The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-04-20

official CRIMINALS we muSt retuEn. IL Is
becoming more certain, every day, that
the next Presidential contest will be
fought solely on the issue of an honest
Administration, andafiat theperty which
rneglecs to nominate d man dphistaEa-
bly, identified with Administrative Re-
form will be defeated. Nor can any man
be elected who fails to carry the States OF
Connecticut, New York and New jersey.
All over the country, the Democrats are
discussing these questions with reference
to their bearing on the presidential NOM
ination, with great seriousness inrolv-
ing, as they (the questions) do, the aban-
donment Of all sectional differences in
order to attain success. 't
GRANT ON THE RAGGED EDGE.
The Washington organ of the White
House Ring, the National Republican, is
very much disguised at the disclosures
made BY Col. Whitley, duplicating Gen.
Babcock in the safe burglary plot 7by
which an innocent man was. to have been
sent to State prison, and coolly remarks,
this morning, that the Investigations now
going on are "irksome and monotonous. :"
It is to be hoped they will become more
and more so for the scounlrels whom the
Republican defends, until the investiga-
tions get to be "really unbearable, you
know" Grant is on the ragged edge"
now. These things are getting little
too. Sioaa. /. shaa n is. nnm6ted that he
begins to fear impeachment, unless he
takes steps to clear himself from all re-
spops;bility for the conduct Of Babcock
and; PorteA Tkese two distinguished
warriors and statesmen have literally run
the government. 1t is fact we'll known
here that Grant is sometimes drunk, or
stupe6ed with liquor, for days together,
and that, at such times, it has been his
habit tasigp, papers brought to him by
Babeoek SOF Y0rtefS -%1OnOus- 'knoWluS
their contents, and to issue orders of
Wheh he did not know the purpoT at
the instigation of the above named
worthies.;4H can -beiproven:thatr persons
here have been offered, for certain sums
of money, appointments to various offices
which it was understood were to be- Job
tained in this way, and in this way only,
from the President, while he was under
the influence of liquor.
SENATOR MoRToN's. WILMINGTON Pill
- GRIMAGE. -.-.;- i
It has been published extensively that
in compliance with a request from the
ex.Unionsoldiersr and loyalists generally,
residing at Wilmington, North Carolina,
Senator Morton has consented to pro-
nounce the oration there on decoration
day, May sOth. This mistatement might
as we'll be corrected at the outset: The
invitation in question came from Gen.
Allen Rutherford who was recently. dis
missed ,Eourh hisipesiAen as, Third AUDI
tof Of tfie Treasdry, ii fl fl gross carelessness,
or,something worse, in allOaoing a traudu-
lent claim, For some time past, Ruther-
ford has been engaged in ''setting up the
pins" for his Mercurial Highness, the
Senator from Indiana, in order that the
latter may obtain the vote of the South
ern delegates to the Cincinnati conven-
ton. IT. does not appear, from ,Ruther-
fords jettsr, 16at-h be writes in behalf Of
any body but himself ;1tssimpE states
that he, Gen. B., would be pleased if the
Senator would consent to deliver the ora
ton on Decoration Day, but omits, to
mention that anyone else but himself has
expressed the same desire. 1t is almost
undeeessary to say that the invitation
was ,is eagerly ~ { accepted, and that the Presi-
Dental aspirant from, Indiana will deliver
such an Grafton as will be calculated to
intensity the affection which he imagines
is borne him by the colored people of the
South. He will never have a better
opportunity to air his famous blood
besmared under garment than at Will
mington, on the 3Oth prox.; and it is
safe to predict that he will improve it.
ABsENTEE1ssl IN CONGRESS.
An inspection of the various votes
taken in Congress shows that, usually at
least, one-third of the Representatives
and Senators are absent from their seats.
There are 292 members of the House
when every Congressional district is rep
resented: which is not the case at pres
ent. since several vacancies caused by
death remain untitled. 1t is safe to say,
however, that at least 2SO out of the 2s2
Representatives ought to be in their
seats, prepared to vote on every measure
before the House. The votes seldom
aggregate over 22O; leaving so absent, or
not voting. In the Senate, few days
since, the vote on Senator Morton's bill
to regulate the counting Of the vote for
President and Vice President aggregated
only So; fifteen members being absent,
or not voting. On the resolution to
admit Pinchback to seat in the Senate,
only 81 Senators voted; showing the