The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1882-02-07
ADVERTISING RATE.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington, D. c, Feb. l, 1882.

F,"ui"hoH pciFuucu tnc CHpltOl
Wednesday, night when the news CIR
culaled throughout the city, that tho
Jury after bciug out only forty min
,i'es had returned II verdict OF guilty.
rneresw IS little discussion In the Jury
room, and but one lallol TO settle the
yeraict' All We're convinced before
leaving the court room that the mis-
erablG wretch who had been PLAYING
his antics before them for ten week..
was responsible to the law for HI,
cruel, villainous deed. Ii ia well
nigh seven months since the national
tragedy. which reached its second art
on Wednesday, was begun BY tho
shot from Gniteau's pistol Ia tLat
brief time the seat OF government has
witnessed many changes. An adj
ninistra,ioh wliirii had but Just bc-
gun its career, came to a halt, passed
through eighty days OF painful sLss
pense, aud then amid the scenes and
ceremonies OF mourning gave way 10
II new and different regime. During
all this no gusts Of passion were abiu
TO overthrow The d gnity and tuua-
nimity Uf The American people, and
II government and ordor was maib-
iaincd. while one President, made l,v
law, succeeded another slain BY IN
assassin.
The trial that has follow II is !,
many respects one of the most re-
ilmrkable in the annals Of criminal
procedure. We have seen The ,vw
lrdly assassinator OF the head OF the
Nation SIT in open court anl ~
counsel and witnesses in ontra. eous
terms, and when, during the cl, sing
hour, he called the venerable
eloquent Porter "a lying whclp," it
seeIned almost TOO much for human
nature to stand. But the verdict ot
the jury Is c0nsoling. Tho greatest
lravesty OF the Whole thing Is tho
time consumed in reaching Justice.
In what other country would the AS
sassin Uf the chici ruler live a year
alter dUing The deed? There is nov,
however, 70 chance for Guiieau to es.
cape Pulling hemp suUntr or later,
unless he dies rom fright bel, ru ile
time arrives. lie stands not tho
slightest chance for new trial or OF
any relict from the courts. In all
that has been done, Judge Cox has
used The utmost caution ~ prevent a
misfirc, and his brother judges haye
been CONSULTED at every step, 80 that
unquesIionably the Iull bench will
sustain The result below. A little de.
lny is the most that tiuileau can hope
Tor The hanging may be postponed
until Mny, possibly to July, but ~,
performance will eventually take
place, as set down in the bills.
The greatest life Of tho Capital now
is among The office hunters. There
seems to be no end to them, and tho
slow movements OF tho President
drives them from eagcrness to DIES.
pcration. Maryland and Cincinnati
delegations occupy the largest share
OF time and atientloa lately, aud the
two iocuiitiGs;. in the matter of num-
bers aud persistence, appropriate tho
pastry. Ii there is Republican in
Cincinnati OF in the State of Mary.
land who does not expect all office, ,hu
remains TO be heard from. A sta.
tistical genius. who 10 himself look.
ting through the gates OF the White
uouse, in the fond hope TIM, somo
fine day an Office Will accidentally
fall 10 him, asserts that no has kept
tally, so to speak, OF The Maryland
delegations, and that they have
marched into the White IIouse.a tho
rate of from four TO six solid bodies
OF statesmen every working day for
the last six weeks. lie believes that
President Garrett, OF the Baltimore
and OHIO railroad, ono Of the shrewd-
est financiers in the country, secretly
encourages these visits OF Maryland
statesmen 10 tho White House -as an
| important help to maintaining his
dividends. A considerable part Of
the adult male population Of Cimcin.
natl has also beeh registered ut tho
Washington hotels since the first of
last November, and some of tho
prominent citizens talk Of coming
here permanently so as to bo on hand
daily to advise the President about
the Cincinnati Post Office, which mp
pears 10 be Une of the most impor.
lant Institutions in tho world and
one OH the security OF which our ina
ierlal liberties largely depend. Thero
is rumor about town 10 the effect
that Tom Young and Mnral lIalslead
have shrewdly determined TO build
hotel here so as to ca,ch tho spare
dollars OF the Ohi0ans who come atA
ter office. Suppose somebody had
done that five years ago. When Hayes
look Mr.. Tilden's Office! What
5onanza ii would have been.
The little band Of temperance ng.
itators who arc 60 active In Wash.
ipgton have finally got foot hold
in Congress. Bu tle well meaning
aud enthusiastic legislator who has
introduced bill iitoSiding that
whisky and other articles of tho
same character shall not be sold or
maruiac,src,l atthe Capital has. OF
course, no itlea that his rcfornaiory
notions will ever receive legislative
sanction. There are grave objections
In the Congressional mind against
sucl scheme. First of all the Po-
tomas marshes are full of malaria,
and in tho opinion of every Con-
grcssmah al least, whisky Is the only
sure remedy against that disease.
Then ,he House Of Representatives is
baily ventilated, aud here again
whiskey, which is labelled cold tea
In the House restaurant, ia found 10
be the only certain specific. Night
sessions would 10 impossible under
All anti-whisky regime, and If tho
supply were cut of the Congressional
Record, IN which tho burning elo-
Quence Of our orators Is entombed,
would shrink into u wretched little
hand bill. Then. the water in Wash
ingion Is bad and needs dilution. A
Cong ress ted on cold water for six
months would, il is to be feared, ruin
the Republic. Nobody hercabou,s
would be willing to risk tho experi-
ment of a House and Senate full Of
lIayses. PnoNo.
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