The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1884-08-08

WA-nlScros. y. ", AuT. !, 1884.
There 'suo immediate dAneer of a|
| CHllne. s.wrliha. since quorum could
lnoi IN I.aA here now. President Arthrr|
iarl his nsixi-.rs hie scattered far and
Wide. The President Il IN Acw \ prk,l
lid from iherr ull go 70 sle tal-kiil-|
lnn a fishing rxcnf~lnn. cerrefArN nil
state frelirniuvsen ha> gone tu NewA'k.
Secretary rhaMifer n ffsi sing with hi~|
! niI, NJ Tie United States steamer TAX
Ilap0O-N The secretary ~ the lnierA0r'
iha- nuue "a Colorado fora mouth. Post
ms.'rr Cturral Grp<ham Is in Indiana
where lie viii remain three week, and
\ Attorney General brewster inS gone fo'
4 lung ffetrl. SECRETARY Lincoln wa-'
lthc la-i Cabinet oillrer iel. II iiiz post but
ihe las now gone " The Jersey ccsSt.
Just hriofc leaving Tie city President
| Arthur la1 All c.lirial visit from Tho
(, President &c ~an salvador. who came IN
/ Washington w zee ~ hetlarr Tie CONNER
ieiai relation. between this country and
ithai i.cprhlis cnnnof.bn enlarged. lie n
4 4 short siout man. about iotty-nyc years
I.,lA. wiih dark complexion. lie wore
a llaek Ssiit and heaver ht. and SPOKE
frehrh. btl not English.
Now tlai 'hc White House Is vacant
7 ~ annual renovation has bcgfm. Many
! of NE asinfninrn;. win be touched bk
.assi.fs. and new onf~ added. New fnrn-
litn,c and new carpets viii br bought.
land lie portrait of Artllnrn- dnie. will
be replaced hy one from tie hrnSh ot an
luth0r artist. II \ said The President was
Incycr satisfied with his ro-si,ul repre-
IspnlAiion. hui fDgehorc 10 remnNc Il for
lscar of Appearing u surcnmh % the crit
licism- made urOn il. AT any rate the
/ white IiDusc win be IN irrrrroacnahlf
irnndition for Arihurr- successor. AnN
n lt.iis reminds ne thai they pro lose hold
n lng tns Next inauguration bah in the
lrnuff 81 ihr new Pension b1ilsiinc. which
will 10 oyer three hundred icct long. and
lover one hundred fec. wide. The build
ing itself i fonr hundred feet long y,
,wo hundred fest wide, and thus far
s666. .Na. have been appropriated for u.
THE work T. progressing rapidly and
A! Two hundred men are employed in IL
. iconstrnctior. There arc number 81
s ,piAus in connection with the building
ihat arc altogether novel, ana wheE com.
ipiefel. there will be no more enduring
II IIANltE rAIuIlAit w AttN tttt
When the Democrats take possession
Tor iEc sovernmcnt one Of their first ef
W Isors will ~ ~ reduce The running cx
" rri4cs III the Department here. Ihers
vi ~ xcnrra; lcinanh for greater economy
" IN t.ir ,,ahlir service. and there il u pre-
Y lvnjrut iinnreSsinn tnal the cost OF iht
n service rnn DC materially reduced with
n urt :mparinw iis efficiency. There ars
\ nnny ~inecurc positions. and many OIL
\ a. that ought u Ne consolidated. In
4 ,r-..s,ss,n knife Of res0rm will be heroic
sIalh employed. no, h!indly and rashlY
III i..t with Intelligence and skill Thu
-lrmntrv 4 able and willing 10 pay goot
= wages ana salaries to IN officials who ar
h faithful aud efficient. hui there ARE drone
i lin every one OF il,esc Departments -p per
Il -on~ who are kept iii oliice by *iniiu
. cntc.~ nnd who atc no more expected 4
}. rnrn their salaries than tiic lillies Of Nh
4 fieh. Congress- Of course. can net dis
y charmc these useless consumers Of m
d public funds. but Il can abolish The place
r which they occupy. Congress cannn
Itiictatc appointments. but Il can fix t'i
numbers iii the divisions 80 that thcr'
+ viii be no &om for idlcrs.
For some time there hns been feclinl
among Tie female department clerk.
J. Tint ne employment of women IN Goy
\ crnment service was doomed. They rea
!. ~on lcS4 from fsr,. than from thfir fears
II hut thc recent decision Of the Sccreihr'
N of thc Interior that women should NJ
= longer hr appointed 70 Pension exami
\ liners positions. was no, calculated % vi
u: ay their anxiety. Nor can X be dcnie
II. that Tie employment of women. As vi
= TEN. ha- developed whole catalogue 4
Y abuses. They have been appointed y
\ their personal attractions and influenza
W and III Civil Service Reform Should ciIce
N tualy separate The female employees frnI
~ ipoiitic-. une or ihe most subtle of III
lnAny exils will bc abolished.
n. Z. AS.