, 1876-03-05
THE ROOT OF THE EVIL,
FEMALE EXrnAyA0aScE.

4spec!al Dsspatch 10 The Chicago Tribune.
WASHINGTON, D. c., March 4.-The story OF
Gen. Belkuap's fall is still on every lip. The
Lenten season makcs it timely topic in the
SOCIAL world. Those who are living in stone
palaces and riding in golden equipages seem
inclined to tnke their bearings. There are those
who hopo that one lesson OF the scandal will be
tbat now set Of official manners will be intro
duced in Washington, and that thero will be q
return to tho palmer living Of the old
time. Thore can be no doubt that the
caricatures OF American womanbood drawn
by Dumas aud Sardou haye to very
limited extent, their prototypes in Washington
society," It is quite certain now that the social
life here has been lemoralizcd by putting into
it's foremost positions women who, to crafty
their vulgar passion for diamonds and display.
and for strange, unprecedented sort OF gro
tesque and sloppy luxury, haye made the Capt.
tai 3 public mart, where
"lSf1uEScE" AND "1SFonuAT1o:s
have been daily bougbt and sold. 1t is not true
tllst Cabinet officer cannot live respectfully On
his salary In Washington. Secretary Boutwell,
did it, and others have done it before,
bnt if member OF the Cabines Days three
fourtAs OF his salary for the rent OF his house,
be must haro some other source Of income or
he will starre, without paving the expense OF
keeping up largo establishment, giving din
neEs aud parties and importing from EUROPE
thousands of dollars worth OF drsBs, etc. II q
Cabinet Minister has q private fortune he can
indulge in auch Injuries, but when ono who
came into the Cabinet poor. who has not been
known to be engaged in any business from which
he could derive an income, lives year after year
in style that hls salary would not half pay Tor,
he mn8t
HAZE MONEY FROM SOME oruER SOURCE
member Of the Committee @ on Expenditures
Of the War Department is authority for the
statement that the Committee are OF tho opinion
that before It gus through the post-trading sale
business it Uill be able to show that Secretary
Belknap is worth at least $3.50, 600,
It has been commonly remarked in Washing
ton during the past three month that Washing
ton society has shown no signs of the hard timea,
The season just closed has been one of the
most brilliant on record. and the ladies' hare dis
plaved at the parties and receptions more costly
dresses than have before been secn hero. at
least in The last five yea1B. The wives OF these
Cabinet Ministers who were supposed to have
no income except their official salaries have
NOT BEEN ourDoSE N THIS E1TRAvA8ASCE-
4 cabinet officer who was very poor when ho
accepted the Office. and who has no other bnsi
nees, showed to United States Senator bill Of
@600 gold dutiea on dresses iuet imported for
thas Cabinet officers wife from Paris,
The INQUIRY is not to stop with the inpesch-
ment of the Secretary OF War Since 1874 it is
said not a single important post-tradcrship has
been secured without tho payment Of large sums
of money. and il is the determination OF Mr.
CIymcr's Committee to trace this money to it's !
Anal res,inc-pace. To accomplish this, every
post-trsder On the frontier has been or will be
summoned before tho Committee aud closely OK i
amined on the subject It is believed now that !
tha Ina has been broken By the over
throw Of Secretary Belkpap, who will |
hareafter be porerless 10 iujure any
rrader for telling the truth. Ev- !
sr nm ~ them viii disclose all he knows in the
,ona ,hst hr s3 doing. he may rid hiuself OF the
nr;rat;ons nrra @ nnder which he hns been suffering
Tha ofcers Of the posts will also be able to give
,nh;ect. and will feel that they can do 30 now |
sitIout being subjected to unpleasant incon-
euch as court-martiaia for frivolous
accusations by orders or tnrouea tunoonoo en'1~
uatlng from the war 2luce.
- 1 10 so raa,,t ~ thn examination
- thasa ,r;tnesses It ia said that one Harry