The daily gazette., 1881-12-29
YReM WASHINGTON
ELECTION CONTESTS IN THE HOUSE.
From the Baltfuore snp

hhhCtios CONTESTS IN THE Uousr
From the Baltim ore Sun.
WAsHiSGT0N, Dec. 2T-It IA Dnaer
Stood tina. the first case TO be considered
by The House committee oh election,
VIII be the case OF Lynch vs.. ChaImers
or me sixth Mississippi district. This
district Is ~hat 10 called the shoestripp
district Of Mississippi, q long. narrow
strip OF land extending from one end of
the S'ate TO the other, and ipcludIne
within Its borders the bulk OF the col
ored votes Of the State. Tho coIored
voters exceed the white voters by tbous
snds, and the natural presnmntion Il
that they all voted the republican ticket.
l'y ncb, the contestant, Is q colorsd mau
who has already served several terms 10
The House, and 10 man OF natural force
snd ability. He Is pressing bis own case
with much persistence, and there Is no
doubt that the elections committee will
report in LIs favor, aud that the House
will accept the report. He will most
probably be in his seat before the end Of
January. The next case on the docket
II the committee Is tha. OF Laws, the
Alsbama greenbacker, vs. Wheeler of
the eighth district OF that State.
A PRRsIDRsT's SAVINGS. ..
The incredible assertions Of fex- Pres.
ident Hayes as to his limited savings
from his salary in excuse for his de-
clina,ion TO contribute TO the Garfield
monument fund have not added 10 the
respect or regard entertained for him
here. Mr.. Hayes, like any other
citizen has a perfect rig ht to contribute o
or not contribute to the Garfield
monument fund or any other fnnd.-
liut when he attempts to excuse him.
sslf for declining by intimating that he
saved little or nothing out of his
Pr sidential salsry, the case 10 very
different. IL is not generally known
throughout the country thai, In addi-
ton 10 the salary Of $50, 900 per annum
paid the President, appropriations are
regularly made by Congress GOV ring
all expenses for furniture. light, fuel,
ice, cOnservatories, clerical and ser.
wants hire, repairs, &c for the
Executive Mansion, and that eonse.
quently all that the President expenGt
~ his $5O, 200 per annum Is for the
personal expenses OF himself aud hii
family aud the provisions which ART
consumed upon his table. The bull
of the provisions are obtained ftom In,
comm ssary department of the army
at contract price, which is at all timel
fifty per cent less than retail market
prices, and the wholesale manner il
which Mr.. Hayes took advantage o.
this was the subject of severely ironi
cal comment In army circles during
tho whole period OF his four years il
the White House. The curbstou,
brokers OF Washington have no eQua
for graspiDg covetousness, but there i
not ono OF them who would not glad
ly have given Mr.. Hayes $50, 600
ear to take his salary and pay hi
expenses.
The weekly issue of the Patent OF
fee to-day aggregates $40 patents
nineteen designs and twenty-fou
trade marks. OF the patents twent
four were 10 Thomas A. Edison alone
This Is said by Patent Office official
~ be the largest number of patent
ever issued at one time by any govern
ment TO one person.
Mr.. BLAINE AS A DEMOCRATIC PREsI
DENTAL CANDIDATE.
There is some talk in political oil
cles here over An alleged scheme I
make Mr.. Blaine the democratic nom
inee for President in 1884, and It
asserted that movements have alread
been initiated in the South with tha
object iD view. There is and can b
nothing practical in any such idea a
this. The democratic party OF tn
country in taking up Mr.. Greeley /
: 1872 was taught lesson which 1t
not likely to forget in this generation
and overpowering as Is the ambitio
of Mr.. Blaine, he has too much hors
sense to dream Of such folly as accep,
ing democratic nomination, or eve
imagining the possibility OF its bein
, l l.