The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1877-09-29

4, 1879. At that time the terms Of Senators
Spencer, Dorsey, Sargent,and Patterson expire,
and they ale likely to be Lied by Democrats
At the same time expire the terms Of the emf.
nent senators Morton. Conkling, and Oglesby
the political status Of whose successors may
wen be dOubtedas may he that Of the successors
of COnover of Florida. II is not much
disputed here that ONO viii return n ReDuOlt
can. On the other hand, 1t is not wholly I'M
probable that the Republicans may gain few
seats now held by Democrats .Barnum, OF ton
necticut, and NJ erlimOn, Of North Carolina, for
instance. Nevertheless, nothing IN the future
is more certaiu than that the U. s. Senate will
fall INTO the control Of the Democracy, March
control Sv e veara Sr whe
have been big with events ana characterized by
political reforms of the gr' ates importance and
of the greatest bencficience. There has never
been period of twenty wears IN which more
has been accomplished for the human race than
the years III which the senate of the United
States has been in the control Of the Republican
party.
THE PENSION OFFICE.
In the prevailing uearth of general news
there have been several pen.and-ink OnslaughGs
on a number Of pubic officials Among Others
the Hon. j. A bently, Commissioner of Pen
sions has come in for large share Of attack.
His assailants are ex.ClerRs who charge that
fraudulent claims have been passed by him. 1t
is very singular that these people never find
out anything of this nature while they are
in office, but the moment they are put out for
good and valid reason become terociOusly vir.
tuOus and patheticaly patriotic. have spent
much OF the time IN this city for the past elgh
teen years, and have been pretty well acqualn.
period. have never known better head of a
bureau TIL J. A. Bentley. He IL an honest
man, uncommonly intelligent efficient. and
court eOus in the discharge OF his duties. He
found the office at odds andlends, confused dila-
tory, expensvelv OrPanizeu. He recognized 1t
trOm bottom TO top, dispensing with supernu-
meraries while angmenting the efficiency of
the Office This is shown by the fact that 25 per
cent more cases were examined and decided
last year than tor many years previous, and this
with reduction Of Oneeighth of the force. The
fact Is, Mr. Bentley Is genuine retormer in
ideas and man Of 40 fine practical capacity
that he carries out his Ietorns about as sue.
Cessfully as such thnEsare pOsslbletn wicked
world He is by large majority the best Com.
missioner we have had since Joseph Il. Barrett.
and cannot be attacked with truth and justice.
THE MONEY ORDER BUSINESS OF 1877.
The Auditor of the Treasury for the Post OF.
flee Department, Hon. j. NJ. McGiew-One of
the best officials at WashingtOn-has Just had
completed series OF tabular statements for his
annual report, showing the operations of the
mOney-Order establishment for the fiscal year
1877. The business OF this branch Of the post
office department Is very great, but on account
OF the failure OF Congress to make apprOpria.
tons for new money order offices and the hard
times generally, Its operations were not quite
so extensive last year as the year before. Tine
money order business, however, amounted
during the year TO S35, ,4S6.2S55O, the revenue
received UherefrOm by the government amount.
ing to 800. .I4s.Oi. we now have postal treaties
embracing mOneY-Order service with Great
Britain, canada, Germany, and Switzerland.
The domestic transactions alone aggregate
large sums. The number OF such orders issued
during the year was 4,925,93l their amount
Delng slE otUOUS.IU. Inc NUMBER OF orders paid
was 4769 673 amounting to S72, ,a4S, 1868 Among
all the states Illinois issues the largest numDer
with the largest amount. but New Ork pays
the most both in number and amount. Ohio
comes next being in this particular vtry con-
siderably amend OF Pennsylvania. 1t IS a note.
worthy fact that the strong Republican states
are IN advance of The strong Democratic States
OF about equal population and political power.
Iowa, for example, winch has n delegation IN
Congress, just equal to that of Virginia beats
Virginia out of sight in the money order busi.
ness. Iowa issued. last year, 324 964 money.
orders, amounting to Si,l5l ,6g797, aGd paid 96..
242 amounting to SO, lSG,78745. while Virginia
issued "a 6s6, amounting 10 81, l,l374i29 9I and paid
$3.50, aggregating SI,O2i.S1B.77. And 80 1t goes
all arOunG. L read newspaper article the
other daY on Democratic BarbaIlsm." Facts
Ike these 20 far TO prove the superior civiliza-
tiOn OF Republican communities IJK