, 1874-03-28
tho vacancy canscl .by tho appointments

tHe 'hcHHoy cIHscA 'py Inc hppolnlHlchb
OF Elihu .. Wnsl,hurno as At!nintor
to Frassco, and WAS roclcotod in 1870 anil 1872.
Originally lawyer. le forsool his first lovo for
q hardware el'op, whore ho ncquirod I, knowledge
Of the iron erade. Wl,on the Ways and NIoans
Committee 'woro getting up thoir hgh- tariff
schodu1e ho,. boing nn authority on iron, was
reoognizad aa h .usoful ulcmbor. .Ho will try
again. But hs d!atrlctls populated by wol1d-bc
oongrcaamon, and l,o won't havo everything his
OWL way. Ho Inns mado onenllcs Of tho Iittlo
faction In tho District by ouRtlng Little from tho
Eositson Of Collector, and appointing Nasc, tho
heaa Of 'anothor faction. Naso loads
, psf,t q q, tho Carroll County 4epab1leans,
snaonaa sa s1w S3 h4 a nn n;ovo1 N1e 3 n
bringing aoll1 delegation from hiH county Into
. convention. But wltilo Naso was couoilatod.
Little, WHO Is "no slouoh," was maddoned, and
70 was slIaw. Bailey, whom i nurcllara slew IN
Ills anoiont ehony. Tho postmaster at Froo-
port, 1lr. Atkins most sucueasful otiico-aooior,
is organizing tho opposition, 10 Darchara ~ tho
party to secure tho nomination Tor Atkins.
Bnrclar1 llatl better romoyo him right away, or
he, will be Bunplautod in the party. :.
is wonry Of tho Legislature. after four years'
SERVICE, 1lo ia comparatively young, has fair
sn1''ty j. n bal hpnh and r. pq3ltieal oo
Ills Instincts, and boldly ayowel ts entiro tlovo-
ton to tho Auti-nEonopoly movement which ho
has clan1piouod.' Whon llo tnkea an indopond-
ont eloot l,o Tay, go to Congress, but not Til
havo lost faith in him, whicl, Is to his credit.
JOKES, '
tho Tnrrcsentativnfro from 10 Dhvtess, was loader
III politics WHOM Qou. Grant waa Thinning hides
In dalonn, and IL tho District .waA hard up for a
candidate ho would supply tho want.
Tallsng" Of Jonos romistds mo TINT he wns
nmong tho sooro of politicians who met IN the
Custonl-Ho at Galonn when T.. B. WaHhhurnc
decided to run Cen Grant for President. The
General rms there WaHl,burno argued Tint
d1ant was thee man, and the only n,ah, for tho
emergency. Every ,nar .preBont was Of Tho oaan,o
opinion, for evory uno Of them oxpcctad an
oillco.> Wnslburno Insisted. that Grant nhould
run: Grant roso and satd, in substance, that llo
tile ofllco.. As. aoncra1 Of tho Army To Ind a
comic, table snccuro for life and t!1o esteem OF
tho whole people. If ho took tho Presidency,
one-l1aif Of tho country would cureo him before
ha It'd s 6etsst SxS sck fo ~ s a " %sEE sGEs
again urgod him. So did others. Finally Grn1t
promiucd to giyo nh answer tho noxt day. Tho
roxt dny canio and Grant told Washbrrno llo
would r,la,, and tho day after that Washburno
began to study French. i.
-Oglo County could snare tho Hon. Mr.. Rico,
who il q terrific anti-sobaccouiBt. As Doyoo is
to hanging, rs Carpenter to whisky, 30 10 Rico
to tobacco: Until smoking and chewing are
will hardly consent to go to- Congress. Efncr
Of Wllitcsi1c, and Taggart, Of Stophouaon, would
willingly exchange tho nlonotony Of Springfield
for tho excitement OF Washington. Thcso
SSpfiss S1 ens fs pG9ss n } and ID 5 nc ts% VII III
"toolt tho monoy"-tho Balary-grab. The way
thoy tcll'it on him is this: "Will shafrcr whoa
in tho army, wns ordered to connsc.te all tho
mclasscs aud sugar under his Jurisdiction. lIo
ff3%4A+ E.@%kH g.,