The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-12-25
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Correspondence Fremont J9isnal.l

hAtHIAefoN, ID. q, Dec y, 1865.
The Idlsrnal Reysnue Buresg yesterday
receive ed po,ida tttough IN cIiriala asourc,
Of be dassyaSlOn By fIus, on tbs.5lh inst,
Of all The books and papers, and, as alleged
s a considerable amount Of money, in tbt
4 oiiiee-of-the Collector of Internal Revenue
General Milton Stapp, at Galveston Texas
This notice was accompanied with intim4.
t tons that the books &C., might have been
permitted to be destroyed, and money was
alleged to have bsen'itcludtd with the, de-
strucliOn, for the purpose of covering up
malPFaetiees on-the part of the Collector.
Chief CLERK a. B, johnson, bovever whose
OE6SsAi duties give him better Knowledge CT
officers in all parts Of the. country than per-
haps any ether 6aleer of tha Bureau pos
seses, assures me that there is nothing in the
suspicion, as Geueral s;app is confidently
bslieTsd to be one oflhe mast serupulous.
! ly honest nficers in the whole service
: 5Gsneal Cole, Of Cole. Hisceek notoriety,
is in town. He isas brother Of Senator Cole
Of California, and is doubtless taxing advan-
aageofthe Senator's attendsnee Upon Con-
grsss o to visit him, There is Sm1ch
method in his"-dress. He is elegantly
attired, and looks as if he enjoyed free air
more than he ever did in his life before.
i THERE'S machine, "The Vote Recorder. -
inVentsa by Beardsley, lewis ard Clancy
-being'built in this city for the New York
Assembly Chamber A working model
was besOrethe New York Legislature and
favOrably acted upon by that body, and we
may expecs soon to- SEE this Important in
4 Fentich In practical operation. - F7th3e
Fsd quote from tbe report Of the Select Com
mittee Sppointe4 by the New York Eesis.
flataFe 10 exsniBsi this useful invention,
sfthe following g'adnirsbly coifdenssA descrip-
ton 6ffe .afsii ls sGs as
1.-The device is simple and ingenious
arrangement Of mechanism for taking the
vote of all The members simultaneously,
counting the total number Of votes (ayes and
noes separately D. and printing on a strip of
paper for the use Of the clerk the name of
each member voting all in about ten (IOl
seconds Of time. This is done quietly, and
without possibility OF mistake or decep-
tion. There remains nothing for the clerk
70 do except TO take from the machine the
paper on which the nantes Of those voting
are printed, and paste it on his Journal.
There are two dials, one for the ayes and
one for the noes, to be placed on either side
o. the Speakers desk, and communicating,
by vines running aioag the floor, with tho
desk Of eseh member. Asa member votes,
the faet'Of hishaving voted and the way be
has voted, are instantly shown to the whole
House by the irnInediate rising of card
beari6g his number on the sfifnative or
ihega:iye1diili The arraugemement is such,
also that ther member has voted and
before his vote Is counted, be can, if be
desires change his vote. This machine is
nicely adapted in ali its parts, and perfectly
provides for all the ends desired; is simple
( practical, aud exact in all its operations;
durable and void Of any complicated ma
chiners."
Z. The bill introduced by Mr.. Jones of Ken
lucky, providing that all persons in the
employ Of the Government hall be here
after paid for their services, irrespective of
sex, snd which was passed, the yeas and
nays having been called by vote Of 1913 to
q, Bss given great satisfaction to all right
minded men. am haPPy TO be able to
state that this was not party vote, and
that prominent Democrats in both houses
are 10 favor Of paying a woman the same
salary as man receives, progiled she per-
forms similar services. Mr.. wilson's bill
in the Senate, which has been ordered to be
printed excites also good deal Of attention;
and it IS believed that It win receive large
vote. Many parsons believe, even, that it
vii pass bOtb houses by respectable ma
jotity. This bill provides that hereafter,
/ females shall be allowed to vote and to hold
Office in the District Of Columbia. -
The bill INTRODUCED by General Butler,
last week. for the repeal Of thee. Tenure Of
Office Act is causing good many of Mr.. |
JObnsOn's appOintees to tquirmi AID |
desperate effort viii be made by the Copper
heads ard fshy Republicans who are now
feeding at the public crib to let the law
stand as II is. /, But these gentlemen win
rot succeed. a large msjority Of the Re-
publican lpsmbers Of both houses of Con-
gress are determined that none bug laysl
men shall hold places Of trust and profit
uBdor the incoming administration; a1d
General Grant is known to syppatbise with
Congress in its.determination to purify the
public service. Indeed, 1t would be unfair
to il fiet upon President Grant an army Of
selni-traitOrs such asnow compose, largely, /
al branches of the civil service, and there is
really no way Of Iurging the various de-
Psrtmeuts Of the Executive branch of the
Government Of these nuisanees but by the
passage Of General Buffers bill. The Re-
publican party has the unenviable reputa-
ton in most parts of the country of going
back on" its friends for the sake of propitia-
ting its enemies-s reputation which viii
killand, If deserved. SHOULD kill, any party
10 the long run. The Democratic party, on
the other hand, has ever bee1 noted for re-
wsrdiDg party services promptly and Iiber-
&llY, No matter in what social sphere
DEMOCRAT PoFes, il hs serves bis party ss-
septially he is comparatively SIRE Of a rer
ward commensurate with his services. Bu-
chanau gave Capt. RyndeFs the Marshal
ship Of New York, City, worth $4,000 a
year. Rypders was poor man and of more
than doubtful reputation. BE had no po-
sition amoug eentlsnepj por was he entitled
to it, But as president Of the Empire
club of New York City he had served the
Parg Effectively New York City also
sent to Congress Mix Walsh,s poor man,
for services rendered on the stump and By
his pen; Rsd later, Ben Wood aud John
Morrissey, fer party services rendered and
funds furnished. Indeed. the best offices in
New York and other large cities are more
often given by the Democraeyto poor men
than to RICH ones while it is quite unusul
to see any poor Republicans put in nom-
iRaiicn for lucrative Office, no matter how
easctiFelyhe may hayde served his party
But the RePublieanpHt has, ! think, got
TO see things from the true standpoint. knd