The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-01-06


the House of Representatives at Hrrrisburg
indulged in the farce Of drawing by lot q
committee to decide upon the merits of the
contest over the right to represent one Of the
city districts which is pending between
Messrs. Graham and Mooney. The latter,
who is Democrat, secured the certificate,
but the former thinks that the people of the
district intended it for him. ''By some unu-
sual chance, as we are informed in the regu-
lar report of the proceedings, ''the committee
which was drawn consisted of eight Demo
Gratis and but one Republican, Under these
circumstances, Mr.. Graham might az well re-
turn TO Philadelphia without any further
waste of time or trouble. His chances of
being awarded the seat are rs slim as they
could we'll be. He can, however, console
himself with the reflection that, if the com
plexion of the committee had been decided
by fate to be just the reverse of what it is,
Mooney would have stood about as much of
chance as the man in the moon.
LINDSAY MUsz we are told, has of6oieted in
the capacity of usher to nineteen different
Secretaries of tho Navy, having been ap-
pointed to his position on the 18th of July,
1928, or two years before General Robeson,
the present Secretary, was born. What a
blessed thing for the country it would be if
the great majority of our public servants
could hold on to their positions for such a
g-drawn-out term of years! To say moth
ing of the principle of honesty which would
be fostered by such tenure of Office, the
efficiency which would result from long
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incalculable benefit to the country. But the
position of usher to the Secretary of the Navy
is so very Insignificant that no person ambi-
tious of living at the expense of the people
has thought it worth while to disturb the ven-
erable Musz, and to his very insignifcance in
the official world alone does he owe his long
incumbency of his humble Office,
THR DEMOCRACY OF NEW HAMPsHIRE have
been indulging in their usual pastime of
holding State Convention and placing in the
field q ticket which is certain to enooanter
defeat. This time, however, their proceed
ings were enlivened by protest from the
Hon. Isaac Adams against the passage of
resolutions declaring that all contracts, bonds,
and securities should be taxed, and that debts
not OtnerWlSe Speclneu SnOuiu De palu IN cur
rency. Against the adoption of this repudi-
alton platform the Hon. Isaac Adams lifted
his voice alone. Evidently tho Hon. Isaac
Adams was out of his appropriate sphere in a
convention Of New Hampshire Democrats.
The amount of leayen is 50 very, very insig-
niicant that we fear the whole Democratic
loaf in New Hampshire is destined to spoil.
BEEcHER ON THE AUCTION BLooK.--Once a
year the pious people of Plymouth Church
are in the habit of converting their spacious
temple into grand auction room. The
rivalry for the choice seats of the Beecher
synagogue is so intense that in no other
fashion can it be settled. We gave yesterday
the result of the recent auction, and the sum
realized footed up not less than $57, 543,
which was nearly $4,000 more than last years
sale produced. Mr.. Beecher will doubtless
regard this substantial evidence of an in
creased longing to sit under his pious minis
trations as an endorsement of the part taken
by him in the Astor House bigamy; and
doubtless he will be justified in so doing.
But, then, as the old proverb hath it, there's
no accounting for tastes