The Ottawa free trader., 1881-04-02
washinRton Letter.
The Ways " Otice-Seckers. ers.-!Secretary Lincoln
says he piN not sac Mem.--Ths Cost Of tie
Gooeynment.-Who niH hold the Senate of

The Ways " Ofice-SeGkers.--!Secretdry L'noof'
says he ,oM not sac Mem.--Ths Cost Of III
Governments Who aoiH hold the Senate oj
tFrvm regular Correspondent)
| WASHINGTON, u. c., March o.
1t would perhaps be exsegeration TO ga,
that the crowd Of officeseekers in Washington
IS unprecedented, because every new admins
tration for the last twenty years has had tt
contend with, snub or placate, precisely simi
lar crowd. Yesterday morning observed SIT
long before the hour for opening the doors, d
number of anxious, wistful, hungry.looking
men. They were Office seekers, and most OF
them had come great distance, and many OF
them have not money with which to pay their
hotel bills, or take them back to their homes
The White House and all the Departments are
besieged from early morn till dewey eve, and
the time which the new President and his
somewhat raw cabinet should give to learning
from their experienced clerks their routine du.
ties as rulers and ministers, must be employed
in listening TO persistent beggars tor small
clerkships. The Secretary OF War has posted
a notice that he will not see applicants for of.
fee, which is very good as far az 1t is opera.
tive, but when an Office seeker comes under
the escort Of Senator Logan, Secretary Lincoln
will bllthely receive him.
An official tabulated statement of the ap.
preparations made by the third session of the
Forty sixth Congress 70: l8S1-S2 has just been
prepared by Mr. Robert J. Stevens, chief clerk
Of the House Committee on Appropriations.
This statement gives history Of each of the
fourteen regular appropriation bills, from the
time 1t was reported to the House until it be.
came a law. The grand total of appropriations
is $193, ,24l ,39l This does not include the de-
iciences fer the remainder of the present tis.
cal year, amounting to $a3 3,56l ,3O1, nor mis-
ccllancous appropriations amounting to about
81, 100000 These, added to the grand aggre-
gate, will amount to S2 ,S02, ,542. This amount
is 81 S39, ,249 less than the estimates The lar.
gest bill is the pension BILL which appronrl-
a,es S6S, ,2S2, ,306, and includes $lS.2S2, ,3O6 de-
iclency for 1881. This bill, as reported, ap.
propriated S50,G0O00O. The deficiency was
added in the Senate. The bill was reported to
the House December TO- 1880, and became a
law February 26, 1881. Until 1880 the annual
average for pensions had been about $50, ,0O0,.
OOO
The Democratic Senators in caucus have de-
cided to resist, by all parliamentary means
In their power, the adoption Of the pending
resolution by which the republicans seek to
obtain immediate control ef the Senate offices
Senator Davis, Of Illinois, will side with the
republicans in this matter, but during the ab.
sence Of Senator Edmunds the democrats will
still have 1t in their power to prevent the sue.
cess of the movement by breaking quorum.
That there will be no extra session has been
virtually decided. While no formal action 10
this effect has been taken by the Cabinet, it is
believed that such will be the result when the
matter is subml,ted a, todays session.