The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-03-22
ORR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WAsuryGroN, d. c. Mar. 16, '76.

WASHINGTON, ID. c. Mar. 16, T6.
The Campaign may be said to have
filly opened with the organization of
tie National Democratic Congressional
Committee, who are now installed ut
their rooms at 1924 + street in this
city. The Associated Press has failed
to give, in detail, and with desirable
accuracy, the persSou'cl of the Commit,
tee, and as State and local Organiza-
tons, and other democrats all over the
country, will have frequent occasion to
address the officers, we append, at
the request of the Committee, the fol-
lowing information
Rooms OF NATIONAL nEMoCRATTc
CONGRESSIONAL Committee,
1921 street, Washington, D. e.
Senate.
Hon. J. w. Stevenson, of kentucky;
Hon. w. W.. Eaton, Of Connecticut; Hon,
y. " White, of Maryland; Hon. ii. G.
Davis, of West Virginia; Hon. j. B.
Gordon, of Georgia.
House Of Representatives..
Hon. Hester Clymer, of Pennsylvania
Hon. c. w. Capin, of Massachusetts;
Hon.l j. w Throckmorton, Of Texas;
Hon. a. : Hewitt, of New York. Hon.
c. E Hooker, of Mississippi; Hon NJ.
Slayer, of Ohio.
District Of CohmJir.
Mr.. W. W. Corcoran, Mr. James E
Harvey, and Mr. Charles Mason
The Democratic organizations in all
the States and Territories are requested
to send the names of their Committees
Immediately, to the Congressional Com
mittee.
Applicants for documents, speeches,
and other political matter, and all COM
munications relating to the business o.
the Committee, should be addressed to
the Secretary, James E. Harvey, 1924 !
street, Washington City.
Editors who send their newspapers tC
the Committee will be furnished with al
documents free of charge.
HESTER CLYMER, Chairman.
ss,-.yE I,4stHB@, freusrrcr.
JAMES E. HARVEY, Secretary
1t will be seen that Hon. Hester
Clymer, Chairman of the Committee
which Investigated the Belknap scan
dial, is, also, Chairman of the Nation
al Democratic Congressional Commit
tee, and 10 man better fitted for the
position could have been chOsen.-
Mr.. Clymer is a gentleman of particu
larly sauve and agreeable address, and
unquestionably, man of great ability.
The Committee are fortunate, also, in
securing the services, as secretary, o.
Hon. James L. Harvey late L. 5,
Minister to Portugal, a man of letters
journalist of note, and n man OF
varied and extended information
whose large acquaintance and expert
ence must prove Of great value to the
party.
THE DISTRICT INVESTIGATION.
The investigation of the affairs Of
the District Government and The
Board of Audit, which is being cor
tinued from day to day by the House
Committee on the District of Column
bia, discloses system of official swim
ding and robbing, by wholesale and
retail, that completely throw into the
shade the crimes of Tweed, and his
associates in New York. This and
other Investigations that the several
Committees ofthe House are diligently
pursuing disclose the astounding fact
that there has not been, for years, an
honest man in any prominent position
under either the Federal or the Dis
trict Government; and that even the
men in subordinate positions who have
had any opportunity to steal have in
variably followed the example sci
them by their official superiOrs.-
There has been, really, no law, in the
proper acceptatiOn of that word, adj
ministered in Washington for a long
time. We have been under a sort OF
provost-marshal rule From the Pres
ident and his cabinet down to the
Chiefs of Bureaus, and from Judges of
the Supreme Court of the District and
the District Attorney down to the
Constables, utter disregard Of the law,
where anything could be made by
violating it, or where the interests OF
any of the various Rings were at stake,
has been the rule.
MORE OF BELKNAP's RAsCALITY.