South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1885-01-16

Eto@ Oar Regular Correspondent.
Washington. ID. C., Jan 70.

-rom Mt. Oevelanu's late dell = erance
on civil service reform is gene. al. and
the disposition he is to make of the in.
tense partisan employees i'm particular,
is OF themost frigid character. 1t is
astonishing now to contemplate the
number OF those now in Government
employ who have all along been DEM
ocrats. tic best sort OF Cleveland men,
and wLo tor months il not years have
been dying for change of admins
tration. 1t is a fact. however, that
the contributors from the several
thousands of Government employees
here were very small in amount as
compared with former campaigns. bat
the boys are all Kicking themselves
mercilessly for not comirg forward
it'll funds enough 10 save Mr. Blaine's
and their own bacon.
The folly OF both houses originating
bills upon the same subject is to DC
SOhiS" s'"t o"uis VSfIlouSiVuteU III tue
prospective defeat of both the Cullom
bill IN the Senate and the Reagan bill
in the House, which provide for the
regulation Of Interstate commerce
The Cullom bill will pass the Senate
tomorrow. and the Reagan bill will
pass the House some day this week.
There is not much similarity in the
provisions of the two bills, so that il
is not moie likely that the Senate will
pay the least attention to the Reagan
measure. than 1t is probable that the
House will take notice of the Cullom
production. The upshot of the bnsi.
ness will be that neither bill will be
reached, and the railroads as usual
will come out first besr.
really hope that the friends of Mr..
Springer, OF Illinois, will convince Mr.
cleveland of the propriety of having
such a man in his Cabinet. II, as is
said, the new administration is to be a
vigorous one, whose heads are to be
those OF virlity, and whose muscles
are to be active aud strong. then men
like Mr.. Springer cannot be Ignored.
He is most interchangeable orker, a
most profound student in the m, yes
OF statesmanship, and best of all n
man who, in nearly score of years
OF public life, has never had charge
OF corruption or double dealing laid
at his door. AS Secretary of the In.
terror, CT indeed as tic possessor OF
any other portfolio, Mr. Springer
would acqult himself with acceptance.
l have Just come in from tour
through the departments. made for
the purpose OF satisfying myself that
the Government would be turned o.
yer To Mr.. Cleveland in good shape
next March. l must say, however,
that evidences OF n.ggardly appropria-
tons in the matter OF the emplov-
ment OF sufficient clerical force in
some or the departments were much
too frequent, especial V in the Land
Office and In the office OF the Sixth
Auditor OF the Treasury. In the lat
ter bureau, which is perhaps the most
important OF any connected with the
Treasury the Iamepiable want Of cleri
cal help must work injury TO the public
interest, lnasmuch as no am, mt of
faithtulness and devotion to public
duty will admit of proper discharge
of official functions, when Congress
refuses the necessary force to prose
cute them. Ii is the Sixth Auditor
who audits the most insignificant a.
well as the most extensive of the ac
counts arising ont of the postal sys-
tenn. The postmasters, the rout a.
gente. the mail contractors. and every
person connected with the post Of
hce department, large ana small, un
dergo the scrutiny OF the Sixth Au
ditor before he can draw a penny
from the Treasury, and every dollar o
the sixty or seventy millions di0burs
ed TO carry OF the postal system il
his great country can only he disbur
sed upon his certificate of tie Gov
|; ernments obligation position which
makes i peculiarly necessary tha
; his quarters shot not be cream
scrlbcd PnoNo.
Ex-Nice President SCHUYLER Cola,
dropped dead II the Union Depot al
Nankato, MINI, on the 18th instant.
Ills death - supposed to have been