, 1870-12-03
WASH! h0T0h,
The Era of Annual Reports.
Gliupsas Of 0f1cial Life-Ths Court Of
81 ~ : Claimk
Organization OF Next Couyrcss


Organization OF Next Congress-.
Sequences Of 1apeaohment.
tY1ox ouR own coskxsrospnrl
WABH1soroa, Nov. A.
At this tirno Of ths Jsar perstm mona drop,
sausage appears in tho m1tk&t, and tho an
printing ob3ce. We arc full Of these thi1k
documents, stitched tosether generally With
out indexes, and bzough. into the world b.
fore their time. 8omo Of them, Like th4
Agricultural Rapport. ars made up OF cheap
And they suaen q zreea bsans aud dried
spplts. OthArs. Iks tho Treasury report.
II tha looes PfoeoneAd M OF huainess mon.
sepssa:ely interesting, bat bound together
without Agteenonk or iesiRn- Theirs II
itex.rI character enough in tas T1s.sury to
dtanee, tut she 6ssresafy must develop his
title plan at Tho beginning. Pfocrustes wAs
not uoEo metci1aas being than Mf. Bout
we'd.
cHABACxR Or TEE REroRrs
These rePo1ta arc gontr called together
say, zach suoordinA.o hoAd OF bureau contz;o-
utin9 bis quo.uu. and each Ps5t il sent in tbs
green LAT 10 the PRIMER. who masaes it up
AnorRet hia competitors, and, 1fte1 mach ex.
perditure in cor ec.iona and pro It u fent to
tte Secretary. who EaAda 1t, And thua hecotuaa
aware RI how littla he knew before When the
Secretary hz4 read two Or three dozsa OF these
reports, he }eNmea Z formidable man to
meet on the ttEeet; tor hs forthwith tackles
Aver3 body On tbs etb1 1tctma&tez OF them, and,
il yau will watch him carafullJ, .o11 will see
that he ia msrfl, practising what he has got
by 1ote. upoa Jon. to see wheshsr you Gan sug~
gsst aas thltg. He salks all round the uni
verse in this way until be II fa;iztied thlt hs
has fout some couTictiona. With these con-
victiona hs thun Proceeds to bully everybody,
AID, by pAseinF his report to And frtm the
priLtetA eesasal slua1a. it "a finally licked into
Ass It q Iserar! thape, bs ths gospel OF f.
nance thus r'veA1ed to its spos:le, the eoayic-
,itns Of = Ersat rAst7 arr defined. Every
tine tho. 6ecftsaty wE1tta reroEt he
feels more ls1rned md consequent
" more dogged. In course of tino
he goWs to affect \ supreme coutamPe for
tiNtstp, although 10 himself ctitirizes for
eiEn nations. Adam Smith. and Amlaa Walk
er. The larger number Of our administzA'iye
stasctmen aIa 4 this patte1n.-poiucians who
have CONS up Though the surface on party
trap, ard. BY 1iAicg to dlxzy heiights Of con
skieuousresa, arc tuidenly PreciPitatod on Ill
Of government were taught In schools. and
future Statesmen were In the habit Of going
to school, We might occazlnualsy see an an-
rnAt report Wherein We might stpar1ts tha
s.lling, original mind from the position, But
We seem 10 bAve hit upon I day wheu politics
goes round. ike General Butler, asking. in \
mt udic2nt way, for issues; aud. finding ouly
such ,ssues ii disturb tho present combine
tiona Of politicians, politics points to remote
nothiDEs, A1d eugyset thAt Wo quarrel about
them. 1he great itsno fefore tha country u
personal manhood, the e1tsication OF oneself
o1A
md jeAlousies, md insisting that We
ahaIl MAKO public life. and conform to
that mat hood. Tho evef-present, unavadible
lstue for tEue man Ia the decline OF tho
American character, commercial and public,
By fh1so H isau education. Tha fcachtngs
of rcierce and the tenstn Of politics ceased to
agree thirty 3ears 1go. The present sec1o-
iary Of the 4Feasur., who IL politician OF
tho most vicioua school, il attempting to giva
character to striot1y scientific department
without ABANDONING his political processes !:
10 do banklrg business with camp-foltowers
t,ou of the questions Of taxation, while above
his head, like Ito sndowmenss of Midas. Dap
the atA' ears OF projection. Tho issues Of
tLe pre- sent are not On tue horizon. They are
On the lacks OF tbs politicians. A stable gov
elnmert service; logical Republican method
III this admit isira:ton has discovered II.
What is the Travelling crestlon groaning
about I, Tho coETup'ions OF cur puolic ser
vice the weight and inequality of our taxes.
There things form the min topics OF Society,
of preeats, and Of meetings. And yet, to
READ every ono Of the reports that aro about
bun rut forward, one wouli tEink that these
srhjecis had pevsr been mentioned and we're
still TO ho discovered.
cuA11Es Aston BMsTED.
Tho processes by which |. gislation is car.
