The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-09-12
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE,
WASHINGTON, l
Sept. 2, 18TH

Arrangements for the next politi.
cal trip Of Mr.. Hayes are perfected.
He leaves here on the 9Th Of Septem-
Der, visits a large portion Of Ohio,
goes to Louiville, Nashville, and re-
turns here through Virginia.
Doubtless this trip is expected to
have happy effect on the coming
election in Ohio, in the result Of
which great interest is felt BY all.
It is not known what members Of the
Cabinet, except Postmaster General
Key and Attorney General Devens,
will be Of the party.
To very serious charges against
the Pension Office areplyf is just pub
lished by the head Of the detective
branch of that Office. The reply,
aside from an unsupported denial Of
the charges, is of the you're an
other" order, and rather confirms
the general impression, that the PEN
sion Office has been and is Inefficient
" and corruptly managed. If Sec
rotary Schurz will give us square
open investigation Of every bureau
of his great Department he will Ell
ther satisfy doubling public that
everything is concluded as it should
be, or will himself see the need Of
changes. Let there be light.
Opinions among Democrats natu-
rally differ, for the present, as to the
expectancy of opinion, in any form,
the question as to the title Of Mr..
Hayes to the Presidency. The New
York World and the Democratic can
didate for Governor Of Maine are
just now conspicuous in their oppo-
sition to any such action. Let me
suggest that it is early in the term
of four years to make such decis-
ion. The candidate above mention
ed, while deprecating action, insists
that Mr.. Tilden was elected, and no
one would think he could afford to
defer, at least until Congress- meets
any final acquiescence In q proceed
ing which led to the inauguration,
not Of Mr.. Tilden, but Of the man
defeated by Mr.. Tilden.
Renewed activity on the Texas
border is having its effect on specu-
lators here. A few years since, one
Col. johnson came to this city with
claims for Mexican depredations on
citizens Of Texas, Of the face value
of $40, 900, 900. Their character was
such that neither the Mexican Claim
Commission then setting here
nor Congress would have
anything to do with them, and
the Colonel has since waited around
for something to turn up. Having
lately sold some of the claims for
two dollars on the hundred, and been
swindled out of even that modest per
centage, he took his grievances to
Court. The fate Of this particular
claimant, or the man who despoiled
him, is not Of consequence, but the
enormous amount Of the claims, and
the fact that johnson is only one Of
many who have trunks full Of such
papers, show how large an interest is
looking hopefully for a war with
Mexico, in the expectation that our
Government would, ia such an event,
assist them in collecting money from
that country. The actual losses Of
border Texans are large, but for eY-
cry such honest dollar claimed there
are fictitious claims for hundred
times as much.
j A report appears in this mornings
papers that Chief Justice Carter, OF
our Supreme Court, will refuse to
honor requisition from Governor
Hampton, Of Sonth Carolina, Tor GER
tain offenders against the laws Of
that State, now living here. The
judge is an excellent lawyer, and,
though very Radical, has never 81
lowed politics to interfere with the
4 discharge Of his duties. There is
probably no foundation for the
report.
DR.. Chancellor, though be seems
in some cases to have over-stated, IL
not mis- stated, the extent Of existing
evils, in his report on the condition
of the almshouses and prisons Of
Maryland, has undoubtedly done
much good by arousing public atten-
ton out of the State as we'll as with
in it, to an important subject. Il is
not to be believed that Maryland is
behind the other States in her care Of
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