Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1879-01-11
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, D. g.
Iun- Z. 1870.


Congress meets 10 day, the contest
for The remainder of The session will he
over the Legislative, executive aud judi
cial bill INFO which the House Com
mlttce on appropriations have incor-
pCraied several reforms in tie way OF
consolidation Of bureaus, &c. l suppose
the Republicans " i'll fight these econo-
mical propositions as bitterly as they
did those of The last four years. Yet
without these four years reductions we
could not have escaped additional taxa
ton and could not have entered OH ie-
sumption with so fair u prospect OF
success. TO insure reform and ecuno-
my, as have said before, we need
twu-,hiiis vote OF both Houses. Sena-
tor Voorhees, has gone TO Indiana 10 be
present at the Senatorial election in
which he has 50 deep an interest. There
ought 10 be aud probably Is no doubt of
his election. No panty was ever more
thoroughly pledged to accomplish agl'-
Ell thing than is The Democratic party To
cleo: Voorhees,. The whole November
campaign from the first speech Of Gov.
Hendricks TO the last ballot thrown on
election day was fought OH that ques-
ton.
Senator Thurman yesterday wrote to
the Ohio Democrats, who will assemble
on the Sth 10 celebrate the battle of
New Orleans, that he could not be with
them. He had been selected 10 speak
on jackson Democracy" No one
could have done the subject more com
plete justice Ii is to be regretted that
the Senator felt compelled TO decline
especially us the dccllnaliou must pro
badly be taken AS showing that he will
perSslcmlly refuse to be the Drmocra-
tic candidate tor Governor Of OHIO.
The decision made on Monday by the
Supreme Court, in polygamy case from
| Utah, is Il blow To the Surviving "t"wn
relic Ok balbarisu' of which we heard
so much twenty years ago. 1t Is to the
effect that the laws of the Unit States,
forbidding polygamy in the Territories,
are constitutional One Reynolds con
trac,ed a marriage in Utah against the
anti pol: gamous laws Of the United
States made for such cases Prosecuted
therefore and the decision Of the lower
! cour, being against him he took the
case To the Supreme Court on appeal
The effect OF the decision can but he
great and important on the relations
] sustained by hundreds III Utah.
: This week the friends ct woman suf
tirage meet here la convention. 1hey
come from all parts Of the country, give
us entertaining speeches and lectures,
believe themselves much better than the
average member ofpolilical conventions
and go away. Next year they will
, ccme again. To the unpracticed OBJ
server these gatherings seem 10 cause
misuse of time and funds AS the first
action given the ballot to woman much
Of necessity come from State OF Terri
loral Government. IT the ladies would
meet at some State Capital year alter
year they would he more likely to ac-
complish something. In the week
since resumption nothing has occurred
to alarm the most iimld Of the friends
OF hard money. To 0e sure we cannot
consider anytling settled in this regard
for ,ime-perhaps for long time
but certainly every indication So far has
been OF the most gratifying character.
HILTON.