Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-03
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
A Strong Lobby Organized In Behalf
OF the Mormon Delegate from Utah
Being Backed by wealth IL fs
Likely 10 HVIn-CoI. Jack Brown
Meets WiEh.a DIsappOIntment-Th
Speakerahip.

WASHINGTON, December There Is con-
siderable talk from the people who ought
to have prepared cases against the star
route people, and who ought to have pre-
pared such cases as would stand, that they
are by no means discouraged and that the
star route thieves will certainly be punish
ed in the end. You cannot tap one Of these
people but they respond most cheerfullY
that everything is sill right and the prosecu-
ton will be vigorously pushed and result in
the vindication of the law. You can pick
up almost any paper in the country and find
interviews with Cook, Gibson, ct al,
to this cheerful end bent. As they
talked big before they were thrown
out OF court on the first flush, they
continue to talk big afterwards. They de-
ceived people before the decision which
threw their information" out OF the court,
and l remark with good deal Of surprise
that many people even now give them Gre
dence and repose further belief in their
promises. Nobody who knew anything at
all Of the manner In which things were
shaping themselves doubted but that at the
outset the government would be badly
worsted, and nobody who knows anything
at all now inclines to any opinion other than
that except for the matter of form
the star route cases are dead-dead
as the carcass of Julius Cesar. The
result of this has been bad management.
MacVeagh, the professional reformer, is
the man to whose door the blame is to be
laid. He was thoroughly incompetent and
drew around him blacklegs and shYsters,
who were worse than incompetent. He
rushed into print, and in his eager profess
sional eye, saw the convict's clothes upon
the star route thieves long ago. He did no
work in making out cases against them. If
he had taken hand In It a worse fist would
have been made perhaps than has been
shown to the public eye. These few laster
lines psrtake perhaps the nature of ancient
history in the light OF previous communica-
tioDs to the News but they tend to emphasize
the fact that the people who think that
the star route thieves will not go free are
italicized asses.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR AND PoLYGAMY.
The contest between Cannon, the Nor
mon, and Campbell, the Gentle, for the Utah
territorial delegate seat In the House, will
be an important feature of the coming ses-
sion of Congress. 1t will bring prominently
to the public notice the subject of Mormon
ism and its hellish practices. 1t will induce
agitation on the subject, and may be it will
result In something practical. Heretofore
Mormon gold has been too much for the
Congressman and for the generalru run of news
papers. The important feature of the Can
mont Campbell contest will be an admission
recently made under oath by Cannon.
Until short time ago he has sworn, during
his several terms In the House, that ne had
not and does not live in polygamY. That
man should live in polygamy is a legal
bar to his holding q seat
in Congress or any United States Office. In
taking testimony for the contest before the
House Campbell told Cannon that if he
did not admit under oath that he was living
with plural wives he would subpoena all of
his wives and all of his children old enough
to take the oath to swear that they were Of
CaDnon's bone and flesh. In order to
avoid this judicial revelation Cannon aG-
mitted under oath that his life was polyga-
nous. Although the circumstances of the
case may not admit of Campbell's being
given the seat, the evidence is such that is
cannot but be in all morality, decencY
and law that Cannon will be uE-
seated. In this connection IL may
be stated that at least a small hint of Presi-
dent Arthur's message-despite his reticence
and guardianship of the important docu-
ment-has reached the large ear of your
correspondent. The President will devote
a small section of his message to the ques-
tion of pols gamy. He VIII not enlarge upon
the subject, but his remarks will be anti
polygamous, and of such character that
Mormonism can find no comfort in them.
President Arthur will not make the gre t
spluTge on paper that our late unlamented
Hayes did, but the Influence of his recon-
meudation will have to be very small indeed
If it does not amount to more than reams
of Hayes emanations.
ONE HEADQUARTERS.
In parlors opposite the Ebbitt House
headquarters was opened tonight. The
rooms are neatly fitted out,
and the appointments are very
passable. The candidate who has thus
opened up his warfare upon an elective
office Of the House, is Col. Jack Brown, OF
Georgia. He is trying to be elected Door
keeper of the House. He has an affabilAY
OF manner, and is very good talker. In
connection with his headquarters he runs
the barroom attachment. That is q sure
indication that he is fully In earnest and is
willing to undergo all the expenses attend
ant upon ful!-bodied candidacy. He can
console himself after it is all over by the
reflection that he is not the only man who
got left in the general scrimmage. He is
the first candidate below the aspiration of
Speaker who has yet opened 'headquar-
ters."
Forecasters of events say that there viii
be less politics In the country, ,and especially
In Congress, in the near future than Chere
has been in the past. They say that events
have so shaped themselves and things taken
such turn that business will be uppermost,
and politics instead of being the topmost
rail will have to go lower down. It is not
thought that politics will become the bot
tom rail, but that 1t will simply be deposed
from its pristine ascendancY in all
matters. There would seem to be some
reason for those forecasts, but there
Is nothing to show that it win take the
widened scope predicted. There is no
doubt but that there will be less politics In
the near future, but politics will not be de-
posed from its high place. There will SIM
ply be more of business interest developed
in political affairs, but / do not opine the
limits Of the square inch OF politics VIII be
abridged. There are too many questions
Of public import which hinge around poll
ties to allow the king to be deposed. But
the undisputed fact that, while the sover-
eign win still reign his subjects, notably
the business interests of the country, viii
be given more attention, Is, to say the least,
a somewhat exhilsrating sign of the n&-
tional zodiac. PoroMAC.