St. Landry democrat., 1884-08-16
stealthy sort Of way, and the talk is
carried on in an undertone.

Searching Tor campaign stories lS TIT
chief business of the committees. They
are ransacking the Congressional Rec
ords, hunting up old newspap ers, ant
collecting matter in q vigorous, thor
ough secret way. Both parties have
men atwork securing the Department.
and the Congressional Library for data
to be used on the stump. Every day
men may be seen at the Capitol porins
over old documents and files of old pa.
pers, taking notes of all matters thai
may, in any way, be of service in the
coming struggle.
The Democrats appropriate, among
other findings, acts and expressions oi
Blaine derogatory to the Irish or in an
tagonism to the laboring classes. The
Republicans are trying to find some
means of refuting these grave charges
and of establishing for him a record
friendly to the laborer and to the Irish.
Nothing can be found against Cover
nor Cleveland here, and as for Hen
bricks, the record of the campaign of
''76 is still preserved"
Much work is devoted to Senator Lo-
gan's political history, which has never
been treated Of minutely. Besides his
ante bellum record, which affords rich
material, his pro-slavery sentiments
being quite inconsistent with his pres
ent declarations, an anti-civil service
record has been gotten up against him.
The Republicans are looking hard for
reading matter for greenback allies.
From localities where this element is
particularly strong they are receiving
urgent requests for financial arguments
to strengthen their position on this
question. The committee are troubled
however, as to where to get new and
important material, and, in consequence
will probably be forced to reprint the
old documents of the last campaign.
The Department officials are becom-
ing warmed to fighting condition, and
are restless in their desire TO make the
hot and aggressive.
The Department clerks, are given to
that Notwithstanding their
they will be pressed for
political contributions this year as hard
as in former times. The finance COM
nittee began it's work on Saturday in o
plain notification that Departments
Will be made to do as well for Blaine,
As Jay Hubbell. now politically no more
made them 90 for Garfield.
The creation of special finance com
nittee for the District OF Columbia is a
piece of new machinery and the APP
oointment of Messrs. Clspp and Raum
ls Chairman and Treasurer are quite
ls significant of business. These names
rave meaning to every clerk in Wash
ngton. The men have long been prom
nent in District politics, they know the
department. people thoroughly, and how
% manage them. They say that money
will be needed now as badly as in 1850,
hat men are just as able to pay now as
hen, and that no less than a 100000
must be collected out OF the Govern
nent departments here. Every clerk
,nows that the screws were applied in
$50. as they never were before, and
hat there was q stern brutality about
he methods of that year that left no
hance of lodging. To get just the
light kind of men for this service of
objection occasions the committee
,Rxious thought. In 1889 they were Sc
eeted by the Bureau chiefs from among
he clerks. Some of them ostensibly
from duty, while others took
cave of absence for a month while
They were paid good
commission on their collections, and
we're thus encouraged 70. squeeze rhei2
associates dry. After tae election they
we're all reappointed, aad most of them
we're promoted. Unfortunately for the
committee, the Civil Service law pre-
yents the continuance of this practice.
( man resigns now, he can get back
'nly through the civil service examina-
ion, and so no clerks can be used to
,ress money out of their fellow clerks
his year. So much for reform.
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