Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-04-16
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
They Can't be elIogg
( to Remafn.-Ben. Hill Threat
ems Gordon and Stephens.

| From Our Own Cor. espondent,l d. a.
- . WAsHINGToN, April IS, 1880. Z
The republican leaders Of the house
made very determined, but unsuc-
cessful effort to stir up the rebel brigs
diers the other day. Messrs. Frye,
Conger and Robson .poked the ami
mails with sticks. twisted their tale,
threw salt in their eyes. Sc, but with
ont avail, They crouched, aud skunk
away to the cloak rooms In obedience
to the mandates OF Gordon and Lamar,
who long since put padlocks on their
mouths and eojoined upon them the
necessity of turning the dexter cheek
when the other was slapped. True to
his Instincts Sam. Cox, the buffoon,
sent to the clerks desk and had read
an extract from Judge Longstreet's
Georgia scenes, and thus closed the
last effort to put the brigadiers on the
record. A political party must be in
a bad way when its leaders dare not
defend 1t. 1t Is quite enough TO make
old Andy Jacksou's bones rattle in
their last resting place, when demo-
cratic leaders In congress throw up the
sponge, and ingloriously retire from
the arena OF debate. How old Henry
have lived to see the day when leading
democrats would show the white
feather as they did last Friday. And
yet that party, with a record too bad to
defend, slill presumes TO engage in a
president-making contest. ga X
must not neglect to tell you of the
fine work recently done In this city by
Tennesseean. An Indian agent
from your state, under Andrew john
son, was notified few months since
that he was indebted to the govern
ment 1874, and was admonisbed that
unless he Promptly deposited that
sum to the credit of the government
he would be sued In the United States
court. Mr.. w. p. Brownlow, editor of
the Jonesboro Herald aud Tribune,
looked into the matter, and conclud ed
that the claim was not u just one, and
80 he came on here and examined the
exsagent's accounts. To his surprise,
he discovered that instead of his owing
the government anything, the United
states was indebted to the ex-agent In
the sum OF 1905 81, which amount will
beremitted to him as soon as congress
makes the necessary appropriation.
1t is known that at least six demo-
cratic senators will decline to aid
Ben. Hal in busting Senator Kellogg
they say they regard the Kellogg case
as res ddjadtcoted. and are opposed
to reopenIng the question.
In the meantime, Hill threatens to
resign as a member of the elections
committee unless Kellogg is turned
out / am satisfied Of two things;
first, that Kellogg will not be put out
Of the senate; AMI, secondly, that by
his conduct, Hill has become the most
unpopular man In the senate, and his
retirement from the committee above
stated would give general satisfaction,
among both democrats and republi.
cans.
Gordon has been writing another
letter, In which he endeayors to prove
Stephens liar. The Georgian com.
moner " III soon put on war paint and
90 for Gordon without gloves. Cor.
don dwiudIes into DOthiugness when
compared to Stephens, intellectually,
and idrubbing Is In store for him
which should prove a warning to men
of weak minds.
We had ice here yesterday, and fear
the fruit crop has been seriously
damaged. SPARTA.