Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1874-10-23

do not think the elections were ever regarded
with ~ little interest 10y the oiiiccholding people
Of Washington, as they were this October This
was In part due to L. - q cleo
.s--ss IN n~IAa-~s s.---.y eI1.s.T'~ Fict tnat
the present gcnerltioSSo1sil icaus have be-
come 50 accustomed To victory that they hal come
to look upon them a. "A matter of cnurs.. The turn
of the titi, after Vermont and Maiu. had
made their usual report WAS therefor" wholly
unexpected, and "A good many old fellows. who
had finally made ny their minds Ia vclcurnc the
next century from their comfortable" I-'r"i'.S in
the Departments, imagined. when tn" news came
in that IL the Voice al that venerable tssr,y
on tn" high notes al the famous old iuilc = tir "g
kitchen" The slaughter among Cuugrc~>Iucu has
been fearful and IL looked ut on, time ~ though
the Democratic grhs>hopIsrrS were bound - tir-
Your every green Republican thing. The great
interest C.ntcrCd i'll ohio; because Of Tho ".p~'
Not. last year. because the personal fortunes Of
senator Thurman were to h. affected and also
the fate Of Garfield VINO asptr,> Ia the leadership
the next HOu>.'. At one time II WAS reported
that Foster was defeated, but no one thought III"
news would have n very depressing effect upon
TN" spirits OF Gen. Butler.
The new i. VI. g.. Jewel. In hts desire to con-
vince the country OF his possession OF just the
qualities a. make IL cto-I President. at least u
' ic,. utt> I >lia2Ccd. and had Ia haul TIP Tor
pairs. lie issued an order excluding tin4m Agents
nom appearing IN cases pending III his Depart
mcut or which WAS ~ construed Since then h"
has discovered that any American citizen having
"A claim which he cannot personally attend - has
an undouhtcd right to send his clerk or agent io
attend Ia IL for him. How it happened That
Cabinet Minister did not think Of this We do not
know. but probably he WAS in such haste that he
went it blind. Mr. j. has issued several orders
equally deficient in sense and seems inclined t.
make reputation in u cheap way: bat ht. ha>
found out now that knowledge Is a cool thing Ia
base reputation on. Many Claim Agents arr
great frauds, no doubt. but cabinet officers
sometimes but the remedy i not Ia dispensing
with the good in order To get Tid of the bad
The success OF Geo. Francis Train in quack
craftsmanship has SPOILED - good many fJtir bus
mess men and tempted them INTO II vocation that
nature never Intended them for.
The removal of the Printing Bureau work of
printing Revenue STAMPS Ia New York i "a severe
blow TO the poor people OF this city. IL throws
800 out of employment nj the beginning OF haryl
winter and in a place WHERE there is literally no.
thing else To do. All the machinery and every
appliance for doing this printing here had been
provided at great expense. In" work was all done
in the Treasury building rent free, and wages are
low. II Is impossible under the circumstances
that a New York firm can get new machines,
pay high rents, and save anything To the Govern
ment, if the work is well attended to here rs it
appears to he.
our Board of Public Works having spent all
their money and run the credit of the city to forty
cents the dollar, and raised taxation To point
that il crushing, neceSSitacS the StOppls,e OF i'm
prove entS and repairs, that an Immense
number of poor colored people are idle and can
get nothing to do. What viii become OF them
God only knows.
our people are living at present under n gov
eminent Of arbitrary power, which Is in the
strictest sense non-republican. We never could
n constable We have no Mayor and Aldermen,
and the blessing of Common Council Is denied
us. We are Veritable political children, and every
thing Is decided for and done for us, except the
paving of tax S-that glorious privilege is yet
impaired, but the board does every thing else.
This saves all caucusing and the dreadful occu-
patton of the wirepuller is gone. leaving ample
scope for our young men To exercise their facu-
ties of intrigue in other directions. We also save
the expense of Corporation dinners and the stupid
speeches which are their inevitable accOmpani-
ment. Arbitrary rule has some blessings there
fore we submit.
There has been much excitement in the Trea-
Sury for week or two on account of my SterlOus
movements. of the Assistant Secretaries and the
AppOin tment Clerk, that indicated business.
Some thought there had been larceny Of bonds,
some that Richardson had got back and was try
ing to resume payment i'll silver; but ii proved
to be only a search into the family history of the
clerks subject that greatly interests the SecrC-
tary. He is down the evil of consanguinity
and means to suppress IT. 1t was found that some
of the clerks had married Treasury girls and con-
cealed the fact-a kind of neSthiCing that wont
do When children have resulted, the Secretary
is quite sure the evil has been a crying one, and
not to be tolerated This action of Mr.. BriStOw
has net with approval. He may not be able to
for the species, in their domestic relations. This
the clandeStne marrying clerks have found out.
"a man may not marry his grandmother nor
u Treasury girl.
A couple of colorcd men have been detected
in stealing Pub. Doc. from the Capitol. They
carried the books away by the ton, or nearly as
fast as it was done by the friinlling privi-
Some of the books it is said never be replace
ed, and if so they may possibly be accounted bene-
factors instead of nalefactOrS. They took the
rubbish away at their own expense and that was
not always done by those who disposed OF Pun.
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