The Penn's Grove record., 1882-02-04
w~AsnlNGro LETTER.


fcre the S,cle'sry,s glowing CRATE.
The town is full OF lumors and coun-
ter-rumars about the renpining Cabi-
MT positions, bur no oae seems 10 know
for certain just what is going to be
done. One day it IS stated positively
that Mr.. Sargent wal be Apo nted
February /, aad the uext day somebody
on just as good terms with the White
House asserts that he will not be ap-
pninlsdct I'll. Is IS one of the things
not worth speculating upon from day
10 DAY. fer [ do not think the Presi-
dent himself knows exactly what he
will do. Still / think both Secretaries
kirkwCod and Hunt will eventually
give place to SUCCESSORS of Mr.. Arthur's
own choosing. 1t lsnot charged that
the President is playing fast aud loose
after The manner OF Sts late Mr.. Hayes,
but the impression is that he makes
i.ste slnwly.
Though u month has elapsed since
the Committees OF the House OF Repre-
sentatiyes were appointed the dissatis-
faU ion among members was so great
that il has not yet passed away, and
the attention of that body is still large
ly taken up with plans and schemes for
setting matters right. Tie plan re-
ported by Mr., Rob son from tile COM
mittee on rules, to increase the MEM
bers of nearly all the important Com
mittees, does not meet with much fay
or. / is understood to be really the
Speakers scheme, devised to help him
out by making new places for Members
sighted in the first instance. But they
all Sity lie must stand by his work.
Both Mr.. Ortiz aud Dir. Springer have
advanced pans for seiec' II Commit
lees in the future. and e d m late tax.
ing this POWER out OF the Speakers
hands. The votes SO far tai en- in the
preliminary consideration of this sub
ject indicate that all the better class of
congressman think the Speaker has 700
much power as things go. lie can suf-
~iiciently control the legislation of the
country by recognizing IL refusing to
recognize members ON the floor, Witaout
alse in his hands the power of
making all the committees. No NOR
arch Yields "a sway more despotic. One
/ b I,,.n, x,-N,f ~ .f not. l.. that H. H.
der in the House this session is ve,y
great and interferes seriously with the
transaction of business. Mr.. Kiefer
hardly has the body in hand as well as
either Mr.. Randall or MIR. Blaine.
y torrent of bills continues to inun-
date both Houses, nearly 1,5G0 having
been introduced in the last two weeks.
In the House the number to date reach
es a grand total of 8 100 with nearl,
200 joint resolutions. In the Senate
the number is relatively greater having
come to within a few OF $40. This
makes an appalling tota, OF 4, 100 legis-
lative projects awaiting action at the
hands Of this Congress. III it were TO
sit for 365 days and dispose of meas
ures at the rate of IL day there would
at the end of that time still be a sur.
plus of 154 bills Enacted on. This is a
pleasant prospect for Congress and the
country. The grave aud reverend Sem
ators are talking about voting then
g yes each = clerk al 81 200 per year.
y very large, and there probably is not
one who could unaiaed answer all his
letters and attend to all his other
duties. They are all obliged to en-
ploy more or less assist ance, and this
lhty think should be paid for by the
public as lie salary of IS 900 i year is
barely sufficient for the proper support
of IL Senator who has no other mcome
Yet tor fear of public disapprobatien
they will very likely refrain from adopt
ing this proposition.
There a.e many strange people ia
Washington. One o. them isa brother
of a distinguished General ia the army, |
He is not very old, but his hair is white
and his flowing ~Iiskers are like SNOW.
lie has rooms i'll ,heC orcoTan building
and IS said to be very rich. lie drives
a handsome pair of horses, and ms
rooms are furnished in the quaintest
fash. ION. He has bevI a great traveller
and has picked up very queer odds and
ends for his rooms lie has the old est
furniture that can be procured Al d h
mas a p%enchant for the skins of wild
animals. The florrs of his rooms are
covered with the skins of White hears,
black hears, tigers, wolyty, leo a dts,
foxes and other animals. This gntle-
MANS chief peculiarly IS IN Eav az "A
servant who never leaves sight of
him. If he walks on the AYepue joe
is somewhere behind him; if he goes 20
csurch Joe watches HIM IN the vest.-
buie; il he goes TO the theatre Joe win
be found hooking down upon him from
the gallery; If he drives Joe is always
at his side. Even the boys in the +.
are in the habit Of watching for
Joe whenever the master is in sigh
What if Joe should dep.
DOM = EpRo.