National Republican., 1884-11-27
THE MAN ON THE AVENUE.


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People Like to Think OF.
Congress will pass the appropriation bills |
with unusual celebrity this session" said the |
cX-mcmber. The republicans would natur
ally 80 In for big reductions for next years
appropriations were 1t not for tho fact that tho
democrats would make reduction an excuse
for wholesale dismi,sals Of republican depart.
ment employees, aud that is something the re-
publicans in congress will try to avoid. They
could turn in aud slash tho appropriation bills
right and left, but for that circumstance. The
democrats will not fight appropriations for
fear Of tying their own hands, and us a conse.
quenGe the bills providing ways and means
will slip through with very little friction, ac-
cordng to my notion. 1 do not believe
>either side will so oil half cooked this winter.
There may be some sparring, but nothing sert
Gus, Hs neither party is dcsirous Of hosting
the black flag and going in for blood. The
legislation this winter will be mostly on the
compromise order The democrats will hest
tlto about being brash, and the republicans
VII mo-. feel disposed to prccpitate trouble for
u'r friends and constituents in the depart
meAts by cautiously antagOnilng necessary
legislation that may be pushed by the demo.
Gratis, Neither party is in position to be too
gay, and neither will be upt to indulge in
pigeon wings with too great freedom. do
not pretend to guess what the fools will do,
but do not believe the body of senators and
representatives will indorse nonsense or be
carried away by emotional by.play. The
democrats can set the headsmun at work i'm
mediately after the ith OF March, and the 70.
publicans can in turn tic the democrats up for
two years, making an unpleasant mess all
around and bonehting nobody in particular,
but by the exercise ora proper degree of diplo-
macy and concilation much tribulution may
he avoided and will be-"
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III August, 1851 the attorney gene raj ruled
that the secretary of tho interior was author
| tied under the law to review the findings Of
the commissioner Of patents in interference
cases. month or two ago the supreme court
| decided that the secretary Of the interior had
no such authority During the period that
interyened between the ruling Of the head of
the department of Justice and the passing Of
the supreme court ON the question, seventy.
five cases, more or less, were appealed from the
commissioner of patents to the secretary. In
a great majority OF these cases appeals were
taken by litigRnts to gain time, aud when the
secretary, in the course of business reached
such cases the findings Of the commissioner
were approved In quite q number of in.
stances, however, the secretary reversed the
commissioners decisions aud patents were
Issued in conformity herewith In two or
| three cases large interests we're involved and
the courts will now be called upon to decide
whether patents based on decisions by the
secretary in reversal of decisions by the COM
misSOnGrs will stand. Gen. Butterworth al
ready has Il case before him involving some of
the points in issue, but he will be slow to come
to decision, as he believes that disputauts
should appeal directly to the courts, where
such questions must be ultimately determined
~
The veteran correspondent, Shaw, finds his
time pretty well occupied these days chasing
down II lie the boys started on him. The story
is that he made several small bets on Blaine,
making one of the Riggs house clerks stake
holder, and that three or four days after the
election, when 1t began to look very blue for
his candidate, he visited the hosiery and In
formed the stakeholder that the bets were Off
"YOu see" he said, Everything is uncertain
and it may be months before the result is
: known. do not care to keep my money tied
up, aud therefore declare the bets Off Give
me my money.
"But can't do that, you know" expostu,
lated the clerk.
"But you must" insisted the ancient scribe.
81 must get the consent of the other party
before | cau pay you back your money"
? 80, bother You have $50 of my money
| haven't your
Certainly, and have $50 of the other fol
lows money"
~ am not talking about the other fellows
. money. want my own"
+, 1t was in vain that the veteran pleaded 70
5 his $50. The clerk was obdurate and 30 wa
Q the other better. Shaw says the story is
A bald-lRccd: Fiction; that he didn't make an
bets on Blaine; that if he did make any bet
on Blaine he stood to them; that he didn
want to declare his bets oil after tho othe
fellow had won tho money, and that it wa
h only wind he called down, tho other mOut
O better being irresponsible. Having made tn
, record straight Mr., Shaw Is now ready to tur
his attention to living present and his face t
the bright aud hopeful future,
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Bureau heads have hard time of 1t, et
pecaly the government printer the superb
! tendent Of the bureau Of printing and cngraN
l. ing, the commissioner Of agriculture, til
y commissioner OF patents, and the commissions
i Of pensions. They are overrun at this scaso
with men, women, and children In search
employment and they have to listen to tai,
/ ofsuIlerlng that move the stoutest hearts. Sui
o IL bureau officer yesterday
"Thcre is always n rush on us Just befor
/. congress meets and winter sets in. The poo
= people imagine that we have to employ
great deal Of extra help, and they struggle t,
10 the crumbs A majority Of the applicants NJ
II in desperate straits. Many are lniserably claC
y thin, aud starved looking, and all are ray
Z enous for something to do Their appeals 8
II right through my heart and am as powe