Frostburg mining journal., 1883-01-13

beverages to excess special bar to
appointment or rstentiou in office.
No member Of either House of Con.
gress or other Office. hold will be al
lowed to endorse az nl.i he n except
ss TO char cte' Yer. stringent rules
re prescribed and penalties imposed
10 suppress in future involuntary con-
tributious fer political purposes. The
whole plan is to be in full operation
SIX month from the date of approval.
All vacancies are to be publicly An
nouncsd as they occur thereafter, and
the American people, regardless Of
color, sex. or politics, Can enter the
lists aud staud their chance FIR = I.ull
the ruIlic teAt. l am very much
afraid that it will prove to bs An In
csntive to ofics-seeking instead OF
the reverse, as intended. Just imag-
inc the avalanche of aspiring patriots,
male and female, white and black,
(for there can be no rssts iction on ac-
count Of coloi) that will descend
J upon this devoted city at the bare
announcement that certain number
OF places at $1,000 and $1,000 per
year are to be filled by competitive
examination. II there is one virtue
that distinguishes the American peo-
pie more than another it is the sub
lime faith they have in their ability,
ssapratsly aud collectively, to sue
cessfully compete with anybody and
anything, So you may pu. it down
as fixed fact that the ofice-seekers
will not be rtpi essed in this land Of
liberty in consequence of the passage
Of this long-talksd-of bill, but wil,
continue to "erecite ct malttphcamint '
Tariff matters make little headway.
The Senate has adol ted the bill sug
s.sted by tho Tariff Commission, but
the House committee propose many
changes. The sentiment in the House
,s largely high protective, while the
Senate is very moderately SO, if at all.
am still of the opinion that no
shange will be made in the status Of
the existing tariff on bi.uminous coal ,
but if the Coal Trade Journal, from
which you quote III your last Issue
IL CORRECT, it is a matter OF no impor.
tance after all to the mining interests
of Allesany.
The shipping bill, as it is called, i'
now under discussion and exctss
much interest. 1t hes been ably dis.
cussed by Dingley, Cox, McLsne,
Ca: dler and Rsgan. and under its
benign influences. if it becomes q
law, it is asserted the United States
will again, as it did prior to 1861.
compete with Great Britain fer su-
premacy on the seas.
The Star. Route trial progresses
slowly. Dickson, foreman Of the first
Jury, after q lengthy examination
b. fore Police Judge Smell, has been
held to bail on the charge of fcorruptly
attempting TO influence that body ant
the case will now go to the Crane
Jury. AS an eatirety the present
Jury does net appear to be as intelli-
gent as the first that disagreed
What their verdict will be is useless
to speculate upon, for the average
jury trial is as uncertain as a modern
horse race, and as a general rnle il
would he preferable, and save money
time, and trouble for the contestine
parties to pitch coppers for the result
President Arthur, to draw it mild
has been signally unfortunate in hi'
selection Of C,mmi sioners for tn,
District OF Columbia. His frat ap
pointment. ex-senator West, repre-
sentsd Louisiana in the days Of carpet
bag rule in the South, and being re
lieved of his Office there, relieved that
country Of his presence by taking VI
his residence ID this city.
Olmsted, the last appointment, and
whose nomination has not yet beer
acted on, was connected with thu
notorious real estate ring during the
Sheperd regime. and is not endorsed
by the better Glemsat Of the people
here. 1t does seem strange that 81
few men can be found to fill grea
offices If honor, profit and trust
against whose integrity gr We sasp.-
clons at least, do lot attach. But nc