The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-06-07
our UdsHington Letter.

DEMOCRATIC PIAIFOkelS EAO'
WAsHINeroN, ID. c., June 3, 1878.
The sweet. blue and pleasing month OF
lime. said to be the month OF marriages,
came in upon us with the vinegar race anu
ninuiop air Of a late November. Despite
ny coni weather. however, the Potter COM
rniftee has commenced its sessions, and the
working men of the city are making prep
aratious for a grand mass meeting IN 'front.'
of the CITY Hall TO give expression 10 tnelr
views of the tyranny of capital as against
the rights of labor. The working men
nf the District Of Columbia are decldeuly
oDoosed to the Radical principles OF mon
oi,pIv in nolitics and business. They think
laws should not he made solely for capital
lists. great bankers, manufacturers ana rall-
road kings.
THE OKLAHAMA STEAL.
The proposed territory of Oklahama IS
another scheme 20 steal poor Lo land ana
give it to a railroad company. 1t IS to be
hoped that there are some taIr-mlnded ana
honest members who will circumVeht tte
thieves who are so anxious to 'cIvllize the
Indians by organizing this new territory
on speculation. There is proposition pI
the House Committee ON Indian Ahairs 10
visit the Indian territory. In one sense
this proposition of the committee is COM
mendabie, for it might be possible that the
committee men would leave their scalps TO
testify to the nations interests IN It's wards.
A DEMOCRATIC SURRENDER.
The army bill, containing an issue Of vital
importance, which passed the House and
is now in the Senate, will be sent back To
the House Just before adjournment with
the distinctly Democratic clauses stricken
out, and the House will then either have TO
recede and submit TO the dictation OF the
Senate, or take the responsibility OF form
ing All extra session. The adoption OF The
House resolution TO adjourn Oh the 18th
instant places all the branches of the gov
erument in the hands of the Radical party.
The result is not difficult to foIeSPe. The
adjournment on the nth will be capitu-
lation to :he Republicans, signed by Dom
ocrats who voted to override the caucus
revolution. There is no further use for a
Democratic majority in the. House this ses-
sion at least. The Northern Democrats
have failed to appreciate the rights OF the
laboring people, and between the organized
rascality Of the Radicals. organized only
for the monopolists, and Democratic cow
ardice-coward representatives who were
afraid to fulfil their party promses-:he
poor voters are ground up by the tax wheels
with precious little hope of rescue. Upon
the verge of adjournment the Forty-ffth
{ Congress is able TO figure up the character
isiic nerve and rascaliy Of the Radicals
/
cowardce Of the Democrats.
GET Up PRAYER MEETINGS.
! The good ''brethren aud sistern'' of
Maine are holding prayer meetingS!n which
/ devout supplicatiOns are made for the
/ conversion and reformation of the Maine
( delegation in Congress, and it would be
well for the brethren and sistern i'll
] many of the Pennsylvania Congressional
districts to hold similar meetings and offer
up Gevout suppications for the rectitude of
their Congressman. There is no delega-
/ tion in Congress needs praying for as badly
! as the Pennsylvania Democratic delegation
I The 44th Congress was the first Democrat
/ ic Congress for fifteen years. For the first
time in fifteen years did the Democracy
. come to he front with large ma aiUIily aud
was beaten on every side by n Republican
minority and again in tho 45th Congress,
with a majority, on almost every important
measure that majority has been foiied by a
minority. and unless the Democratic lead
ers act with more honesty aud wisdom the
next election will set the party back tC
where it was fifteen years ago. Like the
good ''OrethIen and sistern" cf Maine, LET
those Of Pennsylvania pray for wisdom il
their Democrat Congressional delegation.
Especially should Tie good people of Read
ing pray for their Congressional replesen
tatives. very large prayer force is re
quired to make him cIeditable to his con
stitueucy.
MEMORIAL DAY.
, Although Thursday last, the day Sc
apart to honor the memory Of the soldiers
aud sailors who fell in the late civil war, il
not considered legal holiday, business
, was suspended, flags flung from the valiou
. public buildings and the commemorative
. services of strewing flowers upon the grave
were more generally obsei we'd by our peo
pie than heretofore.
THE POTTER COMMITTEE DoINGs.
There is much discussion about the prob
o able result Of the inquiry into the Pr, Siden
: tial fraud. Blackburn, at the head of tL
? Louisiana sub committee, and Hunton q
the Florida sub committee, have not ye
departed, as no appropriation has bee
/ made to pay their expenses, ard money
o as much what these iuuketing sub com
n mittees are got up for Information con
. cerning the steal.
a FEARFUL. APPREHENSION DrsPELLED.
Up to Wednesday last the people of th
whole country were afflicted with a fearfu
e apprehension that our Congressional solou
J. would be kept here until the dog days, bU
a the fears of the constituents of these xvi:
. dom chunks have been dispelled 10y til
" passage of the resolution TO adjourn on tn
l. 18th inStan'. The retention of the gres
u HOiphS VI ttic. ipB bdHh anu tI6 Otd
% garden until the dog days would hay
been a great public Calamity.
GRANT WANTS ANOTHER PRESENT.
- There is strong purpose among the r
~ publican Senators to tax the country $40
le 000 per year for the benefit of Gen. Gran
ID Pennsylvania Senator Cameron is energet
Il in the pushing of the measure to pay Graz
r. annually the pretty little sum of $50, 00
is In fifteen years Grant receives from tt
treasury Of the United States over FIv
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS for his Sc
vices. and a Radical Senator would no
III make him pensioner on the treasury
ny the rate of $50 GOO year. a motion ht
been made to call up and reconsider Il
g Shields bill and Democratic Senators a
being urged TO vate for the bill when
III comes up, 1t was not just and proper
of give Gen. Shields small pittance to pr
u cure him the comforts of life, but it is
-. meritoriOus thing TO furnish Grant mont
- continue his life of luxury. Such
ne Radicalism.
Us KING ULYSSES.
IS Ulysses is billed for the next Presidenc
NJ The Republican journals are are pointir