The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-03-27


tion or imnrachmcnt Of ex.Sccrctnry
Brll;uap VII cud in mGlo.lramatic
farce, in which the principal actors
have already begun to fall foul Of each
other. In the absence ot lac articles
Of impeachment, Tie preparation and
presentation Of which are unaccuutably
delayed, General Belkuap has been
plcccd under arrest. cited before court
aud admitted to Lail. He is now
awaiting the further action Of his ac'
cussrs. Vixen it will be taken; or
what it will be nobody can determine.
The plea is revived that the resignation
Of BcIknap reduces him to the position
Of private citizen, and renders null
and void the action tending toward
impeachment; aud as the result Of tho
whole, there is ut least a probability
that he will escape with the loss of Of.
fee, and the disgrace attending to his
character.
MR.. HESTER cLYNEK's COMMITTEE,
to which the country already owes SO
much, is making developments in other
directions but Mt present, the !nEUr-
NATION is too indefinite to justify the
assertion of any positive opinion. Mr..
"iwful' Grant, a brother of the Pres
ilen,, has admitted to having been
interested in various transactions which
wear very much the appearance Of
trickcry, and to having received pri-
vate information from the President
himself, in advance Of certain Offices
about to be vacant, upon which iu(or-
nation Awful acted with advantage.
Such statement, il well substantiatcd.
will prove US damaging to the prcsi-
dent as to bis brother and the object
presumably, IS to establish a prinra
tGcie ground for charge against the
former. In other cases the President
aud his family have received valuable
presents from different persons, who
have subsequently, been rewarded with
lucrative Offices: and the only difference
between this aud the crime Of Dclknap
is, that the one was paid in cash, aud
the other in kind. In either case
there was corruption or favoritism,
PROF. siLLIMAS's DISGRACE.
The appearance of this celebrated
and oace respected scientist before the
House Committee or Foreign Affairs,
10 give his version of Emma Mine swim
die, was sad spectacle. His narrative
was not satisfactory either to the
Committee or any one else who heard
it. That it was not satisfactory to tae
Professor, himself, was evident. He
looked pi,ifu!ly humiliatcd,:. as he went
on condcmuing himself out of his own
mouth. lie admitted much Of what
has been charged against him even to
signing tho telegram. in connection
with llusscy and VILLAINS, which i'm
posed upon the English people by
making them believe that the mine was
Of fabulous value. llu said 10 regret
ted having been led into tho swindle.
Iu letter subsequently, addressed to
the Chairman Of the Committee, he has
tried to explain away the bearing of the
telegram, and Ufhis own general testi.
mouy in relation to the mine. 1t is
barely possible that the Professor is u
silly man.. and acted without any
fraudulen. intention having been
imposed upon by men more cunning
and designing than himself. But upon
his own testimony, the fact is Jude
niabIe that he helped, however uncou.
scious!y, to puff into notoricty a worth.
less SPcculatiou-a glazing imposturc.
THE DEMOCRATIC HOUSE
deserves much more credit than it will
ever get from tue people for the un.
l!inching course it las pursued, and is
still industriously pursuing, through
its several investigating committees, in
exposing the swindlins operations Of
Republican oaicials. No one outside
Of Washington, and even very few
residents, hive my idea of the tGmpta-
lions to which Congressman is sub
jcctcd, and the influences by which he
is sometimes induced to play, uncon-
Sciously, into the hands OF the Wash.
ingtoa Ring. This Ring, which is
composed of all tho Government
"bcats" in Washington, and Of which
President Grant is the virtual, and A.
K. Shepherd the oslcusible, Head. Cen.
TIC, styles itself the Metropolitan Club,
aud is us thoroughly organized us pi.
rate-ship. Its members are all detailed
for work, according to their respective
tastes and capacities. There arc no
droues among them. l! is IN impor-
taut point with the Ring to capture"
Congressman, irrespective of politics,
raae, color, previous condition, &c. ;
anu thls Is aDOat now they manage It.
TIE GAME OF TIE WASHINGTON RING.
When new Congress is elected, q
committee is appointed by the Hing to
discover, by all available means the
pcculiaritiCs, tastes, aud general habits
Of all the new members elect, so that
the necessary traps may be laid for
them when they arrive in Washington
for the first time, Then, the Ring
goes for them. If new member is
known to be Of i "piOus turn" two or
three members Of the Ring coatriyc
to get introduced to hiu, somehow,
and snake him of to prayer meeting,
if he is au evangelical christian, or to
the church of any other, denomination
to which the victim may belong. Tho