The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-01-23

pie callous enough to keep asking what
the excellent secretery did with all the
money he took to Indiana, and heartless
enough to wonder how long Mr.. Dorsey is
to succeed IL keeping out of prison. We
also hear hints about Washington that
there are other members of the committee
who are quite as little calculated to reflect
credit apon the committee as the friend,
adviser and co-partner of Brady.
The women's rights people prepar-
ing for the annual convention of the wo-
man suffragists, which is always held in
Washington during the session of con-
gress. 1t is by some considered the most
amusing event of the season, and however
disappointed the disciples of progress may
feel they certainly enjoy their seances
with the congressional committee
whicb is deputed 10 tackle them
and luxuriate in the boundless
liberty of talking back. 1t is
so awfully funny! 1t is worth most any
body's while to come oyer here and enjoy
the ~sparring matches between the ladies
and the congress of the United States.
Senator Vance and Senator Vest are invar
iablv saucy to them-that is, as saucy as
they dare to be-and get sat down upon
with great regularity and vigor. 1t does
not bore senators and representatives in
and indeed if those stirring appeals were
left out coed many Legislators would be
grievously disappointed.
Elk Secretary Robeson's tender testimo-
NAL to the character of his bosom friend
Mr. Roach, on the floor of congress the
other day must have drawn tears. humor-
Gus or otherwise, from eyes of those who
heard it. II Mr. Robson had merely said
that Mr.. Roach knew how to build ships
and get good price for them he would
have given his friend good advertisement;
but he went so much further that it is i'm
possible not to believe that Mr.. Robesen
hopes to become secretary Of the navy
again one of these days. and that Mr.
Roach viii take as good care of him as he
did in other days. I'm tickle You now if
you'll tickle me after while, is very old
politico business principle, and people who
know Mr.. Robson and Mr.. Roach will not
be in difficulty about applying it.
The hard time that Senator Hoar has
recently been having to get himself re-
elected to the senate reminds me that one
of the biggest jobs that has been intro
duced in congress this winter is his
proposition to purchase with government
money at $50 each, about half
million voting machines invented by
Boston man, and supply them to every
e16CI1O0 01SlFlCJ the ODIlSO states. just
what the merits of the machine are | have
not yet been able to find out, but it is some
sort of glass continuance with the ballots
pasted on an endless belt, for the supposed
purpose of preventing fraud on the fran
chise. But as the election judges would
handle, and tamper with every ballot, the
security of the thing is not so apparent
The only certainty on the face of the pre-
sent returns is that the man who makes the |
machines would be suddenly made enor-
mously rich rich if Mr. Hoar's proposition |
should be adopted. Speaking of rich men, |
while walking kOwn the avenue one morn |
ing recently in company with a senator the |
name of Senator Plumb was mentioned |
Did you know, said he that Senator
Plumb and Whitelaw Reid worked in the
same Office at one time" Your humble |
correspondent pleaded ignorance, and the |
speaker continued; ''Plumb was foreman
of little weekly paper in Xenia, Ohio. of
which Reid was editor, al d they worked to.
gether for quite while Both have struck |
luck since those days. The unknown
editor of the Insignificant weekly got in
with Jay Gould and Jim Blaine, made |
money and married millions. His foreman
went west to Missouri and caught on to |
use street term, just at the right time.
am told he is worth 81. 000 900 or $1,000 |
O00" PHoNo.