Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-03-21
Correspondence.
Letter from Washington.


WAsHINGTU>, ID. c. March 10, 1873.
! The undenied and undrnisble tact that
( from half Ia full score of Senators got
! drunk as Chp" un the night oi the pas
/ the need OF Murphy presence here. aided
I by every appliance and expedicnt suggested
BY long warfare with King Alcohol. Aud
little incident IN tie House Yesterday.
convnces " that hi departure from ctr
midst and the dispersion OF hi, li'llc Army
of ker, to other points, WAS premature
aud 10 advised With the light that IA,
been sled on thi. matter of whisk"y-puz-
zlins by the past - years OF persistent az
lta,ion. the two disgraceful episodes men
TONED. occurring here st the National Cap
itai which should be "as city set on a
hiil'' the light of whose moral example
should iImmine every dark place within
our borders, has fixed q stigma upou the
present Congress that will orly be wiped
Gu; When the last offender against the an.
tment OF the respectable portion oi The
community shall have been releeated to
the walks of private lite. The sum aud
su bstauce of the disturbance in the House
yesterday was this: Mr. Beverly Douglass
"a son OF the Mother OF Presidents" aud
representing her In the +jth Congress
than whom uo man can pirate louder or
longer OF his honor" ''chivahy, etc.
al ndHs,dn,. la, often distinguished him
self in a way that teetotalers would proba-
bly, deprecste aud avoid. lie tried it again
yesterday while. as hiUtrd. in maudiln
personal and party reasons. probably. re-
fused TO recognize him. whercupon this
product OF the proud ''OiJ Dominion" be-
came ob,treperous. The Sargeant-at-Arms
fused to be suppressed lie Was finally
aud ANONYMOUSLY hustled into cloak
room aud kept there under close ,urveil-
lance till he became more ameudab,e to
reason. 1t adds another to the many ar
gumeuts deduciblc from the csi.duct ui
reform Democracy. Why the country should
hasten 10 turn itself over to 1t, iruukeu
control. 1t l. a notorious tact that trunk
euucs> and Kindred Immoralitir, have note
ably increased here since the lower House
fell into the possession OF 4 party uu, uf
whose cardinal principles l. free rum.
sir. Blaine has soundcd the slogan OF
war against the ratification oi the. fisher
les awards which according 10 the estimate
OF Mcs,rs Blaine, Hamlia and other Sen
ators. will take from Uncle sam, pocket
e. 900 uun Tor consideration that was
hardy worth dolI4f. Ii Mir Blame cau
sub>taniiate the limitations made "A, To
the tricAefy oiJobu Bal 10 getting Dciio>>e
accepted a, iuiri arbitrator. and Of oar
Sta.c Department. simple crcduty in ac-
cep:ing him after England had given IA
uLm stakablc cyiIcuces OF her Intention
TO oyerreach us. ii will operate very seri-
ously against a majority vote To appropri-
ate the money to pay the award. Another
consideration, namely. that the payment
OF the award doe, NOT close the door to
other absurd claims. certainly render. the
outlook for ratification very doubtful
Aud our Canadian ncishboT> are advised
not to embark IN any enterprise whose
success, must depend on the prompt pay
meut OF tie tIlflus sum decfced them "
the Halifax Commission.
The refusal OF the last House To appro-
pirate money Tor The more complete ar
rangencut ui the rebel aIch.yc, 80 a. Ia
make them more Readily available for the
confusion and defeat of Confederate thicye,
and robbers. must be REGARDED as a mega
tive movement in self defence. They hay.
come To- be regarded with well founded
distru>t By the whole party. Probably
Reagan hasn't suffered such Il fright since
the collapse ut the i.l-stsIVei COuirdeGacy,
a. When confronted With transcript from
them the other day. ,hoa Ing that the very
men for whose payment he Va. pl,adin.
had been paid every cent due them He
WAS 81. confused as though found guilty OF
AL attempted fraud instead ui d treachrr-
ots n.cmory.
JAY Gould i ,waylH. a., the strength at
his command against IhurmAu'e bill fore
ing Pacific railroad companies To ptoyids
sinking funds Ia discharge their indebted
nee, 10 Government, which. at the time OF
expiration oil the loans. Will. it j. said. az
srcgate the enormous sum of sl20 600 900.
And notwithstanding the Influence of The
Hobbies to The contrary, il is believed Con-
gre,: will not dare disregard the command
coming up from all quarters to force these
monopolies TO pay their dues.
Rebel claims are a-aIu the leading topic
for conversation. II j. found that those
already pending viii require hundred, OF
millions to satisfy. lsut ii about time We
awake to This fact before these robber, get
their grab on the millions in the Treasury
vaults:
Hood and his tariff adjustcrs 20 on re-
gardless OF the thousands We have already
lost by their ill-adyised effoIts. Now that
Glove has got permission 10 provide for
a dozen OF the dead beats that Polk couldn't
mud rUoEi for, il is expected he will make
plunge unless he stumble,, inadvertently,
upon another nest of reformer, like Polk'>,
in which case il will be decidedly awkward
for ali concerned. VOLUNTEER.
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