New-York tribune., 1883-03-11

will be the disappearance from the Washington
newspapers of the scandalous offce-brokin; 'dVer-
tisements As an illustration here is the day scrop
These appeared in The Post this morning:
VIII pay to any one procuring me messenger place
one-third Of salary. Address d. H., 'hi' oinoo'
Wanted-Iw will give $40 month to any one securing
me $50 position in the Agricultural Department Au
dress b. X, this offce
This is from this afternoons Star:
wanted-A young lady will give from $3.50 to 5000 TO
anv one securing her position In one OF the depart
ments paying from $50 to s75 month capable IN every
respect. Address Discretion Star Office.
These are from to-night's Critic:
will give liberal per cent OF salary 10 any one pro
curing position in any of the departments. Ad-
dress in confidence. Mics Florence, Ori7e office.
wautcdA position in one Of the Ioyer9ment T de-
partments for which will pay 10 per cent OF salary m
long as retained Address CONFIDENCE CF'"e oni'''
general delivery.
A lady OF rcspectabity will paw literally for O posi-
tion in one of the Departments. Address AppicAn''
critic office.
married man wishes a situation as watchman or or
aborer in any of the departments, for when ne VIII
give 800 down or SO monthly as long as retained
Address, In confidence, A. ]. C., critic office
The Republican had none to-day but few morn
ngs back 1t published the folOwing
One-third Of salary given to anv one securing me n
position III Government department AuuIeSS IL 4"'
"l9 Louisana-ave.
Itwould hardly seem credible to any one out
side of Washington that such advertisements
should he admitted to respectable newspapers, ana
least Of all to newspaper managed by the flrst
Assistant POstmaster-General, who often sits IN the
Cabinet as the representative of the greatest De-
psrtment of the Government. But such is the fact
Advertisements like these are so common III the
new spapers here that they excite no remark.
Speaking of The Republican recalls its perform
ance Of yesterday in spreading through this COM
munity, without particle Of evidence, the story
that an attempt had been made to assassinate Mr.
Blame. One would suppose that the rela-
tion that newspaper bore TO real
assassination the memory of which has
not wholly died out of the public mind, would
have made its managers little careful about crcu-
latng story which might easily suggest to one Of
the many "cranks" in Washington that the man who
should shoot Blaine would be nearly great a man
as the man who shot Garfield. Some of the last state
ments made by Guteau on the very eve OF his exc
cution, winch have never been made public, were
concerning the effect which the editorials
OF The National Republican had had on his
mind in stirring hun up TO do his dread
full deed. Probably the conductors of The Repub-
Hcan did not stop to think of this. They knew that
the publication of such a story would naturally
annoy Mr. Blaine. and that was ono good reason
for doing it, for The Republican seems to
exist mainly for that purpose. Then the journal
has been reOrganized on expensive basis, and the
daily revenue from the lottery companies, consider
able as it is probably needs to be helped out by
sensations that will make the paper sell IL Is an
other OF the curiosites Of Washington journalism
that the First Assistant Postmaster-General. who
often the head of his Department and is gem
orally regarded the real head OF it at all times
seems TO see no improperly in allowing his news
paper TO derive a handsome income from lottery
advertisements.
The French Legation was without any reprcsen-
tatIon the other day on the excursion down the
river which Secretary Frchnghuyscn gave
TO the Mas0asy ENJOYS. There was
such general representation of the
other locations hat the absence Of that one was
notice able. IL no doubt an Intentional slight,
as the French GOycrumc q refused To recognize
The Embassy while II wlsln PARIS. and their flag
over their hotel was hauled down by order Of the
police.
In balancing mp accounts for the XLVIlth Con-
crc,s il ought 10 b remembered in Is favor that it
was almost entirely free from personal scandals or
disclosures the one sorry exception which now
comes to mind, being the wrctcned htt salary
grab by the Speaker far tho benefit OF his NJ phew
ID, D. l.