The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-05-16

WASHINGTON, d. c., May IL. 1873.

Washington Letter.
WAsHINaroN. D. c., May IL. 1878.
IN CoNGREss.
Both Houses have been occupied
with routine matters, which has been
sunk 20 deep in insiguificance by polit-
ical excitement over the investigation
of the Electoral Frauds in Florida,
through the confessions of McLin and
Dennis, that we pass the routine busi-
ness unnOticed by, and turn our pen
towards the enlighteniDg Of your read
ers a. to matters that are boiling up
In the political cauldron, after remark.
ing that both Senators Gordon and
Voorhees,, spoke their pieces on the
repeal OF the Resumption act, as the
well known reputation of these speak
crs always guarantee, and there being
no reply as yet by the anti.repealers,
the battle did not come Off as we pre-
dictcd in our last, but remains IN
stdtu quo, to be stirred up at some fu.
ture day.
THE EXPOSURE OF THE GREAT AMERICAN
FRAUD
has at last been agreed upon, and Mr..
Hayes title to the White House will
be thoroughly shown up to be so thin
that no honest man of either party
will care to take any more than part
ing glance at his outrageous usurpa-
ton. The adoption of some plan as
TO the manner of proceeding has been
the only cause of delay, finally it was
decided that the joint Congressional
Committees should be called together
and their advice adopted. In a very
short time a special meeting was con-
vened, at which were present Senators
Wallace, Mcdonald and Ransom, with
Representatives Banning, Morrison,
Clark (of MOI, Blount, Hunter, Black
burn, Wood and Speaker Randall. Mr..
Wood asked to be excused Temperate
ly, as his Tariff Bill needed his atten.
ton in the House, but before with
drawing he gave it out as his decided
opinion, after mature reflection, that
it was the duty of Congress to inves-
tigate the frand, and he would ardent
ly support any plan the Committee
deemed proper to carry out the object
of the meeting. The conference ses-
sion lasted one hour and half, aud il
was decided unanimously that the
Presidential election should be inves-
tigated, and that the Judiciary Com
mittee of the House be directed to
proceed Herewith immediately, and
that they be invested with full-powers
to send for persons and papers. Some
obstacles, such as the report of other
Committees, were found to be in the
way, when Speaker Randall guaran-
teed that all obstacles would be re-
moved. so that the judiciary Commit
tee should have full sweep and pro-
ceed with the investigation at once.
Hon. Proctor Knott, Chairman of the
Committee, was here waited upon to
see what the prospect ofgetting at the
bottom facts right off were, and he
reported to the meeting that the order
for the investigation by his committee
should be issued by the peoples Rep
resentatives by the time they ended
their present temporary labors, and
the House supeuas for the witnesses
should be isaued Immediately, and the
investigation pushed without mo.
ment's delay. Dennis and McLin, who
made the recent confessions of their
guilt in the recent Florida Electoral
Count, are here and will be put upon
the witness stand right away, as well
as other important Radicals, who are
here in the city, aud are just fairly
bursting to tell all they know on their
partners in crime, such as Hayes,
Sherman, Garfield, Matthews, Zach.
Chandler, and many others too nu-
merous to mention. The weeping
aud wailiDg and gnashing of teeth by
the above Radicals, is worse than any
of such suffering' in Holy
Writ, and our pen is too feeble to at
tempt to delineate the terror of these
fellows, in anticipation of their evi.
dent conviction and punishment.
EVEN PACKABD
who has been appointed Consul at
Liverpool, with salary of $50, 600
per annum, in order to get him out of
the country, and away from the in
ves,igating Committee, that he may
not peach on the Administration, as
they infer from his refusal to go, that
he intends to 60 before the Committee
and show them up. The Admluistra-
ton is moving heaven and earth to
get him, as we'll as Dennis and McLin
out Of the country, and it is thought
they will all be arrested by the House
and kept here until their evidence can
be placed before the Committee.
CoNKLING,
the maddened gladiator of the Radi-
cal side of the Senate, has vouchsafed
his assistance in the Electoral investi-
CATION, and wound up his peroration
a few days ago with vindictiveness
against Rutherford Hayes, in accents
wild and vehemency unheard of since
the DAYS of Parson BrOwnlOW.
MR.GLOvER's INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE
brings to light that during the Elect
oral count in Louisiana, the expendi-
ture at the Treasury for the cost there
of was over $4,000, and show a mis-.
appropriation of great portion of
this sum. Certain Radicals as well as
members of Congress will
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