Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1885-11-12

with England ana Otner couh'AieS' WIG
politics Of the United States are pure.
Over there no man thinks Of getting
seat in Parliament except by purchase,
while here such a thing is very rare. l
was talking the other day with men,
Der of our high judiciary, who spent
the summer in Europe, upon this point,
and he said that he was amazed at the
amount of corruption in the elections
Of England and the degree Of tolerance
exhibited toward it. The people had
come to look upon the purchase of votes
as necessary, if not q proper, thing,
and regarded tho practice very much as
we do stock galnbliug-one of the nee
essary evils Of the age.
Assistant Secretary Fairchild tells
me that those who are interested in the
tariff question will be much disappoint-
ed when they see the documents that
have been received in response to Mr..
Manning's circular of inquiry. The OBJ
ject of the inquiry was to call out the
views of the mercantile and industrial
men of the country as to the legislation
needed or desired by the interests they
represent, and it was intended to sub
NIT the replies to Congress for its in
formation and guidance, but those for
whose benefit this plan was adopted Go
not seem to have much interest in the
matter, for not one in twenty OF the
men or firms to whom the inquiries
were addressed have responded, and the
replies received are not of character
either to have much influence, or rep
resent the views Of the interests in
volved. They will be sent to Congress,
however, just as they arc, and a lot Of
good white paper will be ruined by
printing them.
The White House is as quiet as the
President could wish, since his order
excluding office seekers went into effect
The messenger at the door asks every
visitor to state his business, and none
but the Cabinet are PERMITTED to 60 in
to see the President without first de.
claring whether his business is of the
character defined in the order or not.
No public man will be permitted to
present the name of any candidate for
an Office without special permission
from the President. Senators and Rep
resentatves do not call now. as their
business is patronage almost every
time,
AS to the new Congress, there will
be no contest over the speakershlp, and
scarcely any over the organization Of
the House. As Mr.. Randall will not
be candidate for the speakership, the
Democratic majority will give the
place again to Mr.. Carlisle. The lat
ter will take this great Office. only
second in point Of power to the Presi-
dency, under very exceptional circum-
stances. There being no contest, he
will have made no pledges. He will
be free to follow the dictates of his per.
sonal judgement. The two Chairman.
ships of the most important House COM
mittees will be for him to fill. Mr..
Morrison will doubtless 60 back to the
head of the Ways and Means commit
tee, but it is not certain that Mr. Ran
dali will return to the Craftsmanship Of
the Appropriations committee. No
one questions his ability or manage
ment of the committee so far as appro-
priations are concerned. His opposers
are the revenue rerormers who complain
that in the last Congress be used his
position unfairly to secure the defeat Of
tariff legislation.
The President sat listening to his
pastors Sunday morning sermon, ap-
parently taking deep interest in the
Discourse and also IN the stand of white
flowers beneath the pulpit, contributed
by the flower committee of the church
Reform" exclaimed DR.. Sunder-
land, fixing his eyes on Mr.. Cleveland,
lis mighty word in the American
lexicon, and though often derided, it
is the channel of all human progress.
The ship which bears on the highest
hopes of humanity cannot always ride
peacefully at anchor, but must sail
across angry seas. 1t is in the stormy
and cloudy sky that the skillful mari
ner learns to take his observations from
mere glimpses Of the sun.
The President looked as if he had
been the skillful mariner who had been
obliged to take his observations for Off
cial action while in the midst of storm
of office seekers, and appeared to gath
nv oo,ool,t;on from tho fiunra