, 1874-03-14
WASHINGTON.
Good Behavior in Congrcss..-Tho
l'ranking Privilege.
Moiety and Porquisite.--Jayne and
Sanbosn.
From Our 0tpn Correspondent.

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THE F1tANK1Nn-rn1V1LEdE nfLL
has becn rejected In tho 1fonBo Of Iopresonta-
ttvos, and tho Senate hgs not Its Judgment ngainst
anpropriatlng money for tho philadolphin Ex-
lnbition. Men generally voted on these schomos
with personal independence which showod TINT
the right of private Judgment lB returning: not
only i'll thoso test-questsons but in rnattora OF
grnyer principle, tho manllncBa Of cha}longo
without aorimony ls observed. Carpenters
speech on the Louisiana caao Ia ono instance OF
clear pleading to rctraco a dangerous precedent
aud reform 1t altogether. Conslnga speech
against tho Centennial indicates Ills capacity to
regard d proposition without reference to his
ambition. 1t ia good doal for man'u childron
to have to say tint ho declined, Mt Lilo Rgo Of II,
the Enthusiastically Of tho United statos hut !
no loss to add, tint, afterwards, on matter Of
vnting sum Of monoy to ponnsylvania, whlci,
nlo demanded as tho price Of hor Electoral sup
port, ho took tho fold ngaluat hor coyotousnoss
/ aud pretonsion. -
| On tho other l,and, Speaker Blaiuo, who III
known to bo il, tie field for tho support of tho
Republican party, II tllore 10 one by TINT time,
was tho most active instrunlontality ngaiust tho
revival Of tho frnnkng privilege, which Ia a
| snlary.grab carried In Batoliol instead Of o
! purse. 70 tako this stop exposed Blaine to
como unpopularity in Congress-, which holds, as
general thing, TINT to have given up tho frank
| ing-priyilogc, and also lose tho increased snary
| woro to suffer both robbery and hari-kari. Like
any tolerated abuse, tho franlsing- privilege had
| come to bo o great part of tho dignity OF Con-
grcasional lifo, and was sustained by many
| grandiose opinions and examples. It was very
easy to defend before tho peop1o, and 1t particu-
larly touched tho nymrathos Of inen like Thomas
II. Beuton, A. II. Stephens, and othosH WHO
speak great deai, aud want 1t all transmitted
| to tho pouple as vital to their information and
happiness. Tho Democrats generally voted for
this bitl.-Deck slipping out; aua Durchard,
Hurlbut, Orr, Sum Marshall, Niblacls, aud George
| T. Hour vcro among tho notable meu WHO voted
for it. Alr. CreBwoll WIS personally pummoled,
III tho debate preceding tho vote. by indvidnala
on both sidcs. An elect always following sucl
action rs tho prosont is to make Congress moro
entirely independent Of tile Executive reasoning
that porquisites arc HOW noll-impartial. Jcal-
ousy botwocn great bodies IL ITO less truo OF tho
tllroo coordinate parts Of Our Government than
between rival newspapers or churches. II thera
wero no perausitos at either ond Of the Capital,
wo might have very uoary pure Government,
tho plain salary boins detorrninato. Aud it il
significant that, Mt this moment, MI inquiry il
bong conducted against otficial perqslisites in
tllo Revonuo aud Customs Departments Of tho
United States, which goes to tho meat, not OF
this abuse only, but Of tho Tariff aud Tux Sys
tenn.
THE MOIETY MATTER.
