The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1880-03-02
TAE SOUTH KENTUcKlAA!,. !,
SADvERTIsING RATE.
WASHINGTON LETTER
wAsnrsoroS, Feb. 2s 1880.

been predicted. During the last few
DAYS matters of little more interes-
ling and sensational character haye
been coming TO the frohf, anu Mt
things considered, life at the Capi'ol
is growing less monoionons, from
nolitical standpoint at least. On,
even, very rare in any Cohgress- tho
cyhnlsiou OF member--tlfealens 10
shortly occur. Mr.. Acklen, OF. Lou
isianq, stands accu ell Of a serious
breach of honor among members, Ill
presenting 10 the house what 'hcrep-
resented 10 be the report oil ihe com,
mittee. and asking to have II receVen
and printed. These things are Al
WAYS accepted on the word OF mem
her. and when it was discovered mat
The paper pre, ented was not q com
nil,ee report and that Mr.. Atkleh
Ind no authority whatever TO 50 ter--.
resent il, there was great indlghay
/ tion. An investigation was orderet
|aml the result reported places 1in'
in a very bad situation. He isa Iem-.
ocrat. but nearly every Democialc
member believes he should he ex-
ncl,ed. while on the Republican, side
| he has ,cyeaI active friends who ~
vor nilder.treatment. Mr.. Acklen'S
career has been little checRereu .
since his election to Congress, ana no
has bccn accused of some unmanly
things both here and at holne,li N con.
sequence of which some new spapfrS'
have dubbed him tho "Loulsians
Cont vet he has generally managed
10 Wbiiewash himself. II IL not
Ilnown whether he had any corrupt
4 motive in tho matter now pe1jid,pG
Land an investigation intothat feature
of the case is being made BY the Jndi-
ciary Committee. llaiy bad motiye
is found he will certainly DC eA
PEELED. .ho,
f. have occupied the most attention SO
4 far are' Curtin VS.. Yocais IN Pennsyia
yania, and Donnclly VS.. Washourn III
Minnesota Both ars practically de-
cided. The radical press is making
terrible howl over the finding OF me
subcommittee in the lattcr case, re-
cause they say washburns maJorit.x
was 5000 But when The re2 2ort oi
the full committee is made, think IL
$ will convince all fair-minded men
c that il is not partisan aud that the'
: sitting member secured all'his app,ar-
8 eut majority by means which glve
!. him no legal or Just claim TO the,seat.
l. The record contains evidence Of mo
c grossest frauds perpetrated in wash
;. burns interest. An example OF lno
: Kind of testimony before the couImIit-
. tee Is this: Washbufn came TO Min-
! ncapolis from the country With ma
: iority against him. He confessch-
ly unpopular in the city,, and yet he
: oyercame this adverse majority nnn
J. ran NJ, a majority forhiinself OF J, 90O
k in seven precincts 0. the city whe re-
'f the regular Republican majority nev-
G, er exceeds $50. This was done ny
e resort TO the statute that each voters
% ballot and maine OH the registry
te should be numbered, so that IT might
10 be known how each man voted. rms
law facilitates bribery and had been
declared unconstitutional by tue
Court. and Judge ofElections had ocii
cided the evening before the election
day that they would abide by 'iial
p decision Governor Washburn, inc
~ contestants brother, and the latter
a, book keeper. Hall, arc said 10 bo con.
., yictcd of bribery, and it will be held
ar that w. d. Washburn must have been
y ; privy TO it. This is but one of a num-
Of her of pieces of iestimony<pn wnich
~ thn sub committee base their Hiding
i; The new rules of the House are
40 sill pending. Closing the open de,
i, bate in Committee of the whole did
J, not bring an early disposition of the
= subject as was supposed, and thera
NO. have been indications that the whole
- revision would finally be defeated OF
H. account of some OF the amen dments
"a The greatest danger has grown ou
~ of The contest between the Appropri
y, ations Committee and some OF th'
m other less important ones. The mrs
~ named committee desires 10 retail
=, the power 1t has always had, Will
= four of FIVE others are lighting 70
No No greater importance by securing dl
n vision and distribution OF the bills an
~, propriating money. The Older ant
-, wiser members, like speaker Randall
"a and General Garfield, oppose tn
nd change, but by, combining IN
M ~, strength and influence Of these litt
"" wa unimportant committees against IN
~ Appropriation Committee they hav
~ come very near doing considerabl
III damage. Any one. experienced i
A. legislation will eco at a glance TIL
w. "o' the effect of distributingi tho conif'
s ,o~ Of the appropriations increases II
Nv danger Of raids upon the Trsnslrr
e,r md it will be noticed that the lobt
old is unanimous for tho change. Anotl
Sor or thing that threatened to aid in d
H. H. ieating the revision was the attcml
Ia OF tho Republicans 10 amend Z
m rules 50 as to prohibit attaching +
NJ ders, containing political Legislation
~, 'on to appropriation bills. a few Dci
~. mo ,ocrats took o position In favor
! a. a. these o ncndmcnts at frat, and thin!
: sn ~ lookeu a little squally, but'aftcr Il
H. speech OF Frank Ilurd, who Shove
s,,I these sDemorrats how mucn thi
!" = were indebted to this privilege f
- the Legislation in favor Of Constii
,hc tioual liberty already obtained, th,
nm we're not so ready to play into Il
ght hands Of the radicals
Bill AsI indicated three months az
ine, the courtesy OF the Senate.is strain
N;,,, Wm; TO the utmost in the report of q
he'd Senate committee on the ingalls, cas-
out 1t finds that bribery and corrh
here means were employed by the frien
lscu of Ingalls, TO secure his clcction'to
was Sehafe, but that these friends we
l"hu acting in the most disinteresied W
NY on their own hook, SO to speak, n
that poor Ingalls, knew nothing
!, ,oD the crimes committed in his nal
u,s and for his advantage. The comm
''ns, tee does not say whit Il thinks Of
.,y. corrupt proposition made by Gene
'ha's ingalls, TO Governor Anthony. !
RI. perhaps, Senators generally TIL
~ that in matters ofthis kind II is bet
M ITO let bygnnes be bygoncs. Fossil
Ii. ;,nany Of therns know the obstac
''.i sometimes 70 be- encountered in