The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-12-19

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ways adjourned over The hst GAtnsdAy Of the
first week Of the session. The net that neither
house tosk The accustomed Saturday holiday u
undssuiood 10 mean thst tie house means busi-
mesa" Indeed, tho activity Of Congress during
the ifrss week a the sssuioq = matter u gen.
and the. Consular and Diplomatic bills have been
passed. The Postofice and Pension bills II h
thought will be passed this weak. and
that the Army and Naval bills may be pushed
through before ChristmAa Several other appto-
priation bills are ready to be reported Civil
service reform measures, involving the most rad
ical changes, are urged by Republicans who.
until yesterday, were ready to declare. with 6en-
ator Morton, that we had " the beat civil service
on the planet" Bills reducing taxation and re-
vising the tariff and reducing postage on sealed
letters to two cents, have been introduced, or are
in preparation, and altogether ii looks - though
this Congress that has wasted its youth and lusty
manhood, will now devote its eleventh hour
remnant to work Of course every one knows
the cause of this galvanic activity as well a.
he knows that death-bed repentance is not vica-
rious for wicked wasteful life, at least net In
politics.
A busy week in the Senate was closed by q
rafting debate on Senator Beck's resolution to
enquire into the assessments of Jay Hubbell.
Senator Voorhees, opened the engagement by
vigorous attack on the traditional policy of the
Republican party, rs shown ..inithe methods Of
Ex-senator Dorsey and HubbelL Senator Hale,
of Maine, the sonin-law and heir Of Zachariah
Chandler, replied stating that the Democrats had
raised an immense election fund from saloon
keepers, under the threat that their licenses
would be revoked unless they paid. He said
that the Democratic campaign committee was
not so impecunious as the Senator from Indiana
had been led TO believe. Mr.. Beck said that if
the Senatorld desired an investigation of the &C
ton of the liquor dealers, or the National banks,
or the Bessemer steel-makers or any other great
interest in connection with either party he would
vote for it as separate proposition, but he did
not wish to see that question used to avoid the
Investigation he proposed. If that investigation
should be ordered he would make the proof 80
strong Of the outrages inflicted upon govern
ment employees that the system of political as
sessments would be made odious even to the
other side. 1t could be shown that men and
women had been ousted from their places in the
departments whose failure to contribute was
1,,of 70 hoo ;pol md hat in. in,
stances Democratic friends had given them
money to pay these assessments, so that they
might be saved from starvation. Mr.. Hale's
charges makes the oon-keepers a more timid
and simple sort of folks than they have hereto
fore been supposed to be; and to give his you
are another" argument any point, he would
have to show that the saloon-keepers held their
saloons by favor of the Democratic Campaign
Committee, and could be assessed and discharged
like government clerk 1t is known that hun
dreds of thousands-it may be millions-of dol
lars were raised by the Republicans in 1880, from
the corporations that have fattened on the legis-
lative favors of the Republican party It il
known that $400, 900 was used by Dorsey, of
Star Route infamy, to buy single State for Gar
field. Mr.. Hale might be informed that the
present President, by his after dinner reference
to Dorsey and "soap," admitted more than Mr.
Hale denies.
President Arthur is, to all appearances, the least
discounted man in the party He is the picture
Of "boundless selfcontent" The earthquake
in November did not excite him in the least
Last Tuesday he gave dinner TO Governor-elect
Butler, of Massachusetts, Mr. Arthur has al
ways had fondness for General Butler, and the
little dinner party was pleasant one Later in the
evening the President, in faultless dress suit,
with white tie and lilac gloves, accompanied by
Theatre, watching Madame Modjeska in tights
as Rosalind. The President seemed to be anx-
ious that his little daughter should understand
the play, and she appeared to make brave ef-
fort to do 80, but was evidently much mystifed
by ROsalind's assumed character and masculine
garb.