Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1884-06-27
WASHINGTON LETTER
tFrom Our Regular Correspondent.

WASHINGTON, ID. C., June %, 1854.
The revolt Of the Office hunters in the
grand old party goes brave!y on, and Logan
is now in conference with his chief 10 de-
wise ways and means for checking it. Yet
there isscarcely hope that the Demo-
Gratis will make matters any better by the
nominations that they propose next
month, because their list OF candidates ia
limited 10 that same old set of political
hacks whose names are a standing menace
to rtspectability in politics. The aching
void IN cur politics is to be filed up by
the Independent voter, who has become
entirely nauseated with the corrupt prac.
tices and the vices OF the depraved politi-
cians Of both of the old parties. Aud this
year of our Lord 1884 promises to he n
good one for the Inauguration OF that new
party which will have but the single aim
of accomplishing thorough Government.
tai reform.
The Star Route fellows are yet giving
each other away, but it will be long time
before the country will find out which is
the grandest rascal in the lot. Bliss, who
has been charged with about everything
chargeable in the shape Of dereliction in
connection with the case, has made his
pathway clear 10 the confessional by join
ing the Roman Catholic church. There
was and is nosdoubt that Bliss was brought
into the case specially to acquit Dorsey
and. the $3.50 per day that he charged up
to the Government. and which charge
must have been approved by Brewster
Attorney General, was paid for services
actually performed for Dorsey, and not foi
the Government. Ker showed up these
things before the Springer Committee, and
now Spencer comes forward long enough
to declare that Dorsey lied when he said
that he ordered $4,000 to be paid tc
Elkins, in order to secure immunity in the
Star Route trials. while Dick Merricl
comes on to the stand to show that til,
whole thing, from the finding of the indict
ment TO the final verdict, of the Jury, wa
broad farce, ont of which bnrlesuue upol
justice he received but $4,000! Tier
are some other refreshing developments
yet TO be made-so many in fact that Mr.
Springer will not be able TO get them in a
this session.
suppose that John A. Logan's militar,
record is not to be questioned, and dom
know that anybody desires to question IT
but in these piping times of peace we nat
urally inquire something about the recort
OF men who arrogate to themselves CLAIM
to leadership in civil affairs. Logan ha,
no sooner entered into public life than h
regan TO precipitate his family and friend
upon the public exchequer, and his famil
was the largest that has been known sine
the days of Maccabeus. He has quarters
upon the military and civil list horde @
political cormorants larger than any Sen
ator or Representative was ever response
ble for before, and has adroity cullivaie
the friendship OF each succeeding admin
istratlon to the extent of retaining tn
patronage not only of his own State bu
OF the whole Northwest, wherein he ha
made places for that neyer-to be saliaie
host OF place seekers nestled in the rank
OF the G. A. II. 1t is with this most unsa
worry record that Logan now goes befoi
the people OF this great country asking {
be given the second highest position in til
Government in which the opportunities ,
an increased patronage are the sole Undue,
nen,s Tor his ready acceptance of I'll
nomination.
1t is possible, though not at all proba
BILE, that Congress Will adjourn in the ca
ly part of July. Should the House a
, once take up the business that the Senat
has prepared for it, and which has beel
on the Speakers table for six weeks, 1t ca
rush il through and adjourn by that tim
7 But there seems to be disposition on III
/ part OF both Senators and Representative
to await the action of the coming Dem
, ocratic Convention, in order to inject fe
hundred campaign speeches into the Re
ord and have them printed and circulate
+. at Government expense. Dom PEDRO.