, 1878-02-22
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he Ia, ,AAr,i Legislature. and tU hold up
10 public srpiiiuy the equities ~ i'st'inn
hy v hi,h packari's elc,iipn WIS lr'd hir
valid Nhile that of Mr. HAYES admitted ~
no question ihough his alleged majority
Was l,-Ss hy nearly loo than NJ. Pack
ards. But Mr.. Chandler seems Ia con-
Template no such withdrawal from con-
Troyersy that appears 10 yield him ,nch
degree of satisfaction: aud Maj. Burke's
wholly irrelcycnt reply TO the categorical
interrogatofies OF Mr.. Chandler. has
strengthened rather than weakened the
belief that there was \ good deal Of plot.
thug aud contemplating At the time Of
the electoral count. Many OF Tlden's
nomin al friends in the South prefcrring
Mr. Hayes manacled and mnzzled rather
than their own candidate under Ohliga-
tions to the proverbally tricky New York
politicians. Every telegram from New
Orleans relative to the progress Of the
trial of the Louisiana Returning Board, Is
awaited with great interest certainly, not
unmixed with anxiety and many mis-
givings, perhaps, by some In high places.
The whiskey and railroad lobDies have
suffered disastrous defeats during the past
lew days. Whether well founded or
otherwise, the feeling was sufficiently
general among members OF Congress that
q reduction whiskey tax was concealed IN
the proposition to extend the time of Its
withdrawal from bond till July l, 1873.
to secure its defeat by the adoption OF Fos-
ter's substitute, declaring any reduction
mcxpedient.
The Southern Pacific lobby is only one
of many seeking to make its way into the
Treasury vaults. Every one of them Is
represented by an adroit head centre. sur
rounded by his assistants. graded and paid,
it is said according to ability, the fees be-
ing generally contingent on the degree OF
success of each individual worker. 1t will
be remembered in 1875 Holman forced the
House to q vote on his anti-subsidy reso-
luton. only 33. ont of the whole number
of Representatives present, declining to-
commit themselves. Baker Of Indiana,
passed to vote similar resolution OH
Tuesday; and though he was only able to
secure little more than twO-third's ma
jority, its adoption has created the widest
panic among members of the "'rhird
House," The "coup de grace was given
In the vote, excluding from the floor OF
the House hereafter, every one not priyil-
eyed to 60 there. Even ex-members Of
Congress are required to affirm they have
no interest in pending claims before being
allowed TO enter. The abuse has grown
To be of great magnitude, scores Of men
too lazy to earn ali honest living by honest
labor, Crowding the Representatives.
Chamber in engineering the part of the
dirty work assigned ro them, and upon
the success of which depended their means
of procuring the bare necessaries Of lite;
however, the situation has been robbed OF
some ofits terrors by the establishment OF
the penny eating-ho,lse.
We knew only the first, perhaps exag-
gerated report, from the wrecked steamer
Metropolis" on the North Carolina
coast near the theatre of the Huron disas-
ter. She sailed from Philadelphia Satur-
day, for Brazil with about 250 people OH
board, principally laborers under contract
for work on new railroad enterprise in
that country. The government took ac-
tive steps for the relief OF the survivors and
to rescue the bodies of the dead. on receipt
of the first intelligence of the disaster.
Francis Murphy, temperance reformer,
has now been here nearly a week. His
meetings are well attended, but he has
hardly had as warm reception, or been
able to boast as many signers of the pledge
as in other places. The truth seems to
be that, frightened by the unprecedented
excesses OF the Christmas season, the peO-
pie OF Washington took reform under their
own control and had pretty thoroughly
worked the field before Murphy's arrival.
KNOX.