The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-04-03
Washington Letter.

Ex-senator Malone became Repabf-
can and attained his first political prom
inonce through as dlstardIy political
bargain rs ever was uade in this or any
other country by persons as eminent as
the President of the United States and a
member Of theSenate. BY that bargain
Malone obtained much notoriety and
absolute control of the Federal patronage
of Virginia as the price of his allegiance
to the Republican party. He has now
made another bargain, by which he
hopes TO again get his grip upon the
throat of Virginia. His partner in the
present enterprise is that blatant Wash
ington negro demsgogue John NJ. Lang
ston who for office holding purposes
claims a residence in Virginia, and who
| has broken Mahone's power IN his own
district by taking the negro vote away
| from him.
The terms of the bargain, as told to
! me, are that Langston shall again turn
| the negro vote over 10 Malone, who is 10
( resume his position as Republican boss
/ of Virginia, IN return for which Ma
! hone is To urge the name of Langston
! upon Mr.. Harrison for one of the new
I United States Circuit judgeships. l: If
/ believed that Mr.. Harrison has already
| partly promised to elevate LangstOn 10
1 the bench and that he had this bargain
! in mind when he told the delegation OF
/ cheeky negroes, calling themselves
/ Journalists, several days ago, that he
/ would be pleased to consider the name of
! a member of their race whom they con
sidered sufficientlylearned in the law to
! discharge the duties of judge. Harrison
| is to get the solid Virginia delegation TO
I the next Republican National Conyen-
! ton for his pay. If he dareS to appoint
| this negro, Langston to the bench h.
will also get, and fully deserve the exc
| Grafton of ninety-n decent white men
out OF every hundred IN every section of
| the country. 1t lis entirely in keeping
with Mshone's political career that it
should wind up in partnership with a
negro.
/ The trial OF judge Charles E. Kin
caid who while Washington correspond
ent shot and killed Representative
I Taulbee, of Kentucky, in the Capitol
building on February 2S, 1890 is going
on this week and is attracting much at
/ tention. The defense is self defense Ex-
Representative GroSvenor of Ohio, has
taken the place of Senator Vorhees, who
Springs, as kinkead's S chief counsel. A
feature of the trial was the cross -eNamin-
alton of Samuel Donaldson, of Tennes-
see, ex-Doorkeeper of the House of Re
prisentativeS who stated in answer to
questions which the Judge directed him
TO answer, that ne was by occupation a
lobyist and at the time of the shooting
he Was working IN the interest of the
I Western Union Telegraph company
This public admission will not be pleas
ant news for a number of Congressman
{ who have been in the habit of chum-
ming with Sam" around the capitol
/ corridors and restaurants.
Russell Harrison, who is said to be
mixed up in several speculations involv-
. ing questions affecting public lands, has
succeeded IN having his man, ex-Repre-
sentative Carter of Montana appointed
commissioner of the General Land Office,
to succeed Judge Croft who was com
! PEELED to resign, because he would not
] change his opinion in order to obhge
/ Secretary Noble. There's nothing like
being son of the appointing power
and nobody knows any better than Rus.
sell.
4 copy of the letter from Governor
Nichols replying to Mr.. Blaine's ex
cited telegram sent on the day the Sicil
ians were lynched at New Orleans Wa,
sent to the Italian minister as soon as i
Was received at the department of State
He has not since been heard from re
garding it; and he declines to see news
paper men who have called at the lega
ton.
The National Association of Demo
cratic Clubs has sent circular letter t
Democratic clubs all over the countrl
requesting them to appropriately cele
brate the anniversary of the birthday O
Thomas Jefferson Thursday April
The letter calls attention to the contras
between the simplicity of Jefferson witt
the prodigaity, Capitalization favoritisn
and corruption of the last Congress, o
which it says: They could go n
further for they have exhausted the SUI
plus in the Treasury and in the McKin
ley bill, raised taxes and prices TO tn
last points Of endurance. The time
especially appropriate-while celebrating
; the birth of the great apostle of liberty
to rejoice over the popular repudiatiol
and the final adjournment of the odiou
billion dollar Congress, whose existenc
, was menace alike to the freedom, tn
prosperity and the business of the cour
, try.
Considerable scandal has been create
: by the State department sending ex-mir
: lister Foster, who is known to be pal
, Attorney of the Spanish Government, I
Madrid as special envoy, and the ma
ter isn't mended any by the knowledg
: that he is accompanied by that worthle
: young scapegrace, James q. Blaine
o who would not be tolerated in decent 81
ciety-he is only just tolerated-were
not for consideration of his parents fee
ings.
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