The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-03-23
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington, D. c., March 16, 1876.


fully opened with the organization of the
National Democratic Congressional Com
mittee, Who are now installed at their
rooms at 1924 F street in this city. The
Associated Press has failed to give, in
detail, and with desirable accuracy, the
personnel of the Committee, apd as State
and local organizations, and other Demo-
Gratis all over the country, will have fire.
quent occasion to address the officers, we
append, at the request of the Committee,
the following information
ROCKS OF NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC
CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE,
1924 + street Washington, D. c.
Hon. ]. w. Stevenson, of Kentucky Hon. W. W.
Eaton, Of Connecticut; Hon. d. v. White, OF Mary
land Hon. H. 6; Davis, Of West Virginia; Hon.
House Of Representatives.
Hon. Hester Clymer, Of Pennsylvania; Hon. G.
W. Chaplin, of Massachusetts, Hon; J. ": Throek-
morton, of Texas; Hon. A. s. Hewitt, Of New
York; Hon. c. E. Hooker, of Mississippi; Hon. NJ.
Dii.rict of Columbia.
MT. w. W. Corcoran, Mr.. James E. Harvey, and
Mr. Charles mason.
The Democratic organizations in all the States
and Territories ore requested to send the names of
their Committees, Immediately, to the Congress
ional Committee.
political matter, and all communications relating
to the business Of the Committee, should be ad-
dressed to the Secretary, Hon. James E. Harvey,
1924 F street. Washington City.
Editors who send their newspapers to the Com
mittee viii be furnished With all documents free of
charge.
W. II. BARNUA, Treasurer.
JAMES E. HARVEY, Secretary
1t will be seen that Hon. Hiester
Clymer, Chairman of the Committee
which investigated the Belknap scandal,
is, also, Chairman of the National Demo
cratic Congressional Committee, and no
man better fitted for the position could
have been chosen. Mr.. Clymer is a gen.
tleman of particularly suave and agreea-
bic address, and, unquestionably, man
of great ability. The Committee are for
tunate, also, in securing the services, as
secretary, of Hon. James E. Harvey, late
u. S. Minister to Portugal, man of let
ters, a journalist of note, and man of
varied and extended information, whose
large acquaintance and experience must
prove of great value to the party.
THE DISTRICT INVESTIGATION.
The investigation of the affairs of the
District Government and of the Board of
Andit, which is being continued from
day to day by the House Committee on
the District of Columbia, discloses sys-
tenn of official swindling and robbing, by
wholesale and retail, that completely
throws into the shade the crimes of
Tweed and his associates in New York.
This and other Investigations that the
several Committees of the House are dill
igently pursuing disclose the astounding
fact that there has not been, for years, an
honest man in any prominent position
under either the Federal or the District
Government; and that even the men in
subordinate positions who have had any
opportunity to steal have invariably fol-
lowed the example set them by their
official superiors. There has been,
really, no law, in the proper acceptation
of that word, administered in Washing
ton for long time. We have been
under sort of provost-marshal rule.
From the President and his cabinet down
to the Chiefs of Bureaus, and from
Judges of the Supreme Court of the Dis
trict and the District Attorney down to
the Constables, utter disregard of the
law, where anything could be made by
violating it, or where the interests of any
of the various Rings were at stake, has
been the rule.
MORE OF BELKNAP's RAsCALITY.
Another one of ex-Secretary Belknap's
post-trading operations has come to light;
The informant is G. S. Bell, man we'll
known in Washington. He will give his
testimony before the committee shortly.
At the close of the war, Bell, who had
been scout in General S. A. Hurlbut's
division, was appointed to the Secret
Service Department on General Rey:
nold's staff, in Texas. He remained
there for several years, and, in 1872,
learning that the post-tradership at Fort
Davis, station on the Western frontier
of Texas, had become vacant, he came to
Washington to secure the vacant post