The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1880-04-07
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did they make il for him, and 80 lack
ing in backbone" IL he that We had
the singular spectacle Of leader ON the
floor Of the House voting, when the
final issue came, against his own
and proposition. But he
weakened too late. The measure
passed and the Radicals had to appeal
their disappointment to the more relia-
BILE Stalwarts Of the Senate for a bitter
fight against il. There Is, however,
scarcely a reasonable doubt that the
elections laws will have to be admin
istered in the future with their partisan
fangs thus drawn.
The House found itself unexpectedly
thrown into highly exciting tariff con-
test last week. Efforts have been made
during the last three Congresses to Sc
cure some revision, or amendment i'm
special eases, of the existing tariff laws,
but all without result. In the 44th
Congress there was a majority Of tariff
refOrmers, vet somehow nothing was
done. In the last Congress / think
Free Trade had small majority but
the Ways and Means Committee, to
which these questions are always re-
ferred, was organized to defeat them,
and it was done, by the smothering
process. The condition of things Is
about the same in the present Congress,
except that there may be no Free
Trade majority. Upon the tariff ques-
ton think there il now a pretty even
division in the House. Several meas
ures of reform have been introduced
this session, but, "a was lately an
nouneed, the Ways and Means Com
mittee decided not to report them.
This of course reduces the settlement Of
all these questions down TO the Com
mittee. The rest of Congress hasn't n
chance to express any opinion on the
subject.
Lately there have been urgent APP
peals to have type and materials enter
ing into the manufacture Of white pa
per placed ON the free list, because Of the
monopoly enjoyed and the cOmbina-
tons entered into by the manufacturers
of these articles, to exort outrageous
prices. But these appeals, ike all 9TH
ers, have gone into the pigeon holes Of
the Ways and Means Committee. Mr..
Townsend, af Illinois, presented "a ball
on Monday to amend the sections Of
the revised statutes relating to this sub
jeet, and not wishing his bill to go to n
graveyard he asked the reference Of il
to the Committee on Revision Of Laws,
Of which he is member. Ii was 30
referred, but when the Protectionists
got their eye open to the scope Of the
bill they began desperate tactics to have
il recalled and sent to the Committeeon
Ways and Means. The result was
lively skirmish and night sessions The
merits of the proposed tariff change
We're not discussed i'm this contest
could not be-but il was ~ near an ~
sue between the two interests as will he
raised this session.
The numerous scandals with which
the National Capital Is afflicted are get
ting well aired OF late. None Of them
attracts more attention than the un-
pleasantness in the Chrirtianey family.
Minister Christianey II expected to ne
turn here shortly to prosecute n sslit
for divorce. Three years ago when Mr..
Christianey, then q United States SEN
atOr, married beautiful young lady,
a poor girl and clerk in the Treasury,
the disparity in their ages and the
frosted romance OF the af1air, created
quite a sensation I'm the social circles
here. Now she returns rom south
America and prefers charges against
him of great cruelty and inhuman
treatment which caused sensation
even more decided To this she adds
testimony that he sold his seat I'M the
Senate TO Zach Chandler for = consider
alton i'm money and the mission he now
fills. Both sides to this happy union
are preparing proceedings for divorce.
Let beautiful young ladies who han
kerr after old men and dazzling official
positions take warning.
a glance at the Senate galleries the
other day revealed the presence there
of certain notorious persons whose scan
dalOus charges against others ON the
floor below has excited much talk late
ly. In prominent place in The ladies
gallery sat Jessie Raymond, who has
sued Senator Hill, Of Georgia, for So
duction, and i'm her arms she held her
boy, whom she has named Thomas
Hill. Below, in his chair, sat Senator
Hill with his little grandson ON his
knee. In another section Of the ladles'
gallery could be seen Miss Lucy Hor-
ton, Of Alabama, who alleges that the
son of Senator Morgan, and the clerk
of his committee, has betrayed her, and
who shot young Morgan i'm the should
err while he was walking ON n street i'm
this city, several weeks ago. On sofa
i'm the Senate Chamber below, i'm full
view of Miss Horton, was the young
man in whose shoulder she put the
bullet. Both these notorious women
are bad characters and have been in
cited to the course taken either for
black-mail or political ends. The lat
ter Is universally believed to be the case
as regards Senator Hill. VIM Pitt
Kellogg, who stands good chance of
being tumbled out Of the hack door Of
the Senate, Is said 10 be the instigator
of Miss Rsymonds proceedingx, no,
only from certain circumstances I'm the
case, but because IL would be just like
that odorous carpet-bagyer.
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