New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-02-09
FROM WASHINGT0
REMOVAL OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ttt. PARTIES. ~
wAsmNcrox, Feb. &. 1860

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From Our Own Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Feb. +, 1860
Tbes far Zoe Republican party pr"vcr have con-
cedsd ever thing the Organization % Toe HOUSE.
IN order TO promote harmony and % eopcehia'o
all tha uyaistle strength in yeffertpg wofkne
mai csty for legislative purposes Dis'''eres''u-
ntss and self. deaial were never mre copSp'o"''
;a,,.,,at.a Fan IN the elections sready made, and
tho recowuendations of the conference !eS"ioa''
Fr. NarsSon of New. Hampshire was nonlloa'eu ioi
noorkseoer on the second bRiioh ana MI Lucas
If In;,e far Postmaster. Though there may be
.oro 6.tls d;sapp intnent fct, scarcely doubt is
.st.,,;naa hat both these candidates will be elect
I'D xir Msr,on lie On aV'ise Efficient, and intel
hgeSs Republican, wiro rs backed by some OF thc
besf men from New England though assaed by
biryliurs of The Herald who are VIGOROUSLY dest-
tuss of character and Integrity, and whose malice il
pEompted by selfish considerations only. The other
/ candidate is well Endorsed by those who know him
est and who urged him upon the conference.
1t was deemed most prudent TO delay nomina-
ton for printer until the other elections were made
especially the struggle for the real or supposed
spOils of that office was more animated than any
other, and the competition for individual interest
much prenter, Various combinations have been
attempted. but most of them being dependent upon
contingencies success yet appears doubtful tor any.
Mr. Delrees of Indiana has concentrated the largest
influence, and would have been nominated yesterday
| had vote been taken. 1t necessary 10 satisfy
the demands Of various claimants with distributlve
interests and as many of them estimated their value
! by a standard of personal appreciation, some diff
| Guilty occurred in arranging the PROPORTIONS. IL is
row suggested that the next conference should es-
tablish some equitable mode of division, as basis
for the choice of printer. Whenever that Is done
ha Of ralipVpd md not bpOrp.
The patronage of the House in the last Congress
was apportioned with regard to political effect only,
! and according to the most rigid Democratic rule.
Every Office about the capitol was filed with par
! tisan, and none other admitted to liberation.
| Even the clerkships of the Committees were par
celled OUT with reference TO that fact. lt Is well
known that the Clerk of the Committee of Ways and
Means furnished the perverted figures for The Urion
heIe and other papers, TO counteract the charges
of extrayaGant expenditures and appropriations,
and made himself particularly conspicuous
as the champion and defender of this cor
Tupt dynasty, though holding position which
should have forbidden any such offensive interior
ence. Some apology might have been found for this
conduct had be been an Otfice-hoder of the Admin
istratiop; but as dependent upon Congress, and
as n beneficiary of Republican generosity in the
| XXXIVth Congress, when he was retained by our
Committee of Ways and Means against the protest
of those who knew he had no claim to forbearance,
this craftsmanship deserves the rebuke which it Is
likely TO receive if the present Committee will take
the pains to make an investigation. There are
others also filing similar positions, who should be
| removed without hesitation or scruple. The Ad-
ninistIation has prescribed everybody suspected
even of opposition, and ii is only reasonable that
| those who have denounced Republicans as I" trail
| "tors iucendiaries, and public enemies, should be
! required to give way for more tolerant and com
peient successors This Augean stable must be
| cleaned out let the cost be what it may.
The hotels are filling up rapidly, and Washington,
after two months OF dulness, begins to assume the
gay and lively tone which is the feature of its Win
ter life. If the blood of society stagnated or flowed
sluggishly during that period, it now PUSHES with
! vigOr which quickens the pulse and animates the
system. Every night of this week is appropriated
I already, aud, to recompense for the lost tme the
eayety is likely TO run into Lent. 1t has been
? observed during the last few years that society
here is beginning to ape the bad fashions and cues
tionabe habits Of some Of the European capitals.
There are several houses regularly open on Sunday
evening" for the reception of visitors, and though
music is not yet introduced, that feature is only
wanting TO give these reunions the prevailing char
acteT OF Washington parties. This pernicous ex-
ample is already felt in the imitation which it has
excited, and it ia not difficult to imagine that, be-
fore many years have passed, cards win be issued
for Sunday" with little recognition OF its sane
tiy as any other day in the week. The foreign
| element, which forms an important part of the
social organization here, is mostly responsible for
this innovation upon American life, and disregard
of It's prOpreties; but jealous imtatOrs have been
| found among q class of fast men and women,
who glory in the shame Of acquiring their morals
and manners from those who are least fitted ~ i'm.
part either.