Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-03-10

day he u almost without any s'Feus'h
whatever, beyond that secuted through
the most unhla'hlng u'o oi Treasury
patronage This II tho actual sltna'
lion aS far a. sherman Is concerned
and he viii find NJ Chicago that dele
gates secured by the influence ol oI'
dcc,holler-, az under promise Of oiiloc'
are likely 10 holt with gIca' alacf''y
to,le WANING side, lis strength 10
the convention will DO insignificant
enough TO convince his brcadrand but
ter brigade, pcrhop' before tho i'rsl
ballot, lhat their interests lie some
where else. Sherman'S only success
seems to be IN casting fresh Disgrace
upon the hyp'ocri'ica' Administration
10 which he belongs, II mlghtnot he
satisfactory, bm It wonld certainly he
instructive. were Mr.. Hayes to
attempt just one more authoritative IN
tcrprctalion oi Ihe scoop and a'can'ng
Of that famous order abonl oiliceyhold
erS and politics.
Sherman has likewise brought d's'
credit upon himself 10y bis order IN
s,ruct,ng Custom officers to with
hold all inioi nation aud sta,,S'r9 IN
relation to csrgoes Of imports or cx-
ports arriving or departing, when
shippers 40 request. Congress has
memoralizcd 10 the eject that this
order only benefits spectators. and a
bill has already been introduced max
ing the Withholding Of such intorma'
ton unlawful. But this in not the
! only instance wherein John Sherman
has been found on the side OF specu-
lators and money.gobhlers. Congress
will be likely to set down on him
in this case, just as it has de-
posted its corporosily upon Asst.
Postmaster General Brady's Star
Route swindle. General Haw-
ley in his speech on the floor OF the
House declared Brady's action in ex.
Gee ding the appropriations so enor-
, mcusly in the matter OF the Star Route
contracts "a wanton defiance of law
that demands the impeachment OF its
author. Brady had strong lobby
working in his interest, but the House
has passed bill checking his abuse,
and it is not unlikely that he will fin
ally have to resign.
The long labor OF the House on the
F. revision Of rules is happily ended. and
this is the last Of that subject. 1t has
been tedious task and consumed
much time, Int it is believed that the
advantage secured will amply compen-
safe for all. This revision is a memor.
able event in the history ofthe House
as it is the only general overhauling
since the first Congress. Amendment
has been patched over amendment,
and notifications applied to modlhca-
lions until the result was chaos. The
new rule will cause considerable
change in the daily proceedings, and
greatly improve the order OF things.
As finally adopted the rule gives the
commerce committee full jurisdiction
over the river and harbor bill and the
agricultural committee juridirtion over
The inmates of the Agricultural De-
parlment. The amendment giving
the committee the right,o report ap
preparations torpahlic buildings and
grounds was defeated. The most
notable event in connection with the
final adoption was the hattening out
of Snarley-yow Ccnger. He wanted
to amend so as to keep riders eff from
appropriation bills, and when he found
he could not, Threatened IS ''leader of
the Republican side to fillibuster, But
Garfield and Frye Immediately sat
down upon this proposition and the
Michigan mounlebank subsided. Con-
ger is one of the smallest soul partisan
pets in Congress.
During the present session of Con-
gress the lobby agents Of Jay Gould
have been actively engaged in pushing
che scheme Of opening the Indian ter
ritory to settlement. The bill to give
that Territory organization under the
name of Oklahoma is favorlte
scheme of the jobbers, but the opposi-
ton of the better class of Congress
men, aided by leading newspapers,
has thus far prevented success. The
Oklahoma bill was introduced by the
Forthwith Congress, and defeated by