Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-04-02
MashInatOn Letter,
Washington, D, O., March, 81, 1879,

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most By q wave OF the hand, as II
were, now accept, with distress Of
mind and unpleasant temper, The tate
that retlres them 10 The ranks Of u
hopeless minority, hut time Is a
great Icyeler, aud The men who have
so long cracked the whlp Of party over
their followers IN the Senate, recog'
nlzing no authority but ,hel' own
sweet Wills aud tho dictates OF king
caucus, now snap aud sn'h like bat-
fed wolves, because their power Is
gone, They object 10 democratic
caueuses, and paw the earth In anger
because their hcnohmen are turned
out Of the tat places they held until
they lmagibed them theirs by divine
night, Even poor old grandma lloar
ircls aud whlnes In the mort ridiculous
fashion, llut, notwithstanding all
this, the present majority propose TO
run things according 10 their own no.
lIons Of right, aud 10 look out little
for the interests Of the country at
large. II IL their idea that the Sen
ate has been run in the interest Of the
republican party about long enough.
The joint caucus has now perfected
q programme Of action upon which
the democrats in both houses are al
most unanimously agreed, aud the
session will be- fought out on that
line, The two appropriation bills
will be brought forward at once, the
army bill precisely as 1t went through
the House last session, aud the lcgis-
lalivc bill IN pretty much the same
shape. All the repeating amendments
are to stand, except the one repeating
the supervisors law has been 50 modl'
fed as TO provide simply for the ap-
pointment Of two supervisors, one
from each party, who have no author
i,y except to watch the election board
and the count Of votes. They are TO
have no power OF arrest. and no du-
ties except to make themselves wit.
nrsscs OF the proceedings, Their APP
poin,ment comes from the United
States Court, and only for cities OF
over 10000 population. IT fair e'ec-
TORS are all the Radicals want, this
plan is not only just as any that can
be desired, but it is not costly. There
can be, under il, no scores OF deputy
marshals, etc, drawing five dollars
per day for ten days. But il corrup-
ton Of votes out OF the public treas
ury, and the inlmualon vr drniu-
Gratis by threats Of arrest, ore what
have been aimed at, the old law was
suited to the end, and they will doubt
less fight TO retain it. There is some
doubt whether MIR. Hayes, fraud as he
is, will feel like vetoing the appropr-
alton bills with so fair proposition
attached PROFESSIONALLY public SEN
,iment is with the democrats, and the
Nationals in Congress will vote for
the modified election law. Let Ruth.
erford, when he gets ready to veto.
set down and read Senator Eaton's re-
marks IN the Senate the other day,
and then Judge in what estimation he
will be held by the people, majority
OF over 100000 Of whom voted
against his occupancy of The position
into which he was finally Juggled.
Whether any general Legislation
will be undertaken depends very much
on the action of Mr.. Hayes. Should
he undertake to defeat the will Of
Congress there will be q deadlock,
and the time will be filled up with
other business; but if the approprla-
ton bills, as passed, are signed, the
session will end before May. The
Greenback members are clamorous for
some financial legislation, and several
Influential democrats support them in
it, Alexander Stevens among the
number. The majority, however,
seem to feel that nothing beneficial
can be accomplished. that the public
good can best be served by letting
things alone until the regular session.
This is Speaker Randall's view, and
he is not making much haste in ap.
pointing the committees.
The Commissioner of Pensions was
guilty recently of gross outrage in
suspending number of Washington
attorneys. He charged them with at.
tempting fraud upon pensioners, and
yet the only ground he had for his
charge was, that one Dimmlck got
these attorneys to sign statement of
facts, that he had rendered Service in
securing the passage OF the Arrears
of Pension bill. This statement Dim.