The Dillon tribune., 1882-06-10
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WASHINGTON LETTER
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WAsH1NsroN, d. c., June 4th, 1882.
There was large attendance IN the cal.
leries Of the House on Monday-the largest
this session-when the new rule was passed
putting an end to fillibustering. Though
the proceedings were OF considerable In.
terest they did not at any time reach the
pitch Of excitement that had been expected,
and many Of the spectators were a good
deal disappointed. There had been reason
TO anticipate "circus" of,the highest order
such as we have sometimes been treated
to In the past, and such as the denizens Of
this quiet locality have learned to keenly
enjoy. But the debate was mostly confined
to the parliamentary question involved.
and was necessarily dull to the ordinary
listener though Of great importance to the
parliainentarians Of the House. Good tenn.
per prevailed and when the Speaker rem
dered his decision, as prepared for him by
the Republican caucus, the Democrats,
though feeling greatly outraged, and mad
enough to bite ten.penny nails, contented
themselves with simply filing a protest
couched in strong though decorous lam
guage. 1t Is not out Of order to say that
the members of that party in Congress
have sovereign contempt for Speaker
Keifer, yet he doesn't seem 10 lose anv
sleep on account Of 1t. 1t may also be re-.
marked as among the probabilities following
along with the whirligig of politics that the
decision made on this occasion will within
two years return to plague the Republicans
themselves
! The back ward condition Of the appropria.
alton bills and the desire which will soon
be made manifest among Congressman to
get home renders it probable that some very
hasty work will be done a. soon as the
election cases are disposed of. It is not
quite clear why some of these bills have
been SO systematically held back, and there
certainly appears to be no surface explana-
tion for the accompaniment OF conference
committee on two appropriations bills from
the Senate which have been on the speak
er's desk for nearly two months. Possibly
we shall discover the meaning Of these
things in the shane Of jobs or schemes
which certain influential members are said
to have in reserve to run through in the
rush and hurry up Of the last end. The
star route trials are now going to occupy
continuous attention for some weeks, and
before they are over the Guitcau hanging
is likely TO come Off The wretch, Guiteau
is beginning to shake in his boots already
and for the first shows his weakness.
There is good deal said about the unre.
liable reports sent out by correspondents
and no doubt mistakes are frequently made
but an illustration of how 1t sometimes hap
pens is furnished in bit Of private history
Of the late war said to be strictly true, and
which SO far as know has never been pub
lished. During the early part Of 1864, the
authorities at Washington decided to make
a new draft Of 100000 men. and the decis
ion was communicated to Stanton's private
secretary, then prominent journalist, and
| now residing here retired from the active
pursuit OF his profession. The private sec
rotary belonged to the Washington news
association, composed Of three more per
sons, who were sending special telegrams
to number of the leading papers of the
North They had this bit OF news exclu
sive, and of course tclegraphed it. The,
sent it Sunday night, and, appearing mex
morning in various dailies, it created Il pro
diyious sensation. Many of the most loya
newspapers protested against the draft, ane
letters ofremonstrance poured into Wash
inyton from the most prominent Repub.li
cans. Stanton found, as the story goes
that he had been too sudden; that he hat
made mistake; that the North was no
prepared for another draft, and must bt
''worked up" to it BY the press. Conse
quently, he pronounced the official dispatch
es baseless, and ordered the arrest of the
member OF the association who had sen
them. The journalist knew the informa
tion to be entirely correct and authoritative
and Stanton knew that he knew it. Still
being patriotic and willing to relieve tht
Government from a very embarrassing
quandary, he quietly submitted to arrest
went under guard 10 Stanton's Office: lis
tened patiently 70 torrent of abuse from
the Secretary Of War, and humbly ap
ologized, saving he was very sorry for the
from source he had deemed authentic
! tlIS wis dSsu COlN tttC AutIloihs OS'
ing no other than Stanton himself, who as.
sumcd, however, not to notice the covert
satire. The Secretary Of War expatiated
in choleric and generally intemperate
manner, upon the gravity Of his offense, and
intinating what would he the direful con-
sequences of its repetition, ordered the
guards to release the prisoner. When the
press had fully prepared the public for an
other draft, which was several months later,
100000 instead Of 100000 men were called
tor and furnished in due time TO the Gov.
ernment. Not more than dozen persons
in Washington had any notion that the
stratling information about the other draft
was strictly true and that all its details had
been received direct from headquarters. 1t
not infrequently happens that facts which
first come through the newspapers are dis.
credited and denounced as false for no 9th
er reason than because they are facts of the
hardest kind.
Dom PEDRO.
GARDEN SEEDS.
r. p. BATEMAN,