Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-01-22
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Especial Correspondence Of the HERALD.


WASHINGTON, Jan. 18th, 1876.
The House again shook hands across
that "bloody chasm' last Friday, but
scarce an hour had elapsed before Fort,
of Illinois, trotted out his wounded
soldier and demanded that the Demo-
Gratis give him the preference for office.
This makes the fourth resolution to
that effect that Fort has introduced
during the session, and that poor SOL
dier certainly needs rest by this
time-at least the House does. Last
evening few of the Department
clerks and bloodthirsty militia gave
Fort free serenade as token of their
appreciation of his "untiring devotion"
Morton, of Indiana, is quite as "nu-
merous'' in shaking that "bloody
shirt and demanding investigations
about Southern elections. He does
not understand how it was that Mis-
sissippi went Democratic, and he wants
committee sent down there to man.
ufacture election frauds and outrages.
California also went Democratic at
the last election, but Senator Morton
says nothing about sending an inves-
tigating committee out there. The
Mississippi matter will be elucidated
for the Senator in few days, and it
will be shown how and why the State
went Democratic, ,andwhy it W ant Re-
publican at the previous election. 1t
will also be shown how Bruce, the col
ored Senator from that State, bought
the negro Legislature and his seat for
$4,000. The Senator from Indiana is
in pursuit of political information,an
the Democrats propose to accommo-
date him.
Mr.. Caldwell, of Alabama, proposes
to show how some of those so-called
outrages were committed, and accor-
dinghy has introduced bill in the
House calling upon the Secretary of
War for q statement of the number of
troops in the States of Georgia, Louis
lana, Alabama and Mississippi, where
stationed, for what purpose, ,and names
of the commanding officers.
CALIFORNIA MATTERS.
Effigy Sargent has introduced q lit
tie bill for the relief of Louis Rose and
others claiming title to lands within
the lines of the military reservation at
San Diego. Also, granting the right
of way for railroad purposes through
the United States Arsenal grounds at
Benecia.
Booth wants the tax removed from
brandy manufactured tom fruits, and
parties punished for adulterating the
simon pure article.
ARIZONA MATTERS.
The Secretary of War has submitted
communication to the Senate in
which he recommends that the mill
tary reservations on which are situa-
ted Camp Grant anu Camp Crittenden,
in Arizona Territory, be transferred to
the Interior Department and sold un-
der the public land laws.
THE ARKANSAS HOT SPRINGS.
Those little "parely localn bills are
coming to the front already. Dorsey,
one of the carpet-bag Senators from
Arkansas has introduced little THEW
ing bill authorizing the sale of the
Government lands on which are situ-
ated the celebrated Hot Springs in
that State. AS soon as the bill passes,
his friends would secure this property
for a song, and sing it themselves; or,
in the plain vernacular, price the
property and take it. But the few
Democrats there assembled are keep
ing their eyes peeled for just such bills,
and when passed that body, the "little
joker" will be pointed out in the
House, and squelched.
S1,500, 900 WORTH OF PATRIOTISM.
The Philadelphia exhibitors are af-
ter the United States Treasury, and
want one million and q half with
which to run their big Centennial
show. The bill introduced provides
for the payment of $500,000 lmme-
diately, and the balance In four equal
instalments, and at short intervals.
The bill provides that no deficiency
claim" shall be brought in against
the Government, which is a very wise
safeguard, as otherwise they would