Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-06-21
From WashinEtOn.

From Washington.
TIE BRAZILIAN MAIL coNTRAcr-AS'
OTHER BIO STEAL PROM THE PUBLIC
TREAsURY-THE POTTER IEvEsTlGA.
TIoS-oPPOsGTIoS TO THE PACIFIC
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. HAS GONE
HOME IN DIsGCsT-LooRoUT NOUN.
TAIN ROUTE, ETC.
WASHINGTON, June 10, 1873.
Special TO the Herald
Saturday night has closed another week
oilabor In Congress which may be summed
up In few words o. IN the beneficial results
Tor the now breathlCss and idle thousands
Of good and willing men and women who
are Starving for the want Of work by which
to exc out an humble but honest living.
We heard q prominent Democrat say the
other day be could not go back to his PEG.
pie without Congress did something 70 re.
lieve the country aud ask them to return
him 10 the i9th Congress. The proceed.
ings OF the Potter lnVestiI ating Commit.
tee have been ZONE what sensational Tor
the past week. Anderson, the supervisor
OF Elections 10 Louisiana, as On the stand
for several days. he WIS very close ~ eE-
amined by both parties, which DE stood ap.
parently we'll. Judge Levisee, u shreye.
port, one Of the Hayes Electors for 10 Is
lana, was next put On the stan !;
he makes a clear ami intelligent
statement Of his part VI the taus.
action. II Is much regretted by many
persons Of both parties that stanley Math.
ews 10 being shown up Ia such a bad light
before the country In connection with the
Electoral frauds. However bis friends are
confident that he will be ab e t. clear
away the dark clouds which are no
threatening his reputation as a gentleman
and politician. John Roach, Toe Ameri-
can m0nopolist OF shipbuiiders, has sue
ceedea In getting his subsidy bill Of three
millions Of dollars for the Brazilian Mail
Service through the Senate. This Is the
most impudent steal from the public CRIB
since the flush aud golden days OF Pac hC
Mail and Credit MObilier. Senate. Beck
made an able and state 'mAnly speech
against this enormous steal. TIE snare
set to catch the sOutheru vote wac to tack
on every Southern Atlantic seaport AS ONT
OF the pol .ts tor the service. some were
unwise enough ~ take Roach's bait, : hich
he has 0eeu throwing out ever since
last October. He has had a
strong lobb5 OF well.select ed per.
sons, who have lived IN palatial style
At the National, Metropolitan. RIggs aud
Arlington Hotels. This tDrmidabls DO y
Of lobbyists have now made a move on the
House in the same way, with the hope vi
doing the effectual work theyldId 10 the
Senate. What is most remarkable In tnis
case, O large number Of members and SEN
ators who favor this scheme, without one
dollars worth Of security to the Govern.
ment, are opposing Pacific railroads when
the Government 10 amply secured; they
ciothe themselves 10 q mantle Of steel,
and say IL 10 unconstitutional and against
the principles OF the Democratic party "
vote subsidy for internal Improvements,
Huntington, the Southern Pacific Railroad
King, who has been fighting Tom Scott be-
tore Congress all Winter with 4 host OF
lobbyists, has left the city In disgust and
despair, whilst those whom be had
working for him have 70 mourn bis de-
partuTe with empty pockets and hungry
stOmachs. IL 10 said he has not paid those
men aud women who have aided him mOsl
In his work. They are now wander
ing over the city like q band
OF rowing gypsies, without money enough
10 buy q meal at Roberts penay lunGH'
room. Such 10 the fate OF Huntingdon,
LOBBY, We will give q history Of all the
strong Hobbies during the summer, 80 thai
members may be fully p isted when they
return next Winter. II has become %
notorious here that whenever you see Cd
exc vernon, ex-senator, ex-member VI
Congress, ~cx.Judge, ex.General. as not !.
ing lower In rank ls admitted into good
fellowship, the Inquiry is at once passed
down the lines, v hat is be aiter' Whose
interest 10 be in2 Where did be COM
FRONT The number OF these worthless
baTuacles that hang around the Capital IL
astonishing. Mulberry -ellers would bC
astsnished to hear these faded gems OF pc
lltical faith demonstrate how soon Yasl
fortunes can BE- made aud prosp :rily re-
stored 10 tue country II Congress wou.t
only listen TO them and adopt their Drac
teal notions. "There'a millions In IT,
they imagine, 10 themselves, Il we can on
~ ct Roach, Huntington, Scott, GOu.d
or Care / ~ believe Ia II. The expert
eHce Of the average lobbyist 10 as follows
Hope hard iu;k, ne thanks, and less mon
ey. Only a f9w Of those who can get thI
ear Of the head Center ever get anything
but nice promises aud deceilful smiles
We noticed In q recent number Of tht
HERALD that a new route had been opened
from your city 10 the East, via ". q NJ.
Ala. 4 Chat an00ga railroads, TO be know
&c the Lookout Mountain Route. A glanC
al the map shows this TO be the most d
rect aud shortest route from the Easter
Atlantic seapOrts TO the Pacific slope
Your beautiful and Historic Hill City vii
no doubt be the Eastern terminus OF tn
trans.cOntlnental line OF railroad spar
ming the continent from, on q souther
parallel, ocean TO ocean, aAd then the ne,
route recently opened from ne Father {
Waters TO the East, via Lookout MouI
tain, Will be one Of the popular trun
llues leading TO Norfolk, Baltimore, Phil
delphia, Wa hlngtOn, New York aud Be-
ton. with the Eastern terminus OF Il
Texas Pasi1ic at Ylcksburg, the doors
all the Atlantic ports are thrown opei
Charleston, Mobile, Pensacola, New U
leans, Atlanta, Savannah and Brunsw!c
will all share equal. For this reaso
Representative Chalmers has been zei
Gus 10 his lab0Ts In behalf OF the Wick
burg route, as 1t would give all points
the south . fair ehancs for competitio
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