Year: 1879




ful IN distributing and instructing novices ir
the use of these political machines than in
making them.


MATT CARPENTER.


One of the events of the week has been the
reception rendered to Matt Carpenter by the
hangers on around the capital. All the un-
savory elements that taint the political atmos-
phere of Washington joined in a jubilee over the
election of their late chieftain. Not lobbyist
or jobber could be found who was not in
state OF ecstacy over it, especially the female
branch of this most interesting tribe. They
resolved on grand drunk upon Matt's arrival
and they had it: The chief joke of the day
was the fact that the entire Wisconsin delega
tlon in both houses were caucussing that day
to see 1T there was not some way in which this
dlsagreeable demonstration could be prevented,
and finding it impossible they held a sort of
mutual consolation or lodge of sorrow, meet
ing that night instead of attending the much
Dragged Of grand ovation not one of them
so Tar forgot himself as to join the rabble. 1t
is said Matt paid the bills very cheerfully


Imagine public reception of Wisconsin
Senator, at which not representativ i've man Of
that State took part. They all knew him we'll
and also the crowd Of ickspittles who got up
the spree as Grant dodge.


THE WEST


will, as usual, secure but very small amount
of money for her needed improvements. Her
rivers and harbors must remain in state Of
nature for the benefit of the railway monopo-
lists until the people of that new empire rise
up ana demand an equal share of the common
funds and take it. It is more than passing
strange that no Western combinations have
ever yet been made in Congress to secure these
all important things.


NORTHERN PACIFIC.


The Northern as well as the Southern Pacific
railways have many friends here
but they are fighting each other,
and the Union Pacific alternately Joins caoh of
these crowds to ''cleau out'' the other, so that
neither of them are likely to secure any advan-
tage or substantial fav0rs. Please, MIR. Editor.
try and beat little sense of justice into the
heads of the managers of your State in refer
once to this subject, and let us have no more
war on the Southern Pacific, such as Bill Kings
paper is now making.


CONKLING's DEFEAT.


N. BIT transpires that the Senate has de-
c'ded that Hayes is certainly President, and
Conkling must take back seat. Twenty Dem
ocratic Senators united with thirteen Republj-
cans In declaring this important fact. Thus
another glorious opportunity to make asses of
themselves has been we'll improved bv the
Democratic leaders, For, however much the
Democrats desired to punish the base ingrati-
tude of Conkling for supporting him a year
ago, it was worse than folly to neglect an op-
portunity to open wide the breach between the
radical elements and put the administration on
the offensive instead of the entrenched position.
Mlnnesota's vote is the subject of universal
comment. The Post has to say concerning 1T:
1T does not require a lightning calculator to
tell how Conkling was beaten after examining
the vote. It was change of half dozen or
more Republican Senators that did the work.
and these had all been visited by John Sher-
man: Among the recent opponents of the ad-
mlnlstratlon who changed late may be noted
Senators Oglesby, Mcmillan, Window, Cameron
(Wis.) and Kirkwood. Conover is to be we'll
provided for, and Kellogg's vote was secured in
case it should have been necessary. He voted,
but would not have done so had his vote been
necessary to give John Sherman the victory