The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-11-19
CONDUCT OF CONGRESSMAN
RESULT OF THE MITIGATION
IN WASHINGTON.
The Excesses TO which Some of the
Peoples Representatives
Have Conc.

NEW YORK, November l6.-Ihe
Washington CORES pondent OF the
Herald trlegraphs that the iuvestiga-
ton into the alleged conduct Of Lieut..
Arnold, OF the Washington Police
Force, was conclud d today. The
whole matter was d, finitely outlined
in these dispatches last week. The
dozen odd lieutenants examined, with
three exceptions, swore that the
Superintendent OF POLL did not in
dictate that i would bs advisable to
watch Congressman. Several OF the
number had no r collection upon the
subject at all. o. the other hand,
Lieuts. Gessford, Kelley and Arnold
agreed that the superintendent had
most explicitly told them that the
habits of Congressman in disreputable
localities were to be noted aud the
facts preserved for future use. The
cireumstantial evidence elected cor
roborated this declaration, rather
turning the investigation against the
super ntendent, who bad preferred
the charges which led to II. Il has
DOT bees denied that the police force
was to do something by which CON
Rressmen, it was expectgd d, would be
Influenced. The exact nat re seems
to be immaterial since in it, most in
nocent construction the entire police
force Of the District was to be turned
ito body of lobbyists.
Apropos of tho present police sc m
da an old resident says Of Congress in
former days: eve aIe getting to be
more moral than in cid times here in
Washington, aud this police invtstiga-
ton g es to prove it. At least, il we
are not really better than our prede-
cessorr, we desire to appear so; Non
cdSta, caute tan,ea. La Roche'oucauld
says that hypocrisy is the homage
which wee pays to virtue, which ia
right, since II makes virtue, and not
vice, the ruling power TO which hrm
age Is due. II was rot always 80 with
congressman in the good old days
'befo' de wah.' Readers of history
know of the scandal 80 openly &C
knowledged by Alexander Ii hamilton
while he was Secretary OF the Treas
ury. Few, perhaps, kuow that re-
puted great grsnddsuqhter of Thomas
Jefferson is now living in Virginia, a
beautiful and accomplished teacher,
but retaining in modified degree the
darker shade Of color which belonged
10 her slave ancestress.
"To come to later yearg, have my
self seen member OF the House of
Represent stives from the city OF Gin
cinnsti riding through Pennsylvania
avenue in broad dsyl ght in en- open
bsrouche with two of the most noted
women OF the town in the city. |
have seen another member from Lou
isvile on the floor OF the House with
his head bandsged because he had
lost an ear IN row with a hackney
coachmau in a house OF i'll fame. Did
either of them hide their diminished
heads in shame? Not bit of it; or
were they, 30 far as appearances went,
at all thought the wone Of by ma
jority of their fellow members on sc.
count Of thess little peCcadllloes. No
pc ice detectives were then thought Of.
"Pendletou, the n st noted keeper
OF q gamb,inghouse which this city
has ever seen, wRs notoriouslv able to
control certain important measures
pending before Congress through the
number of votes he could command
from impecunious frequenters OF his
establishment, which was open to all.
No more secrecy about entering or
leaving it than at Monaco or B4den
Baden, except be 1t said to The credit
of our fair country women that none
OF them shared, at least in person, the
gains or losses OF this famous estab-
lishment. Aside from his profession
Pendleton bore an excellent reputa.
ton as an honorable and charitable
man, and at his death Mr.. Buchanan,
then President, sent his carriage to the
funeral. He was succeeded by Nor
rissey, whose career is too recent to
need recalling now. Possibly the same
thing may be carried on now. But the
great and elegant establishments, open
to all having the exterior OF gentle
men, have passed away from Wash
inRton forever, and the city may be
said in this and other more reconcile
aspect, to assume virtue il she has
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