The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-04-03
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE.
WASHINGTON, D. c., }
March o. 1878 {

March 25, 1878.
1t is b rdly worth while to quarrel
al some Democratic papers are d"ing,
with the Court which Las rele; sed AM
derson at New Orleans. He ought to
have been punished, and nothing bnt
technically seems TO have saved
him. He intended to commit forgery
and t" effect by it IA change in the re
suit OF the vote of Louisiana. The
Court decides that the forged paper
coald not under the laws of Louisiana,
! have the effet Anderson Intended
The State las five days in which to
demand a rehearing, but probably this
is the end of the case. Anderson will
keep his place in the Custom hon g,
and not have to submit to the iDconve
nience of being let ont of Jail every
day, as heretofore, in going to his of
fetal duties.
Speaking of Louisiana affairs I may
mention rnnor that Packard of that
State is t" he given an office in this
District. The place is worth ten or
twelve thousand dollars year. 1t
belongs, Of course, to one of our citi-
zens, and has ALWAYS been so held, INT
under the marvellous system Of civil
service reform adopted by this Admin
istration a man from abroad is to BE-
! thrust into it.
Secretary Sherman was before the
Senate Finance Committee, in oppnsi-
ton to Il rpeaI OF the resumption act.
In the cnurse Of conversation he said
that the effect of the silver law, 80 far,
has been & cd, and that it would ma
terlally assist in bringing about as
sumption of specie payments. He
Thought resumption possible by Octo-
Der next.
1t is now said that Commissioners
General Mccormick gave passage to so
many persons on the "C,n >titutinn"
which was to carry goods for the Paris
Exposition, that when she sailed the
other day, she was able to carry bu,
littlr fret hit. Mccormick can be re-
lied on to distribute favors where they
will do the mast good-tO Mccormick
The case of the Lee heirs against
the Government Agents in possession
of the Arlington estate, involving title
| to that valuable property, will be tried
| in July.
j The Committee on reform in the
Civil Service have reported to the
House that the p"sition of Dnorkeeper
ought to he declared vacant. This il
condemnation of Col. Polk. A mi.
nority report was made, which states
that nothing had been proven against
The Colonel, except that he employed
more assistants than the law allowed
him. This seems to be the fact, and
il no representative votes against him
who helped to drive him into this en-
ployment nf unauthorized persons, he
will he sustained hy vast majority.
The cntrent discussion in the Senate
on the subject of cutting timber on
Government lands has drawn from
several Senators an earnest denuncia
ton of the discre.litahle spy system
which is employed by all the Depart
ments. Every head of Department
should be- compelled to employ the
usual, recognized and legal means of
carrying on the public business and
furnishing violaters of the law. But
during and since the war a horde of
black mail+rs has been abroad in the
country, protected and paid by the
Government. They are terror to
honorable business men, and in other
days would not have been Tolerated.
The debate in the Senate will do good
if it helps to abate the nuisance.
MEMO.
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