, 1876-04-08
Our Washington Letter

CildrIltn OF The House committee on -ic,s
has more than fulfilled the expectations of tho neo-
pie, IN reducing expenses every department of the
government. OF course he Is roundly niuse5 nv ,bs
republican press, and, TO some extent As Am sorrv
TO see, by democratic papers. This is very unfair
ihe press and the reople have been for year, howl
ing for retrenchment, reform, the cutting down o.
SALARIES, ETC., and now that have at length rt a
man IN the chair of the committee on approximations
WIN nerve enough 10 perform any UNPLEASANT but
| necessary DUTY, many papers and persons that
sIeecei ioudiy LOT reform, are abusing him for hay
ing lnaugrAted II The fact Is, every man Is anxious
| 10 have hls neighbOr's salary cut down and will
even mildly approve OF reasonable percentage being
iopped on from the salaries OF his wiies relations
| lor tIfe pubic Scoi. have 10 meet however the
INST man IN government employ who thinks thai he
himself, gets too much for his services But far bet
Ter than reduction OF salaries Is the reduction Of
the Jorce That Mr. Randall proposes in nearly every
| department The heads of departments called for
| 4Ol9 employees Mr.. Randall cuts this number down
70 oII thus saving to the government tie salaries of
! lc0i employees.
THE INDEPENDENT PRESS
Is going TO exert mighty and unprecedented in
hIienee IN the approaching campagn-a fact that the
nominating conventions, and politicians generally
viii do well 70 make note of. The number of news
papers entirely unrammelled by party ties has been
rapidly increasing from year to year as has also been
the case with papers popularity known as republican
OF democratic papers, which. proper ocrasons
pitch in the leaders and repudiate the measures Of
their respective parties hearty often into those
OF Their opponents These papers, OF whch there are
some two thousand, daily and weekly in the United
States viii certainly throw their influence in favor
OF the best men, OF course, few may DC bought up
but large number viii Get on their respective con-
Vctions. But the important fact 70 be considered by
! politicians is that these papers supported by
constituency, without whose aid they could not live
1t is reasonable, therefore, TO presume that the
papers reflect, measurably the views OF their ooast
uents. Again, here in Washington We see men every
day, from all parts CT the Union who express, sub
stantially the opinion hat their respective districts
will give majority for the hest man, irrespective OF
| party, men, North and South who have been demo-
Gratis from their birth would willingly vote for
AuriLam Lincoln, Il he were alive low not because
OF sympathy with his Political principles bat because
| OF bIs unqueStOned integrity. On the other hand,
republicans who prayed, and even some who,
| AfOIs, vOtei for Andrew JOhnsons conviction, in
1865, now regret h:s uutmely death which deprived
them Of an opportunity to urge hIS nomination FOR
the next Presidency by the democratic Convention,
! simply because lie had the deserved reputation,
Though lie. Of beng an honest man. The nan wEO,
above all othes Is attracting the attention of the
Indepen ent trrs OF the country, Is Samuel j. Ill
den the present governor OF New York 1t IS pretty
hard fOT republican 10 swallow lifelong, dyet-n-
the-woO democrat IKE Iiden; hut the sterling in
tegrIty OF the man. and the widely known tact that
| in pursuing 10 cUEvictIon and punishment, year
/ after year, the Tweed Ring, and the y. y. Canal
Ring, he has entirely ignored politics, have created
strong impression ia ms favor, all over the country
among WHO had never before thought II possible
that, under any circumstn es they could lie induced
/ ~ vote Tor democrat.
A"IHJUGHTFUL BROTHER"
The NJii0Eal RspabijeaR has article to-day, in
! which It says of President Grant: - He is a kind
husband, a tender father, rtoUJhJR brother, and
Il most loyal friend. Ms nature as generous one"
This cannot be- denied, whatever else may be said
against him. Didn't he make his son, just from
West Point, Lieutenant-ColoDel over veterans
twice lis age AMI sen hun to make the tour OF Eu
rulel Whit was It 10 Grant Il ia violated law and
regulations As lor beng thoughtful BROTHER -
didn't he w.Ite to hs dear bro her. Awful Grant, all
slopt those T.sstr.5 erif.s that we're soing 70 he
| vacant 81 that AWFUL could make the necessary
arrangements Tor selling the p!1es! As to 3eIiis
loyal friend, Bal-o X, and 8ss Sheiheri, and
| HelauO, and Tom Murphy, ami beiEisap kho" All
about that. II tins puff OF GRAFT hEd been IN an
m!Histrttiun paper, shouldn't have believed
| II buI the RpHb.scdR Is aa organ
| 4 RuLE That poS'r WORK BOTH WAYS.
| The salnc reopIe who blamed Mr.. Clymrr AMI his
committee tor letting Marsh go, after he had an
swered every question put to him, and when there
WAS 10 apparent reason for holding him, and no legal
night TO do So are now bowling with rage at the itn-
prisonment of Hallet KilbOurne, by order of the
House, because he refuses TO proiuee the evidence
demanded 1t makes great deal OF difference whose
tot the shoe pincles'' It is now proven, beyond
a question that Grant was interested IN the real
estate pool, and that it Was TO conceal That fact'
anon, others that Kilbourne refused to produce Ls
| hooks But the records show the facts, and Mr..
Kilhoulne vii find 1t useless TO attempt TO suppress
| them The same guesti rs were asked I'M, during
| The District of Columbia investigation by House
committee OF the Forty-IEIrd Congress, that are
asked him now and he refused 10 answer them, AS
he does now Bat no notice Was taken by the House
of ms refusal While there a republican iuayorF-
twin Congress, there was danger OF involving any
brI, Off i IN the scandal that the Washington reai
e.tate pool had brought on the administration
THE GENERAL OUTLOOK.
If there be any truth in the commonly received
idea that the darkest hour precedes he dawn, we
,s+ srrsIy ia standing upon the eve OF reyelauon