The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1869-01-22
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i.suk EHESlfsEH7 eoNTRACfOks RI FR6uBEE.t
eaJudse Foote, the present OoBuiissioner oi
Patents, has ss.beenconnected wish the Patent
Office for years, aud m position to know q
thing or two about che internal workings
aBdriol,fpg m it9ssui has ,tlsP yE7is s'd5
on entering the 'Patehtlefice, Judge FOole
found things not ali tegethett to his liking,
and consequently, encouraged committee
appointed by Congress toihvestig gate GER
tAin charges prefsrled' sgai6st Dempsey and
oTOOls, Of this city, id reference to their
contract to supply the PateDt Office with
Stationery. RseeHs that The Judge has got
intS a hornets nest No sooner than cyl
dehcsH was adduced to The effect that the
Patent Office had been paying $42 for blank
hooks which would have only cost Of the
IaBiic Printer $3.50, there we're men men IN the
highest poailf6Bs' who said the Judge does
not understand his own Interest; and co1se-
quenssy, i1r1wOttBy 10 Hold his present posi-
tlou. oISfsclaiE6sd he is4o5 ir9uisitiye, and
wants 10 Rnowot6O much. The committee
has, however, as near ss'I could learn yes
tepdsyy found many "a screw loose IN sddi-
hon to- sas 1899 BIahlFsb6oks,'' it has been
shown shat according to contract, eight
cents per sheet was paid for bond paper
wheh'ebgld Be bOugh It one and three
qnaner cents. a An extfaordinary number Of
peas ,1~ersqbodght in Decem6er 1867, Of
whsuh thirtyaaezen wert9 with handles of the
BEST quality, aeah sEOSbit&ht price, the ex-
igencies E6f the Department mot requiring
them at all aHin zT1 z-- i8i1i
sCOls DuUcanyitBe eor6inisston6rs private
secretary, is.caIled to appear before the COM
miitee again tSldayJa6d it IS hoped that be-
fGethisfnveshg gati5nis ended We shaIiknow
more of the .sribusaries, and names Of each
of the mighty rivers Of public expenditures.
~betHus hhO& the percentages given z By
those contractors to the Public Auditors for
passing favorabIy upon thsit bills. iis779ii Q.
l5g .'nISr rEaEaEEdr1xe Eaadx II CONGRESS, T. '7'f
FsilQwihg The passage Of the bill in the
House, the other day, 70 repeal the Tenure
! Of, Office Act, is bill introduced sinio the
Senate by me-. Wilson modifying the aot
not quite TeRealipg i, The Pnly practical
difference between the House and Senate
measures, is that in case the Senate. may not
confirm, a Presidential nomination, the person
Suspended BY the President is to resume the
Office until another nomination shall be CON
! frped. With that exception, and with the
/ exception Of cases Of ppmipation to cabinet
places and to iudgeship's Of the rSuprsu,
Court, it tlresiores to the President all power.
in making removals and appointments. lhe
possessed before the, existing ,Tepure-of.
Office law was passed. It, Of course, aecordr
/ to tbe ad i5feriqls appointed the salary of th.
Office While bis ,nominatiop is in allegiance
Oel9Ts lSSSs!4 Sne III tY lsps7 sHId ad} lfsd
j Senator Morgan, Of NcE .Yprk, and Ssna
/ Morrill, Of Maine, are on the. anxious sea-
about their re election. Senator Henderson
has passed from the agony. Of suspense to thu
knowledge Of The worst, Gen, Carl ScburI
win relieve him on the 4lh Of March, zli
4 The railroad lobbyists interested in main
i tanning the r. R. mOpopOlies leading Il
4 Washington, arelssid TO be using very in
faeqtial arguments on Senators and Repre-
septatiyeg ip favor Of their side eG the qpes
ton. On tbe Othsr hand The people o
Washington, and all persons interested il
| getting TO and from the Capital arenot oDl!l
awakened tg the importsnce of HisEe rsilrORi
facilities, and tO'the wrong in rsSery sense
oithe i4lposjIsns to which they haTers
long submitted from these FailrOqd imanOpo
lies; but they are iatlast. becoming iudigaan
!. at ,thens sEuds resolved to- tolerate them un
resistingly nd 'longersgSenator MoriH hs
= justretpFned4 10 his scat from Maine, wheF
he has been looking after his chances for re
electionoi Its saidsthat he-is depended NJ
3 on By she lobbyists to oppose Senator shsl
= mans r. B. bill This alone is cause enOus
! tn all desiriug fair RR. facilities to the CsT
, itsI, inbludings it is believed, large major
9 ityih both branches Of Congress, for wishin
i Mr. Morrill, may be disappointed in his hop,
B of recollection, aud Ex-Yice President Han
Id lin, his eomPetitOr. be elected ID his stea,
: But ihRrRliss atiotheF EsasoHfto all Republ
Z cans Ior vishiagthis, if the gepoft reaebin
! usis true. viz: that being beaten IN the r,
is publican caucus by a nejo ity Ofone for NJ
t. Hanlin, instead of abiding by the custoular
IS arbitration, Mr. MOrriil, by his friends il
, sists that Mr.. I'errts blank vote was put
9, by mistake for a ballot for bim-uotwitl
Id standing Mr. PefryS card of denial --asir
Sd that, therefore, the caucus ballotihg resultt
!, in virtual tie, and that his name shall
d befOfe The Legislature, TO divide the Repul
rs licans, of course, and TO gain his election,
l. at all, by the aid of Democratic members.
fs Mr.. Wilson, of Massachusetts, present
= in the Senate petition about four yards
y length, signed by members Of the .Equ
N Rsghts Association, asking the extension
w the right Of suffrage, to women in the Di
ID trict Of ColumbIa and Territories of /
"a United States Referred to the District
p COLUMBIA Committee.
I 'fNothesnn's Rights'' seem to be turning
Iers now a-davs In Aha- collar