The Hawaiian gazette., 1876-04-19
The nY.ssI,inEfon scnndn1s.


From tue Washington correspondence of the
Saa Jose Mercury
WasHtvGroy. March Ilth. 1876.
The air In Washington Is 50 thick with the
Be.kaap and kindred scandals, that even such
importaut legislation As the conclusion Of the
long Pucdbsck serial IS passed by, almost with
Oat notice and ye, its Importance IS u preee-
dent and principle, in tbis f1al settlement, ai-
ysrssly O. the ci5imant eau hardly be 0Yeresti-
mated. For three long years this now historic
tr5aza aiyentlrer with bis bogus credentials.
bas been hanging on the teslish verge OF the
highest legislative body ol the plauet, AID he
w1s preyeaLed from sfactiug au entrance only
through coalition Of hs0diu OF Republican
Senators with the Democratic minority. most
prominent among whom Vas Zch. Chandlsr'S
EU-tly successor, Senator Chrstieucy, OF Mich
igau. This State. by tie way, seems anything
bat friendly 10 the notorious claimant; bis fate
had 90 sooner been decided by adverse vote,
than Senator Ferry. Of Michigan the Yice-Presi-
deaf gave orders 10 do0r-ksepers that he should
10 logger be admitted on the floor.
Ia taking fuaI leave Of Piuehback, we see de-
part, perhaps. the smartest mulaItO that has
ever appeared 10 American politics Fred Doug
lass excepted. lie may not have been il any
sense great mau, perhaps would never have de-
volspai into a statesman. bu; he had tie talent,
energy. courage. aud sublime eg5tism. which
elicit the admiration Of men, aud half blind them
to bis faults. and the baroness Of his cause He
left. making threats to appear again with new
papers and more powerful backing but it Is
too late; be viii havet TO eonGae bis ambition TO
lccal State politics, or retire upou bis fortune,
which is az least qusrtes Of million.
Apropos of Senator Consistency. you will re-
member that be very recently married young
wife. countess. (money counter, as the punsters
said) in the Treasury Department. Well. our
aastere aIabaster society. composed Of q nucleus
OF Cabinet ladies', and others whose lineage can
be traced 10 obsc1rily or chaos. By memory, and
~itho1t the aid Of 8 book, were IN long and
joa5ltEl dsbbsratioc as to whether they would
recognize her 10 their charmed circle. The ugly
and morzlesQus feature Of the elaboration vas
the Urcea, demand Of the fallen Mrs. Be!kuap
for az ediet Of exclusion against the audaciOus
little uaryenu. Bat The young vile Of the rug
ged old 5licbigandsr has been called upon BY
Mrs. Fish aud the other Cabinet ladies', and nov
she, since her social e1altatIon. has cut her form
er acquaintances. Are after all. as the cyuie
said. vase Of writhing serpents each striving to
lifr bis head above tie otheri
Ramor is loud 10 reference to exposures OF
fraud and corruption 10 the different departments,
and your correspondent has the best OF authority
for saying that the Investigations, nov pending,
are every day bringing 10 the light theft pecula-
ton. and every species Of Official malfeasance
these sill ST be bllletined th5S the world may
know them 10 good time. The Democrats feel
that their policy o. secret investigation has been
trlauphantly yindicated in the success Of Mr..
CIgmsr's committee. The criminals they are
after have not committed their dark deeds in
daylight OF on hiiitOps, and there could be no
greater farce than TO Investigate them With banners
and tom-tOms- It Is not probable that any f1-
iure discovery viii possess the unique enormity
and be followed by the tragic dsHoueHlsyf tai
made the Bslknap horror so conspicuous Il i
10 be regretted that the ineessaat waste aud pet
Is larceny, throughout all the Government De-
partments, amounting to concrete millions yearly.
and patent to every man who brings his eyes to
Washington, but uurebuked because OF its in
tangibibty OF pettiness Of detail-ean not by
some process Of chemistry or legislation. Be mass
ed ard made TO sppeaT 10 its aggregate jmmensi-
y. The scapeg0at to bear away this habitga
daily theft Of the present Administering, would
require shoulders much broader than those even
Of the colossal Belknap
In the camp OF the enemy every effort Is made
to distract attention from the real trsiI- The
sane tactics Of Intimidation that we're employed
by the EbiskE ring, are now employed here BY
what VS. supposed TO be the more respectable
portion Of the press and statesmen Of the party
OF moral ideas In theif frantic desperation,
they catea at such straEs as the departure the
witness Marsh, and invent bassless lies abont
gentlemen Of the investigation committees, and
especially about the Chairman, Mr. Clymer, who
has been tie conspicuous aud able leader Of this
Investigation There has been 4 powerful effort
bT press and party TO intimdate him into silence
lax pursuit. with 10 other result than to elicit
his latent strength. courage, and determination,
IS vel IS q sterling ability as speaker aud de-
batter, which contempt for average notoFiety
has presented him from displaying. Never was
man placed 10 . more trying and delicate sitaa-
tion than Hon Hester Ciymer, Of Reading Pa,
Chairman Of the COMMITTEES Of War Claims
and the gentleman 70 whom the coaDtry l. IL
dsbted for The Bs!knap erp0ss He vas not
oaly college mate, bat . room mate at Prince
toe, Of the fallen Secretary OF War. They then,
aud hare ever since, maintained the most friend
y relations, s1d tie conflicting bitter emotions
OF the man, when he vas called up0u this doodle
ordeal Of statesman and fue1d. may neither be
imagined Or described they could only be felt
By him. How maBf1lly be did his whole
daty. igr0ring iD6ivsical ties and recognizing
only bis moral responsibility to the millions, vas
sn exhibition Of antique virtue too rare 10 these
evil days to be overlooked
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