Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-03-28
Our Washington letter.
WAsHNGToN. March 10, 1872

compensation to those CIVIL service COM
missiOners holding other government
positions. The idea Of this is that those
members Of the commission are justly
entitled to pay equal to their associate
commissioners, and that their pay as
clerks in the departments being less, that
they should be paid an extra salary by
the President in compensation OF the
extra services performed. Abstractly
considered there is no question as to the
equal fitness of these men with their as
sOciates, the fitness for the work in
hand, and the crying demand for re-
form in this direction. But in these
days when consistency is such a price
less Jewell it seems a little unfortunate
that there is no way Of accomplishing
the great end in view, and doing justice
to these men without violating a princi-
pie which has but recently, as it were,
taken shape upon the statutes of Con-
gress. To correct a great abuse, Con-
greSs found it necessary to enact that no
person should receive the salaries Of two
positions at the same time. This law
cOmmcnds itself to the good sense Of all
good men, and had most happy effect
in cutting of political spectators who
might possess the influence to hold yari-
Gus SlliiLaI M ,osi'loliS I, .il'
Sale VI rue Uotira w ;l 'tl
a. i,> II, - lo,'I
.'I"v ,lI'l % ~ '',1;,+ ,', ,g ;lI, ~,
no tiaN,si'li' VI SC'SioI,' ,,I1 " nc
wv!
!usIice WITHOUT tlJ soltl i!llle5' 5oin3
pack On us own wen '''"o''Sl''" ''incl-
PIE. A., ,:os.....
1t Is HcI easy ~ 'eC lht "i'iet roo ; DC-
tween lilI9 instance "I' .I'"v Gi a. o'.9
o!hcIS ""M III 'le CII II any l'li't''.i' N'i
wee "iC p. ''ISCu"i9 - tliC ''"'iCo y. L"o ~
'!Te' u',lcItHl pcoI'lGA9 al" WI" 'lo
aloIc94lu aCI IcSIllCtco " ?IL2lC 9"l-
ary, htlhcI josI Vi uL u9I nm pIo- ,l'
sent instance IL ol icSs lil"1'pI tLldI - 'lI0
secondary GiiccI ol 'hl9 "lI'IoI'l, ,'i l''i0iI' H.
10 say hotLllhS Oi II d. pic'o'cIl' HI
future chlaASclGIiiJIit' " Lul9 HaIuiJ'
the coming Oh "hICh Is alIcau[ heIait't9'
the least Iha' Is 10 oc It3ICc from II, 9
10 pleah down Ihc ino,aI loICN 81 llld'
law, thal l3IlHCIile HnoU"' no' 'IC ":-
graded puI eIc'dISu We "o'' ''>'. ''' IL
4unufCu years |Cl'
w lth lc" cNCePtIohs' ~" @ 7t4d,' mas
tnuurt,' "teh oI aut'aol"tN II, mugs
"hal IIiG hauSm'H lelIo.9 III 'i'S lel'o'
teTa 8a!IcIN can d'iillil'iS'iS''oH ana !. IL
Ne9II5auTr Ing nav I'''lo" ~ D,o-
HoIIc anu iu9' IilIo 5cHtId al Ii'"Sa d-"iH'
= nHeIy NIUE tIisa7tlllcul ~, o'tUllVV !, vi
davs: ne4t-ezg holding possession for
lively times, no doubt, t. came. Trun-
bull rose-no, descended to. u pttson-
nj exclamation. 4 paper had attacked
him for defending the government in
the celebrated McArdle case, and taking
fee therefor. He asked Chandler if he
had not instigated the article, a. it was
of the same tone that bis (Chandlcrs)
resolution was. Chandler didn't know
that hv had. rLcu followed -ami-
social collOquy Of lcft-handrA rumpli-
ments more terse than elegant. more stt-
tertaining to themselves than Ihc reader,
during which Chandler got Callttl to or
der for not knowing how to say tn"
worst things of his friend from Illinois
in manner mObipctionablc to Jetf"r-
sons Manual, Barclays Digest, and the
Senate Rules. Pardon depression, but
the thing strikes us as being 50 much SO.
somehow rs to need mention just here.
We have often noticed it. and now we
think of il. we believe that we have suf-
trrrd exceedingly from not being allie to
conlidc it before 1t is the all-impor-
tanrr OF the way YOU put thing@ here.
Net vow money, though 1t might apply
we'll eAough to that, but your language:
words that cost nothing and are gcner-
ally taken at cost. For instance. tn"
Senator from the State Of DiscretiGH
says Mr. President | know all that
the gentleman does. and what | know
beside. l do nat say that he has falsi-
fled ui4 word and stated that which in
every -srntial. il utterly destitute If
tmtG. and that he knows H. do not
stare this fact as it deserves to be stated.
hrcau~a. if l shouId so state. il won1d hy
mparIamcntary. OF course. there i@u"
objection la this language: but the Sen
ator from the State OF Nalor. smarting
with the sting Of being branded a liar in
such elegant terms. springs to his feet
and rttortS MIR President, he says
lie, does hr: He's anothrr," Whac%
goes the hammer Order. Order IN
(