Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1876-04-22
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, y. C.. }
April II, 1876. ]
TIE NEXT PRESIDENT

week 8ud II Ii almost lihpoSsioic to ;
avoid discussion ON the subject, when. /
ever opportunity for it occurs. Judge !
Davis L. very much talked Of hut it !
is no, evident, that he has very great
s,rcny,h-abuut rs much, perhaps, rs
Mr.. Thurman GOV. Hendricks Il still
the strongest among Western men.
But, even slsong hi. most earnest
admirers. and no man has warmer
friends, Their" are frequent admissions
that il may be- impossible 10 elect
Western man. Whether there tie
truth la this, ar not. n is very certain
that a majority Of the Southern dele
gates viii favor the msn who is Ger.
tain 10 have the greatest strength IL
the East. The absolute necessity vt
carrying New York and New Jersey,
as well n Connecticut, coupled with
the cvidrn' intention o. the Republic.
cans 10 mike the big fsht in those
Srnics. has led to the freqnrn! men,
ton Of Iiorati" Seymour, as man
upon whom the party could unite;
and there WAS 4 strong undercurrent
in hi. favor. But his positive refusal
To he candidate, and the fact that he
will head the New York delegation in
favor Of Samuel J. Tilden, has had
the effect of adding very much TO
Tilden's strength. Tilden is certainly
stronger now than at any time mere
,oforc. gather these facts from men
/ who are opposed to Tilden on some
questions, and who will support him
! only because Of their conviction that
the candidate Of their first choice can
not bc elected.
/ TIE ADMINISTRATIONS BCRGLARY--
| GRANT At LAST ALARMED For HIS
| PERSONAL IMMUNITY FOR
CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.
Give n rogue rope enough and he
will hang himself At a moment
! when every person not utterly lost to
every sense of dccencv and justice is
filled with horror and dismay at the
disclosures Of Col. Whitley in reference
to the safe burglary case" the
! Washington National Republican, the
organ OF the White House Ring,
! attempts to brazcn it out, and abuses
the Democratic House Of Represents
tives, which is engaged in bringing
these criminals to justice, for wasting
time 10 useless investigations. The
details Of this case are so terrible that
the people will be slow to comprehend
the enormily of be crime attempted.
Gen. Babcock, an officer Of the United
States Army, and therefore supposed
TO be a gentleman. the secretary ~
well as the most intimate personal
friend and adviser Of the President
together with Richard Harrington
Assistant Distric, Attorney, and q
lawyer Of high social and professional
standing, with others, formed q plan
to send an innocent man, Columbus
Alexander, to State prison, because
be WAS engaged in opposing the swim
, ding operations Of Boss Shepherd.
Bing. TO accomplish this. it Wa:
determined by Babco, k and Harring'
ton to employ professional uIglnrs tc
break open the safe of the District
Attorneys Office, take out certain
books and papers. carry them to Alex
andcr's house, aud deliver them tc
him. At that moment the Chief o.
Police, who was to M in waiting
was 10 have arrested Alexander
+ Then. TIE burglars were to swear thai
Alexander employed them 10 commit
the robbery. Harrington would have
tried him before packed jury, and ht
would have gone to State prison
The scheme failed by mere accident
The burglars went to Columbus Alex
ander's house, at ! 4. NJ. instead o
I0P. NJ, as they were told to do anC
failed to wake him and, on going
away, were themselves arrested by
the police, who do not seem to have
been fully informed as to the details
Of the plot. To carry out this plan
Babcock employed Col. Whitley, VIII
! has now turned States evidence
against his fellow conspirators. After
wards, when there Mas some prospec
, of bringing these Williams to justice
the then Attorney General, an imam
. Gus scoundrcl, known as Landaulc
, Williams, gave an order to discOn
| tinue the prosecution. lie did this il
COLLISION with General Babcock, and
, it il said. BY order of Grant. Gran
is fully alive. now, TO lbe danger b
; is in, himself; aDd, rs the TELEGRAPH
will have informed you, has demande'
to be heard before the Judiciary Com
mittee OF the House, 10 his own vindl
cation. His hour of action has come
and be must either at once denounce
and cut loose from, the Williams VIII
have been bis in,imates and adviser;
or fall with them. ........... .
. THE PROPOSED REDUCTION OF sALARIE
, has raised a bowl Of indignation
among Government employees j
Washington. The fact is that mos
of the clerks have become accusiome
to q style Of living wholly out 9
keeping with their positions. A 81
900 or 81 800 clerk, for instance, pay
$500 or $1,000 per year for the rem
Of q dwelling, when bis salary warrant
him in paying not over $3.50 or $3st
! at most. He lives precisely rs pei
. sons of means live; has the best th
. market affords buys the most costl
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