Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-17
POLITICAL II

Senator Everhsrt has introduced in the
Pennsylvania legislature a bill to prohibit
giving railroad passes, except to off -ers Of
railw Ays or employees.
ID. b. Eiton gives especial crediF to
Dawes, hoar, Hawley, Willard Of New
York and Logan for support Of the PEN
dleton bill, besides Pendleron himself.
Tue Buffalo Express lind. Rep sug.
gests rs suitable men for the civil service
commission: Naval Officer Butt, of New
York; Charles Francis Adams, jr., of
Massachusetts,; and Congressman Holman,
of Indiana.
The republicans have chosen two coz.
gressmen at special elections since the new
year began by la gely increased maiorities,
out no one in the party claims that this in
sures the election Of q republican president
next yeas.
Ex.G overnor Pitkin Is o candidate for
the senate. His friends claim that he Is
very.poor and that all the other candidates
are rich, and that the other candidates
mean. o t"buy" their way while ex.Gov.
erut7l SSitkin 10 working purely on his p3p-
ularity.
The Ohio Legislature seems disposed to
make o sincere effort to arrive ct o com.
nonsense solution of the liquor question
at its present session. The only thing
which will probably prevent its succeed.
ing is the great number OF plans submitted.
Congressman Blackburn proposes to
keep himself before the public and make
all the notoriety possible cut of the speak.
ership contest. It's poor day when he
doesn't get himself interviewed or issue q
card explaining his position or correcting
some instrumentation.
Scion Chase, CT Maine, gives up in de.
spsir. ''The greenback party" he says,
has clasped hands with bourbon democ-
racy in the north and with csrpet.bag re-
publicanism in the south, until in the
judgment Of most all the people of the
country, 1t hiss found the sleep that knows
no waking"
OF the State Senators Of Massachusetts
~ are natives of the State, z were born in
New Hampshire, and l each in Maine,
Vermont, Connecticut, New Brunswick,
and Irel nd. OF the members of the
House Of Representatives 16l were horn in
the State, 20 in New Hampshire. 6 In this
State, "a in other States of the Union, 20
in Ireland, and 6 in other foreign coun.
tries.
There has been presented in the Illinois
Senate o memorial from John II. Winter.
botham, late q candidate for Congress in
the Thirteenth Congressional District, pro-
testing again ST the in which the
employees of certain large manufacturing
| establishments in his district were marched
to the polls and voted in November, and
praying that the statutes of the State may
be amended so as to prevent such oppres-
sive action on the part Of owners of large
establishue nts over their employees.
The few glimpses given of what Mr..
Pattigon's administration will probably De
have discouraged the reform element in
PenusYlv mia, Nc Charles S. Wolfe, the
independent republican leader, expresses
HIS gre It dssap ointment. The policy OF
Mr.. Pattison," he Say $, $50 far as outlined
does not indicate that he appreciates the
pub ic sentiment which made him gov
ernor. II his admiuistr stion does not do
better than it promises, the next indie.
pendent movement will carry with it the
decent element of the democratic party"
Congressman Hammond, of Georgia,
while at home for the Christmas holidays,
said to a f,iend: Il am hardly rs s~snguine
OF a democratic victory in 1884 as most of
my party colleagues are, You see, while
the republicans lost o great many voices
in the fall elections. we did not gain them.
We carried New York by an overwhelming
ma jority, net because we recruited our
party, but because something like 100, 900
New York republicans didn't vote.
Whether they were mad enough to have
stayed at home, If by so doing they would
have elected a democratic president, Is o
question, and, after all. money ia the
political influence in national politics. The
republicans could carry New York now by
spending a million dollars on it, and they
won't hesitate to spend double this much
when it is needed. The democrats carry
the off year because the republicans don't
care to spend money there. Still, l hope
the people will at least refuse to let corrupt
methods control, and that We shall carry
the country 10 1884"