South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1884-12-19
Letter from Washington.
wasmus,ou. BIC. Dec is.

Washington. DC, Dec is.
The oulyrsnan who has been prom.
inenily mentioned in connection with
n ph,ce in Mr.. ClcveiaLd's Caoinel
who 10 ~ All likely to reach the place
ISIS nster 0arlsnd for the Attorne,
Generalship. The Senator is not ou-
~ one Of the clearest- headed men now
IN public life, but he 10 a most thor
iouSh and indnstr,ous student, who
never spares a niomeut of tuna -fsom
the dcues that attach to his high posi-
tion and the demands made nrOl him
ty constituency that appear tn re-
cognize him a. the cole representative
OF their Interests. Mr.. Garland ha.
come TO re recognized also AS one of
the best constitutional lawyers in or
out OF the Senate, and lis as powerful
Ia debate ss aly OF the bes; forensic
speakers that We have had in thirty
Years. lie Is just ri.ing ffty yessrs 81;
age. 30 that lie could not have re..ch-
ell moro than thirty when he was a
delegate to the Arkansas Secession,
Convention In 1861, ADD ~ nvuiJer o..
the Confederate Congress the same
year. AT thirty-,ro he vas elected
by the Arkansas Legislature to the
Senate. bu, that body (whchenov dc
lights Ia do hl,n honor, reii-ei tng,ve
him the seat 1t Was tie M,n maize
the TeSt-Oarh case as to- LAWYER, IA
tue Supreme Cont ct the United
State. and gained 1t over the CD. .iiu-
ed OPP osltion OF the best legal l., ent
IN the country. In 1874 he wa. cleo
ted Governor OF Arkansas w,ihou, o,,-
cation. AMI made the oest Governor
the State ever had, AMI IN 1876 when
his name Was mentioned tor the SEN
ate, he WAS exalted to that posit,o
without u single voice TO gay ram nav.
One OF the hrst thugs that the new
Democratic administration should do
npon lts accession TO power, Is the uu-
ceremonions bouncing of the lind
scape architect StCund the capitol,
whose denominations abound on every
hand. In the outrageous devastation
that hae been wrought here um,ier tie
name OF improveInents,t the once beau
fifui | lats of groaI,d both east & west
OF the capital have been transformed
into an unsIgh,ly and incon.ruous
held OF concrete walks with small
pat ches OF strawberry here and there
that have as little attraction as The
bnrdoc!< plants. that ,ine coiu,ry
road The large and maen;ti cent
trees whose foliage iuadc tie w.-t en- :
trance 10 the capitol really ,uperb
resort Tor tine stranger and an attrac-
flop to every body, have all disappear
ed under the blighting cdict OF this
tasie-torsaken architect. and ;hejs p,a-
ces are supplied by WALL. walls, walls,
some with u purpose, but more with.
OFT any other purpose than the ex-
pendi'ure OF money and ontribu-
ton to the inevitable contractor. If
the ciguitied character OF the capitol
and It's surroundings must he presery
ed. we must get rid Of the Ian IS ape
IDIOT who would Tejcc. the stately trees
III ti.ese grounds as beneath his ideal
of landscape beauty.
ar. Arthuts chances for becoming
IL Senator from New York are rapiIlv
waning. The difficulty that has exs-
TED between the Stalwart element an 4
the Halt Breed section OF the .. O. %.
since 1881, has not been adjusted ei.
ther in New York or in Ilii,ni,, where
Logan will undoubtedly be knitted TO
give ualt-Breed Charley Farwell his
place in ihe Senate II is "A little
strange that Farwell and his friend,
shouli ha, looked on will ct,npa-
cency when Gov. Hamilton The friend
OF Logan. was fixing W his decision
ia the Chicago fraud case, IN the IN
terest OF Logan The Illinois Gene
raj Assembly, however, il exactly H..
ed, and one Democratic vote wonI,,
be necessary To elect either Logan or
FarNell. and the latter has al d 10
have captured that N the shape of u
renegade Republican, who Ia to estab
lish hlmse in favor when he Lapis-
ature meets. PIIONO.
An Interesting Decision. IL the,
case of the United states w. :. b. Ma
son, involving the rightto send lottery
tickets through the mails by a pnrchas-
er, Judges Hughes. OF The q >. Cont
for the eastern district OF Virginia. has
decided against the U. $. The facts
presented were "a follows: Mason pur-
chased a ticket which drew u prize,
and ASSUMING fictitious name, wrote
to AN agent OF the lottery company.
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