Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-05-14
Correspondence.
Letter from Washington
WASHINGTON. d. c.. Nj

ing the salary grab. and he other, 4 measure
designed to inf tic the currency. but whether
1t would or would not do that. neither its
friends or enemies exactly knew. Morton and
Conkling. one for, and the other against,
thought it would inf ite-Box and Cox-we
beg pardon. Cox AMI Knox thought it would
contract, but it makes no difference now, for
Grant came the Appona-tox on il. and that
ends it,
But though measures of importance do not
rush through with any celebrity, the intention
TO regulate things generally. is not dorma Mt
The currency i, 10 be regulated. transportation,
the public printing, the moiety system. the
contract system, the District of Columbia. the
Nation Al Bank system. the Board Of Public
works, the civil service. the hours of labor in
the departments aff airs 10 Louisiana aff airs In
Arkansas, the Centennial. the Indians. the civil
rights bill, the mode of eeeiing President and
Vice President. besides all the Investigations
into sanborn, Jayne. pavement contracts, city
market company. Jay Cooks bank. Gen. How
ard, Pension Commissioner Baker. the Indian
frauds. Seneca Sandstone. the Attorney Gener-
al. and various Incl dentsls Of TO great account
Where or when it all Will end, no mortal
knows.
A powerful article in the Notion on the mis- =
mana cement Of the Pension Office came dow n
upon us last week, aud had the effect Of a
hom5shell in the Interior Department. That
Department has been making prodgious et-
for;s to stave of inyestig ,tion into Bakers
proceedings, and its influence over the news
papers here and over newspaper row ha.
kept discussion down. The charges against
Baker having been made by woman, he
thought i, an easy matter to turn them into
ridirule. and was beginning to think hc had
succeeded. but the Nation has di-peIlei that
dream, aud the little dappcr quill drivers. W no
have been representing the allegations To be
frivolous. suddenly find their bodies are entire
y too small 10 hide the suni ,ht. which i. des-
tined to pour in. Baker can't be sustained sny
longer. and must 90 wher, tn, wood-biue
twineth.
Mr.. A. b. Kirkland who knows something
about wood payements in Washington. tried TO
came here and registered at the Ebbitt House
under the name of Hoyle, He betrayed him
selfby his games, which are much superior to
any Of uoyle's. one OF these little games was
played on the Arlin ston Hotel when he board
ed H.; class. ami paid in d-afls that w,rc di,-
honored.
The Civil Service Il ules have met with an
other disaster. 4 Mr.. Parsons has been sp-
pointed Chief c .crH Of MuIlets Bureau. over
Ihe heads of al the clerks in the ofiicc without
a c1mpt;iiiVc examination. Par>oa, i, a near
relaii. Of the Par>on, who 60; So 0Ol Tor Oh
tanning the De Golfer pavement contract from
ihc Board OF Public Work.. and Mullci i. con >
ncr:rd with the Board
An earnest debA'e. on the centennial. .princ
up in the House on Tuesday. and was coniiau.
"a on wednesday and THURSDAY
Mr. Hale Of Maine. took the lead in OPPOSE
ton TO the three million appropriation in a
speech which produced marked effect, and
caused considerable futtering in the ranks Of
the advocates Of that measure, and decidedly
increased the irmness of the opposition who
began TO rally AZ ain under the impulse impart-
ei by his weshiy and enc rgeiic arguments.
To the sentiment that The government must
be just before it j. generous" there was a
prompt approval IRON the floor and the CALLER
49, -A'AN - 49, NpAAAEAA III AlEtc
millions is only beginning, and mus; be sup
there was manifest profound attention. This
EFFORT OF Mr.. Hale has added much TO his al
ready well established reputation for parlia.
meniary ability, and i, fully justified the high
expectations of his friends.
The next day. Mr.. Frye Of Maine. spoke with
hi usual earnesius,s and eloquence upon the
other side. and endeayored to carry the House
by an appeal 10 the sentiment OF Patriotism.
which il always hard To resist. and cspcci ally
50 when silver tonguei orator emplo,s hi.
arts 10 persuade. and treats Of the heroic age
OF the great repubic. Mr. Frye j, usually on
the right side If not the winning side. and rev.
er disappoints expectations so he j. AWAY.
listened 10, but in thi, encounter with Haze il
cannot be said that be carried of the honors
Dawes made speech in opposition. which
Frye pronounced a cr0dk, and then one wa.
made on the same side, by A. Croker which
Frye probably thought was a croak too. Gar
held went into the fray with more than usual
energy and force. contending that the state Of
the Treasury would not permit this heavy *
penditure, that the faith OF the government la /
A~'N4 b-tA IltS-t4 ~ IL. luAI the pan HAl
been changed. and that it was very inapp.o-
p-iate thing Ia invite monarchie- 10 come over
here 10 help Us celebrate the downfall OF myn-
archy.
Mr. Cain Of ;. g, thought the expenditure
Of thi. large sum Of money would make bust
ness good, bat as the friends Of the measure
had argued that It amounted 10 only seven
cents per head Of the population. it certainly
could not make business good for more tn an
twenty minutes; a consideration which raises
Cain with that argument, we imagine.
joe Hawley hauled Dawes over the Goals 70 r
some Of his statements, and was specially sar-
castle upon him, for always declaring the
Treasury bankrupt, upon every occasion.
This" said Joe lis not true which remark
sounded rather ftt-footed 10 be thrust in the
lace Of 4 Chairman of Ways and Means, and it
was hardly fair in Connecticut, as Hawley
himself las played on the same harp quite fire.
q1ently. Another point on Dawes, was that
Massachusetts had the Management Of tn,
Treasury-Richardson Secretary. Sanborn Con.
tractor. Dawes head Of WAYS and Means-and
If the Treasury was bankrupt it was the faul,
Of Dawes, SO between the alternatives Of un-
truth and mis- management, the head of the
Chairman of Way, and Means was rather plac-
ed in chancery, and Connecticut scored one, on
this round.
The vote on engrOssment stood ave 92. no
l3s, which was Unexpectedly large against the
bill. Mr.. Hale made a motion TO reconsider.
and to lay the motion on the table, but the
House changed its opinion and refu ed TO lay
on the table. What caused the sudden change
Is not Al present writing, known.
One the events OF time here has been tho
wedding Of Miss Stewart daughter Of the Ne
vata Sc mater. The daughters of some Sena-
tors might take on the vows Of matrinony and
the papers no: make much ado about it, but
Mr.. Stew art is wealthy, and lives in a castle,
md has good things to set before the Jenkinses
eat and drink. and beuce there is q Ia oise.
and a futter, and a movement Of carriages, and
a display Of liyeries. much white glove. q ten
dency to wear atm aud all that sort Of tn ing
all Of which is duly chronicled in the journ ais,
and re q with eagerness by all. 1t is SO vastly
importa Mt to know that Miss Smith and not
Miss Brown was . bridesmaid, especially as
nobody knows either Miss Smith or Mis-