The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1882-12-10

bONtInOT-tleCt Beh. Butter mas Deen IN W usnlHB- .
ton for the last week. lie dned with the President
few nights ago. lie has also paid number Of
visits to the Secretary OF the Treasury. What does
this intimacy with the Administration mean?
Simply that '' Buccaneer Ben - Is out with all
his warpant bowling for the scalp OF George y.
Ioar. The Administration will help him. Dick
WOrhngtOn the collector at Boston, will assist in
the 'downing process. If Mr.. IIOar lives through
this combination he Is much stronger man than
any of his friends at present estimate.
Last Monday In the House there was such pTofu-
sion Of flowers upon tile Republican side that 1t led
Democratic leader to remark that the place. looked
like cemetery upon Decoration Day.
Roscoe ConklIng's presence In the Supreme Court
Tuesday his first appearance Of public kind
since his retirement from the Senate. The court
room was crowded all during his argument Of the
dres Of ecnicaitles. MIR. ConklIng looking very
we'll His color is good and his face is free the
nervous lining that crossed his face during his last
year two In the Senate. Even his II subdued
lie has an appearance Of quiet content and substan-
tIal prosperity. lie has . very SNOWY and lucrative
practice. The latest corporation addition to MI
Conkllng' clentago Is the Panama Canal Company.
This canal question promises TO be very interest
ing one within the next four or hye years, perhaps
tallltl' lhS 'dndl Itople hlc kOluR dutdu
| as II they meant business. They have bought the
stock OF the Panama Railroad Company an advance
Of 200, and DE Iesseps says that the will
be done and In working order within the next i've
years.
Capt. Eads, too, to tho front with the only
too pleasing statement that he has raised all the money
he wants In Europe to build his shlp-ralroads, and
that he wants no fayors OF this Congress.
Canal stock In view Of the situation, ought to have
what the wall-street people call boom. one Of the
counsel for the Panama Canal Company told me the
other day that the original investors In suez Canal
stock rcapcd very large return. 10 every original
subscriber o 600 francs there has since been paid IN
the way Of increased stock and dlyiends tioo 600
Very few people know the inside history Of Brls-
tow's hght with the express companies when he was
Secretary Of the Treasury The express companies
made what SIR. Brlstow thought were exoTbtant
charges for carrying currency to the great dlstrbut-
ing point Of the New York sub-treasury. lie told
the companies that lower rate must be conceded,
or he would take the business away from them. The
companies were defiant. At that time hundreds Of
thousands Of dollars were being shipped daily. The
express companies offered the only secure way for
the carrying OF these great sums aud they charged
accordingly, being certain, matters then stood that
the Secretary could not get along without them.
suddenly the express people We're notified that Mr.
Bristow had made arrangements FOR carrying this
currency, and that they could not have the business
unless they came TO his terms. For several weeks
the currency was transmitted 10 New York In the
| most mysterious way. only Mr.. Brlstow, MS con-
dant IN the Treasury, and tho sub treasurer IN New
York knew the way the work was done The ex-
press companies held alOof upon the belief that
Brlstow would not dare to continue to assume the
sNNtH a.