The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1878-02-20

special correspondence ni ue bt'dhiiN'l
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Feb. NJ. 1915.
One OF the most important projects
which will receive early attention after
the silver question is disposed Of, IL that
OF aid to some
SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD.
The appropriate committee OF the senate
has long had rhe subject under consider
alton, and is hearing arguments by
friends ofthe nval roa1s. Probably there
never was congress before in which IL
was so difficult to make calculations, asto
the result of vote on any measure not
purely political, and this railroad subsidy
scheme is no exception. Yesterday the
friends Of Col. Scott's Texas Pacific were
before the committee. To-day the ops
ponents of that road will be heard.
There Is much to be said in favor OF gov
ernment aid TO road crossing the coun>
try on some line in the south, and II the
rival interests could unite upon reason
able scheme. they would Lc sure ola large
support in both houses, and OF whatever
mid MIR. Hayes could give them.
1t is intimated in the papers, and has
been current gossip here for some time,
that various sums of
MONEY MISSED PROM THE TREASURY
while Bristow's man New was treasurer,
and tor the safety of which relative OF
that officer was rs much responsible az
any other official, had in some cases been
made good by assessments on underpaid
female employees. and In other eases mad
not been toahc good at all.
Spinner's plan was TO make losses good
and TO look to congress for relief The
assessment Of such sums on portion vi
those who had handled the missing
packages, and allowing Others who had
the same opportunity tor stealing to go
free, strikes one as the worst kind Of
tayoriiism. The tact that the party not
assessed was a relative OF The officer who,
under the law, was responsible for TINS
loss, gives to the affair an even worse
appearance. 1t may be that Treasurer
New did not know OF such assessment,
but his late statement that lie himself
made the losses good Is not correct
MEssRs. HAYES AND DEvENs
refuse to make public the letter OF the
former to the latter as TO legal means by
whiclNhe federal government could in
tertere with the cases OF members Of the
Louisiana returning board. 1t lie not dc,
MED that Mr.. Hayes Is eager for such in
reference If there is any way IN which
the law can be made 10 appear TO give It's
sanction. The electoral commission de-
clded, eight to seven, that the federal
government could not interfere with the
board, however fraudulent its acts, or
however much such fraud might affect
eUus vuaU THO SoyvIDuiUu', nuVruE hnOn =
ingly permitted the crimes, is bound 10
protect the criminals.
1t makes
OLD REPUBLICANS UNEASY
TO see the efforts that are being made t.
bring the country back, in some respects
to Its condition prior 10 1861 Rep.
resentatiye Grover introduced bill
the other day which provides, in
substance, that the rights OF citizen to
appear al attorney before the departs
ments shall not be denied until after in
curry. This Is very simple thing on its
face, but II interferes with power often
exercised by petty bureau chiefs OF late.
Caleb Cushing, or Judge Black, or any
other person who might have enormous
interests rs attorney before the treasury
or any other department, might he re-
fused the right to appear there by some
petty bureau officer, No law grants the
official any such power. A mere usurp>
alton, which grew up during the war,
when no private citizen had any right,
which an official was bound to respect.
The bill OF Judge Glover is intended
simply to take away this unrepublcan
power. Probably most citizens did not
know that the evil existed, as they do not
realize how, in thousand other respects
we have drifted away from The simplicity
and Democracy OF old times. Don.