana Imriyt He had known
OF the traillI<i IN osttradeiships on the up,
Of the secretary OF War TO them IN person. he
explained at length the nloduS operdnot OF
cheating In che furnishing OF Indian snDpne' B.,
and gave it as his opln'on that the Indian bu
reau, as well as the War Departmtnt was rot
ten 10 tne very cOfe DE bltu unaJ Jne erect Oh
Grants proclamation, extending the Great
sioux reservation, was solely To increase
the profits OF the traders Orrvile Grant and
his partners. IL dld not prevent the Indians
from getting wnlskeY 1t was 30 ely for the m
3 actors b IN ut When asNed II he thought
the purpose of tie Presidents proclamation
was to increase the advantages OF his brother
as an Indlan trader. he hes tated, and then sand
that he would rather not have tile question
pressed One e. W. Rice claim agent here
and an intimate friend OF Belknaps whom Gus
| ter SwOre received $1,000 Tor obtaining post
| leadership appointment, published n card nexi
day stating that Custer ned. The General mel
him on Thursday evening on G street and ad
minlstered u severe Gaming.
Two weeks agn stated that certain Senators
had resolved To defeat the House bill for tht
| pro iectiOn OF Witnesses Other correspondents
made the same assertion, because there Wa,
good reason to believe it TO be true. But wheI
ling rose TO personal explanations and denoupc
ed newspaper correspondents III general
DIRTY WORK Logan" was particularly butter
and IN a most intemperaIe and lncreduou,
speech made use of language only ft for tn,
lowest bar-roOm. Now IL transpires that thu
! Senate Judiciary Committee has agreed Il
strangle tue bill, just as predicted. The drec
result OF this will Ue to stIfie the investigation
. now IN progress into the iniquiues of the Ad
ministrahOn, and to send every man out of tn,
country whose evidence would show the
Iascality OF Grants office holders The detec
tves Of the Canadian cities lave telegIaphed {,
, have placed then selves beyond the Jurisdiction
OF the House by seeking refuge on foreign soil
If the Senate would pass The ouse bill tbes
M yvOuld nj "a