The Penn's Grove record., 1883-12-29

mental circles to hear a clerk who wished
to be promoted, transferred or appointed
in some other department, say: "Well,
I'll just fix that whom my member of
congress returns to the city" Such &c
marks are not INDUCED in now, but a
Treasury official informs your correspond
emit that Congressman are daily endeav
oring to secure appointments on individ
ual account, as though they were totally
ignorant of the civil service barrier. Of
course those able applicants are regularly
referred to the commission, ''ahd," said
my informant, ''if they get an appoint
ment through without complying with
the law it's a frigid day. Just now there
is a great deal of scheming going on in
Congressional circles to evade the civil
service law in the matter of department
tai appointments, and although the move
ment has not yet fully developed it will
become arrarent enough afier TIE holi
days, when Congress is regularly in SEES
sion."
Whether the contry will hail with pro
found satisfaction the advent of another
National bankrupt law, depends some
upon what sort Of u law it is. The prin
cipal bill now before Congress simply re
wives the law which was repealed by act
of June Z, 1873, the only modification be
ing that the compensation of the assis
tanrs in the diAtrict courts shall be fixed
sal .ries instead Of by fees. This is a good
amendment, provided the salaries are
not placed too high. 1t will be remem
hered that the fees paid to the court Off
GERS under the old law, constructive and
otherwise, generally absorbed the poor
debtors estate, leaving nothing to be di
vided up between the creditors. If we
are TO have a bankrupt law, this bill is as
likely to go through as any other because
it has been subjected 10 the scrutiny OF
the courts in ,llits parts, and has been
the instrumeif he,which more than
thousand mEn't aof dollars has been
saved to theI the side of the business
men OF the by Peep
The DemoF gown Congress are very
playful, and( cerf' a goo deal more of
tho atmosphN mes- 'elaxation about their
oloak-rooms Wy is TO be breathed in
the retiring roons on the Republican
side. When q Republican Senator gets
tired Of business he goes over to the Dem
ocraiic side TO have some fun. The Dem
ocratic Senators play practical jokes on
n another, and perhaps the most per
sisient ker of that body is Senator Gar
land. Not long age a Senator who
owed Garland one for previous pranks,
got hold of some 'sApril foof' caramels
and placed them carelessly on his desk.
Garland spied the deceptive chocolates,
and carelessly sauntered by, picked up
one of them, and said: what are these,
Senator? They are caramels. Take one
Thank you, I will and he took me-.
Now the caramel was filed with soap,
and the jokers expected to see Garland
spit out the nanseobs stuff. That was
wuere the laugh was to come in. But
Garland disappointed them. He ate the
whole thing, soap and all, and never
made a sign. Tho perpetrators became
frightened aud ran out into the cloak
room, exclaiming, Good LORD, I'm afraid
the man is poisoned. Oh, you needn't
be alarmed, said Butler, of South Caro-
Ina, Gariands got an Arkansas stomach.
To this day no one knows whether Gar
land tasted the soap or not.
Spsaker Carlisle has been going through
a trying ord al in the famatioa of the
House committees, but at this writing it
IS understood the work is about compile
Ia / snd ready for announcement. OF
a sectiery5ody is NOT going to be
deprived o.
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