Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1872-12-04
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
FROM OUR. OWN CORRESPONDENT.
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l. The Jenkenses Of the local press here
have been overhauling the military Major
Donios Of The White House, regarding
the writing OF. the Presidential message,
and the public are informed that none
but special visitors will be received by the
President while he is engaged on the
message which, as usual, will take about
ten days, devoting two hours each day
to the work, making in an about twenty
hours. The impression sought to be con.
veyed is, that Grant writes the message,
and does the job quietly. From the die
ton, and the matter contained in them,
he rnight we'll be the author, and in the
time specified, but competent judges con,
tend that fist other than his is easily
recognized in them. Well, if he will only
turn over u new political leaf as some
snnguine reformers say he2 will, and
secure the backing of his, friends in Com
gress to carry out what he is going to
promise, there will be general Joy ever
his conversion, but. with, the experience
OF the past, one cannot be hopeful of his
future. ril..-.zy ,.,l,.5l ~; ,.,i tia;, a
isSss CIVIL SERVICE sREFoRM.i fff7fS-
The President will find that his civil
service reform will not bring him that
peace which he SO dearly lovcs. The
politicians see their patronage about to
slip from Their grasp, aud Ulysses will
lind them about his ears like swarm of
bees shortly, for what they lose is in
directly gained to him, which was the
purpose of :hc policy. The negro Fred.
Douglass in his paper, the New Era,
pitchca into the civil service reform and
says that the board Of broken down
school masters, who are to examine the
applicants for Office in rcadin', ritin', and
'rithmatic, will give the Office to the one
who passes the best examination, though
he be noisy Democrat, or pardoped
rebel. That is how the civil service re.
form works in practice. The Rcpubli-
canhere endorses the views expressed by
the Era, that it is advisable to exclude
rebels md Democrats, and to this end
the civil service rules should be SO chang
Ell as to confne its workings exclusively
to the faithful, which it thinks General
Grant intends shall be the case. All this
will not alter the case US it now stands of
n struggle between the President and the
Senator's and members Of Congress for
power, which will create lively times be-
fore it is over.
ExTENsIoNo OF THE SESSION. - y
The proposition to extend the session
over n couple of the spring months ii
re-,nacting tho law of 1857, which pro-
vides that each new Congress meet OH
March 4th, meets with almost unanimous
favor from those members of Congress
who have already arrived here. There
are cighty-thrce bills Which along with
other legislation can scarcely receive
the attention of Congr ess by the 4th of
March, as there will be considerable time
lost ey the holiday recess. The consider
alton of matters arising out of the Wash
ington Treaty will consume a grcat deal
of time.
THE liberal REPUBLICANS
In Congress may expect to be maligned
by their former political friends ON every
available occasion. The Radical journ.
ais here are gloating over the avowed
purpose Of General Banks and Governer
Blair to resign their chairmanships on
the meeting of Congress. No doubt "back
seats" will be assigned al those Republi.
cans who left the Grant ranks. Senator
Igssi.ass!! denies tile statement that he
intends to resign his seat in the Senate
end will wait his displacement from the
head Of the Judiciary Committee, which
| he, of course, expects, to lose on the re-