Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-04-29
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
N-~H1yGToy, u. c., April >, 1876.
,ONNECTIcCT DEMOCRATIC.

the State would go Democratic, SO
there is no room for great rejoicing. as
in the case Of doubtful election; still
there is some satisfaction in knowing
that our anticipations were correct.
THE NEW YORK REPUBLICAN NOMINEE
WHY coSKLISG Is PUT FORWARD.
It is 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 Observation-Disclosures re-
Gently make; and it becomes every day
more and more certain that the Cincin-
natl Convention will nominate any man
this ring shall choose 1t is admitted
here that the State of New York, with
her thlrty-fyo electoral, votes will de-
eide the next Presidential election; it
being certain that neither party can
win without the vote of that State.
The endorsement of Roscoe Conklin, a
member of the Grant ring from the
first, by the Republicans OF New York,
was, therefore, 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 nornina-
ton. Conkling has held absolute pow
er 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 " the cohesive power of public
plunder," should not be under-esti-
mated. The great issue of the coming
Presidential campaign will be Honest
Government; and the Democratic par
ty is placing itself squarely on that is
sue. While it is, as I have said, evil
dent that the Republican nominee will
represent the existing corruption, it IS
equally apparent that the nominee OF
the Democratic party must represent
Administration reform. Platforms the
people have learned to distrust, rs be
ing merely premises 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 we'll for the party.
FRAUDS, FRAUDS. MORE FRAUDS,
Henry H. Finley, of St. Paul, Mimi,
who was employed by the Interior De
partment as an attorney to work up the
frauds in the Land Office, has liscoy-
cred evidence Of the most startling
character, duplicating ox-Secretary 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 Gory7-
mem did not Hiah It aece&&ary 10 coutiap'
the HreStiyatjon 0,,y further.
\ witness before committee Of the
House, several days since, stated that
Trenor W. Parko paid John Delano,
SON Of Secretary Dclano, S62, oOo for
the patent for the Emma mine tract,
and that the patent was issued upon
fraudulent papers now on file in the
Department. John DeIano has been
subpwnaed, and further Developments
may he looked for
SECRETARY robson
is also implicated in tue most gigantic
as we'll as the most petty kinds OF
frauds-from depositins 81 800, coo OF
Government funds with the bankrupt
house of Jay Cooke & Co., to bolster
up their fallen fortunes, TO having arti-
cles of furniture for his own use made
in the Navy Yard shops, at Government
expense.
All the investigating committees are
hard at work, with every prospect OF
more work to come.
POINT IN THE REPUBLICAN CANE.
in both Houses, is to provoke. by
taunts and jeers, the members who
were identified with the late Confederate
States Government, especially those
who served in the Southern army. into
unguarded utterances. In the Senate.
their target, for some time, has been
General Gordon, of Geolg ia. than
whom more courteous gentleman in
debate does not occupy seat in the
Senate Senator Gordon, as is gener-
ally known, laid down his arms with Lee
at Appomattox, and has never violated
his parole, and yet, Morton and his
brother Radicals have hurled their en-
venomed shafts at him repeatedly Y, hope
ing to provoke him into on angry and
unguarded reply. The devil on two
sticks, rs the witty Don Piatt styles
the senior Senator from Indiana, re-
Gently called Gordon :" a living monu-
ment Of the ma9nanimity of the Rcpub-
lican party fondly hoping that the
Georgia Senator, in reply, would say
something which he. Morton, and his
followers, could quote from the poll
teal stump, to prove that the Southern
people are still unrepentent and unro-
constructed The Georgia Senator was
wise enough to treat Morton's gibe as it