The Penn's Grove record., 1882-04-15
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in the House OIL the tariff commission
bill may las. a week or two longer. and
the final passage of the bill is consider
cd assured. There has been an impress
sion that the establishment of a tariff
would remove the tariff
question from the domain of bedate in
the two houses Of Congress, and elimi-
it as an issue in the next Presidsn
tial canvas. Any tariff commission
constituted under the reigning auspices
is very certain TO ~protract its delibera-
tons to the remotest possible period,
and therefore no report on the subject
will be made until after the next Presi-
Dental election. But members Of Con
aress and other politicians not weddei
to the protectionists say that tho organ
ization of a tariff commission will by
no means put a stop to the discussion
of the tariff either ia or out Of
Congress. II the Democrats should
carly The next House of Repre-
sentatives the tariff would undoubtedly
be the prominent question before that
body in the session Immediately pre-
ceding the Presidential election. That
Congress would not consider itself
hound by the action of its predecessor,
and the effort will be made to enact a
new tariff. Even if the Republicans
maintain their hold on the House there
will be plenty of members OF that party
who will not be content to let the revis
ion of the tariff await the action of the
tariff commission, but who will be glad
to help the Democrats keep up the agi-
tation. The protectionists will be- sat
isfed to keep the present tariff in force,
and the device of u tariff commission
was invented for the sole purpose Of
postponement. There has never been
an intelligent and practical discussion
of the tariff before the people on the
s:ump and the revenue reformers be-
Iieve that when the people at large
come to understand really what the
present protective tariff is doing for
them they will have a lively apprecia-
tion of tie beauties of protection. THAI
comparatively small class, who are oper
atives in manufacturing establishment,
may get a little higher wages, bat they,
in common with the vast agricultural
alau,ant ura ccpatapfly payinv trihufa
to a few favored private individuals on
many articles which enter int their
daily and Zee essary use, and in the
meantime the public treasury is reap
ing no benefit whatever.
There is a difference between same
civil service reforners. An amend
ment to Mr.. Pendleton's civil services
reform bill provides that appointments
shall he distributed among the States
on the basis Of their census population.
This is substantially what Gen. Wash
ington once suggested on the subject.
Mr.. Dudley, Commissioner Of Pensions
however, who is asking for several hun
dred additional clerks, has just formu-
lated a statement in which he holds
that the distribution should be based
on the Republican votes cast in differ
en-. States and the appointe.s should
be Republican voters, following the
Democratic vote as the basis whenever
the Pendulum shall swing around their
way and the Administration passes in
to Democratic hands," There is An
old saying, often quoted ~hereabouts, of
a practical politician, 80 called, who re
marked that, ''it is hay at the end of
the pole which makes the horse trot
ahead"
The death of the venerable widow of
Professor Henry, of the Smithsonian
Institution, in this city q few dtys
since recalls a singular circumstance in
the career OF the great scientist. He
gave the formula of the ~well-known
hair tonic, Lyons Kathairon," TO
Lyon, saying to him carelessly: That's
a good preparation for the hair" Lyon
straightway went to manufacturing it,
and made out Of it half q million OF
money, while Professor Henry lived
and died in moderate circumstances.
1t will 10 remembered by the antedilu-
vians hat Gen Winfield Scott was
bald, and his hair was restored by Pro-
fessors Henry's preparations fact
Which the General embalmed in print.
This is not to be taken as a puff, for, in
my opinion. the bald-headei mau who
buys the above preparation with the ex
pection of getting fresh crnp Of hair
viii be sadly disappointed.
Senator and acting Vice President
David Davis is developing into a great
Scarcely a day passes without
his CONFUSING the senate by some
quaint sally. On passing on the ayes
and noes yesterday he quietly remarked;
: The uoes appear to have it from the
but there was very little sound.p
And then the rotund Senator shook his
sides with laughter and appeared 10 en-
j"y the joke as hugely as any one or
the floor. A day Or two ago, i'll deeid-
ing a vote, he said: ''rhe ayes sem
20 have il, but the noes make the most