The Portland daily press., 1876-03-29

are Of plate-glass, so that the inqulsitve eti-
zen can watch the accumulation of votes.
The people of Colorado, having learned wis
dom by the folies and misfortune of their
neighbors, prohibit in their new constitution
all subsidies for any purpose, and declare that
state, county, city, township, town or school
district shall neither directly nor indirectly
pledge their credit to any individual or cor
poration.'
Inc letter "B'' has been the cause of much
mischief within the past year. Beecher,
Bowen, Belknap and Babcock have been in
vestigated, and now the virtues Bogy has to
pass the ordeal for an alleged bribery of sixty
Democratic members of the Missouri Leeis-
lature at $500 apiece.
This is carnival time for free rides to
Washington. Young men of moderate means
contemplating matrimony and bridal tour,
just write TO Hester Clymer. tell him you've
got some important disclosures to make
against some Government official, and ask
him to guarantee fees and mileage.
1t seems to cost something to be introduced
to notorious persons. Beau Hickman charged
from ten cents to five dollars for an introduc-
tion to himself; according to General Rice, of
Iowa, the penalty paid for an introduction to
a Secretary of War was fixed at 81 900, and
ex-senator Stewart affirms that Baron Grant
demanded $4,000 for single introduction to
himself.
The Rutland Globe thinks Horace Fair
banks of st Johnsbury, is the right man for
centennial governor of Vermont for these
reasons: "Vermont has no worthier citizen.
Pure, able, high minded, unselfish, public
spirited, widely known and known by all to
be sound and clean in every respect, thou
sands OF Republicans have been ready for
years to support him whenever his friends
were ready to present his name."
The New Orleans Picayune says; SIT is a
mistake to suppose that all the enemies of the
South in Congress are members of the Re-
publican party. The opposition of some
Northern Democrats, and even OF a few
Southern Democrats, to che appropriations
proposed for works of internal improvement
in this section is unjust, ungenerous and un-
wise.
'What has Longfellow done." asks the
Charleston Vews and Courier, "or left un-
done, that he should be talked of as the sue
cessor to Schenck? The chances are that as
soon as the sweet New England poet shall
be nominated he will be charged with steal
ing the Psalm of Life from some modern
David, and with plagiarizing 'Evangeline'
from some inglorious poet of whom he never
heard. And if he 'scape these perils, he is
sure to be written down diplomatic donkey,
who can and does write sweet songs, but
knows nothing Of diplomacy, and is less of a
statesman than Tennyson is.''
Attorney-General Pierrepont said in his
testimony Monday before the special commit
tee OF the House on the whiskey trials in St.
Louis. that the famous letters to district at
torneys was written without any reference to
Babcock's case; that he wrote it reluctantly
and not until the President had repeatedly
urged him to do so. He thought at first,
when the letter appeared in print, that it had
been given out by Dyer, and so said to Mr.
Bristow, with whom be went to the White
House, when they both told the President
their opinion on the subject in a very en-
phatc manner. The President, much to
their surprise, regarded their Indignation
stol:dly, and with no signs of anger on his
part at the publication, but when he learned
that the letter had been given out by Bah
cock he became quite as indignant as the
rest.