The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-11-13
WAsHINaroN, Nov. II, 1873.


WASHINGTON, Nov. IL, 1878. G
Thelast elections,or rather their results,
have caused good many eyes here to ,
open in establishment, and now and then {
one Of the truly loil' is hardy enough 10 I
suggest that in spite Of all exertions to the
contrary new party seems to be forming
which may bother plethorie old dame Re
publican a little; which croaking is silenced
however, by those who assert that, this
being ouly an election Of insignificant Off
GERS, Republicans took no pains to secure
victory, and that the presidential cleo
ton will present different results aitogeth-
er. In the meantime we have nice little
stew Of our own in the shape Of charges,
through newspaper columns, against the
Commissioner of Pensions, J. II. Baker. |
He is charged with nepotism, injustice to
his subordinates, appropriating furniture
procured for public use 10 his own, throw
ing obstacles in the way Of honest appG-
cants for pensions, &c. The Capital
opened the ball offeringat the same time
the use Of It's columns TO the Commission
er, should he choose to deny the charges
So far nothing Of the kind has has been
DONE however, and the opinion that only
the truth has been said seems to be gain
ing ground One of the specifications was
that, in order TO make room for a relative,
Jew, whom,o religious grounds only, the
Hon. J. H. B. disliked, had been dis
charged To-day eonversed with one Of
our officials who has just returned from
New York, and who AYERS that the Jewish
portion Of that city have taken up the
case,meaning to protest against persecution
Of that kind, and at the same time make
political issue Of the matter The con
sequence may easily be forescen, and |
would give very little for the gentleman ;
tenure Of Office after the assembling Of con
grcss
Trouble is also brewing in another direc-
ton. As stated before, the teachers Of
our schools have not been paid since last
spring, and have, naturally,a hard time to
live during a crisis like the present Add
GU 70 AuNH 'NiA Albuultc II appears lhdl ~
fuel has been provided, and several hav,
already notified the Board that unless thi
want is supplied they will close theil
schools. As marbles are in season the ma
jority Of Young America are willing, OF
course, TO exchange wearisome books ant
states for beautifully bruised and clay col
ored knuckes but how about the parent.
who have paid for all that which is moi
forthcoming?
Said pious friend of mine, when We
were deploring the signs of want and suf
ferng only too plainly to be seen already
lie Nard. you don't appreciate the bless
ingswe enjoy here has the Alliance bee,
trying to bring happiness to all hearts
and you will persist in moaning for the
troubles to come. - well" said l. 'thC
Alliance hada fine time at somebody else
expense, and fine speeches cost nothing
Think of anybody with name like Mar.
rayan Sheshadir coming all the way frou
Bombay to eat Gov Shepherds dinner
and have his picture taken on the steps oil
the Capitol, why oh, stop think o
the Dean Of Canterbury. I'm sure its
great honor
But there had better not repeat tn,
conversation. The truth is ] couldn't Sc,
the practical good accomplished by tn,
coming here OF all those shining lights anC
as for the Dean--well ! never was NOR,
disappointed in my life than when he was
pointed out 10 me and heard him speak
Not trace of intellectual superiority
stolid in appearance and uninteresting in
speech six feet of Drawn, in short is tn,
impression this great Somebody left upon
good many of his hearers
Talking of the parade picture they haC
taken, standing on the Capitol steps, re
minds me that the most interesting fac,
there is that Of Mrs. Buddingtou, the wifi,
of Buddington of Polaris fame. To fee
the interest one must hear her give an ac
count Of how she came there She is very
plain in speech and manner declaring that
she can't understand the fuss made abou
her husbund; that he is ''whaler' anC
nothing else. As to why she knew tina
he would return in October, why, hadn'
he said so? and for twenty three year
didn't he always come home just when h,
said he would About the pieture-well
she saw the crowd standing there lookin.
at something, so she edged up and locke,
too, and there she was, one Of the Alianc,
for ever.
But, dear mel how I'm running on
almost at the end of my space and not
word said yet about the excitement create,
by the execution by the Spaniard of Gen
Ryan who was well known in this city
Many who have cared little heretofore VIII
whipped, now declare that it is higl
time our government gave at least mora
support to the Cubans by recognizing thci
belligereut rights aud some such actor
will, no doubt, be taken very soon.
LE NARD
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