The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-04-19
Political Notes.

The aggregate appropriations made by
the last session Of Congress for the supnort
OF the Government during the next fiscal
year, ending June 30, 1874, amount To
sl93,l19,Ol5, exclusive of interest ON the
public debt. This is an Increase of more
than twenty-sevcn millions over the appro.
prlatlons for the current fiscal y ar ending
June Both next Congress at the session
OF 1872 was forced to be economical by
the necessities of the approaching Presi.
DENTAL election, and one effect of the
saving Is seen in the fact that at the SEES.
sion OF 1873 deficiency bill has been
passed Of over nine millions of dollars.
Comparing the current year with the next
year, the only classes of appropriations that
are decreased are the items for the Indians.
which fall off about 100000, and for.
tifications S138,00O. The pension list re.
mains the same, $50, 490, 900, but all the
rest are increased more or less, the chief
increase being ss75,OO0 for the Legisl,,-
tive, Executive aud Judicial service ST..
0OO, 1000 for the Navy; $4,000 ,OOO for the
Army; S4,0O0,O00 for the Post-office, and
Sl2,uO0,O 900 for the ASundry Civil" BILL
ENTHusIAsTIc.-A correspondent of
the AH Day City Item from Washington,
writes in the following enraptured manner
OF the Postmaster General: The Postmas.
ter General has beaten the Railroad Mon.
opoly, just as he beat high postage, the
ranking privilege, public documents,
and other expressions of his department,
and as he will beat the Telegraph Monop-
oily. He is for the People, who will make
him President one of these days, If he will
consent to take the abuse and vexation
that accompany the Office. Keep your
eye on Creswell He is coming all the time.
What political people talk about just
now is the downfall of civil service reform.
But how can there be fall where there
was never any rise2 Another topic Of re.
mark is the sixteen millions appropriated
in session of three months more than the
total appropriations for the preceding ses-
sion of seven months, with only an appro-
priation for the new men-of.war out Of the
eommonest routine. This extravaganza is
simply prodigality of public money.
The withdrawal of Geo. w. Curtis, edi.
tor of Harper's Weekly, from the Civil
Service Board of which he was a member.
because the President in making the ap-
pointment of General Shlrpc as naval Of
iccr of New York, instead of Mr.. Bene-
dict to whom the position properly be-
longed, ignored the boosted civil service
rules, has fallen like bombshell into the
Radical camp.
When John Quincy Adams was Presi-
dent, all the expenses of the Government
were S12,000,O00. Now it takes half of
this sum to support the Indian Depart.
ment. With Department of the Interior
comes measure of expense wholly un-
known under the old order Of things, and
much of it is dead waste of moneys
Mr.. Booth, the new Collector of Gus.
toms for Baltimore, was besieged on the
18th inst. by five hundred applicants for
ofhee. Among the number were several
large delegations of colored men, headed
by Bishop Wayman. The Collector re-
ceived all courteously, and promised to
give their applications due consideration.
Full returns of the local election in
Trenton, N. j., on Monday, show that the
Democrats elected their candidates for
Mayor and other city officers and carried
five of the seven wards. The new Coun-
Gil will have Ii Democrats to s Republ.
cans. In the old Council there was a Re.
publican majority.
The New Hampshire papers state that
Hon. s. N. Bell, the Democratic candidate
for Congress in the second district of that
State, is elected 1t appears that mis-
take was made in counting the congress
sional vote in the town Of Hopkinton.
The Democratic Central Committee of
Kent county, Md, has called convention
to meet on the 10Th of April for the pur-
pose of choosing plan for the nomination
of candidates in the Fall election.
A colorcd man named Capier, who has
served nine years in the State Peni-
tertiary, has been elected to Congress
from Alabama.
Since the late Connecticut election the
Credit Mobilier party journals call it the
blue Light State, and the "Wooden
Nutmeg State"
William A. Vickers, son of ex-senator
Vickers, announces himself as candidate
for Clerk of the Court of Kent county.
Hon. Thomas Swami, of Baltimore. his
not taken the Congressional back pay, and
don't intend to.
Senator Alcorn, of Miss, in recent
speech at jackson, wants Gen. Grant for
third term.