Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-02-13
Our Washington Letter
Speci@ Correspondence IF the OBSERVER
w AsnINGTeN, ID. c., Feb. 6, 20

t@rdaXs Here two witnesses
were examined who contradictcd
cmphatically and specifically the
one thousand and one lies that
the already. self-conyicted liar,
1t. Martin. had told as to Dem
ncratic offers TO purchase him
and others. 1t is a fact that
should never be forgotten that
every confessed, convicted and
cOntradictcd liar who has testi-
fled before the Committee, from
JAS. u. anderson TO this man St.
Martin, was a Republican politi-
clan who helped to get votes for
Hayes in Louisiana, and then,
falling to get-Totcs enough, help
ed to steal the State from Mr..
Iildcn afterwards. There is no
exception TO the rule--they were
all Republicans, all refoImers, all
Hayes nch, and, here and there
an exception, they all held Office
under Hayes. Yet SO various
and multitudjnous liars were
never known before. The Pot
Ter subcommittee in New York
yesterday examined two witness
es,one ol'thcm being SmithWced,
who sent some Of the kilograms
known as "cipher Dispatches
He denied some, acknowledged
some and said that others were
not correctly given. The next
witness was Edward Cooper.
Mr.. Cooper was the man who, it
seems, according to the radical
theory, was to furnish money to
purchase electoral votes. He
testified yesterday that he rcceiy-
ed a dispatch from Baltimore,
from Potion, to send him a large
sum Of money. Suspecting, from
the amount, that it could not lie
for the ordinary expenses Of a
party of men going South, as
Pelton and friends were, lie con-
suited Mr.. Tilden. Mr.. Tilden
agreeing with Cooper, Mr.. Pei
ton was summoned back. From
the testimony given yesterday
there seems to be little doubt Of
the substantial accuracy Of the
dispatches given in the Tribune,
but it also shows already, beyond
any doubt whatever. that neither
Mr.. Tildcn or any other Demo-
crat Of standing bad any knoWl-
edge CT suspicion of anything
wrong until the dispatch from
Baltimore was received by Coop
or, and that they then Immediate
~ and pcremptoriIy stopped all
proceedings. Mr.. Pclton, Mr..
Coylc and others will be exam
incd anl Mr.. Tilden will proba-
bly, make a statement, though he
has once fully and sufficiently
denied I'LL knowledge of the de-
smtehes.
The n. Y. Times says the
project to aid lines of steamships
from New York and New Or
leans 70 South American ports
found its way into the Senate
in formidable shape" The
proposition now is to give Sl50,-
600 per anEum to each line. The
subject is now in the hands Of a
subcommittee of the Senate APP
preparation Committee, consist
ing Of Messrs. Dorey and Blaine,
Republicans, and Wallace, Dem
ocrat. have not been able TO
view this projected aid as 50
great an evil as the Times and
some other papers do. 1t is an
experiment and not a very COST
" one. If it shall aid our mar
ufacturers, producers and mer-
chants one-tcnth of what Its
nfcIrtle eleini, or what appears
likely. the money will be well
spent. Congress, / regret to say.
las filled the past week with
words. words, words" Good
speeches have been made, to be
sure, f56t speeches are a luxury
and nor necessity. Action on
the appropriation bills is a neces-
sity. But the week has shown
at least that the Army is not to
be reduced below twenty-five
thousand men; that a prelimina-
nv examination for a plan for the
Improvement of the Mississippi
river will be agreed on; that mo-
rev will be appropriated-prob-
ably ten millions-to commence
payments under arrears OF pen
sion bill. and, most important of
all. that there is little disposition
10 have an extra session. We
may be sure that all absolutely
necessary legislation will be dis
posed of before March 18th.
Yesterday, in the House, the
Army reorganization bill, modi-
fed. was attached as an amend
ment to the Army appropria-
ton bin. This was in Commit
fee of the Whole, and the House
has vet 20 act on the amendment.
The modified bin Is an improve
ment. in some respects, upon the
bill as first submitted by Burn
side in the Senate and Banning
in the House, but is Mt best Grade
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