The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-04-01
The Territories Popular

Special Correspondents NV North.w
WASHINGTON, %, 1SSl.-Two va,,sE
last Friday the Senate was Convened Sa y
session, and, for the first time in s,ntMa
years, the Democrats had majority e"pee
singular coincidence they are detbr,r.tpti
an extra session In lust two years tn.u,P E
On that occasion Mr.. Salisbury. az MY
ware, delivered with a rollickii,p AR we
In sarcastic manner, a speech of tri,usaaN
bailng the advent of his party to nowa.p9 f
that branch Of Congress, and hopin1 ,b.. a
other side would reconcile themselyas nsH
Christian Statesmen, and bear up mansmN
There was laughter on The Democratic w
then, and silence and MOI oseness ~, ~" w
other. On last Friday, also, the same S."'
tor was spokesman on the occasion. h'
there was no mirth In his speech, aud w
delivered In no triumphant air. Their ,'S E
81 Republicans and 81 Democrats In tLsSN s
ate Qwo absent), and on the quesl ion If =.
organization The Njce-President had T.
the casting vote. Mr.. Salisbury had G,.a
to protest against The Vice-Pres.dent yGT.
He called il an "unwarrant able usupalGss
but lacked the firmness TO make an Issue :,
il. His little speech was not as CAV ana
spicy as the one on that day two years sn'
aud when he sat down nobody laughed. +
was the turn of the other side now.
TOur correspondent here devotes MIR
of bis letter to consideration of the ISM,
that would be brought before the extra ..
sion, then considered almost certain an
which has since been decided "of."l
THE RUSH FOR PLACE.
On the reorganization OF the Senate, Ii
other day. the rush for committee clerkshn
and smaller positions was likened unto tka
Of a charge of light brigade of lunch fen6
upon a saloon layout. One man, news.
perman, had been promised clerkship b
Dawes, of Massachusetts. He was in Ina
reporters gallery when the committee Wa
| announced with Dawes as chairman. In TIA
minutes he was at the door with his card, IN
ten minutes he was sworn In as clerk with
u salary of So a day. and In two hours b,
had written up his Senator as the coming
! statesman.
HOW THEY LIVE.
But the saddest effect of the extra session
will be the narrowing of the soul, or the lii.
| tie brain power Of the department clerk,
They live in garrets during the session, and
after adjournment they move down from the
sky parlor to the second floor Of the fashion.
able boarding house, aud put on style The 70.
mainder of the summer. The landlady has
made sufficient from the Congsessmen to
subsist oil the remainder of the season. but
now she has stiflened her upper ruby lp
hardened her adamantine heart, and holds
NJ, ices so high that the poor government
slave cannot descend from his garIet. Other.
wise, she would show concession to her reg.
ular customers, who are her mainstay dur.
| inc the long summer months. Furthermore
| it is pretty well under stood that the Presi
dent wants
GENUINE CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
| in the depart ments, and this makes then
uneasy. The heads of the departments will
be changed, and then a great may Of the
hand" must 90. These depart ments rt
pretty much run as public charities. II.
places should be given to the most worthy
men, those who have done work Tor their
party, ETC, and next to the widows and or.
phaned daughters who need work. aud not
| to those place-hunters who change their POI
| itics with each changing administracB or
| Congress, and female favorites Of CongeS-
| men and adventurrsses who take these
places as a blind" and 10 give them sem
blance of respect ability while they plactc,
the arts of the pariah upon the unsophsti
Gated stahger, who Is unacquanted with III
ways Of the immoral capital city.
RUSH FOR THE TERRITORIES.
There seems TO be greater rush for Ter
ritoral appointments, proporliOnately, tia
those of any other. They all want TO GO Oh
as Governors, Judges or Secretaries an
grow up aud come In with the Territore
They are willing 10 20 out and wait and fax
their chances IL they can get a prominer
Office 10 start with. Gen. l.. A. Sheldon, VII
was appointed Governor of New Mckee,
an Ohio man, who drifted to Louisiana d
X r~..iy aftor the CLOSE Of the war and vi
elected TO Congress. He served In the arm
under Gen. Garfield. II is thought Ne
Mexico will become State in year or tw
and Gov. Sheldon will be Senator.
least, that Is the "Ohio idea" now.
There is an unprecedented rush for Mini
ter 10 Mexico and Consul to Mexican POrs
This Is stimulated by the increased CON
merce between the two countries, and III
railroad interests springing up down Their
The patriots think there Is money and muir
ment In those positions. The crush for ID
hog trough" is alarming. When one looks
the number Of office-seekers from any partl
ular State, he naturally wonders If there Or
any voters left at home. This week wi
settle the place-hunting business. The Ser
ate will get through with the con6maIiOu
aud the sins" who stayed in, can then fetIr
70 their patriotic touches and dream Il
safety.
Capt. r. E. Fisk, Of the Helena Herd
was appointed postmaster Of Helena, Ia
Friday.
| Governor Axtell, formerly of Utah, witt
drew his application for the ReceivershIp
Public Moneys at Boise City, Idaho.
will probably get one of the Judseshps.
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