The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-06-30
And now Democratic Congress

men anu TIC organs Vi TIC party hSiS
are making fuss about their Con-
gressional campaign committee.
Each party maintains a committee
here, independent of the National
organization, the purpose OF which
is to keep general lookout over the
Congressional districts, to supply
documents and aid the local COM
mittees. Early in the season the
Democratic committee was appointed
with Gen. Rosecrans at its head and
Senator Davis, of West Virginia, at
the tail, and the wealthy Mr.. Flower,
of New York, in the middle. There
was quite a flourish of trumpets and
announcements 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
Republicans had a walk-over, and
Mr.. Grover will retire from the
Senate next March. There is grum-
bling all round, 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. Rose
Grams disgusted some of his fellow
Democrats by proposing to raise a
campaign fund by a sort of "Betty
and the baby" 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
nomination of Judge Folger for
Governor of New York, has ceased
to be considered probable, it has been
again said that Mr.. Frelinghuysen
would shortly succeed Mr.. Lowell as
Minister to England, and Mr.. Conk-
ling thus be provided for in the
Cabinet. Undoubtedly nothing
would give the President more
pleasure than to have Mr.. Conkling
re-enter public life as one of his
advisers, but / have it from the most
unquestioned authority that the ex-
Senator will not consent to come
back to public service through the
means of an neutrality-suspicious..
When the President was in New
York, MIR. Conkling expressed 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 accept the
Presidents offers he would decline
because of his resolve to do nothing
to embarrass the Administration.
That interesting and amusing diff
ference of opinion as to salaries,
which has existed between the House
and Senate for several years, has
lately broken out again, though not
in new spot. The question of
Senatorial dignity also enters into
the matter. The House every now
and then undertakes to equalize the
pay of employees of the two branch
es of Congress, but the Senate regular
ly sets down on the effort. Formerly !.
the pay allowed by the two houses was
the same, but in the days of Democrat
ic economy, six years ago--the time
when Sam. Randall and Holman un-
dertook 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 for an equalization that will in
crease their salaries to the same
figure that is paid by the Senate.
The House, however, after talking
the matter over, thought that an
equalization could be effected as well