South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1878-08-02
Letter from Washington.
Correspondents Of 10. rn,el.isrnesr.
wAsmsoros, D. G.. July 20.


NAsuINoroS. d. G.. July %.
Mn. HARrER: Aside from Shcrman's
correspondence, elsewhere alluded to i'm
this letter, there has been nothing OF in
terest developed before the Potter Com
mittee nc Atlantic city. Garfield, Hale.
Kelley and other radical statesmen ties.
tilted to the exceedingly vir,uous man.
ner in which they conducted themselves
while IN New Orleans, after tue election
of 1876. Hon. Mr.. Sypher. radical
member OF Congress fo- two terms from
Louisiana, testified to seeing the oriyi-
nal Sherman letter, promising protec-
ton and advancement to the men il
they continued in their efforts to falsifv
the vote Of Louisiana. lie saw the let.
ter several times. was familiar with Sher.
mans handwriting. and had no doubt
The letter was geruinc. More import
ance Is attached to the proceedings OF
the subcommittee at New Orleans, be-
fore which Major Burke. the accredited
agent OF Gov. Nichols from November.
1876. to March 4. 1877, gave a history
oil his acts. Iie furnished to the SUBJ
committee tue kilograms which passed
between himself and his principal. In
them it is shown that the special friends
OF Mr.. Representatives,, Foster. Shcr-
man and Dennison-pledged Hayes, IL
inaugurated, To the removal OF troops
from Louisiana and South Carolina
The dispatches also show that HAYES.
before he was declared elected and while
the contest was going on in Congress.
approved the promises of his friends and
Also agreed to an arrangement by which
two Democratic Senators should he sc.
cured from Louisiana. 10 Stanley Ma.
thews as complete letter. writer must
be added Mcssrs. Hayes and Sherman.
Their correspondence while the latter
was in New Orleans, manipulating Lou.
iSiana's vote, and tho latter was in Ohio
preparing to accept q stolen Office was
not as voluminous as Mathews but it
was iull OF substance, says Sherman. i'm
effect: I'VE have honestly got TO steal
moro than VIC thought in order to save
the Electoral vote OF Louisiana, shall we
40 it?' Says Mr.. Hayes, in effect, 81
ought to have forty Electoral votes in
the South; 90 ahead, keep your con.
sciences clear AMI yourselves unspotted
l. ON tho world" Where are more
words than this but all save this is mere
words. All the hypocrites pictured by
Dickens, il turned into ono special lly.
pocrite, could not approach either OF
these men. Tue first appearance of yio
lehce In connection with labor i'm this
District, was on Friday last, when men
employed as the contractors for excava.
ting and grading for the new building
for the Bureau Of Engraving and Print.
ing. were driven from their work. The
contractors. 1t was said. were giving but
20 cents day; and indignant unem-
pioycd laborers interfered to prevent q
CONTINUANCE Of the work at that price.
The trouble recommended Saturday
morning. However by ''sharp, short &
decisive" action on the part Of the po-
lice authorities, the rioters wcro quickly
and effcctually subduod. Three mon
were moro or less injured. No further
trouble is expected.
On tho general subject Of Civil Ser.
vice Reform the Washington cores
pondcnt has little to say. Except in
occasional interviews with Mr.. Hayes
the subject is not mentioned hero. Tho
old'fashioncd assessments are made, the
Clerks who refuse to pay arc dismissed
! and the machine runs exactly as it did
under Zach Chandler, | say exactly,
but there IS, Of course. this difference |:
Zach said openly to the Government
| employe that he must contribute a GER
tain per cent. Of his pay for political
purposes or he must go. 1t is now said
That his refusal TO pay will not endan-
ger his place. But if lie is verdant c.
nough to believe and act upon this, off
goes his head. The most efficient clerk
i'll the 9th Auditors Office was bchcad-
ed the other day under those precise cir
cumstances. Since his decapitation Of
theirs have come forward with an alacri.
ty that shows they only need Que such
hint. Capt. Eads' reply in the n. York
Tribune to the attack made on him by a
St. Louis paper. clears him in the es-
teen OF all those who appreciate his
great work at tue mouth Of the Mississ.
ippi. Men Of his prominence cannot q.
void making INSCRIPTIONS enemies. But
their charges must be specific before
they arc believed at tho expense of q
national benefactor. MEMO.
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