Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-01-22
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.
From regulss Correspondent
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Jan. 10, 1880.


tested election case of Curtin VS. Yocum,
on last Tuesday night, before the sub
committee of the House charged with
its consideration. 1t is generally be.
| lieved here that the committee will re.
port in favor of referring the matter
back to the people, thus neoessitating a
new election. Governor Curtin's friends
here say that he would have had no
difficulty in getting favorable report
from the committee seating him at once
and there is. no doubt that the report
would have been adopted by the House
by large majority. 1t was at the sug'
gestion of contestants counsel that the
committee agreed to declare the seat
vacant and order new election. The
| arguments of ID. l.. Krebs, Esq, and
General Blair are spoken of here AS be.
ing unusually able and comprehensive.
There is now no question but that
both houses of Congress will drift into
the widest field of discussion of finan.
cial matters before adjournment. The
House clearly showed this week that it's
members will tackle the vexed question
whenever an opportunity is offered, and
will, as the Senators are doing, engage
in any preliminary skrmish prepara.
tory to general debate, covering the
whole ground of finance. The matter
seems worn threadbare, but, for all that,
the legislator must ventilate himself, if
not the question ITSELF. Senator Morrill,
delivered himself of his financial bur.
den in carefully written speech, which
he read with as much care and accuracy
as a school boy his set essay on com,
mencement day, Empty seats were his
only listeners, and the speech itself will
go out into empty space, for it will have
no effect upon persons or legislation.
Though the Senate is little in session,
yet it manages to dispose of the bills on
the Calender, and makes quite q cred.
table showing of business. So far, it
has adjourned, after session of an
hour or two, each day, until Thursday,
when it has gone over till Monday ; but
it cannot do much better, owing to
the dilatoriness OF the House with the
appropriation measures.
The House wrestles daily with its
new rules, and, but for the differences
of opinion in regard TO the powers of
the various committees, would max G
short work in adopting them. Mr..
| Wright OF Pennsylvania, made a most
humorous and effective speech in de-
fense of the rules, on the above disput.
ed point, and it seemed to remove in
the minds of many members the exist
| ing objections thereto. The Republi.
cans are intensely excited over the pro-
position of General Walker to give the
Democrats an equal showing in the ap.
| pointment Of census. takers in the
South, and they have carried their
grievances up to Mr.. Hayes, who has
promised TO see that Justice is done.
Under the outrageous pretense that the
/
| pervisors in the Southern States, so
iraudulently falsify the census enumer.
alton as to give them more Congress.
men than justly entitled to by the act
ual number of inhabitants, the Radicals
are working like beavers to secure the
entire list of enumerators hence their
appeal TO the White House for aid
in their Vaccinations. 1t is pertinent
to ask, "Will not this matter OF alleged
fraud in enumeration work both WAYS
II the Democrats will cheat by unwar
ranted increase of names, when given
power, will not the Radicals, under the
same circumstances, cheat by unwar
ranted lessening2" The rule will work
both ways. The country has ample
proof that freud of the largest proper
tions is the only political capital 9
Southern Radical has in possession.
We referred last week to the murder
of citizen, Mr.. Hirth, a well-to.dc
grocer. Since then the negroes com
mitting the crime have been arrested
and so great was the excitement and
public demonstration over the affair
that the police feared an attempt Mt res
cue and lynching. Though there were
many threats, yet none put in execu
ton, and the criminals will receive th,
regular investigation in our Courts
One OF the four men arrested has con
iessed the crime. and his statement
are such as to convince the police tha
they have the right parties, particular
ly 80 since he is corroborated by othel
evidence, which ssems indisputable
Mr. Hirth was highly respected youny
man, and at the time of his murder wa,
on his way to visit the young lady Il
whom he was engaged TO be married
His death has given feeling OF grea
insecurity, inasmuch as it was caused
by an assault made i'm well settled
street, and right by dwelling houses
the inmates of which could hear tn,
deadly blows. n.
The case Of Hiss Lucy Rhett waltor
Horton, foe shooting Ar. John II. Nor