Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1873-02-05
DER WASHINGTON LETTER.

degrees below zero with very little
wind. Such weather in the extreme
North would be considered mild at
this season of the year ; but here in
Washington where there is scarcely
ever two days consecutive sleighing
in a year, it is considered intense.
Notwithstanding, the cold weather
this morning, the streets subjected TO
the rays of sold SOL" to day, are
muddy, and those who were delight
ed with the relief that they could en-
Joy a good sleigh ride, are now oisa-
pointed.
The Credit Mobiller Investigation
now going on will, after all, so every
one saws. result in q great good 10 the
country. While the charges JUST
made against certain Congressman,
that they were stockholders In this
snnposed fraudulent concern, had
thev pJr q led to screen themselves,
h, Tearing false witness against eaeh
other. the country might have exeus-
ed them. II is now too late. The
DEVELOPMENTS through the investiga-
ton has caused, beyond a doubt, IN
the minds of honorable men, at least,
at the Nations Capital, that the eoun-
try has good reasons to distrust tnem-
With Oaks Ames il was a mere busi-
ness transaction, and If we believe
him he never dreamed of BIRDING
anv member of Congress--only to Sc
cufe influential men to help him
carry out a great enterprise, and had
Nice President Colfax, Senator Patter-
son and certain NJ. C's so considered
n. two DAYS would have closed the
| Credit Mobiller investigation, and
the morals of the country would not
have been contaminated.
Judge Hale, Elk. NJ. c., and NJ. G.
elect from the 10 N. Y. district direct,
now,counsel'for Vice President Colfax,
n sauguine that there will be
Sufficient evidence ELECTED in a day or
two TO exhonerate his client from all
censure. Others think different.
Tuesday, by a vote of q to ., the
Senate refused TO increase the little
snnropriation to the Bureau of Edu
cation some seven thousand dollars.
No one raised an objection to the adj
ministration of the office, but the OBJ
iectors bubble Over supposed obJec'
lions. not u of them probably hav-
ing ever visited the office, or having
any knowledge of the immense and
valuable work done in it or OF the
great and most diverse demands oil
the public upon it. Here the educa'
tionaI experience Of the country II
gathered and told for the benefit o.
the training of the young The Com
missioner saws more CLERKS are requir
ed to do this work, and the Secretary
of the Interior says the appropriation
should be increased but graz
Senators voted no, and yet viii Vot'
millions for Notifications without
&. question where there is no defens'
like intelligence and virtue.
Even the opponents Of the TELEGRAPH
/ bill, reported'by the Senate Post ono
t Committee, are getting alarmed, an
are using every means TO deIeat Tn
-. bill. Mr.. Orion. of the Western on
| ion has his hirelings on the ground
work among the Congressman. .
: far, as lobbyists. they are not q SUE
cess. The numerous letters receive
from their constituents, endorsing tn
presept movements TO insure the pei
Die cheap telegrsphy, is having
wholesome influence upon the Sena'
and the House Of Representatives
- It has been supposed that by ii
Il rules governing the Civil Service sy
tenn a clerk in a department was
y permanent fixture, unless the head
Ie Inc bureau over him should sustain
% charge of incompetency or inhdelil
IN his official dulles, If the Commi
IL sioner of Patents is correct, l Is n
IN the case for he has just requested
principal examiner in his ONCE, NJ
}, Smear. and q first Assistant. EXAMINE
IL Prof. Doolittle, to send in their resi-
J, nations. which means that II tn
W don't sc nd in their designations tn
will be discharged instdHteT, but
they do they will be allowed o.
months leave of absence with pa
y Roth have sent in their resignation
Us and will receive two months pay
morrow or next day. Prof. Doolit
an was anpointed under Commission
to Fisher during the Secretaryshlp
lis General Cox, and from b mouth
ed Mr.. Fisher your correspondent "
~ informed at the time that in comp
alive examinatiCn of between tWen
ry and thirty applicants, this man Do
Nv little ranked in his estimation mq
he higher than any of the other. J
AZ General Leegett sstOld a gentlem
TODAY that he discharged him
inconpetency that he was not pr
lie tical. How Is that for the civil s
an vice system?
he The Monthly Agricultural rep
ats for January Is now out. IT shows
d. nrices of farm animals and farm pr
he nets in the different States for Is
ers These monthly reports, though
- published for general circulation,
much sought after by pub icists OF
ey, kinds. The system Of statistics
not gradually improving and extend
me to new portions of the country.
the vay. the new chief clerk,
Waits. f.sq., is attracting the kind
regards Of his associates In the
ien nartment. and has almost Oblitera
lde the recollection Of the querul
oly Swank.
il The French population stats
,er- show an enormous decline. In p
during 1871, the number OF dea
was almost double the ordinary r
NOT ipcludinglthe victims OF b
eigD and, civil war. MeanWhile
the average Of births hss decreased &c
ale, four-fths. In many rural distr
eek the annual increase has long 3
her only sufficient to balance the J
nm At this rate, this great people sta
a poor chance Of prevailing aga
IN its late antagonist, Germany, wi
thy in spite of immigration. populai
tics shows q very healthy Increase.
lren In the Senate, yesterday, upon
discussion on the amendment incr
On ing the pay of certain civil off1cel
the government, quite a lively de
P 70 ensued. Mi. Conkling claimed
pass while the increase was, DOUBTLESS,
heir to the officers named in the anne
ped ment. il was also true that there
on. manv- mot mentioned equally entl
,ber TO Increased pay, and he was tn
- fore opposed to this piece.meal Wa
doing business.
This bill provides that certain
~ GERS heretofore getting s., 5O
they annum should receiYe $1,000, snc
anne heads of bureaus but 1t will b
.inly member that several bureau on
law already get more than $1,000.
80 Instance, the Commissioner OF II
nal Revenue receives 5000; 81
lor inteudent of engraving and print
shls5 and the Commissioner of Ps
? for OfHce s., 500 each. Also, the solic
'en." and controllers get more.
er of There was only One Republican :
tor. unless Upton and TrumouL
Repnblieans,) who voted against
A. APPROPRIATION Bill, Increasing tn
preparation for the Educational BI