New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-22

VOLUME X.-NO.
Especial Corrsspendeuoe Of the Republcan.]
FROM WASHINGTON.
False ewearlng-Bsgus Detectives IN,
ScanAal Mesgers-The whipping Pest
Oao of In Advocates Practically Illus
srases Il la . New Ferm-Our Mex
Rresideus-Dsm Pedro's Visit to th.
UaiteA etaees-His nlsjesey's Recepeisl
se the Nasisaal Capital.
WASHINGTON, April Is, 1876.
The investigating committees of the Con
federate House, it may not be generally
known, are composed of Democratic Rep
resentatives, dead beat detectives. and
several .'old inhabitants" of this city, who
ever since the Republican party came into
power, have figured a. ''sore heads" and
fussy old Democrats picking. flaws first in
tho government of this city, and then vol
unfairly Offering manufactured documents
and hearssy testimony to frivolous invest.
eating committees. These sore heads have
for years been fittering about the Wssh.
ington bureaus Of newspaper Offices brim
full of scandals and outrageous charges of
corruption against high minded and honest
government officials. They have stopped to
tho lowest steps of human debasement and
have endeavored to put aflost the mest
disgraceful scandals, involving the reputa-
tions of the lady members of our Cabinet
ministers families and distinguished gov
eminent officers. So contemplate and
false have been these charges that not evt n
the representatives of the bitterest news
paper opponents of the present administra-
ton would touch their foul stories. 1t is not
too much to say that these sc0undrels, who
have not hesitated to detame public mans
Official record by invading their domestic
circles and soiling the fair fame of their
wives and daughters, can not rest content
until they appear on the scene at the present
time - the plant tools ready to sell and be
purchased by the Democratic Investigators
OF tho House of Representatives. This is
the character of . large majority of the
parties who bolster up chairmen OF these
committees; who hunt up abortive evi-
denoe, seour the country for tramps to give
false testimony, and who are the right hand
men Of these champion Investigators.
Hanging around this capital to-day arc
those most contemplate of all characters,
the swindling bogus detectives. Kicked
ont of every reputable detective orgsniza-
tion, they sponge on the community by do
ing any dirty work that . rogue is willing
to pay them for. They are the kind of
mon who have figured in almost every de-
tective corps in the country; men who
ststand in" with the thief and burglar,
and who are willing that . town
shau be worked" providing the thieves
"whack up" with the detectives. g., IL Q
man who is paid to see that our laws are
not violated, whose business it 10 to pre-
vent murder and robbery-is willing that
both Of these great Grimes shall be COM
mitted provided the murderer and robber
shall give him . share in his illgotten
gains. There are several of these charac-
ters about here now, first making move
to blackmail treasury officers or White
House officials. They are going for big
game ct first. They have evidence pro
and con to suit the purchaser, or they will
sell ont for q consideration, and arc will |
ing to keep their mouth shut They know all |
about the safe burglary, who "put the job
up," and they are given to mysterious ways
in his connection, and throw out significant |
hints at the same time to the effect that |
high authorities are involved. The fact |
is, they know nothing whatever either |
about safe barglarles, whisky rings or post |
tradoships. Their place is the penitentisry,
for they have no regard for q sacred oath.
The fact that they had previously sworn to
one thing some time ago, and contradict it |
now. counts nothing with them. They
would not dare to offer such evidence a.
theirs in court of Justice, and well they
know it. but free from immunity of arrest
and punishment for perjury secured to
them by turning States evidence, so called,
they would, for . money consideration,
swear their own kin into disgrace. No re-
lance Is placed IN these men by some Of the
''old inhabitants' who belong to the COM
Said one of them to me, in reply
to an interrogstory respecting his opinion
Of these detectives ~, "they are all id
not to be believed on oath; not
even on their documentary evidence; that
10 manufactured"
Let US score one for Northern Demo
crat, without the fear Of Southern
,hivalry before his eyes. A Democratic
from Delaware, the other
hight during an evening session, took it
lpon himself to punish an insult to his wife
" administering . severe castigation to
me of the ungentlemanly ex-Confederate
Of the ladies' gallery Of the
House of Representative. The time was
o p. n. The scene, the corridor outside
he gallery doors. Wife of representative
uietly seated in the private gallery a.
iened to tho families of members. Ap-
roach of tho OK. Confederate to the lady
q question: "You must get ont of the gal
sry at once" II am the wife Of men,
or" was the reply of the lady. "What
,embers" demanded the newly -dedged
ificer. "Mr. -, member from Della
,are," answered tho lady. 'Thers's no
uch man in the House. You are fraud,
nd must get ont of hero at onoe."
Q . fitting finale to tho enforcement
I his outrageous affront to the
ldy this official creature called . police
N. Yn <ha ucaantima thA huaband IF the I