Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1878-01-31
faYEJtg.tlf, TENNESSEE
Our Washington Letter,

Nf7<F1dt correspondence az he ORsERvrn
WASHINGTON d. C., Jan. IS, '78
The one hundred and seven
Republicans who voted steadi-
ly and maueuyered rkilliully
70 prevent the passage of the
Glover investigation resolution
mpst have qneer SENSATIONS when
they find Mr. Hayes cncourag-
ing The great Investigator and
pledging assistance. The dil-
ference between Dir. Hayes and
the Republican leaders who
managed the exposition to the
resolution IS this; General Gar
field, Hale and other leaders
haze history connected with
Congress and the Departments
for the period to be inquired in
&c, while Mr.. Hayes has not.
Thcy fear the exposure Of af-
fairs with which they have been
cofrtrcctcd any time these past
ten years, while he has bnt one
thing 10 fear, and hat is inquir-
ing into his title to the Presi-
dency. As Mr. Glover ostcn-
aatiously addressed him as
president" Mr.. Hayes doubt
less thought it was the course
of Wisdom TO go With Mr.. Clio
scr. So he surrendered every
civil service reform and the
control over removals from Of
fee TO the Chairman of a Dem
ocraiic Committee. The words
in which he,docs This are as loI-
lows:
Touching the suggestion
contained in your letter that
witnesses who may testify be-
fore the Committee may be APP
prehensive of losing their pIa-
res if they testify truly and full
ly, you are al liberty to assure
all subordinate officers that .he
fact of their testifying before
The Committee shall not be used
10 their prejudice"
Senator Blaine, irrcpressible
and irrcconciIabic, attacked the
carly dead of Massachusetts on
Tuesday in the Senate. That
State was Offering to the nation
al hall Of statuary a statue Of
her fist Governor, William
King, and it was in remarks on
this semi-funeral subject that
the Maine Senator attacked the
ghosts of old Bay State po.iti-
clans. If the Senators from
Massachusetts had let the mat
ier drop, the affair would have
attracted no great attention.
But they involved themselves in
a debate with Blaine, and as he
can talk faster and invent facts
faster than any other living man,
he had decidedly the advantage
of them. There is something
wonderful in the facility with
which Blaine recalls historical
facts, creates other facts, and
aninoles in one mass what is false
and what is true. Add to this
an assurance that 10 one else or
earth can rival, and we have
Blame, by all odds the superior
of any other man in an emer-
gency like that Of Tuesday.
In the House yesterday there
wsre culogics on Senator BoSy
In the Senate Mr.. Blaine in,
aroduced an ingenionsly absurd
l,il4 making the silver dollar
LEGAL tender, and directing that
in lis coinage the number OF
grains should be varied from
lime to time to keep the COLI
on an equality with the gold
dollar in value. Senator Mat
.hews said be would insist oni
vote tomorrow (Friday) On his
silver resolution.
1t is to be hoped no othcl
people ever invented so many
1ssihods of "honoring" thei'
yreat men as we have. De
igns are coming in at the rate
Of several a day for a Wash
inp,on Monument. They apt
of all degrees Of absurdity, ant
the letters accompanying arc
not always correctly spelled o.
intelligibly written. In this
multitude of new ideas | hope
nothing will be found to take
the place of the original monu
ment, which though not beau
tiful nor perhaps strictly appro.
pfiate. cannot be abandoned
without a confession of failure
By far the most elaborate
celebration of the season here
was that on the occasion OF th'
marriage of the King of Spain
st tile principal Catholic church
during the day, and at the res
idence of the Spanish Ministei
at night, all that is distinguished
or fashionable was present.
AUSTIN.