The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-03-19
Where Will it End?
BOTH HAYES AND CONGRESS FIRM.
Supplies to he Cut on and tho CCun-
try Appealed to BY tho Democrats If
the President Fctoes their Measures
Ncncr to The Philadelphia TTnles, INDY

-Uneasiness for the Future.
(LcUcr to The Philndslphil Times, indy
WASHINGTON, March S.-Thc ovcrworked
senators, members, clerks, pages and other
employees at the Capitol, to say nothing Of
brief breathing spell after all. Tic cleaning
up of the business Of the Old session and tho
getting ready for the new leave little time for
rest, and everybody Is stretching himself and
making up his mind that The approaching SOS
sion will lixt far into the hot weather and
perhaps the summer through. The situation
here is regarded will .rcat anxiety by
thoughtful persons, for 1t must be contested
that Tic end cannot be f,rcsccn. The major
ity in Congress, arc very obstinate and are de-
trrInincd to repeal the Federal Election
laws on the old Democratic Theory that Con-
grcss ;tnnot interfere with StaLe elections.
The President Is equally obstinate and Is get
ting;mOre so every day, and Is detcrniincdto
sign no bill repeating the election laws, even
though appropriations fall. He says he Will
not allow Congress to menace him and
for the first time since he has been Presi-
dent he is showing Il little decision Of char
ucter. "
to see. The Democrats will have no trouble
In carrying out tlIeir purposes, having n good
working II ~ jrity In each house. They Will
first pass separate bills containing no foreign
legislation, repeating the test oatl, tho super:
viSorS act and the posse colnitntus act. these
the President amour c IS In advance thai he
will veto. Then the democrats intend to add
to the appropriation bills not yet passed the
clauses ulOn which the Il, 3 l-lOcS occurred
before the hnal adjournment Of tho Forty
fifth. Congress on tuesday last. The PreSi-
dent will then vctothc legislative; OK ccutivc
and Judicial appropriation bill, and also the
army appropriation bill which will contain
the Objectionable features. Confusion and
anarchy must then follow Neither the mn
jority In Congress nor the President will yield.
rhe pay of congressman and nl Capitol en-
I..--, yI.o ,,tul = ..F fnnIs Gfnytn, nr,y Inc
furniture, The pay ol laborcrs aud all expen-
srs about tie capitol must cease after June
81. unless the bill is passed: The salaries If
! the President, Cabinet officers, the clerks IN
| the departmcl t. and ai the executive and
judicial officers OF the government. and all
tho expenses Il The departments, including
fuel, stationery, lights. &c, must stop at the
sumo time unless the bill is passed: Should
soldiers, expenses OF transportation, supplies
Of the army, &C.. all these will have to walt
along with the civil and judicial portion OF
the government. The Democrats say II the
! President vct0eS the bills they Will appeal to
the people, and the President says, or those
who nrc now guiding him scy, they will
appeal to the people II the Democrats In
sist on their revolutionary course. The SIT
! uatiOn Is very unfortunate, and the future Is
regarded with great apprehension and uncer-
tuinty.
LONG SESSION.
The new Congress, which Is to assemble
here on tho 18th. Is likely TO have u long ses-
sion. From present Indications 1t will take
other week at least will be required for the
formation Of the committees. There IS little
doubt that the officers OF the house. will re-
main about as they are. with Mr.. Randall ~
as scrgcant-at-arms and Mr.. Fields AS door
keeper. The subordinate officers will also
probably remain.
In regard to the officers or the Senate, no
,,,,,,, ,,,, hn p,,J, N.fhinp cun Ic rl,,rp
uncertain. Never has there been such n rush
for offices before. II Is said that there are not
less than 300 PERSONS here seeking positions
in the new Democratic Senate: They arc as
thick rs acknowledgements were during tho
war. Nobody Will ever know the amount OF
money 1t costs To "ruu' thnt Senate. The OK,
penscs are p%urposely 40 confused and mixed
up that IL Is Impossible 10 get at the figures,
bit their total is something enormous. 1t is,
Hithutt doubt the most expensive legislative
body on earth. The executive clerkShip Is
n very pretty office. 1t was very. well de-
tcribcd once by Il Senate who said the cx-
ecutivc clerk had nothing TO do and twN
clerks to help him, one at $500 and one at
$3.50.
To SHOW the pressure for Office In the Senate
It may lie stated that not Il day passes thai
some eager applicant does not come IN and go
around among the different officers and try
to find out the duties. the salary, nc. The
clerk who liIs charge OF AL the official records
and papers is called the tilc clerk: Recently
came into the sC-rctrry'S 1Glcc and asked for
the file clerk, MIR: Garrison spoke up and
said Il ain The Tie clerk, sir Very Well
said the man, very gruvcly. 1T like 1" flie
my application Tor Il place here. under
stand there Is to he Il new DEAL Garriaon
took his arers which were inGorscd by scv-
! rral justices of the peace, school teachers,
merchants and others In North Carolina, and
promised to place them ON file, and no doubt
he did.
TIE RAC FOR TIE SPEAKEKSIlIP
seems all in llnndall'S favor just now. Tho
orpGsitiOn Is hot, but IL is rot strong. 1t has
moi tic staying qualities. Randall As n mat
ter OF course. hns as speaker. offended man y
members OF his own party. til, no doubt, /;
Z, cat falling of his that I've doco not estimate
AL men as highly MS they estimate themselves
but bigger men have erred In the staine way.
n every man l. to be taken nj his own csti-
mate and given place accordingly how many
Presidents, thicf Justices. secretaries of the
trensuryinid clialrmcn of the waySand means
committee will We have? Every member Oi
the nearly three hundred cannot he placed on
tho ways and ncAfIS.. Appropriations, bank
In" and currency, Judiciary and foreign com
mi,tecS. Above all tiIUy cnnnot all be chair
men, because there are only about forty com.
IniltccS. If every member OF Congress had
his own way at the organization OF Il new
Congress he would prUftably he chairman OF
either tie ways ,t;!d means or thu nppropria.
ton committees. He would then always have
the floor. Randall, not having been able to
Ito impossible things In the past has made
some rncmics and they now swear they Will
bot the tick Il rather than vote for him again.
signs fail. Randall Will return here OH Mon
day, and vii! make his headquarters at VIII
inrt's where handsome parl0rS have been re-
served for hin. Wizards HDte! seems to he
CONTINUES. to lie the social ccntro aud the head
! IlIrrt.rS for the urfny and HWY.