The Penn's Grove record., 1882-03-04

the desire Of members 10 secure q Re
election. Nine Congressman out Of
ten wish to be returned, and regard
with special favor an increase Of repre-
sentaiion f.om their States bscau'e
that wiieus the field and tends to les
,en the number OF their imI. ediate riy-
ais for the position. One reason adj
vEnc,d IN favor Of a large membership
Nas based uprn The theory that large
legislative bodies are less ] able 10 cor
ruption than rmall ones, and, that,
therefore, logically, The more runner
u the body, the safer it is from ills
. j, | lf%iuence, because the most sner-
gstic lobbyist will hardly undertake
the task IL bribing a majority Of sever
al hundred. The theory may not have
had much weight, bat it demanded Il
few voter. The pending bill adcs
thirty-two members to tbs House, and
it Will require sone extension of tbs
hall TO properly accommodate them, un
less this necessity shall lad to the Rdop
ton OF the plan of dispensing with the
desk altogether, which has been urged
on different occasions. This plan coll
trmplated the location of desk i'll the
Statuary hall, where members could
do their writing, and Of cUnfining the
hall OF the House proper to legislative
duties exclusively. In the English
House Of Commons the members sit up
TN plain benches ard have no desks.
The name of Senator EdmnIds is
again freely mentioned in conn' ction
with the forthcoming Supreme Court
nomination. and there are many "
expect his appointment, Though l do
not. Although at one time Mir. Ed
munds would have been pleased TO 60
OIL the Supreme bench, he is raid not
to view the idea with so much favor
now. 1t is possible the President has
forgotten enc of the episodes OF the
New York relationship contest during
tho Hayes administration, but il he
has not forgotten it, he is not likely to
nominal. Mr.. Elmunds; at least 50 say
some Of the political w~istacros. When
Mr.. Hayes fret undcriO * TO remove
General arthur as collector of this port
OF New York, Mr.. Edmunds stood by
Nj. CorklinS in the fight made by TIE
latter in the Senate, aud made no sue.
cessfuily. Mr.. Hayes made a second
attempt to Gust General Arthur, which
succee ded. Mr.. Conkling made as
strong a fight AS he did the fist time,
for some of his allies deserted him out
right, and Edmuuds passiv~ly failed
| him iy taking No interest in the con
test and ~absenting himsnlt VIXEN the Il
nal vote was taken. Mr.. Cooking
vas very siuch cha2rined at the course
Of the Vermont Senator, ard it is very
| certain that he has not forgotten it il
the President has. A public statement
is shortly TO be made by u committee
of TIE United States Bar Association
concerning their conclusions touching
the numerous propositions for relieving
the Supreme Court of the pressure OF
business upon its docket. Or the COM
mit,ee. Hon. William NJ. Esarts, OF
New York, II. L. Merrick, Of District
OF Columbia, and Messrs. Phelps, OF
Vermont, and Parker, of Now Jersey,
will favor the Manning bill, which pro
pos 10 divide the prcsent bench into
thres sub-chambsrs,' three judges serv-
ing in each. The Supreme Court, how
| ever is opposed to this. They favor all
intermediate conrt requiring the APP
pointInent OF fifteen additional jud ees.
OF the other members Of the commit =
tee, Messrs. Hitchcock, OF st LoGls,
is opeAly opposed TO the Manning pro-
position, Rufus King, OF Ohio, Bradley.
Of Vermont, and Governor Stevenson,
of Kentucky, are non-c1mmittal.
Lent has come, and the gay season is
ended for atime. The round Of din
rers, parties, receptions, and other fes-
tivitiss generally ome to Il halt on
Ash Wednesday, and whatever of 30
ciAl entertainment We have during the
season of fasting is of "a more su?pIess-
ed character. The hard-worked So
ciet, hacks have earl.ed Z well-deserv-
ed res, and the industriously gay can
rest from thoir laburs. For this class
Of people, Lent is - blessed institution.
It is u sto? gap in TIE perpetual eXpead
ituie OF money and a chance 10 wear
out old cloths. l. becomes fashionable
TO go to church, and churci:going il
comparatively cheap. 10 ancient Lon
ten regulations were some hing 10 APP
pail the modern Sybarite. Then some
thing like 4 forty days fast WAS prac-
ticed, exclusive of the Sundays, when
commanding uas allowed, ard a list
Of the iLdigestible comestibles recon-
mended to the faithful Of former times
is enough to clsate dyspepsia even by
rejecting on them at IA distance OF five
hundred years. But men aud women
stronger ti ,s,tons then than they
now, and the restrictions placed upon
the apetites of the pious 10Y are in ef-
fort as S ringent as those imposed up
On our rrogeri'ors considering the high
~ artificial life Of the nineteenth cen
tury. 70 abstsin FROM meat for ftrty
days was not such a hardship after all
to a picus freebooter who probably new
er had enough to eat FOR forty success
sive days in his life. Year by y, ar
the regulations have been changed AID
mo li6eld TO suit the altered times, bat
always managed 10 forbid duriag Lent
something allowable at other SEASONS.
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