Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-12-04
Ous Washington Correspondence,
WAaEIEaTON, d. G.. Dec. ad, 1sTs.
TEE oFRTCERs OF TaE ''HOUm'' Sk

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RHn OFFICERS or TIE HOUSE, Ss
The telegraph viii have sent you; OF cOurss,
the names Of the o1lceTs Of the House. Blaine /
has been victimlzed, and every other aspiFant |
for the Republican nomination for the presI- |
doncy In 1e56. IS 1ubllant Blaine will have |
to Identify himself 30 closely, during this Con
gress. with every influential malefactOE In this
House, that be can never more hope 10 be eOEl-i
sidered by hls party an available man for the |
presidential nomination. Blaine looksas lfhe |
knew that "thes Jig Is up" The reelection
OF McPherSon as Clerk, OrdWny as Sergeant
alarms, Buxton Of DOorkeeper, and the cleo
ton Of Captain H. L. Sherwood, q one-legged
soldier, to the POstmaStership, are well receiv-
ed. -. F N
sPEcI MEN oARPrr-BAaanR.
The defeat Of Legrand W, PCrce, . Gfth-
rate carpet-baRger, who represented some
God d-forsaken district In Mississippi, in the
last Congress, and who was q candidate for
the POslmastefship OF the Houso this time, Is
regarded with satisfaction by all men Of all
shades Of politics, In and out Of Congress-
This man refce has been one of the most in
Veterate Office seekers In the country. lie
hes beel trying for half dozen positions
since the ' last IsS CCTsEe:s SSiOu1Es:a He pats
start in by Hsklnga loan Of $500, and drop
gradually down to twenty-five cents. Perce
/ first tried for foreign mission, and then kept
falling till he endeavored TO fasten on the
postmaster Of the House. He g now an aP:
plicant for the position Of Chief Messenger Of
. Bereau in the Of the Department.
THE CON0RKssToNAL FRA INTER-.
1t is expected that there will be big fight
in the Senate, on the question Of the removal
Of the present Congressional printer, A. n.
ClApp, whom Senator Cameron will endeaVoT
, to replace by PennsylvAnian, A. A. ShiSsleT,
at present q clerk In the Third Auditors Of
, flce, and President of the Pennsylvania Re
Il hIfoun A AaaOpiafiOn In Waa1anWfa0
TIE BOARD OF PUnLIc WORKS. s
Al There will be q tremendous effort made Il
Il defeat any bill which shall appropriate money
: for the payment Of the debt contracted BY tht
. Board OF Public Works Of Washington. ThL
debt was created BY the BOar1 OF Publi
Works without authority Of law, and the ''im
lDrOvements'' have beauti6ed the city for tn
=, ShOddy aristOeracy rather than made
y more comfortable for the poor and mlddl
, classes.
r The Administration Is DESTROYS that tn
L ugly fact OF there being more than forty thou
Is sand Of working people out Of employmenn
u now in New York alone, and Q pFOpOrtlOnat
number in every city and town in the Union
shall not be discussed BY Congress.
I'll Butler and his gang are also anxious to stay
y of, indefinitely, Q discussion Of the salar
J. grab. The Credit MObllli0r men and the cor
gressionGi attorneys OF Sne rallLoaas Wls9 az. u
le same. This Cuban atfAtr came like GOC
n send to them, and they have made q trap {
lt In which to catch the people. Shall th
succeed?
HON. THOMAS B. FLoRAN0R.
a There Is movement on foot herein Wasl
y inatOn, and In Phlladelphia, to purchase on
4 half Of the Fhlladalphla 1ge, iDe Colonel Flo
ance, the proprietor Of the Washinhton SAT-
tGg Gdaette, and TO give him editorial charE
lg Of the paper.
y THE woMAN's CoNvENTIoN-NRs. BELy
n A. LOCKWOOD, THE WOMAN LAWTER.
Of Susan b. Anthony has written to Mrs. Be
d. va A. Lockwood, of this city, to make arrang
. ments for the approaching WOman's COnve
al tiOn in Washington. Mrs. Lockwood, by q
be by, Is one OF the most successful lawyers
al city. She has an excellent practice, and Is G
20 pecially successful In procuring claims al
pensions. She has scared more pensiOl
here during the past three years than some
the the first menlaWyers In tha line OF pra
tice.