The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-07-03

Washington Letter.
WASHINGTON, D. C,Jqpe q, 1879.
Ekacsly When iaatt1fs are eonsing b
a foSpsheresseens to be ote Of lie
thintsshat IND FELLOW can hnd ous;''
The; D6moefatfcs senators wese nit
united 6pon the 1ropositioa to a2jourh
promptly after the veto of the judicial
bill, leaving Hayes and the courts to
settle 1t between them, and they could
not have done SO even If they had been
enfted. So many H3mb sof both
houses are away pfeasure-hunting and
sightseeing, in Europe and elsewhere,
That the Democrats have no quorum Of
their own, aud can put tlif6dgh no
measure on which the. Republicans re-
fuse to vote and they certainly would
have refused to vote for adjournment
after the veto. So we have had more
planning and some more bills launch
ed out Dividing the court and mar
shsl appropriations narrows' the issue
between Mr.. Hayes and Congress right
down to the question Of naarshals, and
there is not . Democratic Senator or
Representative who viii vote one dol
lar for election deputies, under any
circumstances. Hence this plan makes
the party unit, and II Mr.. Hayes
vetoes either Of these last bills, as 6e1
doubtless will, nothing further will be
uOHe. ssii.s $50 stssart shi s-as TO-
Touching this matter Of fabsenteeism
too much cannot be said. The time Of
q private individual il his own, but the
time Of = member Of Congress belongs
Ito ithss public, whose servants he III
Congressmen are elected to gpard cer{
tain interests and perform certain dds
ties, and when they slip eff. 10 Europ(
to spend the liberal salaries paid them,
leaving a few to legislate, they are
guilty mot only Of a breach Of faith,
but Of downright robbery, The House
Of Representatives, numbers. when
full, 293 members.s On the vote to pass
the judicial bill over the veto, but 1s44
names were recorded. The vote 70
adjourn ,sINs DEF without fefther ac;;
ton, was two better. Thus over zoe
Representatives are shown to. be alb
sent. Of these tho largest portion are
Republicans, but that side astfll have
enough to make or break duor1m. al
pleasure, and as they are In the minor
Fity itanswers their purpose. The con.
[stitueueies Of Democratic members
i,who have thus been unfAdthfuf to theil
trust should settle with them Nc
man who has too much, private busi.
ness to attend the sessions OF Congress
has q right to accept. the position. and
any man who neglecte to attend be
cause he prefers TO do something else
is unworthy Of it. There are Plents
OF good men who would discharge th,
Iduties with ability and fidelity, for .es.
than IS 900 per year.
The "draw at sight, plen Of Gam
paign to be carried on by the Republi
cans OF Ohio makes necessary contri
buttons from headquarters here, ant
the prelimtnaries are being worked up
John Sherman. will rolf oiit his b'fiI
and his banker partners will respond
freely; but, with all this, the poo
clerks have got to antesup their little
percentage. Gen. Robinson, chairman
Of, the Ohio Republican Committee
has BEEN hero some dAysito .seeoAboHi
some speakers, se says. IHeahadq,l
thought of anything else, ofioourse
but no sooner had he reached the Cap
ital than the, Government clerks. par
ticplarly those in the Treasury Depart
ment, spontaneously crowded forward
and insisted on being assessed Tor the
purpose of raising q campaign fund te
elect the Republican ticket. The in.
formation that the employees came for.
ward in that way 'is officiaf; Secretary
sherman says they did. Everybody
knows it must have required the great.
est fortitude on the part of.the clefke
toifght their way through civil ser
vice reform orders and brave the
frowns Of our great moral President !;
bat the Government sclerk liSia1ways
looking around for somd eheap way I'd
dispose .af = portion of ,his salary,
which is too large, ep the average I'd
be handled conveniently, >. and, this is
the cheapest way he can find NO doubt.
1 Some Of these clerks aseaso aHxious
to come forward as voluntary contfibu-
Etors to campaign funds that they have
beenknown,to to neglect their wash bills.
l0f course, when there vas5 such an
unanimous uprising of the yictims
themselves in behalf Nf contributiond
Secretary Sherman could not, single
handed, undertake to Fepress the spon-
taneous enthusiasm, and he has there
fore given very reluctant permission
to the clerks in his department, to vol-
unfairly contribute to the success of
the Sherman movement In Ohio. This
decision creates the greatest enthpsi-
| asnii among tie clerks, and they will
all give something. None Of them
will be so parsimonious or so wanting
in patui6tism asto refuse, forthey have
seen. examples made Of misguided
clerks who declined to make. voluntary
eoptributions to- the campaign fund.
And this reminds nae that an Ohio Re-
publican has telegraphed Hayes to hold
open the position spf Prince Imperia2
until he can come on with his ,pecamF
mendations. ,,..;.,
Nothing new has trsnspired.in the.
Conkling Lamar ;pnpleaaantn -
Conkling had no more .to say after he
found Lamar meant 'o business. nn But.
while in the pleasant hunor that has
has made him 80 famous, he turned up
his nose at Don Cameron, WHO hap
pened to be talking to q couple Of Sen
atDrs while conkling was speaking.