The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-06-24
THE QUAKER CITY.
The Fat Fed Editors Of the Washing
ton Republican.
Gran, at Last Excelled in the matter
Of Nep0tism.
Couser Gets a Severe Raklng Over.

PuILApElPHIA, June 0.-[Special Cores
pondenoe.l- is we'll for the people to
know how thoroughly practices of nepotism
nsrysde the republican administration OF
the government and n proper illustration
If all the facts and of a variety of corrupt
nractces is discovered in the fortunes of
the family OF Conger. This exceeding good
man so abhorred the south that he would
moi suffer rebel soldiers TO be inferred (even
when IL was proposed by Union soldier,
Colonel Mayers,) in the same cemeteries
with those of the north. But Conger's lack
of generosity to southerners discovers
smpie compensation in Congers de.
SotIon TO his own family.
Here he is only outrivaled by
Raum, thirty.one of whose kindred, by
consanguinity and otherwise, found de-
Hghtiui repose sub tegmine patnlR whisky
Bnt Conger, himself, is United States
senator, His brother is an impeaChed
limited States judge in Dakota. His
nephew is superintendent OF Yellowstone
nsrk. His son is assistant postmaster,
Washington, d. c.. another is a consular
clerk; another, clerk OF a senatorial COM
m,ttee; another, of the fish commission
smother. clerk in the Smithsonian institu-
ton.
Concerism runs along down from The Wash
ington city post-oiice into the republican
newspaper of Washington city; this, too,
being a government institution. differed
and thus maintained by the government
II is remembered that Anger, the
Washington city postmaster, was proies-
sedly thrust out because he said he didn't
think Dorsey guilty. This was the reason
gwen TO the public, but the real motive
was to make a place tor CoDser's son,
Frank, who represents the illustrious
father as an owner and business manager
of the Republican. The salary, 5000,
given Mr.. Frank Conger by the govern.
ment obviates the necessity tor the expend
iture OF this amount by the Republican. Sec
rotary Chapdler's salary as editor, is paid by
the nav department. George Bliss, editor
in. chief, has been paid $50 per day until
he has drawn over thirty thousand dollars
and there is still balance of about So 00C
due which Brewster couldntpa the appro
priations for George, this gang OF special at
demonstrating been exhausted. But George il
the be st paid editor in the United States
Frank Hatton, the breeziest and most mod
est of editorial contributors to the pages o
the Republican, is salaried at $1,000, and
besides given landaulet by the govern
ment in which to air his personal charms
while the Republican ventiate'
his matchless intellectual beauty. Thomas
L. Tullock, Washington City, postmaster
is another editor, and draws his salary. u
course paid by the Federal treasury, Mr.
Barbour, the excellent literary and meas
editor, mas q clerkship in the navy depart
ment paying him about 81 800. Eaton and
Bivns and another one or two local re
porters are department clerks, having a
such, nominal duties and devotlns ten anc
twelve hours of each twenty to thu
pages of the Republican.
Alasl poor Gorham he alone paid by thu
paper itself as an editor, is now subor
dinsted by Conger's ring, ant
by money and official power Il
half dozen parasites of greatness. Tit
Republican is no longer the mouthpiece
the impulsiye and generous MIR. Gorham
1t is often full of Conger's malice, and hate
the south and people Of the south with
malevolence wholly incomprehensble.
Of course, the Republican, thus owned
thus conducted, and having its expense
borne by the government, and having ~,
COO sQuirming postmasters forced D.
the terrorism Of the post-oiiice de
partment to act as its agents
will prosper for time but its lille
blended with that of CoDger. 1t is an IN
natural outgrowth of horrible nepotlsm. ]
is the merest trumpeter OF the glories OF
gang of Conger's parasites. II Is the SOU
less pap.fed iulsome tlatterer Of the oilco
aristocracy of the hour, and deserves Tor II
very methods Of existence, to say nothin
Of its shameless monarchical politics, th
execration OF free men. FAIRNESS.