New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-22

1t is as good as settled that Mr.. Blame and MI.
Logan have been making deal whose objective
point is the Presidency. In fact it is rather better
than settled 1t is accurate to say that 1t has
taken its place among those demonstrations that
are known as axioms. The man who In the light OF
the evidence that has Just been presented questions
the fact of the deal would not be absurd II he
confessed to grave doubts touching the integrity Of
the multiplication table. What is the evidence 7
Why Mrs. Blaine and Mrs. Logan were lately seen
walking together upon Washington street! Dear
Swift had servant who, he asserted, was good at
drawing differences" If this piece of evidence
could be submitted to this servant he would see at
glance that it was the most significant and i'm
pressiye thing of the kind since Chops and tomato
sauce. Pickwick."
A knt to Mr.. Carlisle Artemus Ward expressed
the opinion during the war that it would be easy
to raise regiment to be entirely composed Of Colo
nels Why not make up your committees in such
manner as to give each member Craftsmanship.
One of the new rules which the Senate is consid-
erng puts stop to the practice of admitting news
paper correspondents to the floor while the body is
in session nominally the private secretaries of
Senators. The practice was great convenience to
the Senators, who were thus able to get themselves
interviewed without difficulty If it is abrogated the
painful spectacle will be seen of Senators compelled
to run about the Capitol in search of correspond
ents in order to be interviewed. Then too, the
presence of number of correspondents has always
given sprghtly and intellectual appearance to the
gathering, which will be diminished when the at
tendance is confined exclusively to Senators.
So General Keller is still running his head at the
stone wall. Well the wall can stand it but how
long can General Keiferf
Mr. Carlisle's long delay in announcing his COM
mittees invites attention to the fact that the more
successful Speakers Of recent years have been those
who discharged this duty promptly, and did not
give time for the various rivaries to harden into
lasting anmOsities. On Monday when the Speaker
expects TO announce his committees exactly
three weeks will have passed since his election Mr..
Blaine was always prompt with his list. Mr.. COlfax
and Galusha A. Grow showed only one failure to an
nounce the committees on the Monday following
their elections, and that was in a special session,
suddenly called, when the House itself ordered that
Ouly the more important committees should be
named, General Banks, and even Speaker Penning-
ton, an unexpected Speaker, discharged the duty
promptly and satisfactorily. Mr.. Randall owed his
defeat to the enmity of the members, mostly from
the South, whom he disappointed in committee as
signments and General Refers luck was not great,
dispatch with which he made them. To be sure,
the House is larger by thirty-twO members than it
was before but by Thursdays vote four new
chairmanships and sixty new committee places
were added to the list, 1t would be interesting to
know whether this increase lightens the nervous
Speakers perplexities or makes them greater.