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men IN fosr outside Of Na.->~x2
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publican party Of that State really
-. Will rejoics il Eutlsr should suc.
coed in defeating it.
The Potter Committee has pue-
t'caily suspended its work for thu
present. Other witnesses will bs
examined (probably here) and re-
port will be made at the opening Of
Congress in December. The Com.
mittee has succeeded in making the
origin and methods of the
A Administration so clear, that two.
thirds of the Republican party il
asking for another term for Grant.
Nothing but this exposure of Hayes,
sherman and Mathews could have
made respectable men ask for another
four years of Grant, Delknap and
Washington had a little labor riot
the other day, in which two or three
men were murdered. There are
many unemployed and hungry men
here, but they are nearly oil orderly.
A few OF them, however, excited by
the loose talk of q blatherskite.
named Isaac Cohen, undertook FL,
day to prevent other men from Ia
boring for a living. They were
suppressed and there is no
fear of any renewal of the attempt.
Since the dismissal of Treasury
clerk who refused to subscribe to the
Republican campaign fund, a few
days since, other clerks are subscrib-
ing literally. This thing was man
aged better by'Zach Chandler. He
made the officials understand in adj
vance that they must subscribe. He
never had any trouble.
When Capt. James B. Eads under
took to improve the South Wost
Pass of the Mississippi and make it
navi gable for all classes of vessels,
and wait for his pay until success
was assured, we were told by army
and other engineers that the plan he
had devised was sure 70 fail and that
he would involve himself and his
hackers in ruin. He has made his
undertaking transparent success,
and the Government payments to-
him are made on the certificates of
the very engineers who prophesied
failure. This, of course is graft.
flying to the great engineer, Us his
success has been to all citizens who
know how greatly the prosperity of
the Mississippi valley and the count
at large depends on the safe and
easy navigation of the river. The
late publication in a st. Louis pa
per, insinuating that the last Gov
eminent payment TO him had not
been disposed Of according to agree
ment with those who furnished the
capital to begin the work, is ex-
planned by Capt Ead's very clear
letter in a New York paper, and
what must he regarded IS the Inost
valuable Of engineering work OF
tins generation in tins country,
stands as clear in It's financial rnAn-
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