The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1876-08-26
Letter from Washinnto,..

WASHINGTON ID. O., Aug. 22d, 1876.
Before this reaches you no doubt you will have
heard of the death OF the Hon. NJ. c. Kerr, Speak
er OF the House of Representatives. The melan-
cholly event occurred at Rockbridge Alum
Springs, on Saturday evening, at half past seven
O'Clock, and presented one OF the most remarka-
BILE instances of perfect consciousness up to the
very last moment upon record. The remains ar
rived here at six o'clock this morning and were
at once placed upon the westward bound train to
be conveyed to New Albany, Indiana, the home
of the deceased. Congress not being in session
at the time of his death of course action, such
as is usual on the death Of a prominent Official,
could be taken. Nevertheless the officers OF the
House have been assiduous in their attentions and
have rendered every service that could be desired
Mr.. Sayler Speaker pro tenn of the House, wrs
present at the time of his death, and Mr.. Thomp-
son, Clerk of the House, has taken charge OF the
remains
The National Republican of this morning strikes
the Democratic party deadly blow by attacking
its vital principle, which is lying. tits by lying
alone that it lives, and if all its sinews were as
clearly cut as this one is its life would be of short
duration. The paper says, "Among the many
gross falsehoods put forth by the Democratic
leaders to influence the coming election is the
statement that there is army OF l00 GOO office
holders, and that there has been al enormous in
| prepared by Fernando Wood year or two ago
and pretended to be compiled from the biennial
| record or register from 1859 to 1875 inclusive.
now figures largely in Democratic speeches and
newspapers. This table is false in every partcu-
| lar. There is not true statement IN 1t. 1t is
| pretended that the total number Of officeholders
in 1869 was 81, 207, and that in 1871 the number
was 81 Cos, and that in 1873 the number had In
creased to 3d. 637, an increase OF %, 600 in two
/ Al ahnrh had oil aT
to "a, ll9, being an increase Of $1,000 in foul
wears Every man of common sense knows tina
this is false. In every Department, except thu
Postoffce, the number of civil officers has beer
| decreasing for the last four years. The increase
of postmasters is at about the rate OF three hun
dred per arnum and the letter carriers have in
creased by extending that service TO cities OF 20,
600 inhabitants To settle this matter Senate
Cragn introduced into the Senate resolution
calling on the heads of all the Executive Depart
| ments for the aggregate number OF civil ofhcer
! in or connected with each Department, not In
GLIDING aborers and mechanics employed by tn
day or contractors for the year above named
| This resolution passed the Senate on the 24t
day of July last The head OF each Department
made reply and Senator Cragin has complies
| from the reports an official table which he pre-
scented 10 the Senate on the 18th Of August last
and may now be found in the CongreSsiond
Record of Aug l6, 1876, page 49," This tabl
| is also published in the paper from which quote
but is much too long for insertion here, but
copy Of it should be in the hands OF every Reput
lcan TO serve as a hammer with which to nail I
the counter the Democratic lies in this particular
By that table it is shown that the total numbe
in 1875 was only 81, l72 and not a. ll9 as falls:
ly reported. The Democratic statement is onl
80, 900 too large, or about one-half greater tina
the actual number. This lie has been travelliu
for some time past and it is about time it we
stopped.
"Sitting Bull" Butler nominated Wade Haml
ton for Governor of South Carolina. He ha
been offered the nomination himself, but said b
bad obeyed Hampton during the war and pr
ferred being commanded by him during th
pending campaign. 1t is a pity he did not hav
commander in the Hamburg affair. REP.