, 1876-10-07
WASHINGTON.
Senator Jones and His Silver
9peech"..A Bogus Humorist.
The Democracy and the Contingent
Fund'-.Look at the Liquor Bills.
From 0,r o.tn ns4respondtnt,

From OItf ofn Ee4rsspondta&.
WARRINGTON, D. C., Oct. 1.-Proctor Knox
Is unanimously rcnominated for Congress, and
Will, Of course, bo elected. He will coma hers
under very different circumstances from those
which attended bis entry into the Forty-1ourtA
Congress. He entered that Congress With .
great reputation as 4 humorist, and ~ genial.
1oviol man. IIe comos back TO the remnant ii
The present Congress with bis 1aurels al1 drag
glcd In the mire Of hls political venom, aud
without suggestion Of humor in lls acrid
speech, or In bis sepulchral face. The rumor,
which has long been whispered about, 10 now gen.
orally believed among Congressman. Proctor
Knott Is known throughout the country by his
famous Duluth speech" Those who ought
to know positively assert tint he never wrots
1t, but that he only delivered IT, ~
piece Of parrot work, after 1t had been present.
cd to him, made to hls hand. There arc two
theories Of the origin Of tfts speocl,., One 10
written by Beck, Breekcafidee, GutSrie, ,At aud
other talented Kentuckans, WHO haul maio In.
iudciou. Investments in tho rival city TO Du-
inti', i,i',, ana who would be Glad to witness the
that II was cumposrd by 81. Irish Newspaper
gentleman, then In Washington, who was we'll
En9Tn iot h!s remarkable Wit, and the fertility
o. ns ,e nj H. "p during ths Greeley
or something ot that SORT In Missouri.
HoAR AND nuTLEH.
George F. Hoar ia undoubtedly the most
prominent n sand!dnae M IN Masaacnusetts as tho
Senate. Gov. Boutwell,, by almost unanImous
consent, seems about to he retired to private
lie, aftcr nearly continuous career In office OF
statesman may be an indirect advantage 10
boutwell, In his campaign for reelection. Ben
Butler always had d friendly side for boutwell,,
because tho latter incurred the opposition Of the
ho Simmons ght. Wo 1B5tscslai Bonswei DID aarn 11s
thcn openly advocate Butlcra cauae, he cestaln-
y did not side With tho Beacon street faction,
gntlsr, g3, too' T. George Aons's mortal encmy
would be better for the country, aud for Massar
clusctte, tlsat the entire Mnssachusett. ,lelcro-
ton In Congress should be represented by hard.
money War-pcmocrats, than that Gen. butler
huonee will be thrown against Hoar's election 10
tho Senate.
ooLDEs sosEs' SILVER SPEECH.
o,e senator Jones. Of Nevada, Chairman Of the
left Washington that "no Information on tho
silver subject could be gathered that was not
found In Ills great speech upon that question:
SENATE senator Jones could scarcely have been ex.
Fertel to have performed Ill the labor cou-
nctted with that speech, which is in Itself m
elaborate work upon tho silver problem. Alex
9nuer Dclmnr, we'll known here IN Andrew
Johnaou's time, W. senator Jones' co.woskcr
stone palase for several months during the last
session of Congress-, ate at Jones' table, nr,lwas
constantly con sngagsd ~ p tue Congressional Library
material Of which Senator Jones made such
valuable Use In lis speech.
WINE In TirB CONTINGENT FUND,
In the old days there were no accounts kent
contingent fund. A former chief clerk Of the
Treasury tells me curious story OF Democratic
4huse, which came under hts own observation.
He ~as present tn the store Of tho ssationer
With suppltes, when one Of tbs officers of tho
senatc eame In, and purchased several gold
mounted penkniyes, costing SIG apiece They
were ordered to be changed to the contingent
fund Of the Senate. Tricks Of this sott were Of
frequent occurrence before the Republican Ad.
MlnistrntEou was nblo to reform the rotten
abuses Inherited from the days Of Democratic
nisrule. The Treasury records in the Demo-
cratic tlmc show that The abuses In the pur--
ehasc Of stationery In tho Treasury exceeded
the entire present expenditure Of thee stationery
and contingent fund In that Department.
Here is record Of o neat little abuse, which
Is found on one Of the old FLEA Of the Senate
under Democratic Administration. The nc
count stands there but there are no vouchers
with 1t:
sevcn gallons best Madersa vino. :. ,saH
Eonr gallons 6cst Cognac brandy ......,.,.... u
Twelve pounds almoids, at 10 cent?. ..,....... 4
Jwclyc pounds rnlsins, at 80 ceuta... ......... 6
Unit! within fifteen years no vouchers wero
kept Of the expenditures Of the contingent
fund BY either Houso Of Congress. Dur
inE al the Democratic, days. TINT fund
detailed report Of the expenditures or, at lenst,
record account Of the vouchers, wero never
made. Persons familiar with tho carly history
OF thsa fund say that . largo portion OF the
RoBERr LINCOLN.