Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1883-06-08
WASHINGTON LETTER.
IFrom Our Regular Correspondent J

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II is warming up at the capital fiom u
weather standpoint, though politically !
and socially there is nothing startling go
ing on at present. The memhers of the
Senate committee on labor and education
were to have held n meeting here this week,
and Senator Pugh, of Aabnma, came on
for that purpose, the special Object "f the
meeting being AN inquiry into the causes
of strikes, etc. But owing to Interesting
political affairs in New Hampshire, where
a snccessosto Senator Blair will soon lie
elected, Mr.. Blair finds it inconvenent, as
chairman of the committee, to be in Wash
ington just now, and the inquiry will he
| delayed till late in July or early in An
gust. Mr.. Pugh while here talked with
some interest about political affairs and,
having referred to report OF the speech |
| OF Ahram S. Hewitt delivered nt the open.
ing of the Brooklyn bridge, said that he
regarded Mr.. Hewitt as man who might
easily be brought 10 the front ms candi-
date for President. He thinks that Mr.
Hewitt's conservative views, consistently
adhered to through years of service IN
Congress, have won for him many admir-
ers. who prefer practical man to the
mere accidentally prominent men who
have merely II local record TO give them
claim upon the the Democratic party.
Mr.. Hewitt, he says, has been brave in
| combating the views held by many Demo-
Gratis, and has adhered to principles upon
which the earnest and thoughtful and
' practical men in both of the great parties
r are substantially agreed He is well known
| in Alabama, and Mr.. Pugh thinks that his
!. name would be regarded very good one
to put before the convention. This IL
u Hewitl's first boom. There nre lots OF
:. "booms," large and small, being started on
's all sides and in boil, parties Just now.
l. The contract for engraving and printing
the new postal noies-one of the largest
e contracts of this kind that persons not
e connected with the government have ever
= received-has been awarded to the Homer
Lee bank note company of New York, al
though the Bureau of Engraving and
y Printing, which is a branch OF the Treas
% mry department, was a competing bidder.
= People will very naturally inquire 4iow il
~, Is that New York COMPANY, whose bids
are supposed to leave good margin pro-
G fit, can underbid the governments own en-
'e craving and printing factory, where all the
fe facilities of large 'plant" and large
i, number of skilfnl employees, and where
" n bid is based solely upon the cost of ma
'' terIal and labor. The bureaus bid in.
a cluded no rent, insurance, fuel, repairs
~ and the other incidental expenses which
n. citizen bidders can not safely ignore, and
yet the citizen has taken the contract away
lie from the esthblishment which was created
ne and is supported for this kind of work
II. Is il true that citizens, handicapped by the
,o expenses mentioned above, can do this
-. work nj lower rates than the bureau can
IL offer? II they can, then there must be
or room for reform in the bureau.
en Some amusement was created here ir
at Washington upon the arrival Of lnte is
of sue of the London Standard, wherein Sena
10 tor Logan is mentioned among noted In'i
OF ans, nll of whom, after temporary civiiza
no ton, have relapsed into barbarism by 4
I, return to their original sa"ing state. The
nd Standard devotes column and huff to
he the Indian, beginning with Sitting Bull
g. whose recent conversion to Christianity
lie has led that Journal to a review of the ex
be ampleS that show how hopeless is the per
TO manent civilization of the noble red man
On This enlightened English journal mentions
es. many instances of failures Of the gcntl,
ot savage to realize the hopes of civilization
,r. but few whose ''change oi heart" was per
NO mnnent, or who have distinguished them
on selves. BIT among the latter it classe
nd Senator Logan, and says: General Lo-
|y. gan, one of General Grants ablest gener-
n als, was mn Indian" And also that "whol,
nd regiments of Indians were led by Cleroke,
n and Choctnw chiefs in The civil war" Til,
TO Standards knowledge OF ns is am,ising, II
nk say the least, and only surpassed bv tn"
1t. of the French lady When Jules Verne
as "Round the World in Eighty Days" wa
he played in Paris. of course the actors wer
as French. The Indians were transformp,
10. Frenchmen in blankets and war paint
pe A party OF Americans. who are prominen
~. in the official society of our capital. sa
10 just in front nf French lady and he
I daughter. When the supposed Indian
i'd came on the stage the mother said To he
nd daughter: "Mv dear, these are Ameri
ng cans. Now you see Americans.
ON Dom PEDRO.