The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-29
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From Our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, De-,
Oct. 26, 1885.

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People hereabouts who know some
thing about the facts, and had some
personal knowledge OF the events
transporting in the early days of An
drew Johnson's presidency. receive
with many grains Of salt Mr. Chaun
cy Depew's yarn about the rescue
of the republic by Gen. Grant from
Johnson's schemes to overthrow it.
Depew has always enjoyed a reputa-
tion for %romancing and after dinner
talking, and in this case he has evil
IDENTIFY done his reputation full jus
tice. He says johnson first vindic
lively sought to hang all the leaders
of the rebellion, because they had
ne-er recognized him socially and
then in the next breath, when they
held out their hands to him he went
in the other direction and conceived
a plan for throwing the machinery of
the government into their hands by
organizing a new congress. All who
know anything about Johnsoa's ca
reer as president know that his "pol-
icy" never vibrated; that he said
treason should be made odious, but
that he followed throughout the
course outlined by Lincoln himself.
Documentary evidence in the State
Department as well as the published
speeches of president johnson when
he was swinging round the circle"
and the r%ecollections and notes OF
mis- private secretary, all fail to cor
roborate Depew. Both Grant and
johnson are now dead and cannot af-
firm or deny. The present, therefore,
is a good time for the volatile Chaun-
cy to draw the cork which confined
his after dinner fermentation.
1t cannot be many years before
Congress will demand more comfort,
able and more commodious quarters
in which to do the law making for
this great nation. In sauntering
through the capitol yesterday l welt
into the House and Senate h amber,
only to find them both depleted Of
every article of furniture, carpets,
desks, spittoons and all. These two
rooms are about as dreary and desc
late rooms for public use as one can
imagine.
TO think of 325 men cooped UP
for nine months at a time in a room
which, without the galleries, is not
more than 80 feet square, one may
not inquire the reason for the Con
gressional mortality that follows the
long session every second year. In
winter these chambers are kept at
what is supposed to be an equable
temperature, but it is a quality of heat
that is en~ervating as well as %nauseat-
ing. Not until Congress provides
halls for its own use distinctively and
apart from all Governmental sur,
roundings, will there be a check to
the fearful death rate that now pre-.
walls.
With the ten and half millions OF
cart wheel dollars brought hither by
the Swa:ara from New Orleans the
ether day, there are now 57S tons OF
silver coins in the national treasury
against five aud a half tons of gold,
including bricks. With this vast
weight of silver coin running the
vaults ove until every available inch
of space is occupied, the minis are
adding two millions of the same I'm.
handy and unhandsome money every
month in the year, in compliance with
a stupid piece oflegislation that pass
ed Congress in the interest of the sill
yer kings of Nevada and Colorado.
When this money is counted it oc.
cupies the time of thirty expert coun
tets just three weeks. The popular
impression is that the dollars are
taken up one by n and thrown into
a pile while the count is on, but this
is a delusion, pure and simple, fol
were this tie case the treasurer o.
one administration who must count
the monies turned over to his sue
cessor, would be able to hold his Of
flee through at least two entire ad
ministrations before be could be com
PEELED to disgorge. Therefore the
scales are resorted to, the money be
ing put into bags, with an uniform
weight in each by which the whole
process Of counting occupies only
matter of two or three weeks.
PHoNo.