The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-05-23
LETTER FROM WAsHINGTON.

The Presidents Best Friend-Philadel.
phAa AppOintm ents- Third Ticket for
Pennsy nsylvania--LOngre Matters,
Etc. Etc.
Special Correspondence Of The EUening Telegraph.
WAsHINGToN, May 81.
Pennsylvania politicians are absolutely swarming
here. Senator Cowan, who is supposed to have a
voice potential at the Execu tive mansion, is be-
sieged day and night with the hungry crowd, who
fll the Senate lobbes with incessant inquiries for
the Senator, who can scarcely attend to his public
duties for the frequent interruptions by these par
ties, with applications for interviews. When he
leaves the Senate chamber he IS followed by score
MORE who cling to the skirts OF hts coat tail with
desperate energy for zone moment" as they usually
say, till the Senator, almost distracted flies to his
lodgings for repOse But even there they haunt him
at night, IN the morning before breakfast, aud at
most unreasonable and inopportune times so that
he oan find no st. SO much for Oeing regarded as
the dispenser OF pubic patronage
Foe r, mova of the Collectors OF informal Revenue
for the First Third and Fourth Districts OF Pennsyl
vania, has stimulated the "patr1ots" who desire TO
serve Uncle Sam, in good fat offices, to a hipn de-
gree, and there scarcely singe Federal appoint
ment in ycur CITY for which there are not from one
to three or four candidates.
A "rlng" is being formed for the purpose of secur-
ing the Assessorship of the First District, as, it is
ahOSou pIbotub luCumOe0J was appointed
through FoIney's influence.
John II. Dehl, the Collector of the Second District
Is expected to be made one the Ass slant Comms-
sioners OF Internal Revenue in case of the passage
OF the bill providing for Assistants and candidates
are being "hxed up'' for his position in that event.
Tho contest for the A sessorshiD of the Third Dis
trict, now held bv Fletcher Budd Is very warm
between DR.. Seltzer, formerly q member of the
Legislature and Peter A. Keyser, of the As
sistant Assessors. Keyser was a candidate for the
Collectorship, but distanced by Zuhck; bu
now keyser's friends have put him forward for the
Asses orshp The friends of both appear sanguine
OF success.
The proposition to run third ticket in Pennsyl-
Vania, in opposition to General Geary, has not
been abandoned, although 1t has slumbered for
time. The effort will be made If there appears to
be the least prospect OF success. The difficulty
seems to be in getting an available man to
run "soldier candidate" Colonel Richard
Coulter it is understood has positively declined to
be candidate, as he there was not the ghost
OF chance OF election, and he was unwilling to
commit official suicide. II is understood that in
high quarters the wish is that Clymer sh ould with
draw, and a new cand date be bro ughu forward to
be supported by the combined johnson and Demo.
cratic parties. But the Democrats are strongly
opposed to any such angement, and it is not
likely that 1t will Oe contaminated
There ,s no talk OF Congress adjournng. Indeed
~ looks as IL the session would continue until next
December. The coming Congressl0nai cleo IONS
NAV IN eriere some what with tn programme but it
is proposed TO make an arrangement by which some
hiIeeH or twenty members msht be spared from
time to time, to go home, in closely contested dis
trcts to look after their reelec1on and still leave
working Usion majority in the House. When these
return others can home in the same way, and
thus keep the Union majority in the House unim.
paired. and in case any important measure was
Drought forward requiring a two.thirds vote, the
absent members could be recalled IN time to vote
upon IT. 1t is believed sdne such arrangement will
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