The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-06
WASHINGTON r.
From Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, D. c..
March 4, 1SS4.(


Business is moving along quietly
in Congress, but there are indica-
tious that rapid progress will be
made hereafter. The committees of
the House have been working like
beavers piling up and marking out
business for consideration on the
floor and when the reports begin to
come in there will be lively work.
President making is the chief bust
ness Of interest outside of Congress,
and on the Republican side. great
deal Of anxious attention is being
given to the contest now going on in
the State of New York over the
selection of delegates. The friends
of Mr.. Arthur are strainirg every
to capture a majority of the
delegation and hope by that means
to secure the solid vote of the State
for the man who John Sherman, when
Secretary of the Treasury, said was
not worthy to be entrusted with the
office of collector of the port of New
York. Bat they have found q good
deal of strong opposition which de
velops more and more every day.
The tools and methods relied upon
by Arthur to cur the State for
him are not satisfactory to the bet
ter elements of the party. They
belong purely to the lowest machine
workers and tactics. The strongest
point made by the Presidents friends
in his favor is that he has done
nothing to offend anybody; and it is
true that a large quantity of empty
champagne bottles are the sole monu.
ments of Mr.. Arthur's official career
He don't even fill vac ncies in ofic G
when they occur, lest the
full applicants should be against him
but holds them open to pro'uise and
trade on for delegates. There are
many vacancies which have been
accommodating for several months and
old politicians are beginning to re
mark that the President is OVERRIDING
the thing and that it will finally dc
him more hurt than good.
In this connection Imay state thai
MI. Springer's proposition for an
amendment 20 the Constitution, max
ing the Presidential term six years
and rendering the President ineligi
BILE to re election for the next succeed
ing term, is received with great ia
vor. 1t provides fur a direct vote
for President in each State, and
abolishes the electoral college. Each
State shall have a number of votes
equal to the number of its Represen
t~atives and Senators in Congress, to
be given to each candidate in proper.
ton to the total vote cast for each.
The term of Representatives in Con
gress is fixed at three years, and
Congress shall meet each year on
the first Wednesday in January. The
first session to convene in the Janu
airy succeeding the November cleo.
ton. There are many considerations
to recommend these changes, not the
least of witch would be raising the
Presidential Office and administra
ton to something above a schemino
machine for the succession.
Some idea of the danger we are
approaching through the destruction
of IL forests may be gathered from
the fact, reported by one of the first
lumber statisticians now living, that
the entire stock of standing white.
pine in the United States does not
exceed so, 1000, 100000 feet, which in
cludes the small and inferior trees
which used to be thought not worth
cutting, and 10, 900, 600, 900 feet out
of these 10000, 900, 900 are cut every
year, with the demand steadily in.
creasing. The annual value of the
product of our mills as it falls from
the saw is $500, 600, 900, of which
white pine is the chief item. At the
undergrad from which it is obtain
Ell by the consumer, the worth of
this annual product is so per cent.
more, or $3.50, 000, 600. To replace
this from other countries, which by