The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-02-09
Our Washington Letter.


its of the great questions at stake were
then more clearly presented than on any
previouS occasion. n srSSestioh ifotif tnc
nresidiup Justice that both sides should
follow the ordinary rules of procedure ue.
fuyr courts was asQuieSced III by both MI.
O'Conuor and Mr.. Evarts, Of opposing
counsel Mr. O'Conuor then stated hIs
toints in brief. and will conclude to-day,
but not in time to he treated of i'll this
letter. The two Democratic attorneys had
spoken very briefly on the questions, hut
with decided force, as was clearly SHOWN
by the temper of the opposition. OCunn"r
is decidedly the center OF attraction, anu
every word he utters is eagerly caught up
by the members uf the tribunal and by the
audience. Our fellow townsmnn, MIR. RIch-
ard +. Merrick, opened the case on Tie
Dart of the Democrats, and truly the ciii-
zens Of Washington should feel proud or
her bov. who held is own among the blg
guns of the nation, and presented his case
in choice and forcille language tia. c,i-
IDENTITY had IFS weight with the tribunal.
Judge Black followed in speech of great
power, but dccla,ed that Mr. Mcrrick had
presented the Democratic side of tie case
so admirably that it left linn little to say.
The Judge was vely humorous in his style
of delivery ard in reduced any number of
keen thIusts at :hc opposition, which were
heartily rclislcd 10y all present. Judge
Stanley Mathews (for the Repnl'licans) dis
agreed with his associates, Mr.. Kassuu ard
McCrary, who opened the case for the Re
rublicans and said that whether the uitra
position assumed by his lier associates
was clearly unteuable or not must be con-
iccurcd THUS it will be seen that the
radical attorneys are differing in opinion,
AMI that too in open court, among them
selves as To the legal aspects of their side
uf the case, aud this difference fell like Il
wet blanket upon the RAIDS. here, who are
more than ever despohdent, ana are almost
realty to give up the contest. The point
made 10y the attorneys ON the Rrpubl;cln
side is that the tribunal has no jurisdiction
IN the case. but as that question has been
already settled, their line Of argument u
considered here rs 4 Centeel ''yieid-up' or
their case. Evarts may throw li;tle spin:
into the already beaten enemy, but ii will
Le only momentary. II seems Ia I've n for
gone conclusion that Florida i'll he given
Ia Tilslen, and ere this letter is set up III
your types you may receive Yer telegraph
notice to that effect. In a few days more
the verd let viii he made TIP and given to
The nation, aud then the people will yield Il
calm ob,dicucc, trusting for the correction
Of any evils it may entail ~ Thine, which
al last makes all things evrn."
The fourth of March Whether Grants
y
there is :! sat iSfaction in the thought that
ouly fuur weeks remain of his lraden reign,
which is not intended fDr poetry. TIE
long, gloomy night is nearly over, and The
day is beginning 20 brtak-the night of
rings in all the government departments,
in the post traicr>hips and lohbi.s in the
secret ser, ce--wiieu B.lkraT, Bahcncl,
Orvill. Grant. Chandler & Gu. were the
powers behind the throne and when the
l..
s,raigh. tn the White ilnuse--lh!s era is
rapidly passing away. The number Of
corrupt u,en who have been crushed or
driven into refinement during the past two
yeats is n hopeful augury of the future. y
better time is coming. The corruption of
the RAIDS. will pass away amid the smoke
"f Tildeus booming cannon on March 9Th,
1871
Wells demands an immediate bearing,
and he ought to have It.. \ man So black
soulcd AID impure ouch not to be keep: out
Of the hearing of the p"ntentiary SO long
on the ragged edge.
The Senate committee which examined
Iittlctield to see whether anything useful
for the Republicans could be got out of
him, did not meet sith the success hoped
for. He reaifirmed all his previous state
mentS, aud they df"rpc. him like hot
potato.
nv ItShltlii 81 IL W Dt cut UtNn
to S25, 600. the same as il was before .he
RAIDS. gave GRAMS poverty (?) a lift at the
expense OF the people.
The Republicans claim that The cons,i,u-
tion requires that everything rurpciiiug
to he vote must be counted. The people
claim that the constitution only provides
for the counting of the honest, 5ona fde
votes. On which side lies the common
sense Of the argument?
e
icising the action Of Congress in issuing
tckcrs of admission To- the great national
tribunal 1t was certainly necessary to a
greater or less cxteut, ui hcrw ise the " heels
Of justic,. might have been retarded bv a
noisy aud iumultu,us gathering Which
would have delayed the progress of the
tribunal.
Stearns said, 81 am the State and behold
the only original returns of said State"
Whereupou Florida WAS set down for
Hayes.
Tie Returning Board vilIainy is STYLED
'thc certain shame %; the Amer ican p"o
pie" Hardly that, rather the crnwning
iifImy of the Republican raity. The
American people have had no hand IN the
rogury.
The investigation into The conduct of the
la.e election in Mississippi was continued
before the Senate committee this morning
auu ueVei'l'eu Ihe tact liat TIE RtpubiIcan
judges of election were generally iruor.nt
negroes, and that it was AN easy matter 10
get them drunk on election day At This
point the committee closed their testimony,
having discovered that it was damaging
the radical case.
The Senate committee will tiuish taking
testimony i'll the Oregon case to-day
Morton has uuearilied nothing as vet Diet; i
mental To Mr. Tildcn'S interesr. and the
Investigation will therefore ga for naucht
Florida whitewashed. The Republican
members Of the House committee who i'm.
ves'igatcd the conduct Of .he late election
III fI"rih'. have submitted n minority re-
pnit, which in the MAN corresponds with
the Senate committees report and of
, c"uisc excuses the rascality of the RAIDS
it Is nothing more than was expected. and
VIII meet with little or no co,Isi6e ration.
An interesting scene was enact, d in the
House committee room HE other dav The