Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-02-12
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.

efeI IuluB DeIoIo IL, u VIC Lhhy ochcfo
our daily Republican. does not seem to
have had overwhelming strength in the
Pennsylvania Convention, and our
hordes OF starving disappointed Office.
seekers, who have been whoopping up
for Grant for two years as their only say.
iour, r,'do not exhibit much elation over
the result. They argue, however, that
unanimity is not essential upon the
question Of instructions, as a bare work
ing majority suffices to show that the
people are for Grant first and last. II
Grantism in the States is akin to the
unwashed, unkempt swarms of igno-
rant, vicious white and colored politi-
clans who represent II in this District,
il is fortunate for the country that we
are not to have a third term, with all
its frauds and delinquencies. That
Grantism is dead, save as Bourbanism
in France is alive, no one now doubts
who reads Alright the action of the
Pennsylvania Radical convention, and
if there be Democrats here who now
fear the infliction Of third term upon
the country, we are unable to find or
hear OF them in or out of Congress.
There is now no apprehension that the
Radicals can elect any other candidate
than Grant, hence the confidence In
our ability to put Thurman or any 9th.
er statesman into the White House is
becoming a fixed conviction in the
minds of many who last summer were
on the anxious seat.
The amount Of work done by the two
Houses is not surprisingly large, and "a
dull day yesterday" appears throughout
the pages Of each issue of the C6Hgres.
sionai Record. In this however, we ex.
cept the lower House, for it, as usual,
hammers away daily at its proposed Re.
vision OF the Rules. Every body is hurt
by them, and everybody fights them,
consequently, when fully revised. the
Committee on Rules will not be able TO
recognize its bantling, so battered and
| bruised will be its precious physiogno.
my. The standing committees are hard
at work, and we doubt whether gener.
nj legislation was ever more forward at
this stage Of the session than ii is at
present in the committee rooms. The
Senate committee investigating the
Freedman's Bank continues to unearth
/ frauds and pcculations to an astounding
degree. One theft after another ap.
| pears, and il does seem that, for rotten.
ness and corruption, this particular pro.
Eeny OF Radicalism which was to enrich
and bless the freedmen, has never been
excelled in this country. So loose was
/ the management that one of the bank
book keepers overdrew his account
several hundred dollars. but 30 manipu.
lated the books as to show himself a
creditor, and, as such, he has drawn
/ dividends. The committee finds that
he or some other person has torn out OF
the ledger the page which contained
his account, and finds, further, that he
is a much beloved young man, whose
patriotic services for his country as an
embezzler are rewarded with fat clerk.
ship in the Treasury Department. It's
all right, Of course, just as was Delano
as Secretary OF the Interior, and Bah.
cock as head Of the White House. But
it will be n Godsend to the country
when there is an entire riddance of ell
the patriots who calamity fought for
Radicalism in the Freedman's Bank, or
elsewhere, by the people putting a
| Democratic Hercules in the White
| House.
Mr.. Parnell, the distinguished Irish
representative who comes TO America to
solicit money, not food, for his suffer.
ing constituents, reached here on the
I'd inst. Our Irish gave him cordial
reception, meeting him at the depot,
on his arrival, in an immense crowd,
which shook his hand until he seemed
completely worried out by the labor
imposed on him. He addressed the
House Of Representatives, under its in
vitation, and a full hall of interested
hearers, who applauded him enthusias.
tically OF times, particularly so, when
he boasted Of having American blood in
him. There is little, indeed, about
him to impress one that he possesses
more than ordinary ability, for he looks
more like some OF our prim, dignified
members of Congress, whose mouths,
like those of oysters, are never opened
save TO take nourishment. Rather tall
and slender, attired in q dress suit EN-.
bellished with brass buttons, of quiet,
mild face, with no effort whatever at
oratorioal graces when speaking, he ap.
pears less q member of Parliament
than minister in uncIerical cloth. lie
Is speaking frequently here, and Is sc.
curing liberal contributions. No one
objects to helping Ireland in her dis
tress, but many think that Mr.. Parnell
might be more discreet in his utter.
fances. His unwarranted assumption
that he has the only proper mode of
solving the Irish problem, alienates
many who otherwise would be enthu.
sistic over him.
Last week we referred 10 the issue be.
tween General sherman and ex.0en.
| Rnvninn In which the Iaiiar r,rns..,aaa