National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-01-26
ON TIE AVENUE.
Small Talk Abont Men and Measures.

81 read in The REpUBLIcAN to-day" said
MIR. v. q. Fischer, ain little selection about
Austria, that the emperor was as DESTROYS Of
Identifying Vienna as Louis Napoleon was
of identifying Paris. That givos an erroneous
idea Of the two rulers. Louis Napoleon spent
an enormous amount of money upon the
streets and buildings of Paris, but it
was tho peoples money, and it was
spent to give the people employment
and diversion to keep their minds from turn
ing toward socialism. There is no need of
that in Austria. The people there love their
emperor, and parties arc divided, not for and
against the reigning dynasty, but upon con-
stitutional questions In what he does, the
emperor is not trying to divert tho minds of
his people from dangerous subjects. Ho is
man of fine taste, and really desires TO make
the chief city Of his empire beautiful city,
and he is spending much money for that pur-
pose, but it is his own money. Tho emperor
of Austria is one of the richest monarchs of
Europe"
-Four years ago Mr.. Fischer was a resident
Of Vienna.
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The peculiar opinion of Solicitor Raynor,
published yesterday, advising Secretary Fol-
ger not to issue license as steamboat cap
tain to Mrs Mary A. Miller Of Louisiana, on
the ground of "propriety," has caused much
talk among the advocates of "women's
rights" Mr.. Raynor's remark that
"all tho fddle.faddle of tho day that
we hear about women's rights is calculated
to degrade instead of elevating female char
acter" is not of nature to ondear him to
certain feminine hearts. Mrs Miller is a con-
stituent of Gov. Kellogg, and that gentleman
espoused her cause before Solicitor Raynor
without effect, as the event proved. Gov.
Kellogg does not despair Of winning the
case, however, in spite Of the solicitors
opinion. He said yesterday: "As
/ shall insist upon the license being issued to
Mrs. Miller on the ground that, as Solicitor
Raynor admits, there is no law against it,
and because the local board of steamboat ex.
aminers have already passed Mrs. Miller as
fully competent as captain or pilot. / have
no doubt that Secretary Folger will give her
the license. Mrs. Miller and her husband
own the boat which she proposes to run. 1t
is all they have, and her husband is sick.
She has been his clerk for years, has had ex-
perience in the business, and is perfectly able
and competent to manage it."
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The discovery was made as soon as Speaker
Carlisle announced his committees that he
had put various round men into square holes
and some square, triangular, and otherwise
irregularly-shaped men into round holes
This condition Of things was deplored, but
nobody then seemed to think that /,
could DO remedied. Recently, however
some astute statesmen have dis
covered that much good may be
accomplished by q system of "swops." But
one trade has yet been discovered, but no.
body knows where the thing will end. Con-
gresham Wise, of Virginia, was appointed by
| Speaker Carlisle member of the committee
ON foreign affairs, and Congressman Eaton
! of Connecticut, member of the naval COM
mittee. For the first timo since naval com
mittees were invented Virginia was without
representation on one of them. Virginia
has navy yard at Norfolk whose existencg
is supposed to be threatened by the eco
nomcal advisory board. The Virgins
delegation said the imperative need Of Vir
ginia was a naval committeeman. The Vir
ginians cast their eyes upon Congressman
Eaton, who, while he was in the senate, wa
an active and able member of the senate com
mittee on foreign affairs and who ought, il
all fairness, to have had some position on thu
corresponding committee Of the house. Thu
Virginians proposed to trade Mr.. Eaton 70
Mr.. Wise. Speaker Carlisle has consented Il
the arrangement, and the change will soon b.
announced. Gentlemen who are dissatisfied
with their present positions may now be ex
pected to ask gentlemen whose positions the
desire to trade with them. The new schem
opens up an almost endless array of posi-
bilities There is no law against givin
"boot" in such a trade, and man with a
appointment and poor committee place ca
trade of both of them for a chairmanship
Every member who was disappointed an
disguised with Mr.. Carlises estimate OF hin
as shown by the place given him, can refleC
upon his assets and see what he has :
offer for the place he wants. Wealt
may be even a more desirable thing nov
than heretofore. Various interested persons
not members of congress, may take hand i
the game. 1t is perhaps too late to get tn
public lands committee of the house trade
around SO that it will vote against forfetin
railroad land grants, but there is certainl
time to arrange tho committee on alcohol
liquor traffic so that it will be an anti-rui
committee, as it was intended to be, instea
of the pro-rum committee which it is Thi
civil service committee might be changed
suit the prevailing sen timent.