Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-07-03
From Our Regular cOnsspondent.l
Washington Letter.
WASHINGTON, June 2

DeTe is Inucu gossip ncIo WIN iOSNiN
tn the lobbying of Mrs. Winnie Ream-
Hoxie to prevent her husband being legis-
la ed out of Office in Washington by the
new form of district government. Putting
aside the propriety of the lady's method
of conducting her campaign by smiles and
blowing kisses from the gallery of the
senate, it is against the code of the regular
army for any one related to one OF its
officers to attempt to influence congress to
assign him a coveted position. In strik-
ing contrast to the instance cited, is the
conduct oc Mrs. Sharpe, Mrs. Grants sis
ter. Her husband. who just before Gen.
Grant went out of office was made pay
master in the army, was in the spring Or
dered to Yankton, d. T. He and his wife
have eight children, six of whom are at
home with them. They had lived in
Washington about fifteen years, and pur
chased house and made a home for
themselves. To break up and remove so
large IL family such a distance was very
serious matter, and demanded innumera-
BILE sacrifices. Yet the ex-marshal of the
district, who. with his wife, is a great IA
vorite with all who know them. made no
attempt to have the order changed, bat he
md all his family tried to make the best
IF it, and left here the last day of May, de
lermined, they said, to enjoy all that theil
new home could offer them.
Major w. j. TNining of Indiana was
appointed at the cabinet meeting yestcr'
.lay to be district commissioner from the
engineer corps of the army. as provided
for by the new law for the District of Co
umbia. Major Twining graduated among
the first five of his class at the West Point
and is one of the best engineer officers in
The army. He has never participated in
my manner whatever in politics, and is
very popular among his fellow officers ant
subordinates.
The Acklen-Rosser awkward dilemm;
will put a stop to ladies in Washington
going to closed restaurants like Welker'!
O guzzle and be private. Rosser broke
into the room, it is said, and found h'
wasn't wanted by either party, though hi
motive and provocaton were good. Hi
error lay in whispering what had seemed
be the facts. Like Tennessee Jack
he youthful Acklen published his Cart
bout " making the only reparation in hi
power" Perhaps this should not be callet
case of southern morals; but it is q littl
cheeky for man to lueeze himself int
! congress TO which he was never electe,
md then manipulate himself into nation
Il scandal. The carpet-baggers did bette
han this. Mr.. Acklen is now on his . wa
TO Washing ton and it is feared that on hi
arrival he will make things lively for
number of Washington correspondent
who have taken unusual large interest il
what he considers his private affairs. Prac
lice in target shooting is now their chic
source of amusement.
The state dep lrtment has received
communication from the American consu
1t Brunswick, Germany, in relation to tn
state of labor and wages in that part of tn
German empire. He says that labor
divided into three classes Mechanics an,
killed artisans of all kinds, who receiv
rom 4S to SO cents day; ordinary labor
us, including farm and field hands, VIII
receive from 40 to "a cents a day, wilhor
BOARD; and railway hands, lahorers o
public works, and the like, who get fror
IA to 60 cents day. A laborer s famil
If husb,nd, wife and three children, ca
i've very comfortably on 900 mtrk (abou
S2l4) per annum, and if steady wor
,tfers can nuke both ends meet. In mos
ases the wife and elder children contrib
tie to the general support by performin!
,ther work, which is easily found i
Brunswick Trade is especially dull i
thlt district; workmen are not content
take such work as Offers, Or at offere
prices. The socialistic party is respons
Bile for this state of things The rapi
development of German trade and til
Success of German arms in 1902 lie
The l,borer to believe his position woul
I ,nceforth be one of ease and affilene'
md when the commercial reaction cam
the working Glasses, now grown accus
Itnmel to luXuries before unknown, b.
y ZANE discontente and indisposed to worl
1t is wrong to make disp,raging II
marks about the Potter committee. The
10 longer disturb the country to any a
! 1reciable extent, and what. with the hei
ind lack of success, they are already sull
: 'iently punished for what they have dor
. in that direction. Now what could
more aggravating than an episode of ye
n erday's examination? witness belon
= ing to telegraph company is subpoena
!, produce important teleg;aphic di
. pitches passing between the jerks, P
II >ins and Anderson. lie appears with tt
II dispatches, but says that they are of
prlVllo8Ou CuaTdCtCr, anu liltt ue CaHu
If roduce them except under compulsio
The investigators are as excite as II
heat will permit, They sternly comp
.e the witness AMI order the dispatches to
4. produced. With dramatic reluctance /
Al delivers up the results of his resea rches
s. the form of a single dispatch, address
to Anderson in Philadelphia: care y
r coming over Tomorrow Answer. A.
n jerks" If the investigators did not tie
y their hair it was because they were baI
~ or exhausted by their tussles with prev
Of GUS witnesses.
IL general order has been issued by t
Re war department which directs that the e
d ira pay of 81 per month in virtue of t
.. certificates of merit, granted in accor
Is tnce with sections 1916 and 1885, revis
d statutes, will commence at the date of t
lie battle or engagement in which the certi
D cate was won. and continue while t
n, soldier remains continuously in service