To raise the sum OF, aay, $3.50, ,0GD, 900 year
discri1ninatiyely upon tho people Of II nation fol
revenue,-a mutton which bud previously required
tri1ng Hum,-hrings to boar every onorgy ot
administration incites every passion i'll politics.
| II, ~ f.rJ.s ai,
largo part is consolidated in favor of tho SNUG
gIer. At once thoro arises tho inl,nemorial dia-
tinction between political and n moral onose !;
au ii this distinction did not in the first place
: exist, it is forced upon tho public By tho be-
lnyor Of the Nosonuo officers, who derive tla
most of their salary from seizures, forfoituros,
and penalties. These employ " shadows and
spies, hire bookkeepers to bctray tlleit
employers, aud often blnckmail inportera
and producers, or compound with them by
/ secret agrooment, There 10 no branch Of busi-
ness III tho world 20 great as tho business Of
politics, when $780, 900 900 por ann,lm, more ol
loss, il tic stake. Thcro is no business nearly
80 great, whea we consider that political party
that utmost NIL ts oilice-hoocra arc mere labor
/ ers retained for the price Of tlieir Buatenanco
For example, how many persons in Illinois DO:
long to this great partnership? Probably not
Senator Logan. There arc, in reality no moro
peraops managing this business of $3.50, 600 O0{
than manage any largo railway corporation; By
! no popular movement could the Collectors Ul
New York, Boston, Baltimore. and New Orleans
! tho Commissioner OF Internal Revenue ut WASH
l ington, and tho Secretary Of tho Treasury, be
removed from ofico, .unlcsa tho prosidont willcd
it. Nov, these nre tho partners, uuaor articles
, | for eight years, in the business OF getting the
} aboye $3.50, 100000 each aud every ycar: Simon
r Cameron, vino sustaillB Alr. Douglass, Commits
sionor Of tho Aeyenuc; Roscoe Conhling, who
s.,sta,ns the Collector and tax;,gettors Of Now
York. 3. +. Butler, who controls everything for
!, New England in tho snmo way, aud q
! part Of tic South; John Sherman, for Ohio
John Logan, for Illinois q. Chandler,
franchise fs shTa s u J. aa g. sarEso Sr Now To- ordst sn
0 and elsewhere, where lo has brothors-in-la Inv
!, knfolI, or friends dependent upon him. There
: are sonic smaller partners in tho business, bn
!he algn.posIt; might be es " Bntlssr' oonk'lng
r. This firm, with it's innior partners, Is dealing
9 in the article Of political power at wholesale.
+ Each man puts at the head Of the Revenue.
Q business, which ie special branch, TINT porao
+ or persons most necessary to keep intact n'st
vigorous his organization and interests. Such :
Y person expects his diyilonls loss In powor thaf
in money. Ho uses tho appointing power in hls
prlnelp9a Interest," aud evos TO-
y FIRMS intlustriouBly his brief lease Of the ml
J.. terialities OF tho office. Whether thoro bo ol
q DO not disposition amongst percentage ol
b merchants to ovado paying the royenuo, it ho'
Y comes tlo interoat Of tho Collector Of tho Port
d tie Naval Officer, tho Surveyor Of tue Port, unG
J, tho person willing to boar the style and tle o
u "lnformor," to lave the revenue oyatlod. In OF
h der that they shall get such sums III tho follow
o ing Hiram Barney pull-bearer atd friend q
Secretary Clase, i64, ,00o; Simeon Draper, init
d nato friend Of Horace Greeley, S55.ou0 pteE
y ton King, Asaociato and friend Of Silas Wright
y s33000; Hurry A. snlytho, Andrcw John
J. sons Collector. s102, QUO; Moses H.: Grin
i nell. broken phltauthropist. $40 600; Thomas
Ia Murphy, s55, ,00o; Chostcr a. Arthur, 95G, 600
IT Tho latter is tho present Collector Of Now York
]. Even Gen. Dix received $4,000; aud Alou2<
B Cornell who is spoken Of ii. poasbe9 i, sema naa
II tor of tho Unltoa States, received ?l39, ooo
'r fractions Of tho duty oyalod, but Of muirlcl
Of TINT duty nB tho Inv proscrlhes for ovahior
such poualtios as arc expected to to,lur|:'
oireuaars OF ool1ao, tho greatest importer
i, only aro really lligh game, and tn dotect SOM
II axcooaingy-rcspectnb!o nsan enterlnE faRo III