11ed he1e,-among them tho force of peEaona]
contact AID pre- ssu1e upon tho dull bulk Of 4
CtngTeet,-hsve been aacertained BY many
have several inafapcta Of factions 1t work in
The interests Of integrity, Aniotg them ID
Charles Asaor Bnsted. grandson Of John
Jacob Aa:or. The No. York saillionaise, and
clever stud. called "Fivs Years \. An Ens.ish
Uuivsseity:" biz keen psmphlst called Thu
1nt.1fe1sn nes Theory Of dev<rnuent j" and biz
| nsry s.sckful and impressive contribu
ticLs under the pssudouym Of Car
B<nson, have placed him in = bright
a'sht tsfors Tho psopia. Mt. B'ia
led is about 40 yesrs Of ago h hAa spsu
parts Ct two winters hste, and this year h.
| has tsfen handsome residence and meAna Il
cndeavor TO preas upon the attention Of Con
! grtes an international copyright Law. AL ths
large publishers, save the HaTpers, are said t
have ttcoms converts to the justice Apd axpe
tliency OF this lAw. American pubIishiny hs
I
kttls ttluxed with the commono.t sort o
English noSs[s. reproduced hers because thai
| co1,5nghis cost nothing Except IN the nswa
| papers Lid In the eubtcsip,ion books, the lit
e.Ary profession is extinct 10 America. Gu
few d.EGeut authors publish abroad.
Il Is melancholy to obstEvc that ConsIets i
blind to this s'tuationt and that \ gentensl
niusi come hare and keep hozpt.Ab!a hous
to persuade them to use the naked eya; bu
/ such ia the cAae. Tbs corner gln-milia manu-
fscture Congress men, and litsraturo must b
alert to its oNn interests. Tha bessws can fer
United statka who hayo yet tho tAii
fee and enterprise to taks II
these questions. The power Of hospitality
alwnys mighty in Washington, has not "a
bt en- tried upon such mork1 iesu&a - III
ciy,l tervice. When DR.. Gamalel Bailey pm.
lisbed nj. anti sla7esy newspaper in Washing
tor, be astaelished = ae7ss Of reception
which did ~ much 10 make Repuolica
arty - his publication Of Cncle Toms Caolr
II We had amonget us,-with all the talk &
Noman's fights,-A few ladies' OF grace II
intellect, who would enteavoT TO redeem f1o1
their political depths such questions - thos
Of tbs civil service, and make these issue
regeneration OF their age and apostles
men.
pRAEE AND A'cIrRa.
Cu,ious to know what Senator DRAKE wan
cd to become = lite-loEg iucpbus upon ii
b. nch Of tho Court Of Claims for, lake
scne AiseouriAns-
Well. D1ake cannot nske four thousan
dollars l seaz.-sha ar1onns Of tbs salary
the position he wants,-by practising his pr
| festlcn of lAE In St. Iouls. He ID 60 con
f'r1etelr extinct ihers, politically and peraos
ally, that b. does not want to return to Nil
souri, He wants to lie up here in Waaniugto
and be taken care Of for Afe."
Iheee Missouri Republicans then asked fo
init rmatlcn about = 1uuoEed coup desat (
. / Governor McClurg to press Dtaze'a appoin
NETT 10 the Court OF Claims upon the Pres
dent. and then to call special session Of 7
, | Senate in Drske's rlAcs. This il worthy Of
. set Of men who Wished to keep andless pow
for selfish ends in that State, by reetIicti1
3the suhr,gs. II McCiurg Harts to come to
p1xce where biz conduct. urder such ciruur
stances. will receive the most impartial II
The most extensive comment, lat him Gle
himeelf to the Senate 1t Warrington
! FATE OF pRAKks DIZZINESS coLL1A0rEs-
: B, the WAY, what melancholy conclnaiol
hars the esptcia1 juutA OF Impeachment
| the Senate come to: the pefsouA Cabinet
the w.uld be President Wade. Wade. hir
reIf, is &C defunct that he is past the State Il
: dad Laza.1s % "a. found T.; not e'an .1a N =
= John Conness has abandoned California, mi
: 1ied &new, aod he lives IN New fczk city, Wit
out i follower except himself Il he ~
+ susLs up in politics sgain 1t will probably
IL an sohezent Of Tammany Hall, which
1 made up OF just such men couneas' fortun
we're made zhiIe he wxa in tho Senate
i. Ssuslor Williams, Of Oregon, who called t
! | vote on .he elaserth article OF impesch1uet
Z | haylLg been set to do it in caucua,-he, A.
il cut Of the Senate and solicitor for OH
> under Grant
!. senator Yatee, who heard about ffte
4 minutes Of the evidence againat johnson I.
!. sben voted him guilty on every article vi
! s~eeIing imPAluai4ts,-iates hves, OF It
> eaid 20.
Sel.tor Hoeasd, Of Michigan, tho gre
: atettor Of Impeachment, who wss brought
s~acdltEs bsrda hy Roman 1ietoza 70 &c
Equity, and aho did it in eueh : paiEfal +
d 10 10 lead many to tuppose it to he his p
r tonal llea,-Hoxau has passed from I
o curious inquiry Of men. except upon ono ocs