The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1876-07-14
our Washington Lertee

-""'e NOiStFsuoID lD'tt-s bouiE ~
the reformer Morlisy and tile in,
diciousand effective Disbursement,
of the "barrelef money there, are
regarded by many Democrats here
as the modest beginnings of a vel
matvred plan to secure the sue.
cess of the Democratic party mex,
November by the wholesale cor.
ruption Of voters. Indeed the in
discreet boast Has more than once
been made in this city since Til.
den's nomination that millions Of
dollars are already available fol
that purpose.
The.S. Louis nominations were
last night ratified at the city hall
The decorations and display OF
fireworks were tasty audibrilliant
and the attendtnee quite large
but did not approach that of the
Republican meeting held about
two weeks since, either n.Roint OF
members, the individual respect.
ability of most of thaParticipants
OF the spontaneous enthusiasm
manifested. The applause last
evening was confined almost ex.
clusively to those Immediately
surrounding the stand and the
membGrSo Of the few ward associa-
tons present, Among the speak
ers were Randolph Tucker and
Harris, of Virginia, two extreme
state Rights men and open de
Tenders of the rebellion and the
rebel atrocities practiced upon
disarmed prisoners Of war; Ma
grauder and McCreery Of Ken
lucky; Tarbox, just cenpalescing
from the terEible shock received
in the Hegse a few weeks since.
Eaton of Connecticut aud Sam
Randall. They were unanimous
as to their estimatiOnof the sinful
character Of the Republican party
and the pressing necessity of de-
strowing it root and branch. The
peaceful, harmonious condition
of the Country under Democratic
were feelingly, almost tearfully,
alluded TO, Reform" of the civil
service-the ousting of eighty OF
ninety thousand Republican Off
Gals and installing more than
that number OF fasnished hollow
Keyed, gaunt Democrats, appeared
to excite unboundcd enthusiasm
and enlist the harty sympathy OF
the unwashed throng. The feel
ings of the salary-grabbing Ran
dali almost over powered him
when he came to li+ owm pet
tlleme-economy.
The massacre Of Custer and
his command which now seems
only too well authenticated, has
directed the attention of the
country very generally to the pro-
posed reductions of the army
proposed by our Confederate
economists at a time when our
few remaining regiments are be-
ing wiped out, by the disafected
Indian tribes Ina the West. Just
what has happened to Crook and
Custer has been often predicted
in the H0Nse' and Senate this ses-
sion by men having long expert
ence in legislating for the inter
ests of the Government, but with
out appreciable- effect upon the
indiscriminate cutting and slash
ing of the appropriations. The
murder OF those men is one of the
bitter fruits Of peGtial restoration
Of Democracy to nationals power.
Secretary Chambers inopportune
discovery Of the ante-war method
of investing public funds has Gre
'ated quite a stir of CONSERVATION
among the reformers of the House
and Senate. An act of the pres
ent Congress required him (Chan-
dler) to turn over to the Secreta-
~ of the Treasury the Indian
trust funds; and while taking an
inventory OF them it was discov-
H.I O..
cred that frauds had BEEN perpe-
trated by officials under Demo
cratic administrations prior to the
war, which now amount, inclu-
ding the accrued interest, TO be-
tween four and five million dol
What line of defense will
be adopted by their present apol-
.gists in Congress, has not yet
developed. The dismissal
Of Yaryau was at first eagerly
as another evidence that
President Grant was wholly "giv-