, 1874-06-20
LOCAL MISCELLANY.


O. 3. FARWnLL.
Tho woes Of q Congressman aro great. hlr.
Q. q. Farwell returned to this city yesterday. It
VIVA worry hot and n reporter wont 10 Boo him.
Tllla was climax. Mr.. Farwoil looked palo and
atckly. Tho interview waB short, as follows:
CONGRESSIONAL INTENTIONS.
n.-Aro you going to run for CongroBs this
falla .....-
Mr.. r. (uncasy moving in his ohuir)-1 don't
know wlaothor hayo anything to say OIL TINT
subject.
n.--slal any "Mr. Farwoll dcoinod to an.
awer tho quoatfon"7
Nr. FL haven't mado up my mind whother I
will DO n candidate. don't SEQ why Should
be. Personally, I havc no dosiro to 90 to cor-
gross. There ID no lonor or profit in It. How
ever vol man may do. he Is snro to gos tho
abuao Of tho newspapers, especially IuE ln1a-
uER.
R.--Who DO you suptoao will be your principal
compotltor In or out Of tho party!
Mr. FL havo no means Of kuowing. hayo 70
only just returned. II mn ca!,ditate, 1t will
be- upon tho nepublfoan tiokot IT. am nom, n,
tako no exception to any candidata WHO may bo
nomnntol Oh ny oppotioat.
h.-laut outside Tho partyl
Atr. FL only arrived i,' the oty t1ils neortl-
ing. hoard III Washington that Mr., Hes!ng,
tho younger, was caudilato, but did not sup
rosc ho would bo tho candidare upon tho nopub-
1ican to!sot. II lie gota tho nomination on tho
Republican ticket, bha1I support him.
THE CugToM-H0usE.
R.-WiQ Congress- mako amy further appro-
priation for the Clicago Custom House?
Mr. F.--Wo hnyo inst appropriated <3750.000
for tho next annual inBtallnlont. Tho original
appropriation WAS eiooo 0oo Of this, 81 ESQ, ,0oo
waa appropriated for tho year onding July, 1874,
aud this yoar the Bamo amount for expenses till
July, 1876, leaving balanco Of II, ,2i0,000.
h-Can tho builaing he completed for
e., ,000, QUO?
llr. F.-In my opinion it will cost at leaat
sG.100,000. A restriction was made by Congress
to limit tho expense to 81 .oo0. QUO. but that TO-
atriotion will have 10 be taken OIL.
H.-Will Congress- iomovo it2
AIr. F.-Tha Congrosa will not be cnl1ed upon
to do 80. Tho Custom -uouuo will not 10 iinialed
for five years, auC tho qucation must 10 decided
by tho Forty-fourtl Congregs. I anpposc. 1t
depends, therefore, upon who constitute tho
next Congress. ...-.....
TIE DUTY OF NEWSPAPER.
n:-What do you think Of tic Springfield Con-
Mr. F:-Tnz TRIBUNE said Logan and wont
there tn dictate.
N.-Dut you do not earo what tho papers say,
/ believer
sIr. F.-The opinions of tho presa might bo
knade useful. II nowRpnpots would teach con-
etttueuta their duties III aolocting honest and
oA!oAIAt ASA hi!ol "out4 W bouoAL ~ tAo
country. They believe that solaation is nocos-
aary to their suceess, lnd arc ready to sacrifice
anything toit. II Journalists know anything about
tho duties Of Congressman t!loy would teach tllat
thoro should bo 10 rotation in tho olico; that
q man should be kepE tlore 40 long III ho
porformed tho duties of the Office; but they be-
hevo in rotation, Massachusetts Inns controlled
tic Legislation Of tho country by rotalninR old
nlen. Old men, representing Tint State. huye
boon retained; tloy nro made Chnirneu of Com
mittoas, and all TINT tho now mon layo to do Ia
10 vote Tor or againat the measures introduced
by old mon. but hayo not made my mind up
nhout going again to Congress-. Circumstances
mighthappon under which it would not bo proper
iur mo to decline.
TIE SPRINGFIELD CONVENTION.
R.-Bnt your opinion OF tho Springfield Con-
Ventlon2
Mr. FL think it waa tho finest Convention
eTer hold IN this State. It was composed Of bot.