Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1876-05-20
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, ID. c.,
May -, 1876.
THE POLITICAL SITUATION.

The Democratic press throughout the
country seems TO be coming pretty gener-
ally 20 the support OF Tildcn, and as he
is the representative of Reform Ill that
party-thc only Democrat whom the ave-
rage independent voter could support
his ascendancy should be particularly ac-
ceptable to the friends Of Administrative
Reform, for two reasons: ii Will force the
nomination of the best ticket ut Cincinna-
ii, and will insure more healthy condi-
ton ofpoliticS, in the future, whichever
party may win. One of the strongest az
yuments used by the honest men of his
own party, in Tilden'> favor, is that he is
bitterly opposed by those men who are
identified with political corruption in his
own State. The friends of Tweed and the
Canal Ring men, of both parties, are his
bitcreStfocS. They know that if Tilden
is elected President, there will be no
places for them. They can have no more
influence with him than Il convicted
criminal can have with an honest States
Attorney. These men, in New York
State and out of il, know that, if Tildcn
were President, corrupt Democrats would
be the first to receive his official attention.
Political thieves and iObbers must be
driven from power, and, if the voice OF
the people is heard ut Cincinnati, and at
st. Louis, we shall have nominations
made that will give the people 4 Suaran-
tv ofreform in the future. The Republic
can party has several leading men who
would have the confidence of the whole
people, could they be brought forward;
the Democratic party has but one who Is
likely to be candidate. Tilden Is the
only man who would draw any acccsSions
to his party. These are not merely my
views or opinions; they are deductions
from knowledge of public sentiment
gathered from representatives of every
section of the country, i'll aad out OF Con-
grcss.
HENRY WARD BEECHER,
''the worlds Creates preacher, lcctured
here on the evening of the 18th inst. TO
crowded house. In Baltimore, where he
lecturcd the previous evening, not more
than two-thirdS of the seats were occupi-
ed, and this leads me 10 say that all
Southern cities, except Washington, give
prominent public characters OF the Henry
Ward ilk Il very wide berth. mat
Washington patroniZeS them Is due TO the
fact that Il large proportion OF our popula-
ton is made up ofpcople from the North
ern and Western States: while that OF
other Southern towns i more OF homo
reueouS character. 'AdvanCed think
ers'' find comparatively little favor III
such cities as Baltimore and Richmond.
Victoria Woodruff, for instance, one of
the most able and personally attractive
women or the platform. delivered i lee
ture in both of those cities last winter,
but her audiences were small and includ-
ed few ladies. In Washington she drew
immense houses; and fully half of the
audience was composed of ladies of re-
spectabilty and intelligence. The annual
conventions OF the woman sutfragists, i'll
Washington, invariably attract large and
intelligent audiences of both sexes; but
every attempt to arouse enthusiasm, either
in Baltimore or Richmond, on the subject
of ''woman's rights, has hitherto result
ed in dismal failure.
TIE HOUSE BEATEN By TIE RING.
\ few days ago, the Senate passed,
after full discussion, bill authorizing
Generals Humphrey, Wright and Gill
more, of the United States Engineer
Corps, to re-pave Pennsylvania Avenue.
No one objected to the commission; Sena-
tors, without reference to party, believ-
ing it composed OF officers Of ability and
integrity, and therefore we'll qualified 10
perform the duties assigned them. The
House has amended the bill by adding the
name of three citizens of the District of
Columbia: and, in so doing. have unwitt-
ingly fallen into trap set for them by the
old District Ring, who are anxious to
have an opportunity of sharing in the
profits of the job. The Ring men felt
certain that, under the military commits
sion originally named by the Senate, they
would have no chance of this kind, and
therefore wanted men of 4 more pliable
character added. This fact will yet be
ventilated in the House, when that body
will undoubtedly recede from its amend
ments, and adopt the bill as it came from
the Senate.
ANOTHER CREDIT MoBILIER,
Senators and Representatives are re-
ceiving, from all parts of the country,
petitions asking for investigation into
the affairs of the Central Pacific Rail
road, in which allegations susceptible
OF proof, as the memorialists assert, are
made showing the existence of Credit
Mobilier swindle far greater in magni-
tude than that of the Union Pacific,
exposed by the Congressional investi-
cations of lS7l-'72, on account of which
Cakes Ames and James Brooks and
other persons were put in disgrace.
Among the assertions made by the
petitioners are the following; That the
capital stock of the Central Pacific
Railroad Company, of California, was
.paned in the articles of corporation at
80 eon mn d;,;JoJ 49, cS mn .Loe1<