The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-04-17
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WAsHNGroN, April 4, 1909.
rs nv EDITOR w ths wosEscyAy's Arvocirr.
There has been an abatement In che in-
fuE or Office hunters &. CHS city, ain thlt
a marked one during the week Just finished.
Their incessant opportunities seriously
0 sturbed the presidents physical equilibrium
for time, but the medical Jankmsas in-
forms Us that he 4 again ~ fun possession
81 his normal health and strength. This
outgoing is attributable 70 the large patches
81 nominations which have been sent in.
One appointment settles the cases oil nifty,
for the applicants are a. number about ~
that proportion ~ the plumbs
The Tenure Bill has not yet received The
signature AZ the President The wise ones
informs Us that he IS bidding the matter ia
allegiance until an opinion can Ds had 0f The
new Attorney General upon the bill. Others
clam that ID " but another instance WI
Grants foBdness for mysuhcauon. / d.
not thick u i generally known that pend
ing the vote o. the House. acceilng TO the
request Of the Senate for the appointment
Of a conference committed. Butter by few
magic words seemed 10 induce tile Demo
cratic SIDE to f0rgo the usual fAbusteriag
This NAV bear some relation 40 The presi-
denis neglect so far to sign the bill This
i, however, merely conjecture ca mY part
The caming week viii settl, il one wav OF
the other.
No printed report Of the investrat. w W
the frauds alleged 70 have been parpelrated
IN the Alaska purchase, has YET made its
appearance. am informed by posted Tar
lies that no press Of work at the pubic
prlnteTs prevents it, publication. ANA mvS-
ferrous Tumors are ahJsJ, TO TIE affect that
Il j. the iltentinn Of interested parties To
smother the subject OUT 0f the national re-
membrance, by failure TO publish. The
people want the report THIS vast iceberg
this next door neighbor t0 the north pole.
was purchased by their "trustY stewards"
without c0nsulung them, and il is but right
that they should know how much rne
whistle COST and who "dividedn the STAMPS
Senator Sprague's recent political sOmer-
sanlt excites much comment 10 high Official
circles here, much more indeed than IVY
bare TACT would seen ~ warrant. Bat there
IS som sthidg other than the bare fact wv "
considered. SENATOR Sprague Is tbs son-in- 4
law Of old pappy green0acks, millionaire .
many times over, young and ambitious .
Wa these circumstances III view, il a.
ditIon 10 the TACT that Butler in the lower
house Is even more radically az variance
with che national bank ana gold rings than A
Sprague, many seem u regard his suilen .
coming 10 his senses" as a significant
progn0stic OF the formation W an entirely
new party, TO be built upon "a American .
money platform, with the chef justice A.
thu next presidential candidate. Support
e-s OF this theory argue pausiby III it, "a \
vor. Sprague's wealth Is such that he can E
easily afford TO even court the opposition ~
his partisan friends Buffers immense
strength in mis- own district furnishes him
equal Immediacy Of them, add the two to-
geIher will make q powerful a. well az a.
gacious co-psrtnership Their may be more
than mere speculation in this summing up
W pFaotA1I-s "bl1L btlnc hlVNt Itl ulALilSts
Ben Butler il in total, and Sprague, AZ least
IN partial sympathy with the National La
DOR Union, and no matter how much The
former may be ridiculed or dutch -gaDoed'' 4
-execrated or "spooned" " Ms political
opponents, all they Can say does not 10 the
slightest disturb the blunt fact that he i
the sworn enemy Of the workinsman's Rrea.-
est bane, the bullion money system. Marx
this prediction workngmen-many who
now rsproach, will some day have reason to
thank B-nI. /. Butter.
April, 5th, 1860.
The sensation OF T. day Is the order Of
Secretary Rawlings, which makes II option
o. with government employees 10 his de.
partment to continue working eight hours
per day at reduction OF one-fifth Of their
wages, or to work ten hours at current
wages. This order comes by no means un-
expectedly 1t was foreshad0wed In the
Ominous rumors which have been emana-
ting, hence, through the press for brace
Of weeks past. Il is expected that BOre
will follow suit. The victims Of this piece
Of aagrant injustice, Of course den.1e but
are compelled to submit with the best grace
possible under the circumstances. Many Of
the affected parties retain their positions BY
Q very fragile tenure, and hundreds OF hun
cry onts are willing and .enxIous to step