Daily Republican., 1882-06-26
WASHINGTON LETTER
ruANKs GUITEAu's
EDBbp p,srus A 100000
tpLIr rn The WHITE HOUSE.
.,.rCorrespsndent

'a' ,,ssros, hssa, D. G., June "a, 1882,
AsHIS'G',itvuro' Two weeks ago that there
cte !y,omatic You effort on the part OF
ssyslenn ranks to obtain pardon
tina,T0 ,.U This effort has assumed
Guitsaitas its oroportions, and on yes
AZ, tns II 'sentimentalists.run mad,
gsInIgI1vsid o. experts in lunacy (from
90 3al,sa aslvOsrience it is presumed %. ss
ensl eip'' sip to save the precious life
ping n'~ Now if, as Sir William
ql,oSI .iIts'' says, the mind Is the eniaaan man,
alloIh ~ thsse sas petitioners urge, duitean
slIi lIiO0drwhat is there to save
10 ~ p'us ussIlows? Nothing but the
ns ,. ia al that makes Guiteau
Esissssrishable. He burst upon tne
aa.S'sIssd ID Ss sl',Si' with that inf is not. It.
ul'lo'I0om Im0oment's consideration. 1t
~ e,1,,vs that these petitioners and
is!19rs isss!n1'rsthissrs are the conspicuous
.s'as s,IRSf of conspicuous crime, impure
GssII SpIs A. They urge their suit with
!ad a%!sp, !spaop about the opinion of the
tissl i,s fraternity. With all respect
~ lcaI noctsrs ,lt of medicin e, they know
ns NJ DsfT sbout insanity pure and simple
'Vii tbs s' Doctors of Divinity !Al know
iuS iuSnitv pure and simple. There
Nv ..sSncs lasoo' in each beyond the ken of
a's S'' We do not understand means.
u,a ,h0r can we define tho frontier
,s 60 compose means becomes non
pOs' 49,. ,n,s man has good
os" hnt that man is irrational and
;msntalisv vu with fantastic logic
~ ,uyI rarsrss the laws of nature and
"o,st the survival of the unfttest by
uS'' Nv that this socalled irrational
Who planned and rehearsed his
,sior weeks and arranged in sue h
utsdetsls as to engage a carriage
sts him 10 iail-to the very place
the criminal law says a murder
shalI be taken-is irresponsible.
cour,s there is but one opin-
,s IN what President Arthur will
tbs matter. That opinion is that
Aldo nothing He has referred
nadtjon TO the Attorney General for
9pjuion; this is merely formal.
Ipuhlle, Friday, the 3Oth OF June,
puoaching when the nanseous sub
viii be pu. beyond argument.
sSenate this week passed a bill
opristing 100000 for tho erection
aupey to the White House. The
h Is TO be on the South side look
howard the Potomac and the sky.
dng Washington Monument. The
fs House in its present shape is
bs spacious residence for a small
IN. 1t has held, at many q recep.
less than two thousand persons;
Iha American President is the most
biabe monarch on the globe and
kinstion is increasing very rapid
Besides, Georgetown, that rookery
bdbsnkrupt FIRST families" with a
snsity to turn up the nose at par
d Washington, has been made a |
and parcel of the Capital, to it's
|p,getown's) great disgust. So with
kion Of fifty millions, including
|ytown, and a steady influx of
oh and Irish, to say nothing of
hnlinCrease, Caucasian and African
: hlt desirable to build q few more
fneuts to the palace.
'Sdngton furnishes more sensa.
sAsu any other city in the coun.
@d the bench and the bar never
bcontribute more than a due pro.
f0n' A very few years ago two
eSon the bench shed copious tears
PoltsfCatiOn because of alterations
pcounsel. Another Judge was the
bhnt subject of irony and ridicule
the bar because OF the displAys
% bis habits led him into. A week
s9ago, during the progress of the
Route trials, one of the counsel
y another of the opposing counsel
Y and Two Or three days subse
l'y an associate of the first called
'soclate Y Of the second a pup. In
" Vlllnlnal Court room to-day, Mr..
~ lnserSol!, who has been over
ang and discorteous during the en-
progress Of the Star Route trials,
60 notice in characteristic style
manner, on tie counsel for the
sVulion that none of them dare
aU | y hlnl' In the Equity court
'le Judge became involved in a
W discussion with an attorney as
E|slIlng Of certain papers, and when
eHyer laid them on the desk before
|,vavt' n tle latter threw them at his
W. HAl all his might, and did not