The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1880-02-14
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WAsHrNGToN, d. g., Feb. 3, 1880.
The recent exposures in the Indian bureau
hnve proven pretty hard blow to Mr.. .Schurz's
reform policy To everybody except The Sec
rotary of the Interior, Mr. Hayt, the now dis
graced Commissioner has long been known
10 be unworthy of his position. The bureau
has been managed most .disastrously, and
present developments show that the crowd in
charge oft were quite as bad as any ever
nested there. The strange part oft is that
Mr. Schurz has been so long finding them out
And now these rascally discoveries have start
Cd the cry again for tho removal OF the Indian
bureau to the War Department. General
fisherman, who hates frauds and shams, what
ever may be his own faults, is rather glad
than otherwise that the Indian Office has
turned out so badly He has been fighting
HHyt, or rather Schurz, ever since this admin.
dstration begun. Sherman treated the In
dian question practically, because he knew
all about it. Schurz treated in on tho civil
service reform policy. He gave the Idnians
prayer books, and the Indians returned scalp
ing knives, and in further expressions Of graf
itude committed nameless outrages on the fe-
9male captives. Sherman does not personally
want the Indian Bureau in the War Depart
ment. The transfer would entail an immense
Increase Of work and responsibility on the ar
my, which the officers do not want. But
Sherman thinks the transfer is for the public
good.
All attempts to obtain free expression of
opinion from the republican members of the
House as to their reference for Il Presidential
candidate have failed. The average Congress.
man prefers to retain his convictions until
Eer theaf election, when he is shrewd enough
o say II told you So" Another plan, how
ever, has partially succeeded in getting an
opinion from large number of the republi-
AN members. The names OF Blaine, Sher-
nan and the eX-President were printed upon
lips and duplicates sent to each republican
member requesting the member to check or
Frlte name of his choice on the slip or the
brobable choice of his constituents and re-
urn the letter sent with the slips sent to one
the New York delegation. Secrecy was
Insured and candid expression expected
ar. Hammond, of the Eighteenth New York
lstrict, acted as teller and the whole number
answers received was eighty -one out of one
undred and thirty-four. or the members
Tho indicated their choice iorty-twO were fol
.S (laine, fourteen for the ex-Presldent, ten fol
herman four for Washburne and clever
lank. The expression on behalf of theii
pnstItuences showed but little variations
or Blaine forty-fve ; for the ex-Presdent
heen; for Sherman, seven Washburne
lree, and blank eleven.
An Incident transpired in the Suprem,
ourt on Monday which attracted the atten
ou of judges, lawyers and spectators. Mrs
ock wood, the only female lawyer ever ad
tilted to practice before the court, presented
admission Samuel Il. Lowrey, Of Hunts
lie, Ala. an African OF the deepest orgina
lor Since the day during tho war wheI
bnator Sumner appeared in the cou,t an,
ade the motion for the admission of Mr.
'hn S. Rock, the first colored member of tn
pr ever admitted to the roll OF attorney
actising before the Supreme Court, Their
..s''. IS not been such sensation in that solemn
amber MS this when an asprant for tn
nor Of the democratic nomination for tn
esldency Joined hands with his colore,
bthor i'm taking the oath upon The hOl
Rngelists. The fact, too, that Mr. LOwre
vOuchod for by a women was also al
ent in the history of the Court, II being tn
st motion Of the kind that Mrs. Lockwood
made since Congress Iassed the act re
ring the Supreme Court and Court o
lims to recognize her right to practice be
them.
case Of general Interest has just been de
ed in the District Supreme Court having
n pending more than a year. i. A. Lel
pm, the well known Patent Attorney, suet
Pullman Palace Oar Company to recove
pages for failing to provide him with
ping berth between Washington aud Ne,
X, after having sold him "A ticket for
h on that day aud train. For some reaso
leeper was attached to the train when /
this city, and Mr.. Lehman had no notlc
when one was hitched on Baltimore. IL
aimed all night in an ordinary car and be
in delicate health was made sick, henc
pbtAined a judgment for $500 which n
RENE Court has affirmed on appeal frou
court below. This is the first case of tn
in Whicl this arrogant monopoly Ia
beaten. A concern that charges th
cling public more Eor a miserable bun
is paid for comfortable room with bat
a good breakfast in the morning, at FIRST
hotels ought TO supply the bunk Whe
for e.
ngress Is awfully dull. There is positiv,
pthing worthy Of note in either hous,
Domocratlc majority in the Senate hay
lrned the democrats nominated for DC
supervisors and held the other nOmina
over. It is not unlikely that the Pres
may withdraw some Of them and ri,
emocrats larger proportion.
DON PEDRO.