South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1878-02-08
Letter from Washington.
WAsmNaroN< Feb. s, 1878.

Feb. s, 1873.
Mn uxRPER :--The House Appropria.
ton. Committee wishes To reduce the
salaries OF our first, second and third
class Representatives abroad, andiinsth;s
and other reforms in the consular and
diplomatic service save about 81, 000, =
600. IL 10 certain that an undivided
Republican party viii oppose this saw
ing. Can we count upon united Dem
ocratic party to favor ita In. other at :
tempts at economy. so far proposed hy
Democratic Committees of the House,
enough Democrats have acted. with the
Republicans to keep up the old extrsva~
CANT rates. Will it be 50 through. tue
whole session? Cannot Democrats, see
that the one thing demanded OF them is
the reduction Of expenses and the reform
of the civil service Of the Government?
There is no party demand for the remo-
netization of silver or. the postl,onement
OF the day of resumption of specie pay.
ment, however desirablbfsome. mag be-.
lieye those things To be But there is
an unqnesiionabledem nndIfoneconom,y
and Democrats shouldall the more earn
estly attempt to- meet that demand for
the reason that Republicans in Congress
are blindly putting themselves omrecord
asopposesi ;oiit. TIicr least. reduction,
we ought to be.content with, in the, exs
penses of tile Federal Government is
SIC, o00.00Di per year.
Tho tr'ai OF Anderson, Of tie Louis
i;ma. Retnrning;ltaaru wiil,nraIlaiiw,b BE-
completed at New, Orleans, 10 day -
Wells. the Prcsi lent Of the Board. has
surrendered and will also be triel.-
These trials have naturally been the
cause ofrmuehispeeaiatiotf l.ere,. hut il,
Observation-Disclosures lttiatt Mr.. liza ses
anal his Cabinet have no fears of any
revelations that may he ma lie By Wells
or Anderson aftorconvic.ion or TO avoid
conviction They that. however
guilty the members of that board may
have been !: or however, conclhsively it,
may be shown that the vote Of Louisiana
belonged to Tilden there is now no ap-
peal. rs the Electoral Commissions. de
cision was final. But the act creating
that Commission reserved to any can
didate his right to appeal to the Court,
and IL it she'll DE plainly shown that
Wells and his companions corruptIy de.
prived one OF the candidates of electoral
votes which belonged TO him we may
look for proceedings in Court, in behalf
of such defrauaed candidate.
1t is a,curious fact that the first great
fight against suffrage in this country,
whose fuHdame ltal principle is That tax
alton without representation tyranny.
should be at the Capital. Since 1874
ne have been ~t9ii, rwitlIout. The poweB
tosseleet citireT n legislaturc or any off.
Ger. Frem 1871 10 1874 we hal The
choice OF one branch only or a Le.is.a
ture. Prior to 1871 We la, Tie Choice
by ssdr,ase OF Mayor ana 'bt}tl, hrancl.
es OF the Legislature. The re aii!ts OF
the various systems OF rules are "a fol-
lows: Prom 1913 to 1871, with officers
AMI Legislature elected, deb. Of six
millions was incurred. From 1871 to
1873 with practically no representation
Of tie people. atsieast,$ l8 100000 were
added To the debt anl claims to the
amount OF Other millions, the direct re-
suit OF this latter form OF Government.
areshela against the city. In fact the
last seven years have seen this city re-
ducea TO a condition in which its bonds
if it were not for the fact that the gene
raj sssoseEnment is expected to- assume
them, would not be worth tho paper on
which they are printed. There are un-
qnestionabiy grave objections 10 unre-
suffrage, especially where many
ignoran; peTsoa s. rs in this city after
the war, are suddenly made voters, hut
even under these. circumstances it is
found safer TO trust to thc whole people
than To a iew-aPpoin'cd officers.
Tie lifc,sayiag service Of tile country
will probably bc inquired into pretty
thoroughly at this session of Congress,
rs a:resnlt OF ;be ipellicieney displayed
at the loss OF the Huron and more late
", off the METROPOLIS, OH the North
Carolina coaot. There were about 500
lives lost on those Two wrecks, very ma.
ny of which might have been saved IT.
the service had been rs efficient rs il
has been popularity supposed TO he
The head Of the service. Il man who does
not know n life-boat from Chinese
junk says lie does not believe his sub
ordnates were in fault in. either case.
Perhaps they dill all they could; but
were they tho best me1 for tho dnty,
and were-their boats and other aapara,
tus in good order? t. is known sucII
WAS not The case when the Il IRON was
lost. MEMO,