The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-08-09
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a very extensive business has been
carried on here by a firm of office
brokers, by means of which great
many able and willing patriots have
been badly swindled. The firm is
composed of several members whome
rich in aliases, and they have under
taken not only to put new men IN,
but to turn old ones out, and have act
ually succeeded, on more than one oc-
casion, in obtaining consideration of
cooked up charges against officials
from heads of Department. They
have undertaken Offices of all grades,
from Foreign Minister down. The
detectives are now at work upon the
case, and promise some rich develop
ments within the next ten days. 1t
would appear from the thriving bus
mess these fellows have done, that
the able and &illing-to-take Office pa
triot is a very credulous fool, and
easily parted from his money.
1t is understood that the principal
Federal appointments in New York
I'mill not be made pptilsepstor Conk-
| ling returns from abroad.
The various State associations, in
Washington, which have hitherto
afforded valuable assistance to the
Campaign Committees, are, under
the influence of the Presidents civil
service order, giving up their politi-
cal character. The Michigan Asso-
citation has amended its articles in
conformity, as to make it an organi-
cation solely for social purposes, and
the New York Association last night
appointed committee to report q
plan of compliance with the Presi'
dents desire.
A good portion of the Presidents
message upon the reassembling Of
Congress will be devoted to a con-
sideration of the labor question. 1t
| is known that at numerous Cabinet
meetings, held within the two past
weeks, this subject has in several in
stances been discussed, to the exclu-
sion of all other matters. Several
members of Cabinet are known to
favor the passage of u law providing
for the organization Of "a commission
which shall have due regard for the
interest of all concerned-producers,
merchants, railroad employees and
capitalists-so that on any question
fair compromise may be Effected
A member of the Cabinet, in recent
conversation, spoke of this plan, and
argued that Congress had Il right to
pass such law, under the clause Of
the Constitution authorizing that
body to regulate commerce with for
oign Nations, among the several
States and with Indian tribes. Such
commission might be vested with
power to examine into the desirable
ity of chartcring new railroads, and
might require certain conditions to
be fulfilled, so as to established
reasonable certainty that the propos-
ed road would be remunerative, and
that the company would have the
means to pay for its construction, and
thus avoid disastrous failures.
The new party in power in South
Carolina have gone into the inves-
tigating business to slight extent,
and the discoveries made disclose the
most outrageous corruption and rot
tenncss ever practiccd in an cnlight-
cncd country. The infamous cx-Gov-
ernor Moses was arrestedand through
fear of punishment as well as by hope
of exculpating himself, confessed ev-
erything and his statements are all
backed by documentary proof, which
he has turned over to the committee
of investigation.
The strikers at Pittsburg answer
ed General Brown by saying, "rhe
legislation of the country was to
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