, 1874-03-21

como 10 LILO Het'nLos Rhu Ao follnu DutIef sup
porting Boutwell,; 30 ho said to tho men Of
beacon Hill: .I'ako part Oh, no, said they,
and e fet ts it deeply &c. when they ts.aid, lat
aasweqa oh % no hG sas ''Sf Ses et
Now" continued k1r. Chafleo, "Dutlcr has
flung OF Boutwell, for his fast-and-looBo conduct
| on the Simmons question. Boutwell, appears to
mo to 10 forsakon. Dustor viii either get tho
Republican nomination next year Mt Worcester,
or run Independently. Ho will get aovon-eightllu
OF tho Democratic vote, and MI tho vEllainB In tho
Republican party and TINT will bo clcar ma ority.
Thon, with the advantage Of being on the spot,
md with Simmons md suc, experienced man
agora in hts party, Butler will oect such Legis-
laturo as he requires and boat Sumner for tho
| Seunte. [ThiB conversation was previous to hlr.
Summers death.] think this Ia tho opinion OF
all persons who look ut tho Held with clear eyea
Do you mind that, now ? And, II Senator,
what next7 alams ho is, and Cawdor, and may
| 10 King hereafter. What ia he, too, but tho
spirit Of tho porsod2
Thus tho confirmation OF Simmons may have
National bearing; and the gontry OF .Deacon
Hill, who calfotl polite nnmos on everybody who
anticipated this stato OF things In tho nopmhli-
| can party by boiling with Carl sehurz. Frank
Bird, Charles Summer, and Lyman Tr'l1nbnl, in
1879, haye to bolt Ia tholr turn, aud perhaps be
| laughed ut fore md aft.
| BUTLER AT EIGHT.
| Gen. Butler IL the man OF tue period. Ills in
| 1nenco Is The only thing emanating from lim
certain doGroo, substantial. Firat. he ia rich. a
| large fortune Is piled mp behind him, aud it
| steadily increases, although ho is liboral with
money and hospitality. His power to amaas
money always exceeds hia powor to spend it. At
tom on the scarp crost OF Capitol HILL aa ncar tho
1 Capitol MS it is possible to be; and tho Htylo
Of tho louao is prescribed by tho National Arch
itect, and Ito materials arc massive granite. in
| rough blocks, andhcavy brick masonry, like that
| Of houses Of the past century. There Is no TOM
porality about bis Intentions. He has como to
| stay. Noxt, he has perpetual industry, and tom
! perance without abstinence. Everlasting go is
tns word , fef hin 11pdustsions to- with Il,
industry, saving slips and loss of pro.
| gress. He has many hautls to aHAist
him, anl, with o superb momory, particularly
oo Of al INC lnows o Is ssss Sopsato os Bg
honAan of tho frat class, aud that IL what no is:
| n Yanloe clock with a Bohemian attachment,-a
| cock-eyo that appears at the striking Of the
qT ena Tc ~ Nh mt no a of aa the haEr TaEs
means who have not seen .Butler'a. carriage
dash up the Avenue, his clerks como
and 60, his lamp burn late, and his
social life apparently lose no point
mental, moral and physical and, although sou
aitve and injudfcous. survives all by hin
tenacity and hounco. ue is q dosnagoguo, but
he always suetains himself even in an absurd
cannot enlIghton, he cnn dodge, crowd. His
propertY-room and wardrobe aro cheap, but in
this lies llis maHterly economy. Lille Qnince,
Bottom, and Snout. he can assume to be a wall,
q lion, or moolishine.
THE TWO MILLIONS OF PnrAr1N0.
The refusal of Congress to restore tho frank-
ing.priyi!ego throws into defensive position
tho Government Printing Office and 1liudery,
which in the most stnpcndous accessory Of that
privilege. What ia to be done with the mighty
uoF ~ rf
by thousands Of TONS whom there exists no way
to transmit them to tho country? Members OF
CongresH used to answer this wrong-end fore-
most, and inaist that Government printing
critics turn tho sentence tile other way. and
argue that no franking- g-priyilsge must be follow
cd by the dismantloment Of much Of this print
ing-oifico. Look at Il
notorious jobbor in priniing-contracts, by the
name OF Cornelius Wondell, erected large brick
factory to perform Ills printing. moditating from
the first to sell tho concern to the United States.
plre Congress- appropriated money to fu1all tho
pious Intentions OF this jobber. For eight years
previously, Congress had imposed superin-
tendent so called, over tho contractors; but, at
this time, Congress condiEny goeblod up the
main emol11menta for six years. under three of
her political PRIMERS, the last Of whom WAS John
Hoart. In Ills place. the Republican party put
John D; Dcfrees, nc honest man. but q useful
araliy tie @ business jumped 1t onco
to great proportions, as there was on
Infinite quantity OF work to DO done IN time OF
war for Mr.. Gowerd, III. Wellcs, Cameron md
Stanton, nnd Chase and N1eCuilooh. When Mr.
johnson acceilel, flo put Wendell back to Huper-
intend tho very premises md property no 'had
bargained OIL to the Democratic party. Wendell,
though nominally bankrupt, died leaving largo
| tempt to purchase Mr. Johnsona ncouittal with
! the wealth he got Us Public Printer. Alr.
Defroes waa then restored, and held tho nlace
until 1859, when BY conspiracy botyeon Mgr
assonting, or Mt least giving 10 warning to his
| frientl-Defroca was tnrnea out without cause,
md Mr.. a. NJ. Clapp, Of Buffalo, henchmau Of
| Fenton, put In charge. Flo has over snco boon
| the Congressional Printer.
| THE PUBLIC PRINTER.
Defroes waB no stckler for unnecessary work,
| and have frequently heard him say that tho un-
restrained existence OF such an Office WAS tonlp
| tatlon to public men to print unnecessary and
expensive matter. Ho told me, In 1868. that hIr.
| Seward, who Ind literary and book-making
| propensity, was spending too much money. ao
told ma, q fortnight ago, at my oHn inquiry, that
| to print tho Agricultural Report to the oxtont of
800, 600 copies. a. wantcd wonld cost $3.50, 900 ut
| loast and would be of no Berv'co except to give
| wrapping paper to country-storeB. ut ia short
| sighted policy in Congressman, too," said Mr.
Constituent n,akos lalf-a-ilozon other mon jeai-
| on8 who do not get the bookH."
| Mr. Gimp llas no such qrlal1nH. 1Io is largo,
driving, Western Now York mau, who is engaged
In the norpotual manufacture Of arguments IN
favor Of moro printing, probably professional
aud political pride impel him to aspire to bo d
want utility III tbs Government; but the aa.ne
pride doos net incte him to make c1oBo
estimates, or to give my prooiso explanations Of
how lo rendera Ills accounts, kocla account OF
stock md l1Heg reasonable economy II, hig of}icn
| The Government Printing House exoitea
NATURAL hostility IN Washington City, aa It would
| III Chicago it you had 1t there, because its huge
excess Of oonlpositora would almost be able 10
prescribe the ratoB to your Printers Union and
| you can vol undernta1ld that voting printers,
| appointed by politicians, must laye tho
| llightost pay. It costa moro to print
newspapers in Washington than any
where o'ho In Amerloa. Ono OF the dailios
| challenged tho Printing Oflics,. q fow
days ago md Mr.. Capp Immediately sent MI
affidavit to bo read ut tho Clar't'a losk i'll the
Senate, charging tho publisher with having bor-
| fortu rour nft t,n,,a r. Srl4