The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1882-04-21


Is generally understood that he is
to remain. Tho nomination of Mr..
Chandler as Secretary of the
Navy was referred to the Com
mittee on Naval Affairs, of which
Don Cameron is chairman, and
through whose efforts Mr.. Chan.
dler, when nominated last spring,
by President Garfield for Solici.
tor General, was rejected. But
Don was not disposed TO make any
particular effort against Mr.. Chan
dler especially now, as it would
antagonize him with the Admins
tration. His opposition last spring
was mainly to oblige his brother
in-law, Wayne McVeagh, then
Acknowledgement. There has been
considerable opposition to Chan
dler's confirmation for this posi-
ton, but the Democrats were not
solidly against him as before,
though most of them entertain a
strong dislike to him politically.
| 1t has been rumored here for some
time that Mr.. Chandler and Mr..
Blaine, who were for a long time
the warmest of friends, had fallen
out, but those who saw Mr.. Chand-
ler enter Mr.. Blaine's house about
dark on the day his nomination
was sent in think there must be
some mistake about the runners.
Mr.. Chandler is Il very shrewd
politician, and he will work the
navy department for all it is worth
for his party.
The Senate recently passed a
resolution to pay Mr. Ingalls, s6.-
195 for alleged expenses incurred
by him in refuting the charges Of
bribery of members Of the Kansas
Legislature TO secure his election
to the Senate. This is following
the inexcusable precedent recently
fset by the Senate i'll allowing the
alleged expenses of Mr.. Butler. of
South Carolina, and Mr.. Kellogg,
OF Louisiana, in defending their
right to tho seats occupied by them.
The Senate of the United States
has long hcen known as the most
expensive legislative body in the
world, and many Of its items Of
expenditure are gross and outra-
geous frauds upon the public treas
Jury. 1t has in its employ three
times as many clerks as are neces-
sary for the proper dispatch of
public business, and the principal
occupation of many Of its mem.
bers seems to be the deris;ug Of
means and mothcds to increase
their own comfort and convenience
ans add 10 their own emoluin+nts
at the expense OF the people.
Useless committees are constantly
being created, for the avowed
purpose of giving some Senator
q room for his private use, and n
clerk to transact his private hnsi-
ness, and to bn paid out of the
treasury. There is not Senator
and there is not clerk Of the Sen.
ate who does no. know perfectly
well that the expenses of that
body are twice or three times as
much as they ought to be, and yet
expenses are piled mp year by
year with a GOODNESS and indiffer-
eEce to public opinion which is re-
freshing. For ten years the House
Of Representatives, whose expenses
are ever so much less in propor-
ton, has undertaken in the appro-
priation bill to cut down the inor.
dinate and excessive expenses of
the Senate, but in vain. This
new raid is about the most inex-
cusable of all, and nobody can
tell where it will end, for as Sena-
tors are simply no more and n O
less than average politicians, SS,.
600 in lump is enough to tempt
many of them up to jobs to have
their seats contested. SPoT.
NEX.y MO D-