Middletown transcript., 1877-10-13
MashInrton I.attaE-

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II WAaHnGTps, D. O., oct. 10, Isl
Il After the extraordinary and shaae-
less efforts made By Mr.. Hayes aad bis
friends to carry the election to-day il
may be traly said that success, if they
achieve it, will not have the moral ef
feet on future elections, or on future
political movements, that an unsolici-
ted endorsement would have had. The
end cannot justify ythe means. You will
know the. result before this letter
reaches you.
For some time it has been reported,
and it is probably true, that Collector
Arthur, on being dismissed from Office
in New York, will be rendered high
position abroad, As the Administra-
ton is bound BY its civil service reform
rules to protect competent and wor-
thy man in Office, why should Arthur,
if turned cut of one place, be given
another? Isn't it time, if the Admin
istration "means business" in its ere
form" talk, that it should apply its
tests of fitness to some one besides the
applicant for twelve hundred dollar
position fit has done SO in any one
case l do not know of it. If parties
removed from office have not in most
cases been as honest and competent as
those appointed, | am mistaken.
The Speakership contest.is warming
up considerably, The only two eandi7
dates not yet here ale Sayler, of Ohio,
and Goode, Of Virginia. They will
come tomorrow. I know the danger
Of dropping into prophecy, but ven--
ture to state the general expectation
here, which is that Randall will be
Speaker again. !,
The trial Of Witowski, in our crimi-
nal court, draws to a close. He was
charged, it viii be remembered, with
collecting money from the Treasury
for quantity of timber never deliver
ed. A member of Congress was to be
tried for assisting him. Yesterday the !
defence put in evidence to show that
the timber was delivered. Indeed, the |
evidence for the prosecution, was prin- |
cipally given by people, who simply |
swore that they didn't see any timber
delivered. In denying motion made
after the prosecuting officers evidence
was in, to discharge the defendant, the
Court intimated a doubt as to. the pro-
priety Of going further with the case.
The committee investigating the
cause Of the Patent Office fire 1nani-
mously report that there is no reason
10 believe the fire the work of an in
,endiary. .s
General Miles fight with Chief Jo-
'eph's band is hardly an improvement
IN one Of Howards. The losses Of
whites seem to have been extraordina-
lily large, though the General opens
lis dispatch by saying. he Surprised !
he Indians.
The finest Agricultural Fairs held
anywhere in the country, are those
It Frederick, Maryland. Mr.. Hayes
J 10 be congratulated on an invitation,
Thich he has accepted, to be present !
his week. In the midst of a great J
7heat growing and stock raising re-
ion, and with a population which has
lways taken pride in the exhibitions !
f products, the annual Fair at. Fred
rick is worthy Of every commenda-
on. The hospitality of the people in !,
hat section, too, adds much to the /,
leasure Of a visit.
An amenuensis, or your compositor
r some one else, made me fix dome a
n our new State Department last .
eek. What mullett might have cap =
Cd that edifce with, If he had not Be ?
,moved from office, no sane man 4
nows, but his official life ceased before n
: reached the upper story. The dome 81
lat I referred to, the finest in the
orld, and that might be destroyed in oi
hour by the burning of the COM tt
lstible materials near it, is on the Of
apitol. SoLoN. A
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