The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-24
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and the organs of the party here are
making fuss about their Congress
sional campaign committee. Each
party maintains committee here,
independent of the National organi-
cation, the purpose of which Is to
keep general lookout oyer the Con-
gressional districts. to supply docu-
ments and aid the local committees.
Early in the season the Democratic
committee was appointed with Gen.
Rosecrans at its head and Senator
Davis, of West Virginian, at the tail,
and the wealthy Mr. Flower, of New
York, in the middle. There was
quite flourish of trumpets and an
nOuncements that the Democratic
Congressional campaign was going
to be put through with whoop.
But it seems this was about the last
of it. Senator Slater says that no
documents or aid of any kind was
sent to Oregon, and the committee
does not even appear to have been
aware that an election was to occur
in that State. Consequently the Re-
publicans had walk-over, and Mr..
/ Grover will retire from the Senate
next March. There is grumbing all
around. and the Post calls upon the
committee to get up on its hind legs
and howl, or resign and let somebody
else do it. Gen. Rosecrans disguised
some of his fellow Democrats by pro-
posing to raise campaign fund by
sort of Betty and the baDy' ten cent
subscription.
Speculation on the alleged proba-
bility of Mr.. Conkling entering the
| Cabinet of President Arthur after the
elections this fall continues to break
out every few days. Since the nomi-
nation of Judge Folger for Governor
of New York has ceased to be consid-
cred probable, it has been again said
that Mr.. Frelinghuysen would short
ly SuCC6cu MI bOWtIl do NulillSieI W
England, and Mr.. ConkIing thus be
provided for in the Cabinet. I'm.
doubtedly nothing would give the
President more pleasure than to have
Mr.. C0nkling re-enter public life as
one of his advisers, but 1 have it
from the most unquestioned author
ity that the ex-senator will not con-
sent to come back to public service
through the means of an executive
appointment. When the President
was in New York Mr.. Conkling ex-
pressed to him his sincere qualification
at his kindly offers, but he said that
he felt more happy and contented as
he was now ; that he fully recognized
the unjust hostility exhibited toward
him, and that even if his individual
inclination should tempt him to ac-
cept the Presidents offers he would
decline because Of his resolve to do
nothing to embarrass the Admins
tration.
That interesting and amusing diff
ference of opinion as 10 salaries, which
has existed between the House and
Senate for several years, has lately
broken out again, though not in a
new spot. The question of Senatorial
dignity also enters into the matter.
The House every now and then un-
dertakes to equalize the salaries of
employees of the two branches Of Con-
gress, but the Senate regularly sets
down on the effort. Formerly the
pay allowed by the two houses was
the same, but in the days of Demo-
cratic economy, six years ago-the
time when Sam Randall and Holman
undertook to save forty millions by
reducing the salaries of clerks and
scrub women-the pay of all en-
ployes of the House was reduced
about twenty per cent, thus leaving
that of Senate employees one fifth
higher. The House employees ask
far an equalization that will increase
their salaries to the same figure that
is paid by the Senate. The House.
however, after talking the matter
oyer, thought that an equalization
could be effected as well by reducing
the salaries of the Senate employees
as by increasing those of the House,
which action was accordingly taken.
1t is felt certain that before the bill
leaves the Senate all the portions re-
ducing the salaries of employees of
that body will be stricken out, AS the
Senate has always contended for the
i right TO fix its own salaries. regard
less Of what the House thought or
did. And the Senate is not as econ
omically inclined as the House. A
proposition to allow each Senator a
clerk at 81 200 year, payable out of
the contingent fund, recently received
the votes of nearly half the Senator'S.
1t was not such an unreasonable
proposition as might be supposed
by those who do not understand
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