Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-02-27


cannot win he will be in favor of Hayes, and
| that ii Blaine finds himself in the same po-
sition he was in at Cincinnati he will defeat
| Conklines project by renominatiDg the
present Executive.
Affairs NJ the National Capital.
Especial to the RECORD UNIesl
WASHINGTON, February 26th.-The final
action of the House of Representatives to-
day on the subject of providing for contin-
uance of the star mail service during the re-
mainder of the current fiscal year, was n
substantial victory for the Western and
Southwestern members, and defeat of the
| committee on Appropriations, the latter
bringing IN their substitute bill towards the
close of the proceedings only when they per-
ceived that the opposition to their original
measure had gained too great strength to be
any longer resisted. The opposition was di-
rected mainly against the proyiso of the bill,
which in committee was attempted TO reduce
the service to the terms of the original con-
tracts in every case where the number Of trips
has been increased at an additional cost ex-
ceeding 5000. per annum Representa-
i tive Page led this opposition in q very
spirited and effective manner, his off
hand speech, being not only the first but
the strongest that was made to-day on that
side OF the question. He showed that the
proviso, while leaving the mail service OF the
Southern and Eastern States UNTOUCHED,
would directly strike down not less than 107
important mail routes in the Pacific States
and Territories, fourteen of them in lis own
State. The absurdity Of the So COO liuita-
ton will be illustrated by reference to the
trunk line between Reading and Roseburg,
and the dozen OF more side lines which
fesd the main route. These side lines
coming within the s., 600 limit would
| be kept at six trips per week, with no mails
to carry more than once week, because the
service on the main line would, by the terms
of this proviso, be reduced to the original
contract requirement of only one trip per
week. The discriminating injustice of the
proposition was illustrated by reference to the
fact that the service had been increased on
nineteen routes in the Sixth Georgia District
represented by Blount. who reported the bill,
not one of which would be affected by its
terms.
| Representative Berry obtained the floor for
only five minutes, but in that time spoke
| earnestly in behalf of the maintenance of the
existing mail facilities.
Senator Blaine's friends claim that the
| New York victory for Grant is like the
| Pennsylvania victory-something closely
| sembhng defea5-that one more such
triumph will be the end of the Grant boom.
The result at Utica is on all hands attributed
| to Senator Conkling's personal efforts and
| immense local power. His speech depicting
the alleged dangers of the political future re-
celved very general commendstion among the
stalwart Republicans of Washington, and the
| prevalent opinion, not only among them but
also among the Democrats, is that he has
sounded the keynote of the so-called sectional
issues for the next Republican campaign.
Eastern Papers Oh the San Francisco
Agitation.
| NEW YoRK, February 26th-The Herald
says, reviewing its specials from San Fran
cisco: The agitation has now assumed
purely socialistic aspect. War upon the Chi
| nese Is mere pretense, and what the sand
| lot party really aim at is a division of prop
erty. The present condition of the chief city
| of the Pacific slope is blot upon American
civilization. The lesson it teaches ought rot
| to be lost upon the entire country.
New YORK. February 26th.-The Times
says: There is every reason to believe that
within few days the San Francisco mob
will make an attack on Cinnamon. Prepar-
ations for this attack are in open progress,
and Denis kearney, the eminent California
statesman, whom Hayes once honored with
long interview at the White House, is now
appealing to his followers to furnish money
for erecting a neat and serviceable gallows on
| the sand-lot, wherein to hang the wretches
who are guilty of the crime of being
Cinnamon. As the Mayor of the city is the
ally and tool OF kearney. no protection will
| be given by him TO the Chinese, and the fate
of these unhappy heathens, in case the an
ticipsted riot takes place, can easily be i'm
agined. There is precisely one eminent
American citizen who has openly shown his
contempt for Kearney and his gang, needless
of the votes that he might thereby lose.
Grant snubhed kearney 10 San Francisco by
refusing to see that person when he called ct
Grants hotel. Perhaps Grant would also
have the courage to protect the Chinese in
case he were in position to do so but then
! be is not a professional politician, and dis
dams to bid for votes by counting demagogues.
| This is probably enc of the reasons why his
possible election TO the Presidency is regarded
| by some people as D danger to our institu-
| tious 1t would probably be Serious danger
to Kearney and his kind should they under
take to indulge in and murder.
Escynton's Charges against General SI,cr-
man = Vigorous Response from the
| LATTER.
WASHINGTON, February 26th.-The charges
/ preferred by General Boynton against Gen
eral Sherman were Endorsed from the War
Department to the President, who directed
them 20 be referred to General Sherman, for
such remarks as he may deem necessary.
| General Sherman indorses the document
saying that he now sees it for the first time
He deems it an insult to his Office, to his
record, and to a name which has stood sixty
years without single imputation on his honor
or integrity. He Declares
The two first specifications involve purely the
civil ofense of libel SANDER, compressed into the
short letter wrote him under the date of January
| Is, 1880, every word Of which is true, and which
am prepared 10 justify. As to the third specificc-
ton have never heard that Gen. Grant, Thomas,
| n IOraD. q @ he
| assumes to defend, have ever appointed General
| Boynton their attorney. To the living and to
friends Of the dead am ever responsible Tor every
word spoken or written. yield to no man in my
love and Yeneration of my comrades, and have been
for fifteen years all suitable occasions their culo
gist. All men have their good qualities and their
human defects, and in accounting Tor actual events
CT terrible civil l was forced, like every com.
mander Of army, to account for actual
| results. If ever in my life, at any tire,
| have done injustice to any persons
whatsoever (Which | deny) l viii cheerfully
| submit the matter TO an umpire and abide by his
! judgment. have made this preposit on again and
again, and will review it publicly at next army
meeting These meetings composed of the very
men who knew and felt the referred to, and
compose the rightful tribunal for the matter set
forth in the third and last specifications. | admit
the right of II, Y. Boynton, any citizen, to pre-
fer these or any charges, and that l am always
amenable to Court-martial, and am glad he has
| reduced his complaints to a tangible form. He has
right, how yer TO impose upon the United States
! the heavy cost OF military trial, OF witnesses
from a distance and the necessary attorneys
fees l regard his premature publication
of these matters OF scandal in the line OF his pro-
fesson, and meant purpcsey to avoid the only trial
which is right and proier viz. in one of the many
civil tribunals which exist in the District of Column
bia for this very purpose beg, therefore, that you
| will understand that | am abundanty ready to an
| swer before any Court; that when month ago this
! Boynton publicly threatened me with suit |
ployed as my at torney the Hon Matt IL Carpenter,
| who is ready to answer in my name at any and all
! times. have the honor to be
Your obedient servant,
W. 7. SHERMAN, General.
BoYNToN REPLIES
WASHINGTON, February &c, 1880.
| To Hon. Secretary Ramsey, Secretary of War
| Sir: | have the honor of acknowledging the cour
tesy of your note of yesterday inclosing copies of
various official Endorsements upon the charges and
specifications preferred against Gen. w. 4. Sherman
| for conduct unbecoming an officer and gentle
man. and also of your note OF the 2ith inst inform
iug me OF the final action of the President in the
| matter. notice that General Sherman admits the
right citizen to prefer these charges in which his
! opinion agrees with the rulings # the Judge Adj
yocateGenerals Office. | notice further that Gen.
eral Sherman instead of availDg himself Of the OPP
portunity extended to him OF exercising his right to
| ask for military Court, in which the gross charges
which he made against my character could be tested
| and where the advantages would be altogeth
his side sets forth various easons why the proceed