Middletown transcript., 1876-04-08
Letter from Washington.
Washington, D. c., April 5, '76
coNNEcrIcuT DEMOCRATIC

There is feeling Of quiet satisfac
tion over the result Of the Connecticut
election 1t was thought certain that
the State would 60 Democratic, 80 there
is no room for great rejoicing. as in the
case OF doubtful election still there
is some satisfaction 10 knowing that our
anticipations were correct
THE NEW YORK REPUBLICAN NOMINEE
WHY COMPILING IS PUT FORWARD
lis evident that the power held BY
the combination Of corrupt men. who.
with Grant at their head, control the
Republican party. is not shaken by the
disclosures Of maladministration recent
" made; and it becomes every day
more and more certain that the Gin
ciDati Convention will nominate any
man this ring shall choose. Il is ad-
united here that the STATE Of New York
with her thirty 6se electoral votes will
decide the next Presidential election !;
it being certain that neither party can
win without the vote Of that State
The endorsement Of Roscoe Conkling. q
member Of the Grant ring from the
first. BY the Republicans.of New York.
was. tbesefore, particularly grateful to
the Ring, and may be accepted as an
evidence that the decent men Of that
party will have no voice in the nonina-
ZION. Conkling has held absolute
power over the Office holders Of New
York State, and has controlled the
patronage Of the New York Custom
House. for eight years; and his strength
derived from 1.-THE cohesive power Of
public plunder." should not be under
estimated The great issue Of the COM
ing Presidential campaign will be Hon.
est Government and the Democratic
party is placing itself squarely on that
issue. While it is. as | have said.
evident that the Republican nominee
will represent the existing corruption.
il is equally apparent that the nominee
Of the Dem cratic party mnst represent
Administration reform Platforms the
people have learned to distrust. as be-
ing merely promises too often broken
The character Of the candidates will
weigh more with the people than any
pledges These questions are freely
discussed among leading men here. and
there is a healthy tone developed which
bodies well for the party.
FRAUDS. FRAUDS! MORE FRAUDS!
Henry II. Finley, Of St. Paul. MINI.
who was employed by the Interior De-
partment as an attorney to work up the
frauds in the Land Office, has dis
covered evidence Of the most startling
charcter. duplicating ex-Secreiary De-
lano, ex-assistant Secretary Cowen. and
two United States Senators. Upon
reporting these facts, few days ago,
Finley was notified that his services
were no longer required. as the Govern
m,ent did not think 1t necessary to con-
tinue the Investigation any further.
A witness before a committee Of the
House, several days since. stated tha,
Ternor W. Parke paid John Delano,
son Of Secretary Delano, $62. 600 fol
the patent for the Emma mine tract
and that the patent was issued upor
fraudulent papers now on 6le in tht
Department. John Delano has been
subpened. and further developement.
may be 10 ,ked for
SECRETARY robson
is also implicated in the most gigantic
as we'll as the most petty kinds Of fraud.
from depositing 81, 500. 900 Of govern
ment funds with the bankrupt house o
Jay Cook 4 Co., to bolster up theil
fallen fortunes, 10 having articles o
furniture for his own use made in thu
Navy Yard shops. at Government ex
pense. is
All the investigating committees art
bard at work, with every prospect o
more work to come.
POINT IN THE REPUBLICAN GAME,
in both Houses, is to provoke, by
taunts and jeers. the members who
we're identified with the late Confeder
ate States Government. especially those
who served in the Southern army. into
nnguarded utterances. Ip the Senate,
their target, for some time, has been
General G don. Of Georgia. than whom
q more courteous gentleman in debate
does not occupy seat in the Senate -
Senator Gordon. as is generally known,
laid down his arms with Lee, at Apo