The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1884-08-15

There Is no lack cf political work sny
political gossip u the Capital city fhes.
days, although The work i pur.1e IN I
|e!e.ithy sort Of way. and The talk Is car-
Iried on In an undcrt0ne.
Searching for campaign stories i il,
|chief business Of the committees. Thex
|are ransacking the Congre< sionai Zee.
lords, hunting mp old newspapers. and
lcoiiecling matter N . vigorous. fhonci
secret way. Both parties have men Il
WORK securing the Departments aud fks
Congressional Library for data 10 bs
used on the stump. rrerr .'ar men
may Dc seen AZ the rsliioi ;Anr;r- or@,
Old documents and files OF old Tapers
taking nctes ofs.i matters that may. IL
any way, Be Of service il the com;ne
struggle.
The Democrats appropriate. anon.
Iofher findings. zrts and expressions o'
Blaine derogaiory to fhe Irish Or il A.
'fagorism 70 The :ahoring esassr.- Tb<
Republicans are ~ ing 10 find <nsnf
Means Of rffsiinx these grave chsrre-
and Of establishing for him I record
frlrndiy 10 the labOrer and 20 ne lri<b.
Ncsa'ng can be found sgaiu<t Gorerncs
Cleveland here, and a. for fiendrick<.
The record of che campaign Of rs j. sliii
preserved
Much work is devoted TO Sensfor Ic-
gan's political history. which has nere.
been frested Of niinciely. Be-ife< hi<
ante-beilum record. which affords rich
material. his pro-Flsvtry sentiments be-
ing quite inconsistent with bis present
declarations. an snii-civil service rccorl
has been gotten up against him
Tie Eepubiicans are looking hard for
reading-mafier tor greenbark alljes.
From localities where this element l.
particularly strong they are receiving
urgent requests for financial arguments
to strengthen their position on this que>-
ton. Tie committee are troubled.
however. as 60 where 70 get new md
important material and IN consequence
win probably bc forced % reprint tie
old documents Of the last campaign
The Department officials are heccm-
Ing warmed up 70 fighting condition.
and are restless In their desire 10 make
the campaign iros and aggressive.
The Department clerks are given III
understand. ths'. Notwithstanding their
they will be pressed fcs''
political contributions this vfar as hard
as i'm ferSncr times. The finance com
n;tfee began is work % SATURDAY. ~ 4
plain notification flet Deparlmcnt< vii
'se made 10 DO A. well for blaine - Js,
nov politically no more. made
Ihem do for Garfield.
The creation of = special finance CON-
mitiee for The Disfyicf OF CoiEm,;s u 4
piece OF new r,schiu-ry and the aproin
ment Of Messrs. liapp and Eau1n. -
Chairman and Treasurer, are quite 80
Significant of business. These names
have meaning 70 every clerk IN Wash
ingten. The nrn have long been picmi--
nent In District politics. tAer kncg ihr'
Department. people fboronghl,. ard hru
10 manage them. They sas that money
will be needed cow ~ badly a. II Iss0,
hat men are just = able 10 ray nov ~
hen, and that no lesS than eNp on1
must be collected cot or the (sovern
ment Departments here. Every CLERK
krows that The screw~ were applied III;
$50 as they never were before. aud fhsi
here vas : stern brutality abort she.
methods Of that year that iefr no cLaDet
n dodging.
TO get just The right kind or men sor
his service Of collection occasions fhe'
committee anxious Thought In 1r9k
hey were selected BY ihe Burcau ci.5et.
rom among Tie clerks. Soue Of them
resigned from duty. while
'thcrs took q leave of absence for ar
month while collecting. They uen
aid good commission On their co'lsc-
ione. and were thus encouraged fct
quecze their associates dry Afser fh~<
lection they were All reappoinfei- >ndi
most 81 them were promoted. Unfo--s
nnsoely for The committee. the Civil
eryice law prevents the continuance. |.
{ this practice. Ii : man resigns nov q
Z can get back only through the Civil
ervice examination, and % no clerks =
~ Be used 70 press money ont Of sbeirt
slow clerks this year. g much for re-
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