The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-06-20

DA1 OE bhASIoHs
The new Secretary of the Treasury
commenced business at once in a
way that showed him to be a man of
definite ideas, and some comprehen-
sion of the organization of the De-
partment, and the nature of his own
duties. The laws governing the De-
partment divide duties and respon-
sibilities among specified Bureaus,
one officer being a check upon an
other. This plan did not suit Bout
well, aud he established bureaus of
his own, small side shows, where every
thing went and was decided 80 far as
was possible, without the action of
the legal bureau officers, thus AFRO
eating all the power to the Secre-
tary's own office. The Boutwell, bu-
reans were run by clerks, who were
paid the same salaries as the heads
of the regular bureaus, who are ap-
pointed by the President, and con-
firmed by the Senate, and these clerks
were Routwells fee -faw-fums, and
fuglemen.
On the first day, Bfistow remanded
such cases as came to him from the
fee-faws, that belonged to the regu-
lar officers, to their appropriate places
for consideration, to the great con-
| sternation of the side show-men, who
were thus painfully reminded of a
departed occupation, said to belong
to a gentleman by the name of Othello,
which is q corruption of" old fellow"
probably, and should have been rem
dered, "old-fellows" occupation is
gone. If Bristow sticks to this course,
he will avoid the numerous snags which
Richardson ran his craft upon, and
will be saved from a host of respon-
sibilities and anxieties that do not
legitimately belong to him.
THE PRESIDENT DOWN TO PAN.
The manifesto of the President on
the money question, coming as it did
right upon the accession of a new
Secretary to the Treasury, is inter
Ipreted as an inspiration Of Mr.. Bris-
tow, and as meaning an immediate
intention to checkmate the imitation
lists. AS the inflationists are a ma
jority in Congress, and are led by
bold men, such as Morton i'm the Sem
ate, and Butler in the House, the
prospect of an animated conflict is de-
eidedly imminent, and the character
Of the combatants on each side indi-
Gates a contest of formidable pro-
portions, and we are safe in saying
that the lull in politics is about over,
probably, for the present.
THE INFLUENCE OF WEALTH.
| The weather has been very hot for
some days, and this has had the eff
feet of making congressman i'm
patient to get away. This is seen hy
| the way bills are rushed through. Gen
tlemen who stood up calamity in
February and contested for cheap
| jack knives, and reduction of the
allowance for ice water to the clerks
of the Departments, stand aside, and
bills involving hundreds of thousands,
go through unchalleBged, and with
out r-mark, much less remorse.
On Monday, Butler tried to get up
the civil rights bill by a suspension
of the rules, but did not succeed. Mr.
Lamar, Of Mississippi, made an elo-
quent argument against the right Of
Pinchback to seat in Congress, in
which he discussed the general ques.
tons concerning the rights of the
South since the war, and their future
prospects and sentiments. 1t was a
speech of striking points and unusual
ability, and added much to the rep
utation made by Mr. Lamar in his
generous remarks upon the death OF
Sumner. At the close of the speech,
the orator received general eongratu
lations upon his successful effort.
The questions that have been dis
cussed in Congress for several days,
have been regarded as important,
and much ability has been displayed,
and yet they have not been very in
teresting questions to the general
reader, nor will their decision produce
any marked influence upon the coun-
try. One of these questions is the