The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1877-09-28
A COMMUNITY OF CRIME.
from the Memphis Appea,.2

From the Memphis Appeal
j. Madison Wells and the Louisiana
Returning Board villains seem to be in
high feather with the Administration.
They have returned to New Orleans
from Washington insolent and defiant
The indicted forgers have been placed
in high positions, and they expect to
escape the penitentiary for the crimes
they have committed through the
Administration. '''.'~" ~.
Civil service reform becomes farce
and mockefy when perjurers and
forgers are rewarded for their Villainy.
Should Wells and Anderson be convict
ed, Hayes will realize his error in per-
mitting Sherman to transfer the pat
ronage of the New Orleans Custom
House to these knaves. The stream
can never rise higher than its source,
and 1T Is not surprising that a President
elected by fraud should commit tho
moral degradation, the fathomless
dapth of human depravity, by promot-
ing the indicted villains to whom he is
indebted for the Office of lains to whom
he is indebted for the Office of Presi-
dent. The power which Wells and
Anderson exercise over tho Adminis-
tration is the legitimate offspring of the
conspiracy which inaugurated a can
didate for the Presidency defeated by
the people.
Wells, Anderson, Hayes and Shcr-
man are linked together by commun-
ity of crime which will not fade from
the memory of man so long rs free in
stitutiOns exist. .s
+. The lmpudence of such leaders of the
Administration as Wells and Patterson
of South Carolina is sublime. Both OF
them are. indicted for the most infam-
2gvf a xt~
country believe that they arc poor, per-
secuted innocents-lnartyr to the cause
OF truth and justice. Wells commits
perjury, prostitutes the sanctity of the
ballot box, and elects a President by
throwing out ten thousand votes Pat
terson directs the delivery of STA 900 of
Of scrip to another patriot for the pur-
pose of bribing the South Carolina
Legislature. Both Of these creatures are
indicted; syet they they are high
priests, ministering at the alter Of an
Administration which is so pure that it
will not permit an ofiiceholdcr TO exer-
else the rights of :frecmen in elections.
Wells is rewarded for electing Presi-
dent by perjury, forgery, and fraud
generally, but now it is n crime for
him to participate in &. political meet
ing.
Mr.. Dudley Selph of New Orleans,
who is now called the best rifle shot in
the world, has added to his growing
fame by winning the Wimbledon cup
in q thousand-yard match, open to all
United States rifiemen, which took
place at Creedmoor on Wednesday,.
Crack shots from all parts of the coun
try participated, Mr.. Selph leading the
score with 137 out of IA possible $50.
The editor of Wilkes Spirit of the
Times has offered $1,000 in gold as a
prize to be competed for at the conclu-
sion of the pending international
match, by all rifiemen who desire to
enter the lists, and we should be pleas
ed to see our Louisiana champion cap
ture this substantial premium and its
attendant honors.
The Dem ocratic caucus will consist of
about $50 members, 75 votes being ne
| cessary to secure a nomination from
that body. OF these the Gulf States
| have forty. This is a formidable mum
Der to start with, and thrown for either