Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1877-04-07
oIID WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, D. 9.

Aprl 4, toti.
When on Saturday, it became certain
that the President would remove the
,roops from the State House at Colum-
bia to their camp half mile away, there
was much exultation among Southern
men and conservatives here, and cor
responding depression among the fol
lowers of Chamberlain and Packard.
The order for removal will be sent by
mail to Columbis this week, and will be
promulgated after both Hampton and
Chamberlain reach there.
Logically, Louisiana must now be re-
lieved of her similar bondage.
Chamberlain flied an argument
against the removal of the troops, and
the paper is an ingenius one, but it was
evident prepared after the case was
known to be decided against him, and
10 heighten the importance of the VIII
ters position, with view TO demanding
substantial personal recognition here
after.
1t is an odd tact that these two latest
of carpet-bag Governors are the aoies'
men OF their class, and perhaps ire
most respectable. One can almost Dc
l;eye that if the evil elements when
controlled the South in '667-S-9 had
mt TO the front men of actual ability
like Chamberlain and Packard the lie
publican party might still have standing
in many of the Southern States, even II
NOT permanently successful there,
With strong men for leaders, the party
would not lave needed Federal military
support, a thing so utterly unrepubllcan
that no circumstances can justify or
party successfully support its continu-
ance. Secretary Schurz has not yet
got down to the work Of applying his
reform ideas to his own office. Indeed,
| fear he is not the most sincere, un-
yielding reform statesman in the nation.
lie succeeded in office an opposer OF
all reform. and the one who had done
more than any other to cripple the
weak attempts of Grant to improve the
service, and he has so far done nothing
TO distinguish his administration of
Interior Department affair from that OF
his predecessor. He found in charge
of his Bureau offices Land, Patent,
Indian and Pension-small politicians
iniects into them by the political quacks
whom he condemns, but he does moth
inc. If his idea of an efficient and non
partisan civic service reform is to find
his department controlled by inefficient
radicals and TO let it remain so, he Is
successful beyond any who have gone
before him. He found that III the Fen
sion office, for instance, two claims
were filed while one was being disposed
of, and that claims filed there RENAMED
Tor from eighteen 10 thirty six months
without tiual action. He has done
nothing to secure better system o.
better executive officers. If Mr.
Schurz while editing his paper or other
wise engaged, had not discovered unit
1878 that Hayes was Candidate TO
president III 1876, he would have beer
no more behind the times in polite:
than his Commissioner of Pensions i:
in the business Of the Pension Office
In the ole case Mr. Schurz would he
without his Cabinet position; in the
other the impoverished soldier, widow
and orphan wait aud safer for what /:
due them.
Our District police force, heretofore
engaged in part in limiting up evidence
rs 10 the habits of conservative Con
sressmen, has of la:e ample Legitimate
employment. The serious violation .
law were never before 50 numerous a
now. A week since the safe at Polio
Headquarters was broken open and
small sum stolen. All was taken eXcep
marked money, showing that In
thief mist have been a member OF tn
force or some one familiar with matter
NJ headquarters.
The local sensation of the past few
DAYS was al the Criminal Court. You
readers will remember that a al, 90
package was stolen from the Treasnr.
some time since Yesterday while on
OF the alleged thieves was under trial
another took the stand aud exposed th
whole affair. fENO.