The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1881-12-27
South Kentuckian.
ADVERTISING RATE.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington, D. q, Dec, 2l, 1881.

grcss. 1t beats everything. Tho
city IL iull OF strangers and iley arc
nearly u after something. Six Years
ago Acn the Democrats cniue in
control 0i the House of Rtpresenta-
tiy,s il Was the first light ia y hiatt
caught oi the 'rpO'ls" ior many years
and naturally there were numerous
applicants iur the two hundred email
FUliiccs 10 be illed. We all renembr r
! The terrible howl lha, went up from
the Repubiienn press about the hung.
ry Democratic mob But there has
been right here in Washington dur
ing the last two weeks u larger and
more ravcnous mob ol Office. grabbrls
than was seen in December 1875.
This great Republican party wh,cI,
has had lOU,Uu0 tflicts under its con-
troll ior twenty years scramble hnl,,rr
Tor The lew small places under tbs
House than did The whole Democrat
lc party when these lew loavcs were
all II Ind TO dispense. 1t In n party
Of flesh-pots and spoils. But for
these itwOuld have been beaten Ia
every election Tor the past ten years.
Take them away now and the par v
would never col troll another Co.
gress or carry anutllcr general elec.
tiUh. Clerk Mcpherson has hnd u
hard time satisfying the different
State delegations whose demands ex-
coed his Resources. Thrn In addition
~ this The old crowd who held uflirn
under him before have all come ba, k
except those who are dead. Aud thu
overflow from the House casi eager
glanccs toward the Senate, wh,rr the
curpulcnt form oil Judge DAVIS alone
sta.,tis bet wcen them aud the seventy
or eighty po,iliuns now held 10y DEM
Ocrals under that body. E,cn "a
Members of Congress are cnndi'lutts
lur The privilege vi opening Tie doors
which we're onre opened Tor them.
A A-ide from the avalanche OF bills
dumped into the two hou.es there is
little worth talking about IN Con-
gre-s ns yet. Perhaps every concelv-
able inatlerupon which Congress has
authority 10 Iegislale lur been thrown
INTO the hopper already, and the per-
iorihaIce has but ju-t begun | nut
Ice plenty ot COrgrereincn going
around with pockets b, Ling out
waiting Tor their turn. Among tho
nass already offered there are bills to
Iepcai taxes and To impose laAes, to
erect public build ,ngs, improve har.
b ,rs and dig out he bc,ls vi ri, er-,
erect inltrUccanic canals, prOviup
again.t rpidemics, create additional
executive Departments. 10 amend tho
Constitution in several pait .culars,
grant / lenriOiis, aud do or undo every
po.sible thing that the ingenuity ,r
cupIdily OF men could suggest n
large number are old arquaintanccs
that have made their appearance in
Congress with regularity Ter years
past, aud many Vi them were pre-
sem cd IN the last Congress and iailrd
TOR lack vi merit or lack Ui time 10
reach them. The adjournment OF tho
present Congress will tin,l these bills
suspended IN the sane manner and
Tor lhe same reasons, but their ianIil-
lar faces will doubtless bc found OF
the calendars Oi the succeeding Con-
gress. New members always intro
duee the greatest number OF inras-
ures because they generally iningino
that their future importance is deter
mined By the ingenuity displayed in
this direction al the start.
Senator Logan's bill to place tho
great American bcggar, Grant, nn the
retired li-t OF the Army will proba-
ably pass the Senate, but doubt IL It
gets through the House. Senator
Edmulds' Sl00, ,0UU bill providing tor
the payment OF the expenses attend
ing the illness aud funeral OF Prcsi-
dent Garfield will pass both houses.
IL Is generally believed that this
amount would not 10 sufficient to
cover all demands, hut doubtless thc
Senator hus made correct estimate,
based upon Information. The bill
offered Ly Representative Hewitt OF
Alabama, in the House, to amend the
arrt ars OF pension net, ought TO pass.
The effect oi il would be to cut of
the averages Tor the time Intervening
between the date OF discharge and the
time OF filling the claims in The thous-
ands oil cases now pending. lresi-
dent Arthur states in his message
that it will take $235 OOO,OUO 10 seiila
the $4,000 pending Claims, aud il is
c,timaled that MIR. Ilewitts bill
would save $2OO,000,0UO OF this.
One OF the novelties comes from Mr..
Phelps, Of Connecticut, who ants
authority given the President TO al,-
point commission OF three colorel
persons 10 inquire Into the intellect
ua condition OF the colored people
OF the Southern States, their needs
and what, ifany,hing, cun DO dono
by the Federal Government tor their
reliei.
Me are promised some new dcvel-
opmcnls In the Star Route frauds.
Ii is stated that within n Tow days
there will be made public remark
able report ON tho straw bond system
that prevailed under Gen. Brady and
under which the Government lost
heavily. AS 10 the Philadelphia
cases Il is understood that certain per-
sons who were behind the ostensiblc
contractors will indemnity the Gov
ernincnt for losses sustained rather
than risk criminal prosecution. Mr..
Dorsey Is reported 10 own u tanch of
great value, INT II Is believed that he
Is under such heavy pecuniary obli-
CATION to james Boslcr, ex.lndinn
contractor, aud now OF Carlisle. Pa,
that he il by no means u rich man.
General Brady, who attributes his
fortune to lucky speculation in tclo-
phone stocks. is commonly credited
with having To sland the brunt OF tho
expenses under the prosecution.
Three expensive lawyers engage
theme ives in The devrec There are
Two or more newspapers nj are
avow edly conducted with special ref
ercnce 10 tue defence, There ara
manifold other expenses aud tlero
are reports of promlscuous bribery.
Eyen If the Government tails to se-
cure conyiciiun the money tilckcd
from the pockets OF the people will
not have done the conspiratorS great
,,nnJ lra.dv Mr Vravetor WIN